The Mt Oak herbarium
Many specimens have been retained by state herbaria for their collections
The collection has been compiled by Ronni Martin, Gidja Walker and Colin Gibson over many years of residency and visiting survey work.
Mt Oak Plant Lists
Trees & tall shrubs
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Acacia dealbata |
Silver Wattle |
Acacia echinula |
Hedgehog Wattle |
Acacia melanoxylon |
Blackwood |
Acacia rubida |
Red-stemmed wattle |
Allocasuarina verticillata |
Drooping Sheoke |
Banksia canei |
Mountain Banksia |
Brachychiton populneus |
Kurrajong |
Bursaria spinosa ssp. lasiophylla |
Sweet Blackthorn |
Callistemon sieberi |
River Bottlebrush |
Callitris endlicheri |
Black Cypress Pine |
Discaria pubescens |
Australian or Hairy Anchor Plant |
Dodonaea viscosa ssp.augustissima |
Hop Bush |
Eucalyptus aggregata |
Black Gum |
Eucalyptus bridgesiana |
Apple Box |
Eucalyptus dives |
A mallee form peppermint |
Eucalyptus pauciflora |
Snow Gum |
Eucalyptus rossii |
White Gum; Scribbly Gum |
Eucalyptus rubida |
Candlebark |
Eucalyptus viminalis |
Ribbon Gum; Manna Gum |
Exocarpus cupressiformis |
Cherry Ballart; Native Cherry |
Exocarpus strictus |
Pale-fruit Ballart |
Leptospermum polygalifolium |
A Tea-tree |
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Forbs, herbs & small shrubs
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Acaena echinata |
Smooth Sheep’s Burr |
Acaena nova-zealandiae |
Bidgee Widgee |
Acaena ovina |
Sheep’s Burr |
Acrotriche serrulata |
Honey Pots |
Ajuga australis |
Austral Bugle |
Alisma plantago-aquatica |
Water Plantain |
Alternathera denticulata |
Lesser Joyweed |
Althernathera sp.A |
Joyweed |
Amyema sp. |
Mistletoe |
Amyema pendula |
Drooping Mistletoe |
Arthropodium milleflorum |
Pale Vanilla Lily |
Arthropodium minus |
Small Vanilla Lily |
Asperula conferta |
Common Woodruff |
Astroloma humifusum |
Cranberry Heath |
Atriplex semibaccata |
Creeping or Berry Saltbush |
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis |
Marsh Club-rush |
Bossiaea buxifolia |
Matted Bossiaea |
Bossiaea riparia |
River Leafless Bossiaea |
Brachyloma daphnoides |
Daphne Heath |
Brachyscome aculeata |
Hill Daisy; Branching Daisy |
Brachyscome diversifolia |
Tall Daisy |
Brachyscome heterodonta |
Lobed-seed Daisy |
Bulbine glauca |
Bulbine Lily; Rock Lily |
Calandrina sp. |
Parkeelya; Twining Purslane |
Callitriche sonderi |
Matted Water Starwort |
Calotis anthemoides |
Chamomile Burr Daisy |
Calotis lappulacea |
Yellow Burr Daisy |
Calotis scapigera? |
Tufted Burr Daisy |
Cardamine lilacina |
Lilac Bitter-cress |
Cassinia longifolia |
Shiny Cassinia; Cauliflower Bush |
Cassinia quinquefaria |
Rosemary Cassinia |
Cassinia uncata |
Sticky Cassinia |
Centipeda cunninghamii |
Old Man Weed; Sneezewell |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum |
Yellow Buttons |
Chrysocephalum semipapposum |
Clustered Everlasting Daisy |
Clematis leptophylla |
Small-leaved Clematis |
Convolvulus angustissimus |
Australian Bindweed |
Coronidium rutidolepis |
Pale Everlasting Daisy |
Crassula helmsii |
Swamp Stonecrop |
Crassula peduncularis |
Purple Stonecrop |
Crassula sieberiana |
Swamp Stonecrop |
Cryptandra amara var. longifolia |
Pretty Cryptandra; Tickbush |
Cullen microcephalum |
Emu-foot vine |
Cullen tenax |
Emu-foot vine |
Cymbonotis lawsonianus |
Austral Bears Ears |
Cymbonotis sp. |
Bears ears |
Cynoglossum australe |
Austral Hound’s Tongue |
Cynoglossum suaveolens |
Sweet Hound’s Tongue |
Daucus glochidiatus |
Australian Carrot |
Daviesia genistifolia |
Sharp Bush-pea |
Daviesia mimosoides |
