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Burnt-Down Scrub Nature Reserve Plan of Management

Burnt-Down Scrub Nature Reserve is located north of the Gwydir Highway between Grafton and Glen Innes, in north-eastern New South Wales. It has an area of 364 hectares.
Publisher: Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 1-74122-3091 / ID: DECC20080664
File: PDF 387.19 KB / Pages 29
Name: burnt-down-scrub-nature-reserve-plan-of-management-080664.pdf
 
Tags: Plan of managementFinal

The reserve has highly significant bioregional values and conserves a link between the Richmond River flora and that of the Guy Fawkes and Macleay Rivers. Despite its small size the reserve contains a diversity of native vegetation, with 330 plant species recorded.

It includes a southern outlier of the dry rainforests of the Richmond Valley, the value of which was initially recognised through its dedication as a flora reserve, and more recently by its gazettal as a nature reserve.

As the name of the reserve suggests, fire has been a key factor in influencing the distribution of native vegetation communities in the reserve.