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Biodiversity (biological diversity) refers to the variety of life: the different Biodiversity is the variety of life: the different plants, animals and mirco-organisms, the genes they contain and the ecosystems of which they form. Biodiversity is vital in supporting human life. It provides many benefits, including all our food, clean air and water and fertile soils.
The United Nations has declared 2010 as the "International Year of Biodiversity" in order to increase worldwide awareness of biodiversity and its importance. Liverpool City Council will join organisations all over the world in the celebration of the event by running programs and events to celebrate biodiversity.
Liverpool's bushland areas, parks and rural areas - all form part of the biodiversity of Liverpool. |
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biodiversity in Liverpool
The Liverpool Local Government Area (LGA) has a wide range of plant, animals and ecosystems.
Importantly:
- Approximately 33% of the LGA is covered in vegetation. This vegetation varies in quality
- We have 16 different vegetation communities, of these 11 are considered endangered
- There are 58 known threatened species found within the LGA
- Two endangered populations are within the LGA.
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Cumberland Plain Woodland
If you live in Liverpool it is likely your local patch of vegetation is Cumberland Plain Woodland. Cumberland Plain Woodland is the name given to the main ecological community occurring on soils derived from shales on the Cumberland Plain. It only occurs in Western Sydney.
Large eucalyptus trees make up the canopy of the Cumberland Plain Woodland. The types of trees include Grey Box (Eucalyptus moluccana), Forest Red Gum (E. tereticornis) and Narrow-leaved Ironbark (E. crebra).
The woodland also has a shrub layer dominated by Blackthorn (Bursaria spinosa), Native Indigo (Indigophora australis) and False Sarsprella (Hardenbergia violacea). The Blackthorn provides excellent bird habitat and food for a wide range of insects. The Cumberland Plain Woodland is also home to threatened species such as the Pink Pimelea (Pimelea spicata "a small shrub") and the Cumberland Land Snail (Meridolum corneovirens).
Before European settlement, the Cumberland Plain Woodland was extensive across Western Sydney, covering 122,000 hectares. Today, only eight percent of the original woodland area remains in Sydney.
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