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RIVER-FLAT EUCALYPT FOREST Conservation status Threats Listed as an endangered plant community The main threats are clearing, alteration of under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation flood regimes, small corridor width and weed Act 2016. invasion. Distribution Where it is found in Fairfield River-flat Eucalypt Forest extends from Found along most creeks including Prospect Port Stephens to the Bega Valley along the Creek, Orphan School Creek, Cabramatta east coast of Australia. It is found with Creek, Georges River, Reedy Creek and recent alluvial soils on floodplains that contain silts, clay-loams and sandy loams. Green Valley Creek. Often only a narrow It mostly occurs at elevations below 50m corridor has been retained. Where council above sea level although occasionally is reserves adjoin, enhancement is often found up to 250m above sea level. possible through establishment of “no-mow” zones and natural regeneration. It may Description intergrade within these reserves with It is a water-dependant community that Cumberland Plain Woodland or freshwater requires periodic flooding. The forest wetlands. structure ranges from tall open forests (mostly along larger rivers) to woodlands Threatened Species found in this and may inter-grade with patches of Community freshwater wetlands. Marsdenia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora (Native Pear) often exists at the edge of River-flat There are two main forms. Riparian forest Eucalypt Forest particularly along Orphan or woodland along the banks closest to the watercourse dominated by Casuarina School Creek. Regionally significant species glauca (Swamp Oak) with occasional associated with this community locally eucalypts. It intergrades with alluvial include Eucalyptus baueriana (Blue Box), woodland away from the creek dominated Eucalyptus bosistoana (Bosisto’s Box) and by Eucalyptus tereticornis (Forest Red the small grass Panicum pygmaeum (Pigmy Gum), Angophora species (Apples), Panic). Melaleuca species (Paperbarks) and occasionally Eucalyptus amplifolia (Cabbage Gum). The understorey contains moisture-loving species including Acacia species (wattles), grasses, herbs, sedges, rushes and climbers. In protected sites along Cabramatta and Prospect Creeks, rainforest species may exist, such as Backhousia myrtifolia (Grey Myrtle), Clerodendrum tomentosum (Hairy Clerodendrum) and Notelaea longifolia. (Mock Olive). click here to insert image click here to insert image click here to insert image click here to insert image
The species listed below are the more common or typical species found within the community. Ferns & herbs Grasses, sedges & rushes Austrostipa ramosissima Canopy Adiantum aethiopicum Cymbopogon refractus Angophora floribunda Alternanthera denticulata Cyperus gracilis Angophora subvelutina Centella asiatica Dichelachne micrantha Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi cunninghamiana Digitaria parviflora Commelina cyanea Casuarina glauca Echinopogon caespitosus Dichondra repens Eucalyptus amplifolia var. caespitosus Doodia aspera Eucalyptus baueriana Echinopogon ovatus Einadia hastata Eucalyptus botryoides x saligna Entolasia marginata Einadia trigonos Eucalyptus longifolia Eragrostis leptostachya Epaltes australis Eucalyptus moluccana Imperata cylindrica var. major Euchiton sphaericus Eucalyptus tereticornis Isopeis inundata Galium propinquum Juncus usitatus Geranium solanderi Smaller trees and shrubs Microlaena stipoides Hydrocotyle peduncularis Acacia floribunda var. stipoides Hypolepis muelleri Acacia parramattensis Oplismenus aemulus Lomandra longifolia Acmena smithii Oplismenus imbecillus Opercularia diphylla Backhousia myrtifolia Panicum pygmaeum Oxalis perennans Breynia oblongifolia Paspalidium distans Persicaria decipiens Bursaria spinosa Themeda triandra Phyllanthus gunnii Melaleuca decora Phyllanthus similis Melaleuca linariifolia Plectranthus parviflorus Brambles and vines Melaleuca styphelioides Poranthera microphylla Cayratia clematidea Melia azedarach Pratia purpurascens Clematis aristata Melicytisus dentatus Pteridium esculentum Clematis glycinoides Ozothamnus diosmifolius Sigesbeckia orientalis Eustrephus latifolius Solanum prinophyllum subsp. orientalis Geitonoplesium cymosum Trema aspera Vernonia cinerea Glycine clandestina
Veronica plebeia Glycine microphylla
Viola hederacea Glycine tabacina References: OEH (2011) River-flat eucalypt forest Wahlenbergia gracilis Hardenbergia violacea on coastal floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions - endangered Pandorea pandorana ecological community listing Rubus parvifolius OEH (2013) River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, For more information on these initiatives contact Fairfield Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions - pro- City Council on 9725 0222 or www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au file Follow us on