[1] Listed in 2001 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the forest lies between other ecological communities found on shale or sandstone substrates.

[2] The community is predominated by forest or woodland with an overstorey that features several Eucalypt species and an understorey that consists of sclerophyll shrubs, grasses and herbs.

Shrubs include Bursaria spinosa, Kunzea ambigua, Persoonia linearis,Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Hibbertia aspera, Leucopogon juniperinus and Pultenaea villosa.

Grasses and herbs include, Aristida vagans, Austrostipa pubescens, Cheilanthes sieberi, Dichondra repens, Entolasia marginata, Entolasia stricta, Lepidosperma laterale, Lomandra multiflora, Microlaena stipoides, Pimelea linifolia, Phyllanthus hirtellus, Pomax umbellata, Pratia purpurascens, Solanum prinophyllum and Themeda triandra.

[3] Animals include birds such as, Pyrrholaemus saggitatus, Climacteris picumnus, Lichenostomus fuscus, Melanodryas cucullata and Psephotus haematonotus.