Waterfall with Straw Tree Fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi)

Waterfall above Sailors Bay, Sydney.

The tree fern is not indigenous to the area, and some think they should be removed from these Sydney gullies. They would not have been seen here 250 years ago. Previously known as Cyathea cooperi.

Dozens of species of ferns occur in this gully, from the large tree ferns to the tiny grass fern (Schizaea rupestris).

This gully is practically fire free, and dominated by old Coachwood trees. One of the finest Coachwood rainforests in Sydney, only five kilometres from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The late director of the Royal Botanic Gardens lived nearby. L.A.S. Johnson and his wife had a pleasant garden just upstream of here.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Castlecrag (show map)

Taken on: July 31, 2020

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