Nearest town or city Wee Jasper | Area 6.3 km (2.4 sq mi) | |
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Established November 1979 (1979-11) Managing authorities Website Wee Jasper Nature Reserve See also Protected areas of
New South Wales | ||
The Wee Jasper Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The 630-hectare (1,600-acre) reserve is situated to the west of the Goodradigbee River arm of Burrinjuck Dam near the rural locality of Wee Jasper.
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FeaturesEdit
The reserve was created in 1979 with 426.2 ha (1,053 acres) of land. 204.8 ha (506 acres) were added in 1986 and 1.7 ha (4.2 acres) were added in July 2001.
FloraEdit
Four distinct forest ecosystems exist in the reserve:
Threatened speciesEdit
The Australian anchor plant (Discharia pubescens) and limestone brittle-moss (Orthotrichum cupulatum) are rare. The Yass daisy (Ammobium craspedioides) is listed as vulnerable under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW) (TSCA 1995). The Wee Jasper grevillea (Grevillea iaspicula) and the formbe pepper-cress (Lepidium pseudopapillosum) are listed as endangered under the TSCA 1995.
FaunaEdit
60 species of animal have been identified in the reserve.