2EEucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

2E Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

(2E) Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita tall open-forest refers to a vegetation community of mixed tree species composition, including Eucalyptus piperita (Sydney Peppermint), E. deanei (Mountain Blue Gum), Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine), Angophora costata (Sydney Red Gum), A. floribunda (Rough-barked Apple), Eucalyptus punctata (Grey Gum) and E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark). Not all of these species occur in every stand, except for E. deanei, whose presence is characteristic of the community.

The community is found in moist, sheltered sites on the talus slopes below the sandstone escarpments of the Jamison, Kedumba and Grose Valleys. It is replaced further west in the Megalong and Kanimbla Valleys by Eucalyptus cypellocarpa-E. piperita tall open-forest. The community also occurs in some moist, sheltered sites away from the escarpments. The typical vegetation structure is tall open-forest, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. It is a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.

Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita tall open-forest differs from Eucalyptus deanei-Syncarpia glomulifera tall open-forest in that it occurs on different geology (Illawarra Coal Measures, Shoalhaven Group and Narrabeen Group) and E. deanei is less prominent.

This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus piperita and E. deanei along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.

| Acacia elata | Acacia falciformis | Acacia longifolia | | Adiantum aethiopicum | Allocasuarina torulosa | Angophora costata | | Angophora floribunda | Arthropodium minus | Astrotricha latifolia | | Banksia spinulosa | Blechnum cartilagineum | Callicoma serratifolia | | Calochlaena dubia | Carex longebrachiata | Cassytha pubescens | | Ceratopetalum apetalum | Clematis aristata | Cyathea australis | | Desmodium varians | Dianella caerulea | Dichelachne rara | | Dichondra repens | Doodia aspera | Elaeocarpus reticulatus | | Entolasia stricta | Eucalyptus crebra | Eucalyptus deanei | | Eucalyptus piperita | Eucalyptus punctata | Eustrephus latifolius | | Exocarpos cupressiformis | Gahnia sieberiana | Galium propinquum | | Geitonoplesium cymosum | Gleichenia microphylla | Glycine clandestina | | Hakea dactyloides | Hakea salicifolia | Hibbertia scandens | | Hydrocotyle peduncularis | Indigofera australis | Leptospermum polygalifolium | | Leucopogon lanceolatus | Lomandra longifolia | Lomandra montana | | Melaleuca styphelioides | Oplismenus aemulus | Pandorea pandorana | | Platylobium formosum | Platysace lanceolata | Plectranthus parviflorus | | Pratia purpurascens | Pteridium esculentum | Rubus parvifolius | | Smilax australis | Sticherus lobatus | Syncarpia glomulifera | | Todea barbara | Tristaniopsis collina | Tylophora barbata |