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Shale Sandstone Transition Forest

Ecoregions of New South WalesEndangered ecological communitiesGeography of SydneyRemnant urban bushlandSclerophyll forests
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsUse Australian English from September 2022Vegetation of Australia
Winter sunset at Heathcote National Park, NSW
Winter sunset at Heathcote National Park, NSW

The Shale Sandstone Transition Forest, also known as Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest, is a transitory ecotone between the grassy woodlands of the Cumberland Plain Woodlands and the dry sclerophyll forests of the sandstone plateaus on the edges of the Cumberland Plain in Sydney, Australia.Listed in 2001 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the forest lies between other ecological communities found on shale or sandstone substrates.

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Shale Sandstone Transition Forest
Sixth Avenue, Sydney Macquarie Fields

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2564 Sydney, Macquarie Fields
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