Environment
Threatened species
The Wollongong LGA currently contains 18 Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs). EECs are prescribed under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, and the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The following table lists the EECs known to occur in Wollongong Local Government Area. Informatiion about these communities can be found on the Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) website.
| Endangered Ecological Community | Main locations |
| Bangalay Sand Forest * | Bellambi, Fairy Meadow, North Wollongong, Primbee, Windang. |
| Coastal Saltmarsh * | Berkeley, Haywards Bay, Kanahooka, Koonawarra, Lake Heights, Yallah. |
| Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains * | Berkeley, Bulli, Cleveland, Haywards Bay, Horsley, Kannahooka, Kembla Grange, Marshall Mount, Russell Vale, Thirroul, Unanderra, Warrawong, Woonona, Yallah. |
| Illawarra Lowlands Grassy Woodland * | Avondale, Bellambi, Berkeley, Cleveland, Cordeaux Heights, Corrimal, Dapto, Dombarton, East Corrimal, Farmborough Heights, Figtree, Gwynneville, Haywards Bay, Horsley, Huntley, Keiraville, Kembla Grange, Koonawarra, Marshall Mount, Mount Kembla, Penrose, Spring Hill, Towradgi, Unanderra, West Wollongong, Wollongong, Wongawilli, Yallah. |
| Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest* | Austinmer, Avondale, Balgownie, Berkeley, Bulli, Cataract, Clifton, Coledale, Cordeaux, Cordeaux Heights, Corrimal, Cringila, Dapto, Dombarton, Farmborough Heights, Figtree, Huntley, Kembla Grange, Kembla Heights, Koonawarra, Lake Heights, Marshall Mount, Mount Keira, Mount Kembla, Scarborough,Tarrawanna, Thirroul, Wombarra, Wongawilli, Yallah. |
| Littoral Rainforest *# | Austinmer, Clifton, Coalcliff, Coledale, Otford, Primbee, Scarborough, Stanwell Park, Stanwell Tops, Windang, Womborra. |
| O'Hares Creek Shale Forest * | Cataract, Darkes Forest, Maddens Plains, Woronora Dam. |
| River-flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains * | Dombarton, Marshall Mount, Yallah. |
| Robertson Basalt Tall Open-Forest * | Avon. |
| Shale-Sandstone Transition Forest *# | Avon, Cataract, Cordeaux. |
| Southern Highlands Shale Woodlands * | Avon. |
| Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest on Transitional Sandstone Soils * | Coalcliff, Helensburgh, Lilyvale, Maddens Plains, Otford, Stanwell Tops, Woronora Dam. |
| Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest * | Avondale, Bellambi, Berkeley, Brownsville, Bulli, Dapto, East Corrimal, Fairy Meadow, Haywards Bay, Huntley, Kanahooka, Kembla Grange, Kembla Heights, Koonawarra, Lake Heights, North Wollongong, Port Kembla, Primbee, Spring Hill, Stanwell Park, Thirroul, Towradgi, Warrawong, Windang, Wollongong, Woonona, Yallah. |
| Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains * | Bellambi, Bulli, East Corrimal, Fairy Meadow, Haywards Bay, North Wollongong, Primbee, Towradgi, West Wollongong, Windang, Wollongong, Woonona, Yallah. |
| Sydney Freshwater Wetlands* | Port Kembla, Primbee. |
| Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone # | Avon, Bulli, Cataract, Cordeaux, Darkes Forest, Helensburgh, Huntley, Maddens Plains, Woronora Dam, Dombarton, Stanwell Tops. |
| Themeda Grassland on Seacliffs and Coastal Headlands * | Austinmer, Clifton, Coalcliff, Coledale, Otford, Stanwell Park, Stanwell Tops, Wombarra. |
| Turpentine-Ironbark Forest # | Cataract. |
* listed under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
# listed under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Impacts to EECs
A licence may be required under section 91 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 if a development or activity is likely to harm a threatened species, population or EEC or damage their habitat. More information is available from the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) website.
Last Modified: 11/12/2008
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See also
GreenplanExternal links
Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) - threatened species, ecological communities and populations of NSW (TSC Act 1995)
Critical Habitats Register (TSC Act 1995)
NSW Scientific Committee Determinations (TSC Act 1995)
Protected Matters Search Tool (EPBC Act 1999)
Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna of the Greater Southern Sydney Region (DECC 2007)
The Illawarra Bushland Database
Related documents
Grow Me Instead [PDF] [2.58MB]
Towards an Illawarra Regional Vegetation Management Plan [PDF] [2.29MB]
Related publications
Publications available from Wollongong City Council's online library catalogue:
* Native trees of central Illawarra : Leon Fuller and Kevin Mills
* Native vegetation of the Illawarra Escarpment and Coastal Plain: bioregional assessment study part I (2002)
* Fauna of the Illawarra Escarpement, Coastal Plain and Plateau: bioregional assessment study part II