Site 2.4 Rainforest - the Creepy Crawly Nature Walk, Scotts Peak Dam Road - Frodshams Pass 
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Site 2.5 Rainforest - the Creepy Crawly Nature Walk, Scotts Peak Dam Road - Frodshams Pass
Site 2.5 Rainforest - the Creepy Crawly Nature Walk, Scotts Peak Dam Road - Frodshams Pass
Grid Reference E4500 S52584. Altitude 463m.
Site Description: Cool temperate rainforest with a large number of vascular plant species on the margins, but on entering the "Creepy Crawly" walk, the main diversity is in the multitude of nonvascular plants, the mosses, lichens and liverworts.
Distinguishing species:
Anodopetalum biglandulosum  Species Information Page Nothofagus cunninghamii  Species Information Page
Anopteris glandulosa  Species Information Page Phyllocladus aspleniifolius  Species Information Page
Atherosperma moschatum  Species Information Page Polystichum proliferum  Species Information Page
Cenarrhenes nitida  Species Information Page Prionotes cerinthoides  Species Information Page
Dicksonia antarctica  Species Information Page Richea pandanifolia  Species Information Page
Eucryphia lucida  Species Information Page
 
Ecological factors:
Soil: Dark Brown shallow graditional litter peat over gravelly, dark / brown deep sandy clay.
Aspect: East 100 degrees.
Slope: 1-5 degrees.
Rainfall: 2000-2500 mm.
Vegetation type: Thamnic horizontal cool temperate rainforest ( Nothofagus cunninghamii tall closed forest over Anodopetalum biglandulosum).
Geology: Middle cambrian interbedded sediments.
 

Vegetation Structure

  • Broken canopy of N. cunninghamii and A. moscahtum to 40m with >75% cover..
  • Uneven understorey of Anopteris glandulosa, Anodopetalum biglandulosum.
  • Groundcover dense, mainly bryophytes and filmy ferns

Vegetation Processes

  • Regeneration - fire excluded for at least 350 years, therefore regeneration is limited to light gaps caused by tree falls.
  • Rainforest species diversity and structural components associated with soil fertility.
Common species at this site