Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests

Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests
Landscape in the Blue Mountains National Park
Ecology
Realm	Australasia
Biome	Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Borders	List Cumberland Plain Woodland Southern Tablelands Temperate Grassland Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland Shale Sandstone Transition Forest Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest
Geography
Area	100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Country	Australia
Elevation	750–1,100 metres (2,460–3,610 ft)
Coordinates	34°12′S 150°17′E / 34.2°S 150.28°E / -34.2; 150.28
Geology	Basalt
Climate type	Oceanic climate (Cfb)
Soil types	Basalt, minor clay

The Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests are a sclerophyll temperate forest community that stretch from the northern fringes of the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands in New South Wales, Australia.^[1] Featuring both wet and dry sclerophyll forests, as well as small rainforest pockets, the community features tall (30m+) and open eucalypt forests and woodlands that lie on igneous rock (Blue Mountains Basalts).^[2][3]

Rainforests of the Blue Mountains, which cover just 1% of the area, feature the descendants of the forests that used to cover the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana.^[4]