The table below includes 236 native plants recorded in the Kensington Bushland. It was compiled by Emily Harvey from previous surveys and supplemented by observations of Friends of Jirdarup Bushland with the assistance of several other dedicated observers.
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Vascular Plant Taxa Recorded in Kensington Bushland (Sept 2025)
Non-naturalised Native Plants of Kensington Bushland
Species recorded in Kensington bushland but not considered naturalised (either currently or historically)
Taxa Removed from previously compiled lists
Plants with contested inclusion in previous lists.
Sources include:
- RJ Cranfield & CM Parker (1980-81) WA Herbarium flowering calendar survey.
- B Rye. Flora of the Perth Region: original list of native vascular plants. Confirmed specimens in herbarium.
- G Keighery. Banksia Woodlands – A restoration Guide for the Swan Coastal Plain – incomplete list – Appendix 2.
- Kensington Bushland Management Plan -Appendix B Native flora species list. Species provided by the Town of Victoria Park from various sources including seed collection, Friends of Kensington Bushland and Report for Town of Victoria Park Management Plan (Ecoscape 2003).
- Remnant Vegetation Management Plan – Appendix 1. Compilation of Cranfield and Parker (1992); Cranfield (pers.comm, 2003); Thomson (2003) Friends of Kensington Bushland (pers. comm, 2003) & Waters (2003).
- Just M and Dixon K 2023. Survey and seed collections for Sandpit revegetation.
- Town of Victoria Park Flora Survey Spreadsheet. A compilation of the above Management Plans, flora surveys, seed collections and various other sources by Penny Fletcher.