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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Dry open eucalypt forest up to 30 m tall, with a diverse array of eucalypts and an open subcanopy of casuarinas and Alphitonia. The understorey has a shrub stratum of variable density and a continuous species-rich grassy groundcover.
Trees
Corymbia henryi (large-leaved spotted gum), C. intermedia (pink bloodwood), Eucalyptus carnea (thick-leaved mahogany), E. moluccana (grey box), E. propinqua (grey gum), E. siderophloia (grey ironbark), E. variegata (spotted gum), Syncarpia glomulifera (turpentine).
Shrubs
Allocasuarina torulosa (forest oak), Alphitonia excelsa (red ash), Breynia oblongifolia (coffee bush), Jacksonia scoparia (dogwood)..
Scramblers
Allocasuarina torulosa (forest oak), Alphitonia excelsa (red ash), Breynia oblongifolia (coffee bush), Jacksonia scoparia (dogwood).
Forbs
Dianella caerulea (blue flax lily), Glycine clandestina, Pratia purpurascens (white root), Cymbopogon refractus (barbed wire grass), Entolasia stricta (wiry panic), Imperata cylindrica var. major (blady grass), Themeda australis (kangaroo grass).
Habitat
Hills and undulating lowlands within the Clarence and Richmond valley rain shadows below 600 m elevation. Soils are moderately fertile loams derived from siltstones and mudstones. Subtropical climatic zone with seasonal summer-maximum rainfall.
Distribution
Restricted to the Clarence river valley and western Richmond valley and adjacent foothills. Possibly unique to New South Wales, although similar vegetation occurs in the Moreton district of south-east Queensland.
Notes
Shares a number of species with Northern Gorges Dry Sclerophyll Forests and Coastal Rainshadow Grassy Woodlands, and has a superficial resemblance to Tropical Savannas. Fragmented by clearing, cattle grazing and burning over most of its range.
Sources
NPWS (1999)
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