VEGETATION TARALGA

VEGETATION
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VEGETATION KEY
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Rainforests
RF Grey Myrtle Dry
p38 Rainforest
OBERON 43 km
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DSF Eastern Tablelands Dry
p10 Forest
DSF Western Tablelands
p14 Dry Forest
Heathlands
HL Loombah Plateau
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Closed forest with lianes and ferny groundcover.
Moist sheltered gullies on foothills and escarpment, 300- <10
750m, mainly Morton-Deua.
Tall eucalypt forest with an open shrub layer and
moist herbaceous groundcover.
Elevated ranges on moist loams 800-1250m Dividing
Range Lithgow-Tallaganda.
24500
Tall eucalypt forest with an open shrub layer and
moist herbaceous groundcover.
Sheltered slopes on high ranges, mainly 600-1100m,
western Blue Mtns - Deua.
540
Open eucalypt forest with sparse shrub layer and
grassy groundcover.
Footslopes in rocky parts of the tableland, 600-1000m,
in Abercrombie & Tarlo river valleys.
5200
Eucalypt forest with sparse shrubs and dense
groundcover of herbs & grass.
Undulating basalt tablelands, 600-1200m, Oberon-Moss
Vale.
5000
Open eucalypt forest with sparse shrub layer and
dense grassy groundcover.
Frost-hollow flats on undulating tableland 600-900m,
Abercrombie-Braidwood.
1600
Open eucalypt forest with sparse shrub layer and
grassy groundcover.
Undulating hills on tableland 550-1100m, HartleyBraidwood.
5300
Eucalypt woodland with sparse shrub layer and
grassy groundcover.
Loamy soils on undulating tableland 650-900m,
Abercrombie River-Braidwood.
890
Eucalypt woodland with sparse shrub layer and
grassy groundcover.
Rolling granite terrain 550-1050m on the tablelands,
Hartley-Braidwood.
870
Eucalypt forest with open understorey of sclerophyll Dry upper slopes of rocky gorges 400-850m, upper
shrubs & grasses.
Wollondilly & Shoalhaven gorges.
4100
Eucalypt woodland with a mixed understorey of
shrubs, forbs & grasses.
Loams on dry slopes within rocky gorges 150-700m,
gorges of Wollondilly & Shoalhaven.
2100
Dry eucalypt woodland with an open shrub layer and Loams on dry slopes within rocky gorges 100-750m,
prominent groundcover of forbs & grasses.
Kowmung & Wollondilly gorges.
1700
Eucalypt forest with sparse shrub layer and
groundcover of herbs & grass.
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Dry clay soils on limestone at Wombeyan Caves
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Trees: Eucalyptus sieberi, E. agglomerata. Shrubs: Persoonia linearis, Allocasuarina littoralis, Hibbertia obtusifolia, Stypandra glauca. Climbers: Billardiera scandens. Groundcover: Goodenia hederacea, Pomax
umbellata, Lomandra obliqua, Microlaena stipoides.
Open eucalypt forest with open understorey of
sclerophyll shrubs, sedges & forbs.
Sandy loams on ridges on the eastern tableland margin
550-900m, Joadja-Braidwood.
Trees: Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, E. mannifera, E. rossii, E. dives. Shrubs: Hibbertia obtusifolia, Brachyloma daphnoides, Daviesia leptophylla. Groundcover: Gonocarpus tetragynus, Lomandra filiformis ssp coriacea,
Poa sieberiana, Goodenia hederacea, Dianella revoluta, Joycea pallida, Hovea linearis.
Low eucalypt forest with open understorey of
sclerophyll shrubs, grasses & forbs.
Sandy loams on ridges of the tableland interior 5501150m, Wallerawang-Captains Flat.
63100
Trees: Eucalyptus dalrympleana, Eucalyptus stricta. Shrubs: Banksia marginata, Epacris microphylla, Hibbertia serpyllifolia, Leptospermum continentale, Lomatia silaifolia, Platysace linearifolia, Kunzea cambagei,
Open shrub canopy with emergent mallees & thick
Leucopogon microphyllus, Lomatia ilicifolia, Rhytidosporum procumbens. Groundcover: Gahnia filifolia, Grevillea laurifolia, Lepyrodia scariosa, Drosera peltata, Goodenia bellidifolia, Lindsaea linearis, Patersonia fragilis, groundcover of sedges & forbs.
