Curtain Fig National Park

Curtain Fig National Park Yungaburra
Coordinates	17°16′57″S 145°34′22″E / 17.28250°S 145.57278°E / -17.28250; 145.57278
Established	28 November 2008
Area	1.95 km² (0.753 sq mi)
Visitation	100 000 per year
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Curtain Fig National Park
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

The Curtain Fig National Park is a

Yungaburra.^[1] Its most valued features are its once regionally common, now endangered Mabi forests including a huge strangler fig which attracts up to 100 000 visitors per year, locally known as the Curtain Fig Tree, plus a near threatened, locally endemic tree-kangaroo species i.e. the Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo which finds refuge inside this protected area^[2]

Park is located at 720 metres above sea level.[3]

Geology

Curtain Fig National Park lies within an area where, more than 350 000 years ago, volcanic activity erupted basalt from seven vents, forming the seven

Seven Sisters now surrounding the National Park. The eruptions of basalt from the Seven Sisters were responsible for the large basalt boulders littering the National Park's floor,^[1] also the National Park's and surrounding area's rich, fertile soils.^[4]

Flora

This Curtain Fig National Park's fertile basalt soil now grows locally endemic, endangered upland

semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest known as Mabi forest interspersed with two other endangered regional ecosystems, namely some open woodland with associated sedge, plus some open forest with associated grasslands.^[2]

The National Park protects a fragmented endangered remnant of the

Sauropus macranthus) trees.^[1]

The Curtain Fig Tree after which the National Park has been named, is a green strangling fig (Ficus virens) which is deciduous and drops its leaves mid year (the cooler months), also hosting a large range of birds, bats, insects, possums, and other mammals which feed and feast off the fig's red fruit and fleshy leaves^[1]

Fauna

Among the animals in the park, various species of insects, mammals and reptiles can be found. For example, there are Leaf-tailed geckos, Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo and many possums.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Curtain Fig National Park". Queensland Government Parks and Forests. Queensland Department of Environment & Science. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Queensland Department of National Parks; Recreation; Sport and Racing (June 2013). Yungaburra and Curtain Fig national parks Management Statement 2013 (Report). State of Queensland.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Science, jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and (20 October 2009). "Visiting safely | Curtain Fig National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 11 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^ "Haplostichanthus". WetlandInfo. Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Science, jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and (20 October 2009). "About | Curtain Fig National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 11 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Geology

Flora

Fauna

See also

References