The endangered Slender Bellfruit is growing by the road near Silver Gap, between Iga Warta and Copley. Fruiting in November. Read more about the Slender Bellfruit in our featured essay The Bellfruit Book: Research into the mysterious endangered tree of the North Flinders Ranges.
Acacia oswaldii, the Umbrella Wattle, with distinctive spiralling seedpods, in November.
Native Plum (Santalum lanceolatum) flowering in October.
Extinct in NSW, the Slender Bellfruit (Codonocarpus pyramidalis) is endangered in SA, found scattered around the Flinders Ranges. Also known as Desert Poplar. Read more about this fascinating tree in our featured essay The Bellfruit Book: Research into the mysterious endangered tree of the North Flinders Ranges.
The diverse Emu diet includes the seeds of a wide range of plants in the Flinders Ranges including Sandalwood, Quandong, Nitrebush, Eremophilas, Myoporum and Ruby Saltbush. Emus carry seeds in their gut from 3 hours to 10 months (depending on the type of seed) and can walk 13.5 km daily, making them significant agents of seed dispersal.
Coral Gum, Eucalyptus torquata, flowering in the southern Flinders Ranges in September.
Acacia victoriae is prolific in the Flinders Ranges, flowering profusely in spring. Also known as the Elegant Acacia or Prickly Wattle, seeds are harvested to make flour and the gum is also edible.
Acacia pycnantha, the Golden Wattle, flowering in the Pichi Richi Pass south of Quorn in early Spring.
Spiny leaves of young and well-watered Hakea ednieana, also known as Corktree, in Brachina Gorge.
