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Revision as of 07:26, 9 February 2021
The Sydney Sandstone Ridgetop Woodland is one of six main indigenous forest communities of Sydney, Australia found predominantly on ridgetops and slopes of the Hornsby Plateau, Woronora Plateau and the lower Blue Mountains area. It is an area of high biodiversity, existing on poor sandstone soils, with regular wildfires, and moderate rainfall.[1][2][3][4]
Geography
The Ridgetop Woodland is a low eucalypt forest having a diverse sclerophyll shrub layer and open groundcover of sedges that sit on the Triassic Hawkesbury sandstone plateaux, which encircle the Sydney Basin. The community is found in areas 600m above sea level where the average annual rainfall ranges from 850mm to 1650mm. Around one-quarter of this community has been cleared for urban development, though many areas still remain in conservation reserves.[5]
Flora
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References
- ^ "Sydney Sandstone Ridgetop Woodland". Northern Beaches Council. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Urban Bushland in the Ryde LGA - Sydney Sandstone Ridgetop Woodland" (PDF). Ryde Council. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Ecological communities Sydney Sandstone Ridgetop Woodland". Ku-ring-gai Council. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Duffys Forest Ecological Community in the Sydney Basin Bioregion - profile". New South Wales Department of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ DSF p131: Coastal Sandstone Ridgetop Woodland