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MULGOA
SITE No: MUL8
DATE: MARCH/APRIL 1991
MAP No: 6445-1
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: PENRITH
LOCALITY: NORTONS BASIN - WARRAGAMBA PARK
ZONING: PUBLIC RESERVE LEP 201
GEOLOGY: HAWKESBURY SANDSTONE / VOLCANIC NECK
SOIL ASSOCIATION: HAMMONDVILLE
VEGETATION CLASS: HAWKESBURY SANDSTONE WOODLAND |
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SITE DESCRIPTION:
Site on southern side of the Nepean River at confluence of Warragamba River at Nortons Basin. Open forest and woodland communities on sandstone with Blackbutt and Sydney Peppermint dominant species in communities where 357 species have been recorded including three species with particular conservation needs. Lissanthe sapida, Lomandra fluviatilis and Gonocarpus longifolius (Doherty 1988).
SPECIES:
Eucalyptus gummifera
Eucalyptus eximia
Eucalyptus pilularis
Eucalyptus piperita
Angophora costata
COMMENTS:
This area offers an important opportunity to provide a good passive recreational area with conservation managament. The presence of three rare plant species combined with the unusual geology of the basin should be regarded as having regional significance. Continued viability of the site is dependant on management of the area to reduce detrimental practices such as car and waste dumping.
SIGNIFICANCE RATING: 1
PREVIOUS STUDIES:
SOURCE:
Penrith City Council, Penrith City Remnant Native Vegetation Survey, August 1995.
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