Natural & Cultural Heritage
- Soil derived from Wianamatta Shale
- Vegetation community TI: Syncarpia glomulifera, E. paniculata, A. costata – Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest
- Vegetation community BG: Blue Gum High Forest
- The late Keith Brownscombe and his family dedicated this portion of their property to Hornsby Council in 1998 in memory of their son Tim, who tragically passed away. Tim Brownscombe loved nature and the tall trees which are now protected in this reserve. Keith worked with the volunteer bush regeneration group and assisted Council in the ongoing conservation of this important endangered vegetation up until his passing in mid-2006.
Conservation Status
- Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest is of national conservation significance as it is listed as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community (for areas over 1 ha) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999) and an Endangered Ecological Community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995)
- Blue Gum High Forest is of national conservation significance as it is listed as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community (for areas over 1 ha) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999) and has received a preliminary listing as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995)
Condition / Impacts
- The bushland has been actively restored with most of the reserve now in very good condition. The upper portion of the reserve within the Blue Gum section is in fair condition but being actively restored by volunteers.
Overall condition
- Good
Main Weeds
- Wandering Jew, Honeysuckle, Erharta
