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APPENDIX 10: Rockingham Industry Zone Flora List APPENDIX ROCKINGHAM INDUSTRY ZONE FLORA LIST 10 APPENDIX 10: Rockingham Industry Zone Flora List EAST ROCKINGHAM WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY – ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW DOCUMENT – ASSESSMENT NO. 2116 Aurora Environmental – NEC2017-004-PER_005_pz – 30 October 2017 │ Page 148 FLORA OF THE ROCKINGHAM INDUSTRIAL ZONE (Coffey, 2009) * = Introduced Species Includes species identified by Trudgen and Weston (1998) MONOCOTYLEDONAE Stypandra glauca ANTHERICACEAE POACEAE Thysanotus patersonii Agrostis avenacea Tricoryne elatior *Aira elegantissima Austrostipa compressa ASPARAGACEAE Austrostipa flavescens *Asparagus asparagoides *Avellinia michelii *Avena barbata ASPHODELACEAE *Briza maxima *Asphodelus fistulosus *Briza minor *Trachyandra divaricata *Bromus diandrus *Cynodon dactylon CYPERACEAE *Ehrharta longiflora Baumea juncea *Holcus Carex appressa *Hordeum leporinum Cyathochaeta avenacea *Lagurus ovatus Ficinia nodosa *Lolium rigidum Gahnia trifida *Paspalum distichum Isolepis cernua *Pennisetum clandestinum Lepidosperma angustatum Poa porphyroclados Lepidosperma gladiatum Sporobolus virginicus Lepidosperma longitudinale *Vulpia myuros Lepidosperma squamatum Lepidosperma sp (Coastal terete BJK RESTIONACEAE & NG 231) Hypolaena pubescens Schoenus pleiostemoneus Leptocarpus coangustatus DASYPOGONACEAE XANTHORRHOEACEAE Acanthocarpus preissii Xanthorrhoea brunonis Lomandra maritima Xanthorrhoea preissii Lomandra sp. HAEMODORACEAE DICOTYLEDONAE Conostylis aculeata Conostylis candicans AIZOACEAE *Carpobrotus edulis IRIDACEAE *Romulea rosea APIACEAE Centella asiatica ORCHIDACEAE Daucus glochidiatus Caladenia latifolia Hydrocotyle diantha Microtis media Trachymene coerulea PHORMIACEAE ASCLEPIADACEAE Dianella revoluta *Gomphocarpus fruticosus ASTERACEAE FUMARIACEAE *Arctotheca calendula *Fumaria capreolata *Aster subulatus *Cirsium vulgare GENTIANACEAE *Conyza albida *Centaurium erythraea *Conyza bonariensis *Dittrichia graveolens GERANIACEAE *Hypochaeris glabra *Erodium botrys *Hypochaeris radicata *Erodium cicutarium Olearia axillaris *Geranium molle Senecio ramosissimus Geranium retrorsum *Sonchus asper *Pelargonium capitatum Sonchus hydrophilus Pelargonium littorale *Sonchus oleraceus *Taraxacum officinale GOODENIACEAE Scaevola crassifolia BORAGINACEAE *Echium plantagineum LAURACEAE Cassytha flava BRASSICACEAE Cassytha racemosa *Heliophila pusilla *Raphanus raphanistrum LOBELIACEAE Lobelia alata CARYOPHYLLACEAE Lobelia tenuior *Cerastium glomeratum *Minuartia mediterranea LOGANIACEAE *Petrorhagia dubia Logania vaginalis *Stellaria media Phyllangium paradoxum CHENOPODIACEAE LORANTHACEAE Rhagodia baccata subssp dioica Amyema miquelii CRASSULACEAE MALVACEAE Crassula colorata Alyogyne huegelii var glabrescen *Crassula glomerata *Malva parviflora DILLENIACEAE MIMOSACEAE Hibbertia racemosa Acacia cochlearis Acacia lasiocarpa EPACRIDACEAE Acacia pulchella Leucopogon australis Acacia rostellifera Leucopogon parviflorus Acacia saligna Acacia truncata EUPHORBIACEAE Adriana quadripartita MORACEAE *Euphorbia helioscopia *Ficus carica *Euphorbia peplus *Euphorbia terracina MYOPORACEAE Phyllanthus calycinus Myoporum caprarioides MYRTACEAE PROTEACEAE Eucalyptus gomphocephala Banksia littoralis Melaleuca huegelii Hakea prostrata Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Hakea varia Melaleuca teretifolia Melaleuca viminea RANUNCULACEAE Clematis linearifolia ONAGRACEAE Clematis pubescens Epilobium billaradiereanum Billardiereanum RHAMNACEAE Epilobium hirtigerum *Rhamnus alaternus Spyridium globulosum OROBANCHACEAE *Orobanche minor RUBIACEAE *Galium murale OXALIDACEAE Opercularia hispidula Oxalis perennans Opercularia vaginata *Oxalis pes-caprae RUTACEAE PAPILIONACEAE Diplolaena dampieri Hardenbergia comptoniana Jacksonia furcellata SANTALACEAE Kennedia coccinea Exocarpos sparteus Kennedia prostrata *Lotus corniculatus SCROPHULARIACEAE *Medicago polymorpha *Dischisma arenarium *Melilotus indicus *Parentucellia viscose Templetonia retusa *Verbascum virgatum *Trifolium campestre *Trifolium glomeratum SOLANACEAE Anthocercis littorea PHYTOLACCACEAE *Nicotiana rosulata *Phytolacca octandra *Solanum nigrum Solanum symonii POLYGALACEAE Comesperma virgatum STERCULIACEAE Thomasia cognata POLYGONACEAE Muehlenbeckia adpressa STACKHOUSIACEAE *Rumex crispus Stackhousia monogyna PORTULACACEAE THYMELAEACEAE Calandrinia sp. Pimelea argentea PRIMULACEAE URTICACEAE *Anagallis arvensus Parietaria debilis Samolus junceus Samolus repens.
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