Mount Royal (New South Wales)

Mount Royal
	Basalt - shed on Mount Royal at 1100 meters altitude
height	1185 m
location	New South Wales , Australia
Mountains	Mount Royal Range , Great Dividing Range
Coordinates	32 ° 10 ′ 27 " S , 151 ° 19 ′ 34" E Coordinates: 32 ° 10 ′ 27 " S , 151 ° 19 ′ 34" O
rock	Sedimentary rock, basalt
Age of the rock	late Paleocene
Normal way	trail

The Mount Royal is located at the southern end of Mount Royal Range in the Barrington Tops region in eastern Australia . It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia .

The lower part of the mountain consists of sedimentary rock . From a height of 1100 meters above sea level it is covered by a remnant of basalt , which was formed by the outflow from the nearby Barrington Volcano . Mount Royal is partly in Mount Royal National Park and Barrington Tops National Park . It originated in the late Paleocene .

flora

The high-lying rainforest grows on red-brown soil without southern beeches , although there are obviously ideal conditions for them. The golden sassafras ( Doryphora sassafras ) take their place in the upper tree canopy . The high-lying and narrow rainforest has hanging moss and it is often occupied by fog.

The mountaintop is covered by a thicket of low rainforest made up of Hill Water Gum ( Tristaniopis collina ). Other notable plants on the mountain include New England Blackbutt ( Eucalyptus campanulata ), Chainfruit ( Alyxia ruscifolia ), Prickly Ash ( Orites excelsus ), grass trees ( Xanthorrhoea glauca ), and Mountain Walnut ( Cryptocarya foveolata ). Another interesting feature of Mount Royal are the so-called grassy balds , which are surrounded by a temperate rainforest. It is believed that the fire that occurs when lightning strikes is what caused them to start.

The low-lying eastern slopes of Mount Royal support a well-developed subtropical rainforest. Important species are the Australian Red Cedar , Citronella moorei , Rosewood ( Dysoxylum fraserianum ) and the Giant Stinging Tree .

fauna

A remarkable bird and animal world is found in the mountain area. Wedge-tailed eagles , eastern gray giant kangaroo, and tiger otters are common. Some of the rare species are rufous scrubbird , superb bird of paradise , long-tailed pigeon , Parma Wallaby , Rauschuppen-bush viper , Stuttering Frog ( Mixophyes balbus ) Booroolong Frog ( Litoria booroolongensis ) and Davies' Tree Frog . The Hastings River Mouse , believed to be extinct , was rediscovered here in the 1980s.

photos

Mount Royal - eucalyptus forest
Mount Royal - Eucalyptus Forest
Mount Royal, taken from Mount Cabrebald
Rainforest , mosses and ferns
Rainforest, basalt and ferns
Rainforest, basalt, ferns and mosses
Rainforest from hill water gum on the mountain top
summit

Individual evidence

↑ Alexander G. Floyd: Australian Rainforests in New South Wales. Volume 2. Beatty et al., Chipping Norton 1990, ISBN 0-949324-32-9 , p. 125.
^ Paul Adam: New South Wales Rainforests. The Nomination for the World Heritage List. National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, Sydney 1987, ISBN 0-7305-2075-7 , pp. 77-78.
↑ Alexander G. Floyd: Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press, Melbourne et al. 1989, ISBN 0-909605-57-2 , pp. 42 and 178.

[1] Alexander G. Floyd: Australian Rainforests in New South Wales. Volume 2. Beatty et al., Chipping Norton 1990, ISBN 0-949324-32-9 , p. 125.

[2] Paul Adam: New South Wales Rainforests. The Nomination for the World Heritage List. National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, Sydney 1987, ISBN 0-7305-2075-7 , pp. 77-78.

[3] Alexander G. Floyd: Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press, Melbourne et al. 1989, ISBN 0-909605-57-2 , pp. 42 and 178.