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5. SEDGELAND of Lepidosperma longitudinale. 
Sedgeland, with the small shrub Melaleuca thymifolia, occurs in a limited area 
in depressions between the main dunes where drainage is severely impeded. 
The floristic composition of the sand dune area, the frequencies of many species 
(based on 24 sampling sites) and their growth-forms are shown in Table 1. 
TABLE 1 
Species recorded on the Agnes Banks sand, with MULTBET species groups, growth-forms, fre¬ 
quencies of occurrence and mode of regeneration aftei fire. 
MULTBET 
species 
group 
Botanical name 
Growth- 
form 
Frequency 
of occurrence 
% (24 sites) 
Regeneration 
after fire 
V = vegetative 
S = seedling 
1 
PTERIDOPHYTES 
Adiantaceae 
Cheilanthes tenuifolia 
Fb 
8 
?V 
6 
Dennstaedtiaceae 
Pteridium esculentum 
Fb 
33 
V 
Schizaeaceae 
Schizaea bifida 
Fb 
4 
?V 
GYMNOSPERMS 
Zamiaceae 
Macrozamia spiralis 
sS 
8 
V 
1 
ANGIOSPERMS 
DICOTYLEDONS 
Apiaceae 
Platysace ericoides 
sS 
83 
V 
1 
Trachymene incisa 
Fb 
92 
V s 
Apocynaceae 
Parsonsia straminea 
Cl 
4 
Asteraceae 
Cassinia aculeata 
sS 
C. uncata .. 
sS 
8 
*Conyza albida 
Fb 
8 
?s 
Helichrysum diosmifolium 
sS 
4 
V 
4 
*Hypochoeris radicata 
Fb 
46 
s 
Lagenifera stipitata 
4 
Senecio quadridentatus .. 
Fb 
4 
Campanulaceae 
Wahlenbergia sp. 
Fb 
8 
Cassythaceae 
Cassytha glabella 
Tw 
4 
?s 
3 
C. pubescens 
Tw 
67 
?s 
Casuarinaceae 
Casuarina littoralis 
ts 
4 
?s 
Diileniaceae 
Hibbertia diffusa . . 
sS 
4 
3 
H. fasciculata 
sS 
75 
s 
5 
Droseraceae 
Drosera peltata .. 
Fb 
13 
D. pygmaea 
Fb 
8 
5 
D. spathulata 
Fb 
17 
3 
Epacridaceae 
Brachyloma daphnoides . . 
sS 
54 
V 
2 
Leucopogon ericoides 
sS 
54 
s 
3 
L. virgatus 
sS 
46 
V 
3 
Monoloca seoparia 
sS 
67 
v 
Styphelia laeta 
sS 
4 
4 
Euphorbiaccac 
Amperea xiphoclada 
Gr 
50 
v 
Poranthera microphylia , . 
4 
?S 
3 
Ricinocarpos pinifolius .. 
S 
79 
V 
