McKay Reserve, Palm Beach, New South Wales

McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community (EEC) Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest.

[1][2][3] The reserve lies on a ridge on the Barrenjoey Peninsula and overlooks western Pittwater.

Mapping by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage in 2013[4] shows the reserve as also containing Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest, a particular subgroup of the Littoral Rainforest community, which is also an endangered ecological community.

[6] Species from other lists are referenced individually.

Of the 362 plant species listed by Smith & Smith, 125 (approximately one third) are naturalised introduced species.