Hunter Region Ecology

The Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, through its Rare Plants Committee, is involved in research into the ecology of the Hunter Region of New South Wales, with a focus on Plant Biodiversity.

Technical Papers reporting this research and discussing Hunter Region Ecology are available in this section of the Gardens website, using the links below:

Hunter Region Ecosystems

• Ecosystems of the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Site
• Vegetation of the Hunter Valley
• Vegetation History of the Hunter Valley
• Warkworth Sands Woodland - an Endangered Ecological Community: Distribution, Ecological Significance and Conservation Status

Hunter Region Rare Plants Database
These papers are in pdf format

• Introduction to the Hunter Rare Plants Database
• Preliminary List of Regionally Significant Plants of the Hunter Catchment
  Part 1 Species
• Preliminary List of Regionally Significant Plants of the Hunter Catchment
  Part 2 Populations
  Part 3 Vegetation Communities

Please note that the views expressed in these Technical Papers are those of the Rare Plants Committee and do not necessarily represent the views of the Board of Directors of the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens