Lake Gillawarna Canterbury Bankstown

Vegetation

The Georges River flows through a very varied landscape from the almost fully-urbanised lower coastal reaches through to the steep-sided, heavily-wooded upper reaches near Appin.

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Senna pendula is a green weed that can grow to be as large as a tree, pictured here in bloom with yellow flowers.

Weeds

Weeds have a significant impact on our catchments and are a threat to native flora and fauna as well as the health of our waterways.

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Green, low-lying shrubs called salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

Endangered flora

There are approximately 135 threatened plant species found in the Georges River Catchment.

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