Newnes Plateau Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountian Gum - Brown Stringybark Layered Forest
Key Identifying features
- Tall to very tall forest
- Typically on deeper soils (that may be enriched by basalt residue or by interbedded shale lenses) and in more sheltered positions.
- Mid storey mainly open, with some shrubs and canopy saplings.
Common plant species
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Newnes Sheltered pappermint - Brown Barrel Shrubby Forest
Key identifying features
- Gullies on Newnes Plateau and protected escarpment slopes. Soils are predominantly sand-influenced loams.
- Tall Eucalyptus fastigata, Eucalyptus radiata and Eucalyptus oreades
- Mixed shrub understorey of Acacia spp., Leptospermum species and Callicoma serratifolia
- A ferny understorey, mostly Pteridium esculentum
Common plant species
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Tableland Mountian Gum - Snow Gum - Daviesia Montane Open Forest
Key identifying features
- Eucalyptus dalrympleana and Eucalyptus pauciflora forming a dominant stratum, with a varied understorey that may be shrubby or grassy or both.
- Favours hillsides and steeper slopes over metamorphic substrates, often with much broken rock at or near the surface, but some flatter areas have been heavily grazed.
- Favours higher altitudes, rarely occuring below 800 metres elevation.
Common plant species
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Newnes Plateau Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Silvertop Ash Layered Open Forest
Key identifying features
- Taller forest or woodland of Eucalyptus radiata and Eucalyptus sieberi, often with Eucalyptus blaxlandii and Eucalyptus oreades, over a moderately dense and quite diverse shrub layer.
- Eucalyptus fastigata is absent, Eucalyptus dives and Eucalyptus piperita are in low numbers.
- Groundcover density is variable but usually quite diverse, with Joycea pallida and Poa sieberiana the dominant tussocks, and Goodenia, Lomandra, Patersonia and Pteridium esculentum often in good numbers.
- On flatter / broader ridges, but will occur on upper slopes and below pagoda outcrops.
Common plant species
- Trees: Eucalyptus mannifera, Eucalyptus sclerophylla, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, Eucalyptus dives, Eucalyptus blaxlandii, Eucalyptus radiata and Eucalyptus sieberi
- Shrubs: Acacia terminalis, Banksia cunninghamii, Boronia microphylla, Davisia latifolia, Hakea dactyloides, Isopogon anemonifolius, Leucopogon lanceolatus, Persoonia myrtilloides, Petrophile pulchella and Pimelea linifolia
- Herbaceous species: Austrostipa pubescens, Poa sieberiana, Joycea pallida, Lomandra species, Patersonia sericea and Dianella revoluta
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Sandstone Platau and Ridge Scribbly Gum - Silvertop Ash Shrubby Woodland
Key identifying features
- An open forest or woodland community of the Narrabeen ridges, with Eucalyptus sieberi (silvertop ash) and Eucalyptus sclerophylla dominating. The understorey is diverse and shrubby, although it varies in density from open to quite dense - probably as a result of disturbance history.
- Eucalyptus piperita is usually absent from the unit, and Eucalyptus blaxlandii is very uncommon.
- The soil is typically quite shallow, and loose rock may be present on the surface.
Common plant species
- Trees: Eucalyptus sclerophylla and Eucalyptus sieberi
- Shrubs: Acacia terminalis, Allocasuarina nana, Banksia ericifolia, Boronia microphylla, Bossiaea heterophylla, Hakea dactyloides, Isopogon anemonifolius, Leptospermum arachnoides, Lomatia silaifolia, Monotoca elliptica, Persoonia levis, Petrophile canescens and Pomaderris andromedifolia
- Herbaceous species: Amperea xiphoclada, Caustis flexuosa, Dianella revoluta, Goodenia bellidifolia, Mirbelia platyloboides, Patersonia species, Phyllota squarosa and Rhytidosporum procumbens
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Sandstone Slopes Sydney Peppermint Shrubby Forest
Key identifying features
- Moderately dense forest of Eucalyptus piperita, often with Eucalyptus blaxlandii having a wide array of shrubs underneath, often at quite high densities.
- Relatively sparse groundcover, with forbs, graminoids and bracken fern predominating.
- Favours shallow to somewhat deeper sandy loam or earthy sand soils, usually near ridgecrests and on more
gentle slopes.
- Usually does not have Eucalyptus sieberi and Eucalyptus oreades
Common plant species
- Trees: Eucalyptus piperita and Eucalyptus blaxlandii
- Shrubs: Acacia obtusifolia, Leptospermum polygalifolium, Leucopogon lanceolatus, Leucopogon muticus, Monotoca elliptica, Monotoca scoparia, Persoonia linearis, Podolobium ilicifolium
- Herbaceous species: Amperea xiphoclada, Dianella caerulea, Lomandra longifolia, Poa sieberiana, Pomax umbellata, Poranthera microphylla, Pteridium esculentum and Viola sieberiana
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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Exposed Blue Mountains Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash Shrubby Woodland
Key identifying features
- Dense shrubby understorey and groundcover dominated by smaller Lomandra species.
- Canopy dominated by Eucalyptus piperata and Eucalyptus sieberi
Common plant species
For OEH detailed description see the report of the Vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
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