Biodiversity Strategy - Gosford City Council - NSW Government

Alluvial
Landscapes
Estuarine
Landscapes
near Mangrove Mtn. Low rolling and steep
hills, local relief 50 – 120m.
gy Gymea Undulating to rolling crests and slopes on
Hawkesbury Sandstone. Local relief 20-80
metres, slopes 10-25%. Broad convex
crests, moderately inclined sideslopes with
wide benches, rock outcrop on low broken
scarps. Extensively cleared openforest and
woodland
la Lambert Undulating to rolling hills on Hawkesbury
Sandstone. Local relief 20-120m, slopes
50%. Broad ridges,
gently to moderately inclined slopes with
wide rocj benches
with low broken scarps, small hanging
valleys and areas of poor drainage. Open
and closed heathland,
scrub and eucalypt open-woodland.
st Sydney Town Undulating to rolling low hills and
moderately inclined slopes on quartz
sandstone (Hawkesbury Sandstone and
Terrigal Formation: Narrabeen Group).
Along the edge of Somersby Plateau and
as ridges and crests in Macdonalds
Ranges and Watagan Mtns. Local relief to
80m, slope 5-25%. Ridges and crests
moderately broad, slopes moderately
inclined and drainage lines narrow.
Occasional rock benches present.
Extensively cleared low eucalypt openwoodland.
of Oxford Falls Hanging valleys on predominantly
Hawkesbury Sandstone. Local relief