TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baird, Ian R. C.
A1  - Benson, Doug
T1  - Hydrogeomorphology, floristics, classification and conservation values of the little-known montane mires of the upper Cudgegong River catchment, Central Tablelands, New South Wales
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - Mires or peat swamps have a restricted distribution in Australia and are limited to areas where hydrological inputs exceed evapotranspiration. In NSW, mires are restricted to the coast, adjacent ranges or tablelands, and along the Great Dividing Range; most are listed as threatened ecological communities under State or Commonwealth legislation. Due primarily to the relatively high rainfall and suitable geology, the Blue Mountains region includes a number of such threatened mire ecological communities. Most of these mire types are largely included within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, although there are notable exceptions, such as the endangered Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamps.
This paper reports on a little-known group of diverse, relatively isolated and largely unprotected mires, in a relatively low rainfall area in the upper Cudgegong River catchment, east of Rylstone in the NSW Central Tablelands, and of their floristic, hydrogeomorphic and typological relationship with other mires of the Blue Mountains. They can be broadly divided into montane bogs, montane fens and hanging swamps. Particular attention is focussed on the largest and most diverse one, Rollen Creek swamp, which contains all three types. It is hoped that highlighting this hitherto unrecognised group of high conservation-value mires will contribute to their improved conservation and encourage further research into mires of eastern NSW.
KW  - peat swamp
KW  - wetlands
KW  - groundwater-dependent ecosystems
KW  - Eucalyptus camphora
KW  - Petalura gigantea
KW  - National Heritage
KW  - Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51575
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-515751
SN  - 0727- 9620
SN  - 2200 - 405X
VL  - 18
SP  - 1
EP  - 21
ER  -