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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Open eucalypt forest 20-35 m tall, with variable density of shrubs, and a diverse, relatively
continuous herbaceous-grassy groundcover The shrubs include a mixture of sclerophyllous and
mesophyllous species.
Trees
Eucalyptus bicostata (eurabbie), E. bridgesiana (apple box), E.
dalrympleana subsp. dalrympleana (mountain gum), E. dives (broad-leaved
peppermint), E.radiata (narrow-leaved peppermint), E. robertsonii subsp. robertsonii, E. viminalis (ribbon gum).
Shrubs
Acacia dealbata (silver wattle), A. melanoxylon (blackwood), Bursaria
spinosa (blackthorn), Cassinia aculeata (dolly bush), C. longifolia, Coprosma
quadrifida (prickly currant bush), Hibbertia obtusifolia, Lomatia myricoides (river
lomatia), and on poorer soils Leucopogon lanceolatus or Monotoca scoparia
(prickly broom-heath).
Scramblers
Clematis aristata (old mans beard).
Forbs
Acaena nova-zelandiae, Arthropodium milleflorum (vanilla lily), Cymbonotus
preissianus, Dichondra repens (kidney weed), Euchiton gymnocephalus (creeping
cudweed), Glycine clandestina, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Hydrocotyle laxiflora (stinking
pennywort), Hypericum gramineum (small St. Johns wort), Lagenifera stipitata (
blue bottle-daisy), Stellaria pungens (prickly starwort), Viola hederacea (ivy
-leaved violet), Wahlenbergia stricta subsp. stricta (tall bluebell),
Asplenium flabellifolium (necklace fern), Pellaea falcata var. falcata (sickle fern), Pteridium esculentum (bracken), wheatgrass), Lomandra
longifolia (spiny-headed mat-rush), Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides (
weeping grass), Poa helmsii (broad-leaved snowgrass), P. labillardieri, P.
sieberiana var. sieberiana (snowgrass)..
Habitat
On the tablelands from 600 to 1000 m (or more) above sea level, typically on moderately sloping
hills and valleys, and occasionally on the steeper slopes of gorges and scarps. Their soils are
clay-loams, mostly derived from shales or basalts, but occasionally, in restricted areas, from
limestone.
Distribution
Major occurrences are in the western foothills of the Tinderry, Tallaganda, Brindabella and Snowy
Mountain ranges, extending south into the Victorian Highlands. Further north, there are isolated
and heavily fragmented occurrences in the Moss Vale district, and between Lithgow and Orange on the central tablelands. Small patches occur on limestone at Jenolan, Bungonia and Wee Jasper
caves, and in the upper Deua River district.
Notes
Includes a species-rich groundcover. Forms a transitional rainfall sequence between Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests to the east and Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands in drier
parts of the tablelands. The northern part of the distribution has been extensively cleared for
pasture or pine plantations, especially in the Moss Vale and Oberon districts, and very little
area is protected within reserves. South of Canberra, however substantial areas remain, at least
on steeper terrain, in the western foothills of Kosciuszko national park.
Sources
Thomas et al. (2000)
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associated with the Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests vegetation class.