Narrow-leafed Bitter Pea |
Dianella longifolia |
Smooth Flax-lily |
Dianella longifolia (Benambra form) |
Flax-lily |
Dianella revoluta |
Black-anthered Flax-lily |
Dichondra repens A |
Kidneyweed |
Dipodium punctatum |
Hyacinth orchid |
Dysphania pumilio |
Crumbweed |
Einadia nutans |
Climbing Saltbush |
Epilobium billardierianum ssp. cinereum |
Variable Willow-herb |
Epilobium hirtigerum |
Hairy Willow-herb |
Erodium crinatum |
Blue Crowfoot |
Eryngium ovinum |
Blue Devil |
Euchiton involucratus |
Common or Star Cudweed |
Euchiton japonicus |
Cudweed |
Euchiton sphaericus |
Cudweed |
Galium ciliare |
Maori Bedstraw |
Galium gaudichaudii |
Rough Bedstraw |
Geranium solanderi |
Native Geranium |
Glossostigma elatinoides |
Small Mud-mat |
Glycine clandestina sens. lat. |
Twining Glycine |
Glycine tabacina |
Variable Glycine |
Gonocarpus tetragynus |
Common Raspwort |
Goodenia pinnatifida |
Scrambled Eggs |
Gratiola peruviana |
Brooklime |
Grona varians |
Slender Tick-trefoil |
Gynatrix pulchella |
Hempbush |
Gypsophila tubulosa |
Chalkwort |
Hakea microcarpa |
Small-leaved Hakea |
Haloragis heterophylla |
Swamp Raspwort |
Hardenbergia violacea |
False Sarsparilla; Waraburra |
Hibbertia obtusifolia |
Grey Guinea Flower |
Hovea heterophylla |
Creeping Hovea |
Hydrocotyle laxiflora |
Stinking Pennywort |
Hydrocotyle rivularis |
Native Pennywort |
Hypericum gramineum |
Small St. John’s Wort |
Hypericum japonicum |
Native St. John’s Wort |
Indigofera australis |
Australian Indigo |
Isotoma fluviatilis |
Swamp Isotoma; Blue Star Creeper |
Iseotopsis graminifolia |
Grass Cushion |
Kunzea ericoides |
Burgan |
Lagenophora gracilis |
Slender Lagenophora |
Lepidium pseudotasmanicum |
Shade Peppercress |
Leptorhynchos squamatus ssp.alpinus |
Scaly Buttons |
Leptorhynchos squamatus ssp.squamatus |
Scaly Buttons |
Lespedeza juncea |
Chinese Bush Clover |
Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor |
Hoary Sunray |
Limosella australis |
Welsh Mudwort |
Lissanthe strigosa |
Peach Heath |
Lomandra bracteata |
Short-flowered Mat-rush |
Lomandra filiformis sens. lat. |
Wattle Mat-rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
Lomandra multiflora |
Many-flowered Mat-rush |
Luzula flaccida subsp. flacida |
Pale Woodrush |
Lythrum hyssopifolium |
Lesser Loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
Purple Loosestrife |
Melichrus urceolatus |
Urn Heath |
Melictytus dentatus |
Gruggly Bush |
Mentha diemenica |
Native Mint |
Microtis unifolia |
Onion Orchid |
Muellerina eucalyptoides |
Creeping Mistletoe |
Myrriophyllum verrucosum |
Red water Milfoil |
Olearia rosmarinifolia |
Rosemary Daisy Bush |
Oxalis perennans |
Grassland Wood Sorrel |
Oxalis thompsoniae |
Thompson’s Oxalis |
Oxalis sp. aff. coniculata (glabrescent) |
Yellow or Creeping Wood Sorrel |
Oxytes brachpoda |
Large Tick-Trefoil |
Oxylobium ellipticum |
Common Shaggy Pea |
Ozothamnus thrysoides |
Sticky Everlasting Daisy |
Pelargonium inodorum |
Scentless Stork’s Bill |
Persicaria decipiens |
Slender Knotweed |
Persicaria hydropiper |
Water Pepper |
Persicaria prostrata |
Creeping Knotweed |
Phragmites australis |
Common Reed; Thatch Reed |
Pimelea curviflora var. sericea |
Tough-barked Rice Flower |
Pimelea glauca |
Smooth Rice Flower |
Pimelea latifolia var. hisuta |
A Rice Flower |
Pimelea pauciflora |
Poison Rice Flower |
Plantago debilis |
Shade Plantain; Weak Plantain |
Plantago gaudichaudii |
Narrow Plantain |
Plantago hispida |
Hairy Plantain |
Plantago varia |
Variable Plantain |
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum |
