Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest is a tall open forest found on shale and shale enriched sandstone soils. Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest consists of a mid-section of shrubs and small trees, with a grassy ground cover.
The canopy consists mainly of turpentine, red mahogany and various Ironbark species. This vegetation community has a mean annual rainfall between 900 and 1250 mm.
Endangered Ecological Community
Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest is listed as an critically endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and a critically endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Native Species List
Common Name
|
Botanical Name
|
Approximate Height
|
| Trees |
| Turpentine |
Syncarpia glomulifera |
30m |
| Grey Ironbark |
Eucalyptus paniculata subsp. paniculata |
25-35m |
| Smooth-barked Apple |
Angophora costata |
15-25m |
| Blackbutt |
Eucalyptus pilularis |
20-30m |
| Red Mahogany |
Eucalyptus resinifera |
20-30m |
| Small Trees |
| Sweet Pittosporum |
Pittosporum undulatum |
|
| Shrubs |
| Coffee Bush |
Breynia oblongifolia |
|
| Blackthorn |
Bursaria spinosa |
|
| Large-leaf Hop-bush |
Dodonaea triquetra |
|
| Rough Guinea Flower |
Hibbertia aspera subsp. aspera |
|
| Prickly Beard-heath |
Leucopogon juniperinus |
|
| Mock -olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
|
| Paper Daisy |
Ozothamnus diosmifolius |
|
| Yellow Pittosporum |
Pittosporum revolutum |
|
| Elderberry Ash |
Polyscias sambucifolia |
|
| Ground Covers |
| Threeawn Speargrass |
Aristida vagans |
|
| Apple Dumplings |
Billardiera scandens |
|
| Blue Flax-lily |
Dianella caerulea |
|
| Kidney Weed |
Dichondra repens |
|
| Bushy Hedgehog-grass |
Echinopogon caespitosus var. caespitosus |
|
| Bordered Panic |
Entolasia marginata |
|
| Wiry Panic |
Entolasia stricta |
|
| Wombat Berry |
Eustrephus latifolius |
|
| Love Creeper |
Glycine clandestina |
|
| Small-leaf glycine |
Glycine microphylla |
|
| Variable Sword-sedge |
Lepidosperma laterale |
|
| Spiny-headed mat-rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
|
| Many-flowered Mat-rush |
Lomandra multiflora |
|
| Weeping Grass |
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides |
|
| Vines and Climbers |
| Wonga Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
|
| Whiteroot |
Pratia purpurascens |
|
| Pastel Flower |
Pseuderanthemum variabile |
|
| Kangaroo Grass |
Themeda australis |
|
Location in City of Ryde
