Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005
2ISun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest (Eucalyptus amplifolia)
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2I Sun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest (Eucalyptus amplifolia)
(2I) Sun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest (Eucalyptus amplifolia)
The Sun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest is listed as an endangered ecological community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.
This community is dominated by Eucalyptus amplifolia (Cabbage Gum) that occurs on the diatreme at Sun Valley. An associated tree species is E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved Stringybark). Although there is still good tree cover in the area (remnant trees and regeneration), the understorey of this community has been grossly altered through clearing and grazing. Remaining native understorey species include Acacia parramattensis, Imperata cylindrica, Lomandra longifolia and Pteridium esculentum, but the original composition of the understorey is difficult to assess. Attempts to restore this community at Sun Valley are certainly warranted.
Sun Valley Cabbage Gum 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 Sun Valley.
| Acacia parramattensis | Adiantum aethiopicum | Agrostis sp. | | Aristida sp. | Arthropodium sp. | Blechnum nudum | | Bursaria spinosa | Centella asiatica | Cheilanthes sieberi | | Daucus glauchidiatus | Daviesia ulicifolia | Dianella aff. caerulea | | Dianella caerulea | Dichondra repens | Dillwynia sp. | | Doodia aspera | Echinopogon caespitosus | Entolasia marginata | | Entolasia stricta | Eucalyptus amplifolia | Eucalyptus eugenioides | | Gallium gaudichaudi | Geranium homeanium | Geranium solanderi | | Glycine tabacina | Hakea salicifolia | Hardenbergia violacea | | Hematharia unsinata | Hibbertia diffusa | Hibbertia fasciculata | | Hibbertia linearis | Hypericum gramineum | Indigofera australis | | Juncus usitatus | Kunzia ambigua | Lindsaea linearis | | Lomandra longifolia | Microlaena stipoides | Persoonia linearis | | Persoonia oblongata | Pittosporum undulatum | Poa sp. | | Poranthera microphylla | Pratia purpurascens | Pteridium esculentum | | Ranunculus lappacaeus | Themeda australis | Veronica plebeia |