This native shrub is commonly known as sandpaper fig.
Ficus opposita is described as a "dicot" in the Moraceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 48 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bidwill, Boompa, Boonooroo, Boonooroo Plains, Booral, Burrum Heads, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundowran, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Gigoomgan, Glenwood, Granville, Great Sandy Strait, Gundiah, Howard, Island Plantation, Kanigan, Malarga, Maryborough, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Pialba, Pioneers Rest, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Scarness, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Teebar, Tiaro, Tinana, Tinana South, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Torquay, Tuan, Urangan, Urraween, Walkers Point, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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