Sowerbaea juncea, Sphaerolobium minus, Stackhousia viminea, Thelymitra ixioides.
Metasedimentary plateau with damp shallow sandy
loams 1100-1200m, Loombah plateau.
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Shrubs: Epacris microphylla, Leptospermum continentale, L. myrtifolium. Groundcover: Empodisma minus, Gonocarpus micranthus, Lepyrodia anarthria, Mitrasacme serpyllifolia, Hydrocoytle peduncularis,
Lepidosperma limicola.
Open to sparse shrub canopy with dense
groundcover of sedges & forbs.
Humic loams & peats on granite & siltstones in
headwater valleys 500-1200m, Blue Mtns-Deua.
Shrubs: Leptospermum juniperinum, L. obovatum, Lythrum salicaria . Groundcover: Baumea rubiginosa, Carex gaudichaudiana, Eleochaeris sphacelata, Hydrocotyle peduncularis, Isachne globosa, Juncus usitatus,
Lepyrodia anarthria, Phragmites australis, Ranunculus inundatus.
Dense groundcover of water-tolerant, soft-leaved
Peats and humic loams in sediment-filled valleys from
sedges and forbs, occasionally with scattered trees the Blue Mountains to Braidwood, 300-1100m
and an open to dense shrub layer.
Trees: Casuarina cunninghamiana. Shrubs: Hymenanthera dentata, Urtica incisa. Climbers: Stephania japonica, Pandorea pandorana. Groundcover: Microlaena stipoides, Lomandra longifolia, Oplismenus aemulus,
Dichondra repens.
Forest with an open shrub layer and a dense or
patchy groundcover of grasses & forbs.
Sand/gravel alluvium along swift-flowing streams 20600m, Coxs, Abercrombie, Wollondilly, Shoalhaven &
Deua river systems.
Poorly-drained flats in headwaters of streams 5501200m, Jenolan-Deua.
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GOULBURN 32 km
GOULBURN 35 km
TEMPERATURE
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This map forms part of the Native Vegetation Mapping Report Series 4, NSW Native Vegetation Mapping Program.
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LOCALITY DIAGRAM
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LANDFORM
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CROOKWELL
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OBERON
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TARALGA
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KATOOMBA
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BURRAGORANG
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TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION
Mountain or Hill ..........................................
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Horizontal Datum: Geodetic Datum of Australia 1994.
Numbered grid lines are 1000 metre intervals of the Australian Map Grid, Zone 55.
Grid values are shown in full only at the south-west corner of the map.
Highway .......................................................
Edition 3, December 2009
Railway ........................................................
GEOLOGY
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400 - 510
510 - 620
620 - 730
730 - 840
840 - 950
950 - 1060
1060 - 1170
1170 - 1280
Acid Volcanics
Alluvial Sediments
Basalt
Granite
High Quartz Sedimentary
Inactive Alluvium
Limestone
Low Quartz Sedimentary
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RAINFALL
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Mean Annual Rainfall: 806mm
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GUNNING
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GOULBURN
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MOSS VALE
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Cartography by Steve Cox
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Built Up Area ...............................................
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River or Wetland ........................................
Creek or Channel .......................................
Map compiled by staff of the Scientific Services Division, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water.
* Drainage data supplied by NSW Department of Lands, Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795.
* Geological data supplied by the Department of Mineral Resources, PO Box 536 St Leonards NSW 1590.
Geological Groups
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Vegetation Community Boundary ............
BLAYNEY
8730
Elevation (m)
310
Eucalypt forest with open understorey of sclerophyll Sandy loams on ridges and dry slopes on high ranges
shrubs, forbs, sedges & grass.
650-1200m, Hartley-Big Badja.
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Dianella revoluta, Poa sieberiana .
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Area (ha)
Steep lower slopes of dry gorges below 500m, Picton,
Kowmung-Wollondilly, Shoalhaven-Ettrema.
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Physical Environment
Simple, low closed forest with sparse groundcover.
