4, Vegetation of the Gully Bottoms 
"P'HE commonest aquatic plants are Phragmites communis 
(reed) and Typha angnstifolia (bulrush). Along streams 
the most characteristic plant is a tea-tree, Leptospermum 
pnbescens, and occasionally a bottle brush, Callistemon salignus. 
Acacia rhetinodes and A. rupicola (wattles) are also present. 
Here also is found an alien in great quantities, Verbena 
bonariensis, a plant from South America. Away from the stream 
proper the maidenhair fern, Adiantum aethiopicum , is found. 
The most characteristic gully flora is found, however, on wet 
rocks and at the bases of the hillslopes, especially on south- 
facing slopes which get little sun. Here the characteristic plants 
are Senecio hypoleucus , Logania recurva, the rare Anthocercis 
angnstifolia (practically restricted to Morialta), Correa rubra , 
and the native hyacinth, Calostemma purpureum . 
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