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Formerly Castlereagh State Forest, this is the largest area of natural bushland on Cenozoic age alluvial deposits (rather that shales) in the Western Sydney region. The tree that drove its economics was broad-leaved ironbark Eucalyptus fibrosa (first picture) which is still the dominant tall tree in the reserve though you will see many others with smooth, pale trunks, either scribbly gums (second picture) or Parramatta red gums. But it’s the ground flora that’s special; there is an unusually large number of rare, threatened and endemic species: notably nodding geebung Persoonia nutans (third picture) and the pea-flowered Dillwynia tenuifolia (fourth picture).
Event Date | 26-03-2023 8:45 am |
Location | Castlereagh Nature Reserve |