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Some of the natural vegitation on your property may have a direct association with the locally endangered ecological  community. Your land may contain fragments of the last remaining areas of forest, known as Blue Gum High Forest, in Sydney.
Blue Gum High Forest is listed as an endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. There is only 0.9% of the original extent of this forest left. Its distribution is limited to the northern suburbs of Sydney. Blue Gum High Forest is likely to become extinct unless immediate conservation strategies are implemented.
Whilst management of this rare natural resource is vital, Council appreciates that this must be done with regard to the residents living amenity. It is for this reason that it is necessary for some trees to be removed or pruned from time to time. When tree removal is necessary replanting, where appropriate, with species indigenous to the area, may be required by Council. These strategic replantings assist in the conservation of the natural environment whilst giving the residents the ability to ‘tailor’ their properties to their specific lifestyle needs.
Whether you are undertaking a replacement planting, landscaping your property or have identified a little used area of the garden for regeneration of the native forest, the table overleaf contains trees, shrubs and ground covers indigenous to the Blue Gum High Forest. By selecting plants from this list you will be helping to preserve and regenerate the rare and valuable ecological community that exists in your area.
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Approx. Height |
| Main Tree Species |
| Sydney Blue Gum |
Eucalyptus saligna |
25-35 metres |
| Blackbutt |
Eucalyptus pilularis |
20-30 metres |
| Associated Tree Species |
| Smooth-barked Apple |
Angophora costata |
15-25 metres |
| Rough-barked Apple |
Angophora floribunda |
12-18 metres |
| White Stringybark |
Eucalyptus globoidea |
20-30 metres |
| Grey Ironbark |
Eucalyptus paniculata |
20-30 metres |
| Sydney Peppermint |
Eucalyptus piperita |
15-25 metres |
| Turpentine |
Sycarpia glomulifera |
Over 30 metres |
| Understorey Tree Species |
| Hickory |
Acacia implexa |
10-15 metres |
| Forest Oak |
Allocasuarina torulosa |
15-20 metres |
| Blueberry Ash |
Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
8-9 metres |
| Yellow Pittosporum |
Pittosprum revolutum |
8-12 metres |
| Native Daphne |
Pittosporum undulatum |
1-12 metres |
| Shrub Species |
| Breynia |
Breynia oblongifolia |
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| Hairy Clerodendrum |
Clerodendrum tomentosum |
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| Common Hop Bush |
Dodonaea triquetra |
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| Prickly Beard-heath |
Leucopogon juniperinus |
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| Lance-leaf Beard-heath |
Leucopogon landeolatus |
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| Large Mock Olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
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| Narrow-leaf Geebung |
Persoonia linearis |
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| Handsome Flat-pea |
Platylobium formosum |
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| Elderberry Panax |
Rapanea variabilis |
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| Sandfly Ziera |
Ziera smithii |
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| Groundcover Species |
| Common maidenhair fern |
Adiantum aethiopicum |
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| Apple-berry |
Billardiera scandens |
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| Gristle Fern |
Blechnum cartilagineum |
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| Brachycome |
Brachycome angustifolia |
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| False Bracken Fern |
Calochlaena dubia |
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| Traveler’s Joy |
Clematis aristata |
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Old Man’s Beard |
Clematis glycinoides |
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| Rasp Fern |
Doodia aspera |
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| Tufted Hedgehog Grass |
Echinopogon caespitosus |
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| Wombat Berry |
Eustrephus latifolius |
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| Love Creeper |
Glycine tabacina |
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| Variable-leaved Goodenia |
Goodenia heterophylla |
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| False Sarsparilla |
Hardenbergia violacea |
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| Button Everlasting Daisy |
Helichrysum scorpioides |
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| Rough Guinea Flower |
Hibbertia aspera |
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| Golden Guinea Flower |
Hibbertia scandens |
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| Running Postman |
Kennedia rubicunda |
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| Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
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| Tussock Grass |
Poa affinis |
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| Native Sarsparilla |
Smilax glyciphylla |
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| Kangaroo Grass |
Themeda australis |
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