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Evans Grevillea - profile

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Scientific name: Grevillea evansiana
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Profile last updated: 01 Aug 2024

Description

A dense spreading shrub, rarely more than 0.5 m high, but can grow to 1.5 m, with white hairy stems. The leaves elliptic to obovate (occasionally linear) and are grey-green, entire, to 40 mm x 8 mm, glossy green above, silver-grey underneath with a small pointed tip. Flowers are dark red (and rarely white) and occur in round clusters. Flowers occur in August to December. The fruit is a hairless and smooth follicle.

Distribution

Restricted to mostly within Wollemi National Park principally around the Dunns Swamp area in the central west, but also in outlying locations around Glen Davis and northern section of Newnes Plateau.

Habitat and ecology

  • Grows in a range of habitats including pagoda heath, dry sclerophyll forest or woodland and hanging swamps in sandy soils, usually over Hawkesbury sandstone.
  • Flowers August to December, with peak flowering in September.
  • Likely to be a fire sensitive obligate seeder with recruitment occurring from a soil stored seed bank following fire. Seedling recruitment can also occur in the absence of fire, but is promoted by physical disturbance or canopy gaps.

Regional distribution and habitat

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Information sources

IBRA Bioregion IBRA Subregion Known or predicted Geographic restrictions region
NSW South Western SlopesCapertee Valley Predicted None
South Eastern HighlandsCapertee Uplands Predicted None
Sydney BasinWollemi Known None