Ceratopetalum

Typical tree species include coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum), sassafras (Doryphora sassafras), and lillypilly (Acmena smithii).

Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

In the Border Ranges, approximately 140 dicotyledon genera are Gondwanan in origin, including rain forest genera (Nothofagus, Ceratopetalum, Akania) and non-rainforest genera such as Cassinia, Bauera, Hibbertia, and Leucopogon.

Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

A curious features of the area is the virtual absence of what is normally one of the major species of warm temperate rain forest, Ceratopetalum apetalum.

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

Ceratopetalum apetalum is absent from the warm temperate rain forest.

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

The two major warm temperate rain forest associations in the area, substantial areas of which remain in unmodified condition, are a Ceratopetalum - Doryphora sub-alliance and Ceratopetalum/Schizomeria-Argyrodendron/Sloanea sub-alliance.

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

In Mount Seaview Nature Reserve, warm temperate rain forest at the head of Cedar Creek is notable for the absence of Ceratopetalum.

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008

The major warm temperate rain forest association is a Ceratopetalum apetalum, Schizomeria ovata, Ackama sub alliance.

Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia 2008