It may look untidy, but it's rare and it's ours...
Only found here
Restricted to the coastal sands of the Woy Woy Peninsula and surrounds, less than 15 hectares of this bushland remains. Umina campus and four other sites (two in Hillview St and near Umina and McEvoy ovals) are the main remnants of this Endangered Ecological Community, which originally covered the Peninsula.
What is it?
Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland (UCSW) is a low woodland dominated by bangalay (eucalyptus botryoides) and rough-barked "apple" (angophora floribunda), Sydney red gum (angophora costata) and red bloodwood (corymbia gummifera) trees, with a diverse understorey of shrubs species including coastal banksia, old man banksia, burrawang, prickly moses, sweet-scented wattle, black she-oak, monotoca elliptica and platysace lanceolata, as well as a number of native grasses.
Threats
Threats to the survival of this bushland include clearing and slashing, infestation with garden plants and weeds, and inappropriate fire regimes.
What are the weeds?
Invasive weeds in this bushland include asparagus fern, camphor laurel and lantana. Native grasses such as blady grass and microlaena are not weeds and are an integral part of this bushland.
