4BEucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodland

4B Eucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodland

(4B) Eucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodland

Eucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodlands occur on dry sandy alluvial benches along certain creek systems in the lower Blue Mountains. This community may also occur on higher benches on a mix of alluvial and colluvial soils. Eucalyptus sclerophylla (Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum) is the dominant tree species sometimes co-dominant with Angophora bakeri (Narrow-leaved Apple). The typical vegetation structure is woodland, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. The association between this community and alluvial or colluvial soils is a critical feature in its definition, since E. sclerophylla is also the dominant tree species in another, more common vegetation community, with a different understorey, that occurs on northern and western aspects on sandstone geology in the middle and upper Blue Mountains. The E. sclerophylla trees in the latter community tend to be smaller than those in the E. sclerophylla Bench Woodland.

This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus sclerophylla 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 brownii | Acacia rubida | Acacia ulicifolia | | Angophora bakeri | Aristida benthami | Aristida vagans | | Baeckea virgata | Banksia oblongifolia | Banksia serrata | | Banksia spinulosa | Bossiaea heterophylla | Bossiaea obcordata | | Bossiaea rhombifolia | Cassytha glabella | Cassytha pubescens | | Caustis flexuosa | Conospermum longifolium | Corymbia exima | | Corymbia gummifera | Cyathochaeta diandra | Dampiera stricta | | Daviesia corymbosa | Dillwynia floribunda | Entolasia stricta | | Epacris pulchella | Eriostemon hispidulus | Eucalyptus notabilis | | Eucalyptus piperita | Eucalyptus sclerophylla | Eucalyptus sparsifolia | | Grevillea buxifolia | Grevillea mucronulata | Hakea dactyloides | | Hakea sericea | Hovea linearis | Imperata cylindrica | | Isopogon anemonifolius | Lambertia formosa | Lepidosperma laterale | | Leptospermum arachnoides | Leptospermum parvifolium | Leptospermum polygalifolium | | Leptospermum trinervium | Lepyrodia scariosa | Lomandra brevis | | Lomandra filiformis | Lomandra glauca | Lomandra longifolia | | Lomandra obliqua | Melaleuca linariifolia | Melaleuca thymifolia | | Mirbelia rubiifolia | Monotoca scoparia | Panicum simile | | Persoonia hirsuta | Persoonia laurina | Persoonia oblongata | | Petrophile pulchella | Phyllota phylicoides | Pimelea linifolia | | Platysace linearifolia | Pteridium esculentum | Ptilothrix deusta | | Schoenus villosus | Stipa pubescens | Stylidium graminifolium | | Themeda australis | Xanthorrhoea media | |