Up to 1,189 plants or flora species have been recorded in Camden Local Government Area. Of these, 712 species are native species and 477 species are exotic or introduced. There are seven species which are listed as threatened in NSW and nationally and one species which is listed as an endangered population in NSW.

Threatened species may be listed at a state level under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) or at a national level under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

The threatened species at the state and national level which occur in Camden LGA include:

• Camden White Gum (Eucalyptus benthamii);
• White-flowered Wax Plant (Cynanchum elegans);
• Juniper-leaved Grevillea (Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina);
• Native Pear (Marsdenia viridiflora supsp. viridiflora);
• Spiked Rice-flower (Pimelia spicata);
• Brown Pomaderris (Pomaderris brunnea);
• Matted Bush Pea (Puntenaea pedunculata); and
• Magenta Lilly Pilly (Syzygium paniculatum).

Download the Flora Species List for the Camden LGA.

Native plant species perfect for your garden: 

• Banksia integrifolia
• Banksia robur
• Brachyscome multifida
• Chrysocephalum appiculatum
• Crowea exalata
• Eremophila racemosa
• Eucalyptus Moon Lagoon
• Hakea laurina
• Hibbertia diffusa
• Prostanthera cuneata
• Scaevola aemula (purple)
•  Scaevola aemula (white)
• Tetratheca thymifolia

The three main native vegetation communities in the Camden LGA are:

• Cumberland Plain Woodland;
• River-flat Eucalypt Forest; and
• Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest.

Camden Local Government Area (LGA) occurs on the Cumberland Plain. The main vegetation community is Cumberland Plain Woodland which is made of the two prominent Eucalypts, Grey Box (Eucalyptus moluccana) and Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) which typify the remaining treed landscape of Camden.

The ground layer in Cumberland Plain Woodland is typically made up of grasses such as Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) and Weeping Meadow Grass (Microlaeana stipoides).

There are other native plants that occur in other vegetation communities such as the forest that occurs along the Nepean River.

The plants and the vegetation communities provide a variety of habitats to a range of animals, including birds, mammals and insects. Because some of this vegetation has been extensively removed in the past and is still subject to various impacts, a number of plants and animals have been listed as threatened at a state and / or national level.

An Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) or Critically Endangered Ecological Community (CEEC) are those that have been identified to be at risk of extinction due to a reduction in its distribution, habitat fragmentation and invasion by exotic species.

Endangered ecological communities may be listed at a state level under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) or at a national level under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

There are six ecological communities found within the Camden LGA that are either listed as endangered or critically endangered:

• Cumberland Plain Woodland (Critically Endangered under both State and Commonwealth legislation)
• Elderslie Banksia Scrub Forest (Critically Endangered under both State and Commonwealth legislation)
• Moist Shale Woodland (Endangered under State legislation and Critically Endangered under Commonwealth legislation)
• River-flat Eucalypt Forest (Critically Endangered under both State and Commonwealth legislation)
• Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest (Endangered under both State and Commonwealth legislation)
• Western Sydney Dry Rainforest (Critically Endangered under both State and Commonwealth legislation)

Map of Endangered Ecological Communities in Camden LGA is available for viewing.