Gumbaynggirr State Conservation Area
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Gumbayngirr State Conservation Area contains a sub tropical jungle situated west of Nambucca Heads in New South Wales
, Australia
. The rainforest is known as League Scrub.
Part of the reserve is situated on a basalt
ic bench, with relatively fertile red soils. Pumice
can be seen on the forest floor, indicating previous volcanic activity. The altitude is 750 metres above sea level with a high rainfall. The rainforest
has not been logged, and consists of a diverse jungle of 73 tree species, forming an impressive 40 metre canopy.
Significant tree species include Stinging Tree
, Yellow Carabeen
, Moreton Bay Fig
, Small leaf fig
, Black Booyong, Bonewood
, Purple Cherry
, Sour Cherry
and Rose Maple
.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The rainforest is known as League Scrub.
Part of the reserve is situated on a basalt
Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...
ic bench, with relatively fertile red soils. Pumice
Pumice
Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. It can be formed when lava and water are mixed. This unusual formation is due to the simultaneous actions of rapid...
can be seen on the forest floor, indicating previous volcanic activity. The altitude is 750 metres above sea level with a high rainfall. The rainforest
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
has not been logged, and consists of a diverse jungle of 73 tree species, forming an impressive 40 metre canopy.
Significant tree species include Stinging Tree
Dendrocnide excelsa
Dendrocnide excelsa, the giant stinging tree is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from Tathra, New South Wales to Imbil in south eastern Queensland, and is very common at Dorrigo National Park and other rainforest walks in eastern Australia...
, Yellow Carabeen
Sloanea woollsii
Sloanea woollsii, commonly known as Yellow Carabeen, is a large tree species with plank-buttresses that is native to northeastern NSW and eastern Queensland, Australia. Its southern distributional limit is near the town of Bulahdelah at Tallowwood Forest Park and O'Sullivans Gap Reserve.S...
, Moreton Bay Fig
Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Its common name is...
, Small leaf fig
Ficus obliqua
Ficus obliqua, commonly known as the Small-leaved Fig, a tree in the family Moraceae native to eastern Australia. It is a banyan of the genus Ficus which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig...
, Black Booyong, Bonewood
Acradenia euodiiformis
another Australian rainforest tree known as Bonewood is Emmenosperma alphitonioidesAcradenia euodiiformis is a small to medium sized tree growing in north eastern New South Wales, Australia...
, Purple Cherry
Syzygium crebrinerve
Syzygium crebrinerve is a fairly common Australian tree, growing from near Taree, New South Wales to Calliope in Queensland . Common names include Purple Cherry, Rose Satinash, and Black Water Gum...
, Sour Cherry
Syzygium corynanthum
Syzygium corynanthum is a common Australian tree, growing from near Taree, New South Wales to tropical Queensland. Common names include Sour Cherry and Killarney Satinash...
and Rose Maple
Cryptocarya erythroxylon
Cryptocarya erythroxylon is a medium to large rainforest tree, that grows from the Barrington Tops in New South Wales to the Gladstone area in Queensland. The common name is the Pigeonberry Ash, Rose Maple, or Rose Walnut....
.