Planchonella Nature Reserve Plan of Management

Planchonella Nature Reserve is situated in the Brigalow Belt Bioregion. The largest vegetation type in the reserve is semi-evergreen vine thicket, which is listed as an endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Semi-evergreen vine thicket is a form of dry rainforest with trees and shrubs less than 10 m in height, vines and deciduous tree species that have affinities with species from subtropical rainforest. Planchonella Nature Reserve is the main NSW reserve containing this community.

Eight mammal species, 10 reptile and amphibian species, and over 80 bird species have been recorded in Planchonella Nature Reserve. The reserve provides important habitat for the black-striped wallaby, which is an endangered species under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, as well as for 5 threatened bird species and one threatened bat species. Other threatened species may also use the reserve.