Reserve Entrance Gates Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve - Heath Walk

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Heath Walk


The Heath Walk starts beside the Gazebo at the back of the Information Centre and runs close to the southern boundary of the reserve to the western boundary where it meets, over the creek, the Grass Tree Trail.

Starting from the Gazebo the following plants are labelled:

Side of path Botanical Name Common Name
Right Homalanthus populifolius Bleeding heart
Right Corymbia eximia Yellow bloodwood
Left Eucalyptus burgessiana Faulconbridge mallee-ash
Left Isopogon anemonifolius Drumsticks
Right Acacia falciformis Hickory Wattle
Left Crowea exalata Crowea

Exocarpos cupressiformis
Near the gazebo on this walk there are many croweas which are in flower for much of the year.

Side of path Botanical Name Common Name
Right Prostanthera denticulata
Right Leionema dentatum
Far Right Bossiaea rhombifolia
Left Actinotus helianthi Flannel Flower
Right Acacia gordonii Gordon's Wattle
Right Callitris muelleri Mueller's Cypress Pine
Left Lambertia formosa Mountain Devil
Right Darwinia taxifolia
Left Leionema elatius
Left Cymbopogon refractus Barbed wire grass
Right Dianella caerulea Paroo Lily
Right Xanthorrhoea media Grass Tree
Left Prostantera scutellaroides
Right Echinopogon caespitosus Tufted Hedgehog Grass
Left Allocasuarina torulosa Forest Oak
Left Exocarpos cupressiformis Native Cherry

Exocarpos cupressiformis
Exocarpos cupressiformis - Native Cherry across the track.

Side of path Botanical Name Common Name
Left Clematis aristata Old Man’s Beard
Left Prostanthera rhombea
Right Acacia pubescens Downy Wattle
Right Pterostylis acuminata Sharp Greenhood
Right Pterostylis nutans Nodding Greenhood
Right Acacia ulicifolia Prickly Moses

Exocarpos cupressiformis

Junction with Banksia Trail.

Side of path Botanical Name Common Name

Left Pittosporum revolutum Yellow Pittosporum
Left Dianella caerulea Paroo Lily
Left Syncarpia glomulifera Turpentine
Left Viola hederacea Ivy-leaved Violet

End of trail
At the eastern end of the reserve the track crosses the creek and joins the Grass Tree Trail.


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