Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) open forest

moth_nut, 2023, Brown-top Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169540951

Last updated on September 28th, 2025 at 02:18 am

The Stringy bark Eucalyptus open forest is dominated by the Messmate Eucalypt with upper, middle and lower storey defined in this list: Stringy Bark (Eucalyptus obliqua) Open Forest short plant list. This PDF contains a short list of plants species which was part of the Eucalyptus obliqua (Messmate Stringybark) open forest and which are available for the most part in native plant nurseries. See the complete list for more species found in this forest.

Trees
Shrubs
Sedges and Rushs
  • Lomandra densiflora | Soft Tussock Mat-Rush 
  • Lomandra multiflora ssp. dura | Hard Mat-Rush
Grasses
  • Austrodanthonia setacea | Small-flower Wallaby-Grass
  • Austrostipa muelleri | Tangled Spear-Grass
  • Austrostipa nodosa | Tall Spear-Grass
  • Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides | Weeping Rice-Grass
  • Themeda triandra | Kangaroo Grass
Herb
Groundcovers
  • Bossiaea prostrata | Creeping Bossiaea
  • Kennedia prostrata | Scarlet Runner
  • Scaevola albida | Pale Fanflower
Climbers
Plant communities in Mount compass area
Pages Flat stringybark woodland

There is a Stringy bark woodland which runs the length of Pages Flat road on both banks of the Myponga river west of Mount Compass. This woodland area seen in the image above was identified using Nature Maps.