Fletchers Glen

Fletchers Glen

Infobox_protected_area_of_Australia | name = Fletcher's Glen


caption = Main Waterfall
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nearest_town_or_city = Hardys Bay
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area = 3 km²
established = 1995
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managing_authorities = National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW)
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Fletchers Glen is a small but very diverse temperate rainforest in New South Wales, Australia. It provides habitat for two threatened plant species — the Magenta Lily Pilly (Syzygium paniculatum) and the Paperbark (Melaleuca biconvexa) as well as the only locally known population of Snowwood (Parachidendron pruinosum).

Fletchers Glen contains three waterfalls with a creek flowing into Brisbane Water. The reserve has a wide diversity of flora and fauna.

Flora and fauna

Flora species include:
*Eucalyptus botryoides | Bangalay
*Acmena smithii | Lilly Pilly
*Ficus coronata | Sandpaper Fig
*Doryphora sassafras | Sassafras
*Glochidion ferdinandi | Cheese Tree
*Pararchidendron pruinosum | Snow Wood
*Archontophoenix cunninghamia | Bangalow Palm
*Livinstonia australis | Cabbage Tree Palm
*Synoum glandulosum | Scentless Rosewood

Species of Fauna include:
*Bush Turkey
*Powerful Owl
*Satin & Regent Bowerbird
*Lyrebird
*Ringtail Possum
*Brushtail
*Possum
*Crayfish
*Eastern Water Dragon
*Tree Snakes


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