Fauna and floraFauna and flora

Fauna and flora

The Byron Bay district is home to a number of native fauna species including flying foxes, koalas, and frogs.

A number of endangered ecological communities have been identified in the Arakwal National Park surrounding the Cape Byron Lightstation. The Graminoid Clay Heath, an endangered ecological community containing a large collective of native plants including, but not limited to, the fern-leaved banksia, hairy bushpea, kangaroo grass, and broad sword sedge.

The Themeda grasslands, another endangered ecological community, contains the following species:

• Acacia sophorae
• Banksia integrifolia subsp. Integrifolia
• Commelina cyanea
• Glycine clandestina
• Glycine microphylla
• Hibbertia scandens
• Isolepis nodosa
• Kennedia rubicunda
• Lepidosperma spp.
• Leptospermum laevigatum
• Lomandra longifolia
• Monotoca elliptica