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White Ash (Eucalyptus fraxinoides) with tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica)
The corner Milo & Macquarie roads, Monga. The ridge top has eucalyptus trees. On both sides of the road are juveniles of the rainforest trees which occur in the gully to the right. (Atherosperma moschatum, Elaeocarpus holopetalus and Eucryphia moorei).
One could almost call this ridge top eucalyptus a "rainforest margin". With an absence of fire, all the eucalyptus will die out, and the rainforest will continue to colonize this roadside scene. However, with the warmer, drier climate of recent years, this is unlikely to happen in the next century.
White Ash (Eucalyptus fraxinoides) with tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica)
The corner Milo & Macquarie roads, Monga. The ridge top has eucalyptus trees. On both sides of the road are juveniles of the rainforest trees which occur in the gully to the right. (Atherosperma moschatum, Elaeocarpus holopetalus and Eucryphia moorei).
One could almost call this ridge top eucalyptus a "rainforest margin". With an absence of fire, all the eucalyptus will die out, and the rainforest will continue to colonize this roadside scene. However, with the warmer, drier climate of recent years, this is unlikely to happen in the next century.