McKay Reserve, Palm Beach, New South Wales

McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community (EEC) Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest. The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western Pittwater.

Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013 shows the reserve as also containing Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest, a particular subgroup of the Littoral Rainforest community, which is also an endangered ecological community.

Flora species list
The flora species list is taken from Smith & Smith (1992). Species from other lists are referenced individually. Species introduced from overseas are prefixed with an asterisk (*), non-local Australian species with #. Of the 362 plant species listed by Smith & Smith, 125 (approximately one third) are naturalised introduced species.

1. Acacia elata

2. Acacia floribunda

3. Acacia linifolia

4. Acacia longifolia

5. Acacia myrtifolia

6. Acacia parramattensis

7. #Acacia saligna

8. Acacia suaveolens

9. Acacia terminalis

10. Acacia ulicifolia

11. *Acer negundo

12. Acianthus exsertus

13. Acianthus fornicatus

14. Acmena smithii

15. Acrotriche divaricata

16. Actinotus helianthi

17. Actinotus minor

18. Adiantum aethiopicum

19. Adiantum hispidulum

20. *Agapanthus orientalis

21. *Ageratina adenophora

22. *Ageratum houstonianum

23. Agrostis avenacea

24. Allocasuarina littoralis

25. Allocasuarina torulosa

26. #Alocasia brisbanensis

27. *Ammi majus

28. *Andropogon virginicus

29. Angophora costata

30. Angophora floribunda

31. Anisopogon avenaceus

32. Anredera cordifolia

33. Aotus ericoides

34. *Apium leptophyllum

35. Aristida vagans

36. Arthropodium milleflorum

37. *Arundo donax

38. *Asparagus aethiopicus

39. *Aster subulatus

40. Astrotricha latifolia

41. Axonopus affinis

42. *Bambusa sp.

43. Banksia ericifolia

44. Banksia integrifolia

45. Banksia oblongifolia

46. Banksia serrata

47. Banksia spinulosa

48. *Bidens pilosa

49. Billardiera scandens

50. Blandfordia nobilis

51. Blechnum cartilagineum

52. Breynia oblongifolia

53. *Briza maxima

54. *Briza minor

55. *Bromus catharticus

56. Brunoniella pumilio

57. Burchardia umbellata

58. #Callistemon viminalis

59. *Canna indica

60. *Cardamine hirsuta

61. Cassinia uncata

62. Cassytha glabella

63. Cassytha pubescens

64. Casuarina cunninghamiana

65. Cayratia clematidea

66. Centella asiatica

67. *Cerastium glomeratum

68. Ceratopetalum gummiferum

69. *Chenopodium album

70. *Chenopodium ambrosioides

71. *Chlorophytum comosum

72. *Chrysanthemoides monilifera

73. *Cinnamomum camphora

74. Cissus antarctica

75. Cissus hypoglauca

76. Clematis aristata

77. Clematis glycinoides

78. *Clivea sp.

