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The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area Volume 2: Vegetation Community Profiles Version 2.0 Catchment Management Authority THE NATIVE VEGETATION OF THE SYDNEY METROPOLITAN AREA VOLUME 2: VEGETATION COMMUNITY PROFILES Version 2.0 October 2013 Published by: For enquiries regarding this report please contact Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of the Ecosystems and Threatened Species Section, Premier and Cabinet Metropolitan Branch, Office of Environment and 59-61 Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Heritage, Hurstville. PO Box A290, Sydney South, NSW 1232 Phone: (02) 9995 6802 Report pollution and environmental incidents Environment Line: 131 555 (NSW only) or This report should be referenced as follows: [email protected] OEH (2013) The Native Vegetation of the Sydney See also www.environment.nsw.gov.au/pollution Metropolitan Area. Volume 2: Vegetation Phone: (02) 9995 5000 (switchboard) Community Profiles. Version 2.0. NSW Office of Phone: 131 555 (environment information and Environment and Heritage, Sydney. publications requests) Phone: 1300 361 967 (national parks, climate Acknowledgements change and energy efficiency information and Special thanks go to the private landholders, local publications requests) council staff and staff within the former Sydney Fax: (02) 9995 5999 Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority TTY: (02) 9211 4723 and other land management agencies who have Email: [email protected] assisted the project by providing us with valuable Website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au information, allowing us to access their land and assisting with field work. The project would not ISBN 978 1 74359 295 3 have been possible without you. David Thomas, OEH Publishing No. 2013/0727 Roger Lembit, Doug Benson, Teresa James, October 2013 Penny Colyer, Mark Harris, Daniel Whaite, Clare de Lacey and Stephen Bell supported the project © Copyright Office of Environment and Heritage, by providing valuable data. A number of people Department of Premier and Cabinet on behalf of provided significant comments to improve the State of NSW. Photographs are copyright Office of mapping and report including Brendon Graham, Environment and Heritage or the individual Teresa James, Doug Benson, Ian Perkins, David photographer. Thomas, Penny Colyer, Di Campbell, Gith Strid- Nwulaekwe, Nathan Smith and Jenny Powell. With the exception of photographs, the Office of Many others provided comments and advice and Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier they are thanked generously for their input. and Cabinet and State of NSW are pleased to This project was jointly funded by the Sydney allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority part for educational and non-commercial use, and OEH and was supported through funding from provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, the Australian Government. publisher and authorship are acknowledged. Specific permission is required for the reproduction of photographs. Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet has compiled The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area (Version 2.0) in good faith, exercising all due care and attention. Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) does not accept responsibility for any inaccurate or incomplete information supplied by third parties. No representation is made about the accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information in this publication for any particular purpose. OEH shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to any person or organisation taking action or not on the basis of this publication. Readers should seek appropriate advice when applying the information to their specific needs. Map data is not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. OEH and its employees disclaim liability for any act done on the information in the map and any consequences of such acts or omissions. TABLE OF CONTENTS Using the Vegetation Community Profiles ................................ ......................................................................1 Rainforests..........................................................................................................................7 Illawarra Escarpment Subtropical Rainforest ...................S_RF01 ...............................................................8 Coastal Sandstone Gallery Rainforest.............................S_RF02 .............................................................11 Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest ..............................S_RF03 .............................................................14 Hinterland Dry Rainforest ...............................................S_RF05 .............................................................18 Coastal Dune Littoral Rainforest .....................................S_RF06 .............................................................21 Coastal Escarpment Littoral Rainforest ...........................S_RF07 .............................................................24 Coastal Headland Littoral Thicket ...................................S_RF08 .............................................................27 Wet Sclerophyll Forests...................................................................................................31 Blue Gum High Forest.................................................. S_WSF01............................................................32 Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest ..................... S_WSF02............................................................36 Coastal Sand Littoral Forest ......................................... S_WSF03............................................................40 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay-Banksia Forest ............. S_WSF04............................................................43 Illawarra Escarpment Blackbutt Forest .......................... S_WSF05............................................................47 Illawarra Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest .................. S_WSF32............................................................51 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest ........................ S_WSF33............................................................54 Coastal Diatreme Forest .............................................. S_WSF35............................................................58 Coastal Flats Tall Moist Forest ..................................... S_WSF36............................................................62 Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest .................................. S_WSF06............................................................66 O'Hares Creek Shale Forest......................................... S_WSF07............................................................70 Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest.................................. S_WSF08............................................................74 Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest............................... S_WSF09............................................................79 Pittwater Spotted Gum Forest....................................... S_WSF11............................................................83 Central Coast Escarpment Dry Forest........................... S_WSF34............................................................87 Grassy Woodlands...........................................................................................................91 Cumberland Moist Shale Woodland ...............................S_GW01.............................................................92 Cumberland Shale Hills Woodland.................................S_GW02.............................................................95 Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland ..............................S_GW03.............................................................99 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest ...............S_GW04...........................................................103 Grasslands......................................................................................................................107 Beach Spinifex Grassland ..............................................S_GL01 ...........................................................108 Coastal Headland Grassland..........................................S_GL02 ...........................................................111 Dry Sclerophyll Forests .................................................................................................115 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest ......................................... S_DSF01 ..........................................................116 Castlereagh Shale-Gravel Transition Forest .................. S_DSF02 ..........................................................120 Coastal Sand Apple-Bloodwood Forest ......................... S_DSF03 ..........................................................124 Coastal Enriched Sandstone Dry Forest........................ S_DSF04 ..........................................................128 Sydney South Exposed Sandstone Woodland ............... S_DSF05 ..........................................................132 Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest .......................... S_DSF06 ..........................................................137 Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest............................... S_DSF08 ..........................................................141 Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest ................................... S_DSF09 ..........................................................145
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