of shrubs and a ground layer of grasses, forbs and features: The community provides potential habitat for at least 61 nationally and/or state listed small shrubs. Species composition is influenced by threatened species including: factors such as position in the landscape and size of the site, recent rainfall occurrences (including droughts) brush-tailed rock-wallaby and disturbance history (including clearing, grazing bush stone-curlew and fire). Corben's bat green and golden bell frog The community is usually dominated by one or more of grey-headed flying fox the following eucalypt species: narrow-leaved ironbark koala (Eucalyptus spotted gum (Corymbia crebra), maculata large-eared pied bat syn. slaty gum (Eucalyptus Eucalyptus maculata), New Holland mouse and grey box (Eucalyptus dawsonii) moluccana). painted honeyeater However, in some instances bulloak (Allocasuarina regent honeyeater may co-dominate. The sparse mid-layer luehmannii) spotted tail quoll often compromises shrubs such as wattles and swift parrot. blackthorn. Groundcover can be highly variable, ranging from a sparse to thick coverage of native Further information: grasses and other native herbs and/or native shrubs. Key threats: vegetation clearing and landscape fragmentation changes in faunal composition and ecological function invasive flora species rural, residential and industrial development removal of fallen timber and trees (e.g. collection of firewood and up’) ‘tidying detrimental grazing, mowing and slashing regimes altered fire regimes (fire intensity, frequency, seasonality and patchiness all influence vegetation composition and structure) predation of native fauna by feral species and competition from aggressive native species. seagrass meadows and Port Hacking within the Manning Shelf and Posidonia australis Hawkesbury Shelf bioregions. The ecological of the Manning-Hawkesbury community is known to occur at Wallis Lake, ecoregion Broughton Island, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Brisbane Water, Hawkesbury River, Pittwater, Port Date listed: May 2015 Jackson (Sydney Harbour), Botany Bay and Port Category: Endangered Hacking. Location: The ecological community is found in a Descriptive features: The ecological community is the limited number of estuaries and around islands along collection of plants, animals and micro-organisms the New South Wales coastline between Wallis Lake
of shrubs and a ground layer of grasses, forbs and small shrubs. Species composition is influenced by factors such as position in the landscape and size of the site, recent rainfall occurrences (including droughts) and disturbance history (including clearing, grazing and fire). The community is usually dominated by one or more of the following eucalypt species: narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra), spotted gum (Corymbia maculata syn. Eucalyptus maculata), slaty gum (Eucalyptus dawsonii) and grey box (Eucalyptus moluccana). However, in some instances bulloak (Allocasuarina luehmannii) may co-dominate. The sparse mid-layer often compromises shrubs such as wattles and blackthorn. Groundcover can be highly variable, ranging from a sparse to thick coverage of native grasses and other native herbs and/or native shrubs. Key threats: vegetation clearing and landscape fragmentation changes in faunal composition and ecological function invasive flora species rural, residential and industrial development removal of fallen timber and trees (e.g. collection of firewood and ‘tidying up’) detrimental grazing, mowing and slashing regimes altered fire regimes (fire intensity, frequency, seasonality and patchiness all influence vegetation composition and structure) predation of native fauna by feral species and competition from aggressive native species. features: The community provides potential habitat for at least 61 nationally and/or state listed threatened species including: brush-tailed rock-wallaby bush stone-curlew Corben's bat green and golden bell frog grey-headed flying fox koala large-eared pied bat New Holland mouse painted honeyeater regent honeyeater spotted tail quoll swift parrot. Further information: Posidonia australis seagrass meadows of the Manning-Hawkesbury ecoregion Date listed: May 2015 Category: Endangered Location: The ecological community is found in a limited number of estuaries and around islands along the New South Wales coastline between Wallis Lake and Port Hacking within the Manning Shelf and Hawkesbury Shelf bioregions. The ecological community is known to occur at Wallis Lake, Broughton Island, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Brisbane Water, Hawkesbury River, Pittwater, Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), Botany Bay and Port Hacking. Descriptive features: The ecological community is the collection of plants, animals and micro-organisms
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