Last updated on June 8th, 2025 at 08:38 am
The Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) shrubland is dominated by the
Silky Tea-Tree with upper, middle and lower storey defined in this list:
Silky Tea-Tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) Shrubland short plant list. This PDF contains a list of plants which are available for the most part in native plant nurseries such as the those belonging to SA State Flora nurseries. See the complete list for more species found in this forest.
Trees
- Acacia melanoxylon | Blackwood
Shrubs
- Goodenia ovata | Hop Goodenia
- Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Tea-Tree
- Leptospermum lanigerum | Silky Tea-Tree, Wooly Teatree
Sedges and Rushs
- Bolboschoenus caldwellii | Salt Club-Rush
- Carex appressa | Tall Sedge
- Carex fascicularis | Tassel Sedge
- Cyperus vaginatus | Stiff Flat-Sedge
- Juncus pallidus | Pale Rush
Grasses
- Austrodanthonia setacea | Small-flower Wallaby-Grass
Herbs
- Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush
Plant communities in Mount compass area – Silky tea-tree Shrubland
Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) shrubland exists in the areas of lower elevation which receives ground and surface runoff from the surrounding hills. Mount Compass lies in the Tookayerta creek catchment where much of the water is captured and stored in wetlands then released into the Tookayerta creek. Ultimately, this water drains into the Finness river to the south east. The images below are captured using Nature Maps to help identify their position with respect to Mount Compass and how they relate to the greater Tookayerta catchment.
Cleland Gully wetlands
The Cleland Gully wetlands run the length of Cleland Gully road following a Tookayerta tributary flowing east of Mount Compass. Part of the wetland is intersected by Victor Harbor road where the newly established Hesperilla conservation park resides.
Myponga – Stipiturus Conservation Park wetlands
This wetland stretches from Stipiturus Conservation Park westward towards Myponga.
Mount Compass – Nangkita wetlands
The wetlands surrounding Mount Compass including the Mount Compass Area school wetland to the south and extending eastward Nangkita. The wetlands follow the tributary which feeds into Tookayerta creek.
Nangkita – Tooperang wetlands
The wetlands extend from Mount Compass – Nangkita wetlands towards Tooperang where the tributary meets the Tookayerta creek.
Mount Compass Southern Wetlands
This wetland extends from Mount Compass Caravan Park across Heysen Boulevard incorporating the low farm land towards Victor Harbor road.