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Established 1998
Established 1998
During the 18th and 19th Centuries, forestry and farming eliminated the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests of the Inner West. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery collects seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, to propagate and reintroduce species that would have been endemic (indigenous or local provenance) to the area.
These plants have demonstrated how well they have adapted to the extreme wet and dry weater in Sydney between 1998 and 2008. As you walk around Annandale's public spaces you may now notice: Acacia Pods | Seed Pods | Purple, Mauve, Pink Flowers | White and Cream Flowers | Green Flowers | Fungi | Banksia Marginata.
The reference list of Local Provenance Species, for the Inner West, has been expanded from a list compiled by Catherine Rowland to help reintroduce indigenous species into Sydney's Inner West: Large Trees (> 5m) | Small Trees (< 5m) | Shrubs (0.5 to 2m) | Grasses | Climbers | Herbs | Estuarine | Ferns | References | Bookshop
The Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants and it is difficult to source local provenance plants. However, you can buy them from specialist nurseries including: Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.
The Federal Park Tidal Wetlands, pictured at left in October 2006, were created in a flat grassed area, around 2000. The photograph below, is of Mangroves on the Rozelle Bay Foreshore area under construction.
Estuarine | |||||
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| Latin Name | Common Name | Family | Height | Uses | Flower Type |
| Avicennia marina var. australasica | Mangrove | Avicenniaceae | 6 | ||
| Sarcocornia quinqueflora | Samphire | Chenopodiaceae | 0.1 | ||
| Poa poiformis | Coast Tussock Grass | Poaceae | 0.5 | dense linear panicle | |
| Suaeda australis | Austral Seablite | Chenopodiaceae | 0.4 | ||
| Zostera capricorni | Eel Grass | Zosteraceae | |||
| Samolus repens | Creeping Brookweed | Primulaceae | 0.1 | delicate white star flowers | |
| Tetragonia tetragonioides | New Zealand Spinach | Aizoaceae | 0.1 | ||
| Cyperus laevigatus | Sedge | Cyperaceae | 0.4 | ||
| Isolepsis nodosus | Sedge | Cyperaceae | 0.7 | ||
| Juncus kraussii | Sea Rush | Juncaceae | 2 | ||
| Triglochin striata | Streaked Arrow Grass | Juncaginaceae | 0.3 | ||
| Lobelia alata | Lobeliaceae | 0.1 | |||
| Sporobolus virginicus | Sand Couch | Poaceae | 0.1 | ||
| Schoenus apogon | Fluke Bogrush | Schoenus | 0.25 | ||
