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Sighting 4662358

Ficus (genus)

1 Copmanhurst, NSW

Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Ficus (genus) at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Ficus (genus) 25 May 2025 Csteele4
Unverified 17 Apr 2025 MazzV

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This young fig germinated in leaf litter trapped by an old shade cloth canopy which has become host to all manner of life forms. * In 3 months, it has at least tripled in size (photo 4), since photos 1, 2 & 3 were taken in early January. Time this whole thing got attached to a tree somewhere! * The shade cloth canopy itself collapsed a few years ago and a substantial amount of leaf litter has accumulated in the depression formed in the top, with several ferns & other plants colonizing the underside, rooting deep into the leaf litter. Mosses and Lichens are also prolific here.

4 comments

Csteele4 wrote:
   25 May 2025
I suspect F rubiginosa but hard to verify with these images. Thank you for the info, though. 😀
MazzV wrote:
   3 Jun 2025
A pleasure @CSteele, to share the discoveries !

Cheers, MazzV
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   3 Jun 2025
Please note the apparent hairless-ness, clearly at least not rusty hairy on the under-sides of the leaves and on the stems including the new growth,
aka Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key, quotation: "Leaves green and glabrous on both surfaces" –more or less shown in these photographs.

And the growing tip buds with their notably long stipules – apparently well longer than 10 mm .

Please do these stipules have hairs or not ?

Still, I am considering the possibility of exotic fig species candidates looking at these photographs a few times,
–such as from parks or gardens somewhere within bird flight distance.

And of course the more important hopeful, and likely, candidates of:
• _Ficus rubiginosa_ forma _glabrescens_ or
• _Ficus obliqua_ var. _petiolaris_
.

In the future some dimensions of this growing plant's key foliage parts may well clarify more which species.
.

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) 

Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 

→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/ 

→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 

→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  

→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:

PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Ficus rubiginosa_ 
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~rubiginosa 

_Ficus obliqua_ 
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~obliqua

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.

Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .
MazzV wrote:
   3 Jun 2025
WOW!!! @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 , I'm blown away with such a helpful bounty of info. THANK YOUI! It will take me some time to absorb and follow-up, and I won't get to start that before the weekend, but I will respond once I have! Cheers, MazzV

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  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

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  • Ficus (genus) Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 494.69m Recorded at altitude
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  • In flower

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