PROTECT HARTLEY’S FLORA AND FAUNA
Hartley Vale solitude
The Hartley Valley is one of the few places in Australia where the transition in flora from a sandstone escarpment to a shale valley is preserved with plants that don’t grow anywhere else.
Rare native species
The full list is at the end of this page. We have confirmed and registered sightings of the Spotted Tailed Quoll (also known as Native Cat – Tiger Quoll) in the Hartley Vale village, the middle of the current study area.
This rarely seen native will require the RTA to closely consider the habitat destruction caused by a new road.
Spotted quol recently photographed eating from a lure in Hartley Valley
We have found other rare natives living in the Valley, including the Long Nosed Bandicoot.
Further investigations will hopefully reveal the Eastern Quoll. Though presumed extinct, there have been unconfirmed sightings.
Purple Copper Butterfly - extremely rare
Purple Copper Butterfly
Hartley Valley is one of the few habitats of this endangered species.
According to the NSW Government, one of the key actions to recover this species is:
Where developments or activities are planned in potential habitat, prior thorough surveys should be conducted during the adult flying and juvenile larval seasons (September and October-November, respectively) and appropriate protection measures should be implemented if the species is present.
Learn more about this endangered butterfly at the DEC website.
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List of Threatened Species, Dept. Environment and Climate Change
When you sight any of these let us know using the form at the end of this page.
All of these are known to live in the Hartley Valley.
The Common names are given after the scientific names.
Endangered
Amphibians
Litoria booroolongensis Booroolong Frog
Mixophyes balbus Stuttering Barrred Frog
Birds
Lathamus discolor Swift Parrot
Xanthomyza phrygia Regent Honeyeater
Animals
Paralucia spinifera Purple Copper Butterfly
Petalura gigantea Giant Dragonfly
Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Eulamprus leuraensis Blue Mountains Water Skink
Hoplocephalus bungaroides Broad-headed Snake
Plants
Lastreopsis hispida Bristly Shield Fern
Genoplesium superbum Genoplesium superbum
Acacia bynoeana Bynoe’s Wattle
Asterolasia buxifolia Asterolasia buxifolia
Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. fecunda Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. fecunda
Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora
Haloragodendron lucasii Haloragodendron lucasii
Persoonia hindii Persoonia hindii
Persoonia hirsuta Hairy Geebung
Eucalyptus copulans Eucalyptus copulans
Vulnerable
Animals
Heleioporus australiacus Giant Burrowing Frog
Pseudophryne australis Red-crowned Toadlet
Bats
Chalinolobus dwyeri Large-eared Pied Bat
Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Eastern False Pipistrelle
Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis Eastern Bentwing-bat
Miniopterus australis Little Bentwing-bat
Mormopterus norfolkensis Eastern Freetail-bat
Myotis adversus Large-footed Myotis
Saccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat
Scoteanax rueppellii Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Birds
Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy Black-cockatoo
Lophoictinia isura Square-tailed Kite
Melanodryas cucullata cucullata Hooded Robin (south-eastern form)
Melithreptus gularis gularis Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies)
Neophema pulchella Turquoise Parrot
Ninox connivens Barking Owl
Ninox strenua Powerful Owl
Oxyura australis Blue-billed Duck
Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern subspecies)
Pyrrholaemus sagittatus Speckled Warbler
Stagonopleura guttata Diamond Firetail
Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl
Tyto tenebricosa Sooty Owl
Marsupials
Cercartetus nanus Eastern Pygmy-possum
Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll
Petaurus australis Yellow-bellied Glider
Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider
Phascolarctos cinereus Koala
Varanus rosenbergi Rosenberg’s Goanna
Plants
Eucalyptus pulverulenta Silver-leafed Gum
Acacia flocktoniae Flockton Wattle
Astrotricha crassifolia Thick-leaf Star-hair
Boronia deanei Deane’s Boronia
Callistemon linearifolius Netted Bottle Brush
Darwinia peduncularis Darwinia peduncularis
Derwentia blakelyi Derwentia blakelyi
Grevillea evansiana Evans Grevillea
Grevillea parviflora Grevillea parviflora
Leionema sympetalum Rylstone Bell
Melaleuca biconvexa Biconvex Paperbark
Olearia cordata Olearia cordata
Persoonia acerosa Needle Geebung
Philotheca ericifolia Philotheca ericifolia
Pomaderris brunnea Brown Pomaderris
Prostanthera cryptandroides subsp. cryptandroides Wollemi Mint-bush
Prostanthera stricta
Pultenaea glabra Smooth Bush-Pea
Eucalyptus cannonii Capertee Stringybark
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