It is Tasmania's coldest region, and temperatures often fall to or below freezing during the three to four winter months, often overnight.

[1] The main plant communities are wet and dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands at lower elevations, with alpine coniferous forest, montane grasslands, montane shrublands, and alpine plant communities at higher elevations.

Rainforest species can extend up to the treeline, generally as understorey plants in sclerophyll or conifer forests.

[1] Shrub communities are also found at high elevation, with species of Proteaceae, Epacridaceae, Myrtaceae, and some conifers.

The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) is a seasonal visitor, which migrates in autumn to breed in the coastal dry eucalyptus woodlands further east.

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