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Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest, the Glossary

The Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest is a wet-sclerophyll temperate forest community predominantly found in the Blue Mountains, particularly in the Wollemi National Park, and parts of the Hawkesbury in New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

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32 relations: Angophora costata, Angophora floribunda, Australasian realm, Blue Gum High Forest, Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests, Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland, City of Hawkesbury, Clay, Cumberland Plain Woodland, Department of Planning and Environment, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa, Eucalyptus deanei, Eucalyptus notabilis, Eucalyptus piperita, Eucalyptus punctata, Glossy black cockatoo, Humid subtropical climate, New South Wales, Oceanic climate, Office of Environment & Heritage, Powerful owl, Sclerophyll, Shale, Shale Sandstone Transition Forest, Syncarpia glomulifera, Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, Temperate forest, Tree hollow, Wianamatta Group, Wollemi National Park, Wollondilly Shire.
Eastern Australian temperate forests
Ecoregions of New South Wales
Environment of New South Wales
Vegetation of Australia

Angophora costata

Angophora costata, commonly known as Sydney red gum, rusty gum or smooth-barked apple, is a species of tree that is endemic to eastern Australia.

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Angophora floribunda

Angophora floribunda, commonly known as the rough-barked apple, is a common woodland and forest tree of the family Myrtaceae native to Eastern Australia.

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Australasian realm

The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia.

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Blue Gum High Forest

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. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Blue Gum High Forest are eastern Australian temperate forests, forests of New South Wales and sclerophyll forests.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests

The Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests are a sclerophyll temperate forest community that stretch from the northern fringes of the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands in New South Wales, Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests are eastern Australian temperate forests, ecoregions of New South Wales, environment of New South Wales, forests of New South Wales, sclerophyll forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and vegetation of Australia.

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Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland

The Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland is a grassy woodland community situated in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland are ecoregions of New South Wales, environment of New South Wales, sclerophyll forests and vegetation of Australia.

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City of Hawkesbury

The City of Hawkesbury is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, located on the northern and north-western fringe of the Greater Sydney area, about north-west of the Sydney central business district.

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).

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Cumberland Plain Woodland

The Cumberland Plain Woodland, also known as Cumberland Plain Bushland and Western Sydney woodland, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW Government. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Cumberland Plain Woodland are sclerophyll forests and vegetation of Australia.

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Department of Planning and Environment

The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) was a department of the New South Wales Government, responsible for effective and sustainable planning to support the growth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and department of Planning and Environment are environment of New South Wales.

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Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa, commonly known as mountain grey gum, mountain gum, monkey gum or spotted mountain grey gum, is a species of straight, smooth-barked forest tree that is endemic to southeastern Australia.

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Eucalyptus deanei

Eucalyptus deanei, commonly known as mountain blue gum, round-leaved gum, or Deane's gum, is a species of large tree endemic to New South Wales.

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Eucalyptus notabilis

Eucalyptus notabilis, commonly known as Blue Mountains mahogany or mountain mahogany, is a species of small to medium-sized tree endemic to eastern Australia.

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Eucalyptus piperita

Eucalyptus piperita, commonly known as Sydney peppermint and urn-fruited peppermint, is a small to medium forest tree native to New South Wales, Australia.

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Eucalyptus punctata

Eucalyptus punctata, commonly known as grey gum, is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia.

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Glossy black cockatoo

The glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in eastern Australia.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Office of Environment & Heritage

The New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), a former division of the Government of New South Wales between April 2011 and July 2019, was responsible for the care and protection of the environment and heritage, which includes the natural environment, Aboriginal country, culture and heritage, and built heritage in New South Wales, Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Office of Environment & Heritage are environment of New South Wales.

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Powerful owl

The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent.

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Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Sclerophyll are sclerophyll forests.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Shale Sandstone Transition Forest

The Shale Sandstone Transition Forest, also known as Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest, is a transitory ecotone between the grassy woodlands of the Cumberland Plain Woodlands and the dry sclerophyll forests of the sandstone plateaus on the edges of the Cumberland Plain in Sydney, Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Shale Sandstone Transition Forest are ecoregions of New South Wales, sclerophyll forests and vegetation of Australia.

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Syncarpia glomulifera

Syncarpia glomulifera, commonly known as the turpentine tree, or yanderra, is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, which can reach in height.

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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

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Temperate forest

A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone.

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Tree hollow

A tree hollow or tree hole is a semi-enclosed cavity which has naturally formed in the trunk or branch of a tree.

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Wianamatta Group

The Wianamatta Group is a geological feature of the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia that directly overlies the older (but still Triassic in age) Hawkesbury sandstone and generally comprise fine grained sedimentary rocks such as shales and laminites as well as less common sandstone units.

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Wollemi National Park

The Wollemi National Park is a protected national park and wilderness area that is located in the Central West and Hunter region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest and Wollemi National Park are forests of New South Wales and sclerophyll forests.

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Wollondilly Shire

Wollondilly Shire is a periurban local government area, located on the south west fringe of the Greater Sydney area in New South Wales, Australia, parts of which fall into the Macarthur, Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands regions in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountains_Shale_Cap_Forest