2HEucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

2H Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

(2H) Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest

Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita tall open-forest is characterised by the presence of Eucalyptus dalrympleana (Mountain Gum), occurring in association with E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint) and E. radiata**subsp.**radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). In the City, this community appears to be restricted to one small stand at the upper end of Popes Glen Creek, Blackheath, where it occurs on a sheltered, south-facing slope of Narrabeen Group geology. The vegetation structure is variable within this disturbed stand, from tall open-forest to open-forest and woodland. It is a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.

Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita tall open-forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the community at Blackheath.

| Acacia longifolia | Acacia melanoxylon | Arrhenechthites mixta | | Baumea rubiginosa | Billardiera scandens | Blechnum nudum | | Chionochloa pallida | Cyathea australis | Daviesia ulicifolia | | Deyeuxia parviseta | Dianella prunina | Dianella tasmanica | | Empodisma minus | Epacris pulchella | Eucalyptus dalrympleana | | Eucalyptus piperita | Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata | Gahnia sieberiana | | Gleichenia dicarpa | Gonocarpus teucrioides | Hakea dactyloides | | Helichrysum scorpioides | Leptospermum polygalifolium | Lepyrodia scariosa | | Leucopogon lanceolatus | Lomandra longifolia | Lomatia silaifolia | | Lycopodium deuterodensum | Microlaena stipoides | Olearia erubescens | | Persoonia myrtilloides | Poa sieberiana | Polyscias sambucifolia | | Pteridium esculentum | Pultenaea scabra | |