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Leptecophylla parvifolia (coast beard-heath)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leucopogon parviflorus, commonly known as coast beard-heath or native currant, is a shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand. The species grow to between 1.2 and 5 metres in height and has leaves that are 11 to 29 mm long and 2.4 to 7.5 mm in width, often with curved tips. The white flowers are around 15 mm long and are produced in spikes of 7 to 13. These occur throughout the year.
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Predators

Carinascincus ocellatus (Ocellated Cool-skink, Ocellated Skink)[1]
Eriococcus eucalypti[2]
Pseudomys higginsi (Long-tailed mouse)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Feeding Ecology of the Tasmanian Spotted Skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata :Scincidae), Erik Wapstra and Roy Swain, Australian Journal of Zoology, 1996, 44, 205-213
2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
3Pseudomys higginsi, Michael M. Driessen and Robert K. Rose, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 623, pp. 1-5 (1999)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0