Angophora costata

1 Rusty Gum, Smooth-barked Apple at Vaucluse, NSW

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Identification history

	Angophora costata	21 Feb 2022	Tapirlord
	Angophora costata	19 Feb 2022	JoelCallaghan

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Growing amongst sandstone in Sydney Harbour NP. Surrounding vegetation community has been degraded now supporting a large number of introduced flora species.

4 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

4 Mar 2022

I note that Angophora costata is shown under the species information as a "Non-local Native", perhaps this needs to be changed?

PatrickCampbell wrote:

13 Mar 2022

Good call Matthew. I've changed the species status to non-invasive, local native (as it should be for our region), however the national species status seems to be over-riding it, so I think this is one for admin. I'll request for this to be changed.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

PatrickCampbell wrote:

16 Mar 2022

This has been done, thanks to MichaelB.
For those interested, this would be the subspecies Angophora costata costata based on distribution. There are two subspecies now recognised, both of them being found in the Greater Sydney region. The key distinguishing features of the nominate subspecies are "Hypanthium usually glabrous, fruit mostly less than 15 mm diam." according to PlantNET.

MatthewFrawley wrote:

2 May 2023

Love how you can see the city of Sydney in the background of the main photo.

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Location information

Coordinates 151.268953 -33.858008
Altitude 3.6m
Maps Sydney Harbour National Park
Places Vaucluse, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
19 Feb 2022 10:19 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Angophora costata Scientific name
Rusty Gum, Smooth-barked Apple Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 865m Recorded at altitude
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