Seven Endangered Ecological Communities (EEC’s) have been recorded in the Mandalong area. An ecological community is listed under NSW legislation as an Endangered Ecological Community when it is “facing a very high risk of extinction in New South Wales in the near future.”

The seven Mandalong Endangered Ecological Communities are:

Redgum Rough-barked Apple Forest
Swamp Mahogany – Paperbark Forest
Alluvial Tall Moist Forest
Subtropical Rainforest
Lower Hunter Spotted Gum – Ironbark Forest
Swamp Woodland
Freshwater Wetland Complex