The Limpinwood Nature Reserve is a

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that is located on the Northern Rivers region of

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, in eastern

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. The reserve was gazetted in April 1963 with additions made in 1967, over former fauna and crown reserves, and further additions were made in 1988 to make the reserve to its current area of . The reserve is situated north-west of the rural locality of , and north of and defines part of the state border between New South Wales and

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. The reserve is part of the Shield Volcano group of the

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listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It is also part of the

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, identified as such by

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because of its importance in the conservation of several species of

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birds.

Description

Its vegetation is primarily sub-tropical rain forest with some wet

sclerophyll Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaf, leaves, short Internode (botany), internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is paral ...

forest. Two watercourses named Hidden and Finches Creeks flow to the east out of the reserve. It was dedicated as a Flora Reserve in 1963. Flora Reserve is the highest protected status for forest areas in the Australian National Parks system. Prior to 1963 the area was classified as a Forest Reserve. The fringes of the reserve were logged for red cedar,

hoop pine ''Araucaria cunninghamii'' is a species of '' Araucaria'' known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist ...

and white beech. Bullock teams were used to drag out the logs. The reserve is composed of virgin old growth sub-tropical rain forest and

hardwood Hardwood is wood from dicot trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from ...

species -

flooded gum Flooded gum may refer to the following tree species: *''Eucalyptus grandis'', from eastern Australia *''Eucalyptus rudis'', from Western Australia *''Eucalyptus tereticornis ''Eucalyptus tereticornis'', commonly known as forest red gum, blue gum ...

, tallowwood, ironbark and white mahogany. The reserve has no formed walking tracks. It has no public access except through Lamington National Park in Queensland. On the New South Wales side of the border it is bounded by private landholdings. It includes an area of

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rising to over above sea level that forms part of the state border. It is intended to be a place where the flora and fauna are free from interference from humans, domestic animals and feral pests.

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* Nature reserves in New South Wales Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Forests of New South Wales Important Bird Areas of New South Wales Northern Rivers 1963 establishments in Australia Protected areas established in 1963 {{NewSouthWales-protected-area-stub

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