Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Eucalyptus macarthurii
Gazetted date:
29 Aug 2014
Profile last updated:
24 Jan 2024
Description
Paddy's River Box is a tall tree reaching up to 40 metres high. The grey-brown, shortly fibrous, thick bark is persistent on the trunk and larger branches. Above this the bark is smooth, grey and sheds in short ribbons. Juvenile leaves opposite, dull green and heart-shaped with the point away from the stem. Adult leaves are dull-green, 8-16 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm wide.
Distribution
Paddy's River Box has a moderately restricted distribution. It is currently recorded from the Moss Vale District to Kanangra-Boyd National Park. In the Southern Highlands it occurs mainly on private land, often as isolated individuals in, or on the edges of roads and paddocks. It is not well reserved but does occur within Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve in the Southern Highlands. In Kanangra-Boyd National Park isolated stands occur in the north west part of the range on the Boyd Plateau.
Habitat and ecology
- Occurs on grassy woodland on relatively fertile soils on broad cold flats.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Although large mature trees exist, grazing and other forms of disturbance preclude establishment of seedlings in many locations, so that the current mature cohort of individuals is unlikely to be replaced unless protective measures are implemented.
- Loss of habitat through development and clearing.
- Weed invasion leading to reduced recruitment.
- Lack of recruitment due to a combination of grazing, weed invasion (grasses) and potentially fire.
Recovery strategies
A targeted strategy for managing this species has been developed under the Saving Our Species program; click
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Activities to assist this species
- Fence out mature stands to allow regeneration.
- Control weeds that inhibit regeneration.
- Reduce small scale clearing pressures.
Information sources
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2, Revised Edition. UNSW, Sydney.
- NSW Scientific Committee (2005) Eucalyptus macarthurii (a tree) - vulnerable species determination - final. DEC (NSW), Sydney.
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