Castlereagh Scribbly Gum and Agnes Banks Woodlands

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Coordinates: 33°36′55″S 150°42′58″E / 33.615278°S 150.716111°E / -33.615278; 150.716111
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Castlereagh Scribbly Gum and Agnes Banks Woodlands
Ecology
RealmAustralasia
BiomeTemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
BordersShale Sandstone Transition Forest
Geography
Area0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi)
CountryAustralia
Elevation60–80 metres (200–260 ft)
Coordinates33°36′55″S 150°42′58″E / 33.615278°S 150.716111°E / -33.615278; 150.716111
GeologySandstone, shale
Climate typeHumid subtropical climate (Cfa)
Soil typesSand

The Castlereagh Scribbly Gum and Agnes Banks Woodlands is an endangered sclerophyll low-woodland and shrubland community found in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] Vegetation comprises low woodlands with sclerophyllous shrubs and an uneven ground layer of graminoids and forbs.

Geography

Originally at 615 hectares, it is a low woodland community measuring at only 98 hectares, where it is mostly found near

Kemps Creek and Longneck Lagoon.[2]

Having low nutrient soils, it sits on wind-blown sand over the Tertiary Alluvium deposits from the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system, in areas that receives 700–900 mm annual rainfall.[2] The community morphs into the smaller, Castlereagh Swamp Woodland, a very proximate community which lies on poorly draining clay soils.[3]

Ecology

Dominant tree species include the namesake Eucalyptus sclerophylla, in addition to Angophora bakeri, Eucalyptus fibrosa, Eucalyptus parramattensis, Eucalyptus racemosa and Banksia serrata, and understorey shrubs such as, Banksia aemula, Melaleuca decora, Hakea sericea, Monotoca scoparia, Leptospermum trinervium, Banksia oblongifolia, Conospermum taxifolium, Ricinocarpos pinifolius, Dillwynia sericea and Persoonia nutans.[2]

Ground layer includes Themeda triandra, Entolasia stricta, Cyathochaeta diandra, Dianella revoluta, Lepidosperma urophorum, Stylidium graminifolium, Lepyrodia scariosa, Mitrasacme polymorpha, Trachymene incisa and Laxmannia gracilis.[3]

Fauna

Mammals include

Crinia signifera
and
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis.[3]

Birds include

Petroica goodenovii.[3]

References

  1. Department of the Environment
    (2022). Castlereagh Scribbly Gum and Agnes Banks Woodlands of the Sydney Basin Bioregion in Community and Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra.
  2. ^ a b c Agnes Banks Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion - profile Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^
    Department of the Environment. Retrieved 14 September 2022. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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