79. Cloanthes stoechadis

80. Comesperma volubile

81. Commelina cyanea

82. Conospermum taxifolium

83. *Conyza albida

84. *Conyza bilbaoana

85. *Conyza bonariensis

86. *Conyza canadensis

87. *Conyza parva

88. *Coreopsis lanceolata

89. Correa reflexa

90. *Cortaderia selloana

1. Corybas sp.

2. Corymbia gummifera

3. Corymbia maculata

4. *Cotoneaster glaucophyllus

5. Cotula australis

6. *Crassocephalum crepidioides

7. Crassula sieberiana

8. Cristella dentata

9. *Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora

10. Cryptocarya glaucescens

11. Cryptostylis erecta

12. Cryptostylis subulata

13. Cyathea cooperi

14. Cyathochaeta diandra

15. Cymbopogon refractus

16. *Cynodon dactylon

17. *Cyperus brevifolius

18. *Cyperus eragrostis

19. Dampiera stricta

20. Danthonia tenuior

21. Davallia pyxidata

22. Daviesia umbellulata

23. Dendrobium linguiforme

24. Dendrobium speciosum

25. Desmodium rhytidophyllum

26. Desmodium varians

27. Deyeuxia quadriseta

28. Dianella caerulea

29. Dichondra repens

30. Digitaria parviflora

31. *Digitaria sanguinalis

32. Dillwynia retorta

33. Dodonaea triquetra

34. Doodia aspera

35. Drosera auriculata

36. Echinopogon caespitosus

37. *Ehrharta erecta

38. Elaeocarpus reticulatus

39. Eleusine indica

40. Endiandra sieberi

41. Entolasia marginata

42. Entolasia stricta

43. Epacris longiflora

44. Epacris microphylla

45. Epacris pulchella

46. *Epidendrum

47. Epilobium billardierianum

48. Eragrostis brownii

49. *Erechtites valerianifolia

50. *Erythrina x sykesii

51. Eucalyptus botryoides

52. Eucalyptus haemastoma

53. Eucalyptus paniculata

54. Eucalyptus piperita

55. Eucalyptus punctata

56. Eucalyptus scias

57. Eucalyptus umbra

58. *Euphorbia peplus

59. Eupomatia laurina

60. Eustrephus latifolius

61. Ficus rubiginosa

62. *Fumaria sp.

63. Gahnia clarkei

64. *Galinsoga parviflora

65. Geitonoplesium cymosum

66. *Genista stenopetala

67. Geranium homeanum

68. Glochidion ferdinandi

69. Glycine clandestina

70. *Gnaphalium sp.

71. Gompholobium latifolium

72. Gonocarpus teucrioides

73. Goodenia bellidifolia

74. Goodenia heterophylla

75. Grevillea linearifolia

76. Grevillea sericea

77. Hakea gibbosa

78. Hakea salicifolia

79. Hakea sericea

80. Hakea teretifolia

81. Hardenbergia violacea

82. *Hedera helix

83. Hibbertia aspera

84. Hibbertia dentata

85. Hibbertia empetrifolia

86. Hibbertia obtusifolia

87. Histiopteris incisa

88. Homalanthus populifolius

89. Hybanthus monopetalus

90. *Hydrocotyle bonariensis

91. Hydrocotyle peduncularis

1. *Impatiens sultanii

2. Imperata cylindrica

3. *Ipomoea indica

4. Isolepis nodosus

5. Isopogon anemonifolius

6. *Jasminum polyanthum

7. *Juncus cognatus

8. Juncus usitatus

9. Kennedia rubicunda

10. Kunzea ambigua

11. *Lagenifera stipitata

12. Lambertia formosa

13. *Lantana camara

14. *Lantana X hybrida

15. Lasiopetalum ferrugineum

16. Leichhardtia suaveolens (syn. Marsdenia suaveolens)

17. Lepidosperma laterale

18. Lepidosperma neesii

19. Leptospermum polygalifolium

20. Leptospermum trinervium

21. Lepyrodia scariosa

22. Leucopogon juniperinus

23. Leucopogon microphyllus

24. *Ligustrum lucidum

25. *Ligustrum sinense

26. *Lilium formosanum

27. Lindsaea linearis

28. Lindsaea microphylla

29. Livistona australis

30. Lobelia anceps

31. Lomandra cylindrica

32. Lomandra glauca

33. Lomandra gracilis

34. Lomandra longifolia

35. Lomandra multiflora

36. Lomandra obliqua

37. Lomatia silaifolia

38. *Lonicera japonica

39. *Lycopersicon esculentum

40. Macrozamia communis

41. *Medicago polymorpha

42. Melichrus procumbens

43. Microlaena stipoides

44. Mirbelia rubiifolia

45. Mitrasacme polymorpha

46. Monotoca elliptica

47. Morinda jasminoides

48. Musa sp.

49. Myrsine variabilis

50. *Nephrolepis cordifolia

51. Notelaea longifolia

52. *Nothoscordum gracile

53. *Ochna serrulata

54. *Oenothera stricta

55. Olearia tomentosa

56. Opercularia aspera

57. Oplismenus aemulus

58. Oplismenus imbecillis

59. *Oxalis corniculata

60. *Oxalis latifolia

61. *Oxalis pes-caprae

62. Pandorea pandorana

63. Panicum simile

64. Pararchidendron pruinosum

65. *Paraserianthes lophantha

66. Parsonsia straminea

67. *Paspalidium sp. (synonyms in Setaria)

68. *Paspalum dilatatum

69. *Paspalum urvillei

70. *Passiflora edulis

71. Patersonia glabrata

72. Patersonia sericea

73. Pelargonium inodorum

74. *Pennisetum clandestinum

75. Persoonia lanceolata

76. Persoonia levis

77. Persoonia pinifolia

78. Petrophile pulchella

79. *Petrorhagia velutina

80. *Philodendron sp.

81. *Phoenix canariensis

82. Phyllanthus hirtellus

83. *Physalis peruviana

84. *Phytolacca octandra

85. Pimelea linifolia

86. Pittosporum multiflorum

87. Pittosporum revolutum

88. Pittosporum undulatum

89. *Plantago lanceolata

90. *Platanus x hybrida

91. Platylobium formosum

1. Platysace linearifolia

2. Plectranthus parviflorus

3. Poa affinis

4. *Poa annua

5. Podolobium ilicifolium

6. Polyscias sambucifolia

7. Pomaderris ferruginea

8. Pomax umbellata

9. Pratia purpurascens

10. Prostanthera denticulata

11. *Prunus cerasus

12. *Prunus persica

13. Pseuderanthemum variabile

14. Pteridium esculentum

15. Pterostylis longifolia

16. Pterostylis nutans

17. Ptilothrix deusta

18. Pultenaea daphnoides

19. Pultenaea flexilis

20. Pultenaea tuberculata

21. *Pyracantha angustifolia

22. Pyrrosia rupestris

23. *Ranunculus repens

24. *Rhaphiolepis indica

25. *Rhynchelytrum repens

26. *Romulea rosea

27. *Rubus fruticosus

28. *Rumex crispus

29. *Rumex sagittatus

30. *Salix babylonica

31. Scaevola calendulacea

32. Scaevola ramosissima

33. Schelhamera undulata

34. *Schlefflera actinophylla

35. Schoenus melanostachys

36. Selaginella uliginosa

37. *Senecio madagascariensis

38. *Senna pendula

39. *Setaria gracilis

40. *Setaria plamifolia

41. *Setaria pumila

42. *Setaria verticillata

43. *Sida rhombifolia

44. Smilax glyciphylla

45. *Solanum americanum

46. *Solanum mauritianum

47. *Solanum nigrum

48. *Sonchus oleraceus

49. *Sporobolus indicus

50. *Stachys arvensis

51. *Stellaria media

52. Stephania japonica

53. Stipa pubescens

54. *Strelitzia reginae

55. Stylidium graminifolium

56. Syncarpia glomulerifera

57. Synoum glandulosum

58. *Tagetes minuta

59. *Taraxacum officinale

60. Tetragonia tetragonoides

61. *Tetrapanax papyrifer

62. Tetrarrhena juncea

63. Tetratheca ericifolia

64. Themeda australis

65. Thunbergia alata

66. Thysanotus tuberosus

67. Todea barbara

68. *Toxicodendron succedaneum

69. *Tradescantia albiflora

70. Trema aspera

71. *Trifolium repens

72. Tristaniopsis collina

73. Tropaeolum majus

74. Urtica incisa

75. *Verbena bonariensis

76. *Vicia sativa

77. *Vicia tetrasperma

78. Viola hederacea

79. Wahlenbergia gracilis

80. *Watsonia bulbillifera

81. Westringia fruticosa

82. Wilkiea huegeliana

83. Woollsia pungens

84. Xanthorrhoea arborea

85. Xanthorrhoea media

86. Xanthosia pilosa

87. Xanthosia tridentata

88. Xylomelum pyriforme

89. Zieria pilosa

90. Zieria smithii