Fletchers Glen

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Fletcher's Glen
Main Waterfall
Main Waterfall
Nearest town/city: Hardys Bay
Area: 3 km²
Managing authorities: National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW)

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.

[edit] 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: