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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.

• Cissus hypoglauca
• Cayratia clematidea
• Homalanthus populifolius
• Platylobium formosum
• Platylobium formosum
• Kennedia rubicunda
• Aotus ericoides
• Stephania japonica
• Polyscias sambucifolia
• Actinotus helianthi
• Eustrephus latifolius
• Zieria smithii

References

1. "1996 - 1999 Final determinations". NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
2. "2013 - 2015 Final determinations". NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
3. NSW Scientific Committee. (1998) Pittwater spotted gum forest - endangered ecological community listing
4. NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Version 2.0 - VIS_ID 3817
5. NSW Scientific Committee. (2011) Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions - Determination to make a minor amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act
6. ^ Smith, J., Smith, P. (1992).Threatened Fauna and Flora in Pittwater. Unpublished report prepared for Pittwater Council.

33°36′17″S 151°19′24″E / 33.60472°S 151.32333°E / -33.60472; 151.32333

• Endangered ecological communities
• Remnant urban bushland
• Nature reserves in New South Wales
• Northern Beaches