The natural woodland is based on sandy soil and consists of eucalypt forests dominated by blackbutts and bloodwoods. |
When summer is hot and dry, and the eucalypt underbrush piled high, the Sydney area's national parks go boom. |
Syzygium spp. and some members of the eucalypt family are prone to something called a psyllid, which shows up as a small bubble on the leaves. |
Australian eucalypt forest looks, sounds and smells quite different from NZ podocarp or beech. |
The majority of threatened ecosystems are eucalypt woodlands and brigalow forest. |
To the east, bounded also by the Tiers, the plateau is relatively flat, with large, shallow lakes set amidst open eucalypt forest. |