This native tree
is commonly known as
stony creek backhousia.
Backhousia oligantha
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Myrtaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Endangered.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Largely confined to a few locations in the Biggenden area including at Mt Walsh with an outlier on Mt Archer near Rockhampton. Habitat is Auraucarian microphyl vine forest (Austrobaileya vol 6 Number 3 2003).
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/51571505
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
