256 Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
Table 19.1.Number of EPBC-listed species, grouped by category, in each park.Booderee National ParkSize6379 ha (including 875 ha of marine environment and 80 ha of the Booderee Botanic Gardens)LocationSouth-east coast of Australia, within the Jervis Bay Territory, comprising most of the Bherwerre Peninsula on thesouthern side of Jervis Bay and St Georges BasinDominant vegetation/biomeEcoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forestIBRA: Sydney BasinVegetation: Coastal plant communities including remnant rainforest, heath communities, woodland and coastal littoralcommunities (including four NSW listed endangered ecological communities: swamp oak forest, littoral rainforest,freshwater wetlands and bangalay sand forest). Plus a diverse range of marine habitats including the intertidal zone,extensive areas of seagrass, sandy bottom habitat and subtidal rocky reefEPBC-listed species:AmphibiansBirdsFishesInvertebratesMammalsPlantsReptilesTotal151052014Christmas Island National ParkSize8500 ha (63% of the island’s land area), plus a marine zone extending 50 m seaward of the low water markLocationChristmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean ~2800 km west of Darwin, 2600 km north-west of Perth and 500 kmsouth of JakartaDominant vegetation/biomeIBRA: Indian Tropical Islands BioregionVegetation: Tropical rainforest (comprising evergreen tall closed forest, semi-deciduous closed forest, deciduous scruband herbland), Ramsar wetlandsEPBC-listed species:AmphibiansBirdsFishesInvertebratesMammalsPlantsReptilesTotal071013618