Open eucalypt forest with sparse shrubs & dense
GW Tableland Swamp Flats Trees: Eucalyptus viminalis, E. pauciflora. Shrubs: Rubus parviflorus. Groundcover: Microlaena stipoides, Dichondra spp., Acaena novae-zelandiae, Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Stellaria pungens, Poa labillardierei,
Echinopogon ovatus, Geranium solanderi, Desmodium varians.
grassy groundcover.
p520 Forest
Non-Native/Not-Vegetated Areas
NV Modified or disturbed Urbanised or bare areas largely without native vegetation; forests, shrublands, grasslands and herbfields comprised primarily of exotic plant species, including exotic plantations and pastures. May include variable component
of native species depending on seasonal conditions and regrowth rates.
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Forested Wetlands
FoW Riverbank Forest
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Freshwater Wetlands
FrW Tableland Bog
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FrW Tableland Swamp
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Trees: Backhousia myrtifolia. Shrubs: Notelaea longifolia, Breynia oblongifolia, Hymenanthera dentata, Sigesbeckia orientalis. Climbers: Geitonoplesium cymosum, Pandorea pandorana, Aphanopetalum resinosum,
Eustrephus latifolius, Cayratia clematidea. Groundcover: Adiantum aethiopicum, Asplenium flabellifolium, Pellaea falcata, Dichondra spp., Microlaena stipoides, Oplismenus imbecillis, Desmodium varians, Plectranthus
parviflorus, Stellaria flaccida.
Trees: Acmena smithii, Pittosporum undulatum, Doryphora sassafras. Shrubs: Cyathea australis, Coprosma quadrifida, Notelaea venosa, Rapanea howittiana. Climbers: Pandorea pandorana, Smilax australis,
Marsdenia rostrata, Eustrephus latifolius, Tylophora barbata, Microsorum scandens, Morinda jasminoides. Groundcover: Asplenium flabellifolium, Lastreopsis acuminata.
Wet Sclerophyll Forests (shrubby)
Trees: Eucalyptus radiata, E. fastigata, E. dalrympleana, Acacia melanoxylon. Shrubs: Leucopogon lanceolatus. Climbers: Clematis aristata. Groundcover: Pteridium esculentum, Lomandra longifolia, Viola hederacea,
WSF Cool Montane Wet
Stellaria pungens, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Poa sieberiana, Microlaena stipoides, Dianella tasmanica, Poranthera microphylla.
p73 Forest
Wet Sclerophyll Forests (grassy)
Trees: Eucalyptus elata, E. radiata, E. fastigata. Shrubs: Leucopogon lanceolatus, Rubus parvifolius. Climbers: Clematis aristata, Glycine clandestina. Groundcover: Pteridium esculentum, Lomandra longifolia, Viola
WSF Highland Range
hederacea, Microlaena stipoides, Dichondra spp., Desmodium varians, Poranthera microphylla, Echinopogon ovatus, Dianella caerulea, Veronica plebeia, Stellaria pungens, Plantago debilis.
p66 Sheltered Forest
Grassy Woodlands
Trees: Eucalyptus bridgesiana, E. macrorhyncha. Shrubs: Cassinia longifolia. Groundcover: Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Geranium solanderi, Microlaena stipoides, Acaena novae-zelandiae, Cheilanthes sieberi, Poa
GW Abercrombie-Tarlo
sieberiana, Dichondra spp., Stellaria pungens, Asplenium flabellifolium, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Rumex brownii.
p19 Footslope Woodland
Trees: Acacia melanoxylon, Eucalyptus viminalis, E. radiata. Groundcover: Microlaena stipoides, Stellaria pungens, Pteridium esculentum, Acaena novae-zelandiae, Dichondra spp., Geranium solanderi, Hydrocotyle
GW Tableland Basalt
laxiflora, Desmodium varians, Echinopogon ovatus, Austrodanthonia racemosa, Austrostipa rudis, Plantago varia, Viola betonicifolia.
p20 Forest
Trees: Eucalyptus pauciflora, E. rubida. Groundcover: Themeda australis, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Microlaena stipoides, Hypericum gramineum, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Poa sieberiana, Asperula conferta, Elymus
GW Frost Hollow Grassy
scaber, Hydrocotyle laxiflora.
