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Katandra's Flora
Katandra has a remarkable diversity of native plant species. The plants grow in various communities. The character of each of those communities depends on geology, soil, topography and climate.
On the top of the escarpment at the western edge is open woodland on shallow, low-nutrient sandy soil derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone. Within the woodland to the north are patches of wet heathland. Below the escarpment on slopes and in the sheltered gullies with an easterly aspect, are soils that are deeper and more fertile; here there is moist, tall open-forest and along the creek lines, moist closed-forest (rainforest).
Katandra provides valuable habitat for native birds and fauna, and is important for the conservation of rare and uncommon plant species. Some of the plant species here have not been found in nearby Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
A Short List of Wildflowers visible from the Walking Tracks
Full lists of Flora
Fulls lists of flora found in Katandra can be accessed using the following picture links. (Lists are based on surveys carried out by Robert Coveny, Royal Botanic Gardens 1975 - 79, with some additions at a later date)
A pdf file version can also accessed below
Dicots
Monocots
