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A large mountain blue gum tree measuring 65 metres (213 ft) high with a trunk 6 metres (20 ft) in circumference grows in the Blue Gum Forest. Being over 600 years old, it is a local landmark for bushwalkers. [4] Because of the effects of trampling, camping is permitted at nearby Acacia Flat, not in the Blue Gum Forest itself. [5]
The Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion is a wet sclerophyll forest found in the northern parts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has been classified as critically endangered , under the New South Wales government's Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 . [ 1 ]
Eucalyptus saligna, commonly known as the Sydney blue gum or blue gum, [3] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, flaky bark near the base of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, nine or eleven, white flowers and cylindrical to ...
The area was also the subject of a number of proposed coal and shale mining ventures, and in the 1850s it was planned that the main western railway line would be routed up the Grose River and through the forest. [9] In 1875 Blue Gum Forest was the scene of an artists’ camp established by Eccleston Du Faur, of the Academy of Art.
The Blue Gum High Forest – Strictly found in northern parts of Sydney, it is a wet sclerophyll forest where the annual rainfall is over 1100 mm (43 in), with its trees between 20 and 40 metres tall.
[9] [10] Though pockets of forested areas in Sydney, such as those in The Hills Shire to the north and Sutherland Shire to the south, which are relatively wet, do have regions within them that are part of Eastern Australian temperate forests (such as the Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest and Blue Gum High Forest). [11] [12] [13]
The forest has recovered well from logging that occurred from the mid-19th century until 1930. Sherbrooke Forest is famous for its population of superb lyrebirds. Springbrook National Park: Queensland Part of the World Heritage site Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves. Rainforest and eucalypt forest. Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest: New South ...
The forest features vegetation found in the Blue Gum High Forest and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest. [2] The northern part of the forest is generally composed of Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) and Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus paniculata), related to the soils that are traced from the Wianamatta Shale.