Endangered ecological communities of the Cumberland Plain

Most of the ecological communities that occur on the Cumberland Plain have been listed as endangered under the Threatened Species Conservation Act. For each of them, you can download:

• the NSW Scientific Committee's reasons for listing the community as endangered
• a detailed profile of the community.

Documents to download

• Cumberland Plain recovery plan
  • Approved recovery plan
• Cumberland Plain woodland
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 390KB)
• Shale/sandstone transition forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 142KB)
• Sydney coastal river-flat forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 158KB)
• Elderslie banksia scrub
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 235KB)
• Blue gum high forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 165KB)
• Sydney turpentine ironbark forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 196KB)
• Western Sydney dry rainforest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 207KB)
• Castlereagh swamp woodland
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 193KB)
• Agnes Banks woodland
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 157KB)
• Cooks River/Castlereagh ironbark forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 54KB)
• Moist shale woodland
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 44KB)
• Shale gravel transition forest
  • Reasons for endangered listing
  • Detailed profile (PDF - 46KB)

More information

• Find out more about the Scientific Committee and the listing process for threatened species and ecological communities.