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PLANTS OF ROCKY CAPETasmania has an incredible diversity of plant life and the best places to see them for visitors to the state is in the national parks. Rocky Cape national park is a good example and is situated about an hours drive west along the north west coast from Burnie. Most of the park's vegetation is made up of heathlands and the dominant tree in the park is West coast peppermint, Eucalyptus nitida, which can be found on hill tops and in gullies. More than fifty species of native orchids can be found within the park including some rare and threatened species, Lizard orchid, Burnettia cuneata and one of the Leek orchids, Genoplesium brachystachyum. During spring the park is a showcase of wild flowers, one of the most spectacular is the Christmas bell, Blandfordia punicea. The park is also home to the only stands of the Saw leaf banksia, Banksia serrata, in Tasmania. |
 Blandfordia punicea Christmas bell |
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other plants found are: Acacia sophorae Coast Wattle, Boobyalla Allocasuarina monilifera Calochilus paludosus Strap-bearded Orchid Carpobrotus rossii Native Pig Face Corea alba White Correa Epacris impressa Common Heath Leptospermum scoparium Manuka Tea-tree Leucophyta brownii Cushion Bush Pterostylis plumosa Bearded Greenhood Orchid Utricularia dichotoma Bladderwort, Fairies' Aprons Xanthorrhoea australis Grass Tree |
 Epacris impressa Common Heath |