Grundy Mountain

Grundy Mountain
Grundy Mountain
Mount Grundy
	Southern Sassafras cool temperate rainforest at the head of the Tia River, Australia
Highest point
Elevation	1,463 m (4,800 ft)
Coordinates	31°20′S 151°39′E / 31.333°S 151.650°E
Geography
	Grundy Mountain Location in New South Wales
Location	Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Parent range	Great Dividing Range
Topo map	Branga Plains

Grundy Mountain or Mount Grundy, a mountain of the Great Dividing Range, is located on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.^[2]

With an elevation of 1,463 metres (4,800 ft) above sea level,^[3] Grundy Mountain is situated between Walcha and Tamworth in the Mummel Gulf National Park.

The native vegetation of the mountain has mostly been cleared for farming and pine plantations. However, there are remnant areas of eucalyptus forest with the rare Purple Pepperbush. Of special note is the cool temperate rainforest at the head of the Tia River. It includes geographically isolated plants such as the Southern Sassafras,^[4] White Mountain Banksia, Mountain Walnut and the Black Olive Berry. A new lizard species in the genus Lampropholis was discovered on Mount Grundy in 1995.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Grundy (trig. station)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ Branga Plains 9235-III (Map) (First ed.). 1:25,000. Department of Lands, New South Wales.
^ Branga Plains 1:25,000 topographical map
^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.
^ Greer, Allen E. A new species of Lampropholis (Squamata: Scincidae) "Lampropholis elongata" with a restricted, high altitude distribution in eastern Australia. Sydney: The Australian Museum.

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