p22 Woodland
GW Tableland Hills Grassy Trees: Eucalyptus dives, E. macrorhyncha. Shrubs: Melichrus urceolatus. Groundcover: Microlaena stipoides, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Lomandra filiformis ssp coriacea, Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Hypericum gramineum,
Hibbertia obtusifolia, Goodenia hederacea, Oxalis perennans, Austrodanthonia racemosa.
p23 Woodland
GW Tableland Grassy Box- Trees: Eucalyptus melliodora, E. dives, E. macrorhyncha. Shrubs: Lissanthe strigosa, Melichrus urceolatus. Groundcover: Lomandra filiformis ssp coriacea, Themeda australis, Microlaena stipoides, Gonocarpus
tetragynus, Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Poa sieberiana, Austrodanthonia racemosa, Goodenia hederacea.
p24 Gum Woodland
Trees: Eucalyptus viminalis, E. melliodora. Shrubs: Rubus parviflorus, Acacia melanoxylon. Climbers: Glycine clandestina. Groundcover: Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Microlaena stipoides, Acaena novae-zelandiae, Geranium
GW Tableland Granite
solanderi, Lomandra filiformis ssp coriacea, Rumex brownii, Dichondra spp., Desmodium varians, , Stellaria pungens, Themeda australis, Austrodanthonia racemosa, Hypericum gramineum.
p420 Grassy Woodland
Dry Sclerophyll Forests (shrubby/grassy)
DSF Elevated Gorge Forest Trees: Eucalyptus punctata, E. agglomerata. Shrubs: Persoonia linearis, Phyllanthus hirtellus, Hibbertia obtusifolia, Olearia viscidula, Podolobium ilicfolium. Climbers: Hardenbergia violacea, Billardiera scandens.
Groundcover: Goodenia hederacea, Pomax umbellata, Dianella revoluta, Lomandra multiflora, L. filiformis, Opercularia diphylla.
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Trees: Eucalyptus tereticornis, Brachychiton populneus, E. melliodora. Shrubs: Olearia viscidula, Bursaria spinosa, Lissanthe strigosa. Climbers: Glycine clandestina, Clematis aristata. Groundcover: Dichondra spp.,
DSF Wollondilly-CoxCheilanthes sieberi, Desmodium varians, Lomandra multiflora, L. longifolia, Aristida ramosa, Cheilanthes distans, Dichelachne micrantha, Microlaena stipoides, Desmodium brachypodum, Hypericum gramineum,
p35 Shoalhaven Gorge
Veronica plebeia, Wahlenbergia gracilis.
Woodland
DSF Kowmung-Wollondilly Trees: Eucalyptus punctata, E. eugenioides. Shrubs: Olearia viscidula, Acacia falciformis. Climbers: Glycine clandestina, Geitonoplesium cymosum, Clematis aristata. Groundcover: Dichondra spp., Pratia
purpurascens, Lomandra longifolia, Desmodium gunnii, Poranthera microphylla, Echinopogon ovatus, Veronica plebeia, Wahlenbergia stricta, Hypericum gramineum, Lomandra multiflora, Cheilanthes sieberi, Poa
p37 Grassy Gorge
sieberiana, Plantago debilis, Solanum pungetium.
Woodland
Trees: Eucalyptus bridgesiana, Brachychiton populneus. Shrubs: Acacia chalkeri, Cassinia laevis, C. longifolia, Hymenanthera dentata. Groundcover: Dichondra spp., Lomandra longifolia, Hydrocotyle laxiflora, Poa
DSF Wombeyan Caves
sieberiana, Acaena novae-zelandiae, Austrostipa rudis subsp nervosa, Cymbopogon refractus, Elymus scabrus, Galium propinquum, Grevillea arenaria, Oxalis exilis, Plantago hispida, Wahlenbergia stricta.
p219 Woodland
Dry Sclerophyll Forests (shrubby)
DSF p8 Tableland Ridge Forest Trees: Eucalyptus sieberi, E. radiata . Shrubs: Hibbertia obtusifolia, Persoonia linearis, Leucopogon lanceolatus, Monotoca scoparia. Groundcover: Gonocarpus tetragynus, Pteridium esculentum, Lomandra longifolia,
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Climatic Data Obtained from Meteorological Station:
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