The Natural Environment of Lane Cove

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Cover Title page Acknowledgements and credits Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 The Natural Environment – Values of Bushland and Remnants 2.1 General values of urban bushland 2.2 Special values of Lane Cove bushland 2.3 Recognising bushland values in Lane Cove 2.4 Recognising bushland values through state policy 2.5 Extending bushland values – the role of urban trees 3 The Bare Essentials 3.1 Climate 3.2 Topography 3.3 Geology and soils 4 Vegetation Communities 4.1 Naming vegetation communities 4.2 Factors affecting vegetation communities 4.3 Vegetation communities of Lane Cove 4.4 Communities missing or in tiny altered fragments 4.5 Changing communities 4.6 Importance of vegetation communities as habitat 5 Animals of Lane Cove 5.1 Wildlife in the city 5.2 The mammals of Lane Cove 5.3 Reptiles in Lane Cove 5.4 Amphibians of Lane Cove 5.5 Fish and other animals of the Lane Cove River 5.6 Insects and spiders 5.7 Introduced animals 6 Birds of Lane Cove 6.1 Birds in the environment 6.2 Dynamic bird populations 6.3 Bird species in Lane Cove 7 Aboriginal People in the Waters, Wetlands and Country of Lane Cove 7.1 Connection to country, language and clan groups 7.2 How Aboriginal people lived in their environment 7.3 Impact of European arrival 7.4 Aboriginal heritage – our protected sites 8 European Impacts 8.1 Early impacts 8.2 Continuing problems 8.3 Repairing the damage and reducing the impacts 8.4 Making a positive difference – the contribution of gardens to the natural environment 9 Weed Invasion – A Special Problem 9.1 The nature and extent of the problem 9.2 How weed invasion occurs 9.3 Keeping weeds out of the bush 9.4 Which plants are weeds? 9.5 Weed patches in Lane Cove 10 Natural Environment Management 10.1 Policy and Planning 10.2 Restoring the bush 10.3 Bush regeneration 10.4 Aboriginal heritage management 10.5 Connecting people and environment – community programs 10.6 Bushland access – tracks and signage 10.7 Fire – its role and management 10.8 Stormwater and creeks 10.9 Feral and pest animals 10.10 Pets 10.11 Beyond the bushland: street trees and wildlife corridors 10.12 Air quality 11 Threatened Species and Communities 11.1 Identifying threatened species and communities 11.2 Threatened plant species in Lane Cove 11.3 Threatened fauna species in Lane Cove 11.4 Threatened vegetation communities 11.5 A special fungi community 11.6 Managing impacts 12 The Lane Cove – an urban river system 12.1 Extent of the system 12.2 How people have used the river system 12.3 The legacy – pollution and sedimentation 12.4 Fill in the riparian zone 12.5 River health – monitoring and management Figures Figure 1: Lane Cove local government area on the lower North Shore of Sydney Figure 2: Bushland and foreshore reserves in Lane Cove Figure 3: Topography of Lane Cove LGA Figure 4: Geology of Lane Cove LGA Figure 5: Soil Types of Lane Cove LGA Figure 6: Interacting influences shaping vegetation communities, habitat and associated fauna Figure 7: Wetland vegetation zonation on the NSW coast Figure 8: Vegetation zonation in Lane Cove Figure 9: Location of Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest in Lane Cove Figure 10: Location of Coastal Enriched Sandstone Sheltered Forest in Lane Cove Figure 11: Location of Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest in Lane Cove Figure 12: Bird food niches Figure 13: The Lane Cove River catchment Figure 14: Ranking of Sydney Harbour sewer overflow points Figure 15: NSOOS service area, feeder sewer mains and the Northside Storage Tunnel References and Further Reading Index