Jersey Cudweed |
Pterostylis aciculiformis |
Greenhood Orchid |
Pterostylis hamata |
Scaly Greenhood Orchid |
Pterostylus laxa |
Antelope Greenhood Orchid |
Pterostylus mutica |
Greenhood Orchid |
Pultanaea procumbens |
Heathy Bush Pea |
Ranunculus amphitricus |
Buttercup |
Ranunculus diminutus |
Buttercup |
Ranunculus lappaceus |
Common Buttercup |
Ranunculus papulentus |
Large River Buttercup |
Rhodanthe anthemoides |
Chamomile daisy |
Rorippa laciniata |
Jagged Bitter Cress |
Rubus parvifolius |
Native raspberry |
Rumex brownii |
Glistening Dock |
Schenkia australis |
Spike Century |
Scleranthus biflorus |
Twin-flowered Knawel; Canberra Grass |
Scleranthus diander |
Many-flowered Knawel; Tufted Knawel |
Scutelleria humilis |
Dwarf Skullcap |
Senecio bathurstianus |
Hill Fireweed |
Senecio diaschides |
Fireweed |
Senecio hispidulus |
Rough Fireweed |
Senecio prenanthoides |
Beaked Fireweed |
Senecio quadridentatus |
Cotton Fireweed |
Sigesbeckia orientalis |
St. Paul's Wort |
Solenogyne dominii |
Smooth Solenogyne |
Solenogyne gunnii |
Hairy Solenogyne |
Stackhousia monogyna |
Creamy Candles |
Stellaria pungens |
Prickle Starwort |
Swainsonia behriana |
Behr’s Swainson Pea |
Swainsonia monticola |
Swainson Pea |
Swainsonia recta |
Swainson Pea |
Swainsonia sericea |
Silky Swainson Pea |
Trycoryne elatior |
Yellow Rush-lily |
Triptilodiscus pygmeaus |
Common Sunray Daisy |
Vallisnera americana |
Ribbon Weed |
Velleia paradoxa |
Spur Velleia |
Verbena gaudichaudi |
Native Verbena |
Veronica calycina |
Hairy Speedwell |
Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata f. cuneata |
Fuzzy New Holland Daisy |
Vittadinia gracilis |
Woolly New Holland Daisy |
Vittadinia muelleri |
Fuzzweed; New Holland Daisy |
Vittadinia sulcata |
New Holland Daisy |
Vittadinia tenuissima |
Western New Holland Daisy |
Wahlenbergia communis |
Tufted Bluebell |
Wahlenbergia gracilis |
Sprawling Bluebell |
Wahlenbergia luteola |
Yellow-backed Bluebell; Bronze Bluebell |
Wahlenbergia planiflora |
A Bluebell |
Wahlenbergia stricta |
Tall Bluebell |
Wolffia australiana |
Tiny Duckweed |
Wurmbea dioica |
Early Nancy |
Xerochrysum bracteatum |
Strawflower. Paper Daisy |
Zornia dyctiocarpa |
Zornia |
Sedges & rushes
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Carex appressa |
Tall Sedge |
Carex bichenoviana |
Bichenov’s Sedge |
Carex breviculmis |
Short stem Sedge |
Carex incomitata |
Hillside Sedge |
Carex inversa (short culm form) |
Knob Sedge |
Carex inversa (long culm form) |
Knob sedge |
Carex polyantha |
River Sedge |
Carex tereticaulis |
Common or Basket Sedge |
Cyperus lhotskyanus |
A Flat Sedge |
Eleocharis acuta |
Spike Rush |
Fimbristylis dichotoma |
Common Fringe Sedge |
Isolepis cernua |
Sedge |
Isolepis fluitans |
Sedge |
Isolepis habra |
Sedge |
Juncus australis |
Austral Rush |
Juncus homalocaulis |
Pin Rush; Thread Rush |
Juncus sarophorus |
Wiry Rush |
Juncus subsecundus |
Finger Rush |
Juncus vaginatus |
Clustered Rush |
Lepidosperma laterale |
Variable Sword Sedge |
Schoenoplectus pungens |
Common Bog Sedge |
Schoenoplectus validus |
River Club Rush |
Schoenus apogon |
Smooth Bog Rush |
Typha orientalis |
Native Bull-rush; Cumbungi |
Grasses
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Amphibromus nervosus |
Common Swamp Wallaby Grass |
Anthosachne rectiseta |
Long-awned Wheat Grass |
Anthosachne scabra |
WheatGrass |
Aristida jerichoensis |
Purple Wire Grass |
Aristida ramosa |
Kerosine Grass |
Aristida vagans |
Three-awned Spear Grass |
Austrofestuca eriopoda |
Snow Fescue |
Austrostipa bigeniculata |
Tall Spear Grass |
Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata |
Corkscrew Grass |
Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra |
Corkscrew Grass |
Bothriochloa macra |
Red Leg grass |
Cenchrus puprascens |
Swamp Foxtail Grass |
Chloris truncata |
Windmill Grass |
Cymbopogon refractus |
Barbwire Grass |
Dichanthium sericeum |
Silky Blue Grass |
Dichelachne crinita |
Long-hair Plume Grass |
Dichelachne inaequiglumis |
A Plume Grass |
Dichelachne micrantha |
A Plume Grass |
Echinopogon ovatus |
Forest Hedgehog grass |
Enneapogon nigricans |
Nine-awn Grass |
Eragrostis benthamii |
A Love Grass |
Eragrostis brownii |
Brown’s Love Grass |
Hemarthria uncinata |
Mat Grass |
Lachnagrostis aemula |
Leafy Blown Grass |
Lachnagrostis filiformis |
Common Blown Grass |
Microlaea stipoides |
Weeping Grass |
Panicum effusum |
Hairy Panic Grass. Native Millet |
Panicum simile |
Two-colour Panic Grass |
Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
Poa hookeri |
Tussock Grass |
Poa labillardieri |
River Tussock Grass |
Poa sieberiana var. hirtella |
TussockGrass |
Poa sieberiana var.scabrella |
Tussock Grass |
Poa sieberiana var.sieberaiana |
Grey Tussock Grass |
Pseudoraphis spinescens |
Spiny Mud Grass |
Rytidosperma caespitoum |
Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma carphoides |
Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma erianthum |
Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma laevis |
Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma longiifolium |
Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma pallidum |
Red-anther Wallaby Grass |
Rytidosperma racemosum |
Wallaby Grass |
Sorghum leiocladum |
Wild Sorghum |
Sporobolus creber |
Slender Rat’s Tail Grass |
Sporobolus elongatus |
Rat’s Tail Grass |
Themeda australis |
Kangaroo Grass |
Tripogon loliformis |
Five-minute Grass |
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Ferns, Fungi, Lichens & Mosses
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
FERNS |
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Adianatum aethiopicum |
Maidenhair Fern |
Asplenium flabellifolium |
Necklace Fern |
Azolla filiculoides var. rubra |
Pacific or Red Azolla |
Cheilanthes distans |
Rock Fern |
Cheilanthes sieberi |
Cloak Fern |
Marsilea drummondii |
Common Nardoo |
Ophioglossum lusitanicum ssp. coriaceum |
Adder’s Tongue Fern |
Pellaea falcata |
Sickle Fern |
Pleurosaurus rutifolius |
Blanket Fern |
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FUNGI |
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Agaricus sp. |
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Amanita umbrellina |
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Coprinus comatus |
Shaggy mane |
Cortinarius sp. |
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Dermocybe sp. |
Skin head |
Fistulinella nivea |
Bolete |
Geastrum sp. |
Earthstar |
Gymnopilius junonius |
Spectacular rustgill |
Hexagonia vesparia |
Wasp nest polypore |
Hygrocybe conica |
Waxcap |
Ileodictyon gracile |
Smooth cage fungus |
Lactrarius sp. |
A milk cap |
Laetiporus portentosus |
White punk |
Limacella pitereka |
Slimy-gilled mushroom |
Lycoperdon sp. |
Globular puffball |
Morchella conica |
Morel |
Mycena albidocapillaris |
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Panaeolus papilionaceus |
Petticoat mottlegill |
Phallus rubicundus |
Stinkhorn |
Podaxis pistillaris |
Desert shaggy mane |
Poronia erici |
Small dung button |
Ramaria capitata |
Coral fungus |
Scleroderma cepa |
Smooth earthball |
Stereum sp. |
A shelf fungus |
Tulostoma sp. |
Stalked puffball |