Editing Nightcap National Park (section)

=== Fire ===

Fire is not a requirement for rainforest species to germinate or to reproduce. If a fire did occur it would change habitat conditions and have an adverse impact on threatened rainforest species like the Nightcap oak.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Eidothea hardeniana – Nightcap Oak|url = http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=76351|website = www.environment.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref> A suspicious fire occurred in September 2014 near Minyon Falls Road at the park. Fortunately no one was harmed and it only burned dry sclerophyll forest.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Nightcap Oak - profile {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|url = http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10260|website = www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref> The park was devastated by the [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019-2020 Australian brushfire season]], raising grave fears about the fate of its inhabitants.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last1=Shoebridge|first1=Joanne|last2=Marciniak|first2=Catherine|date=2020-01-18|title=Gondwana-era nightcap oak devastated by unprecedented bushfire|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-18/gondwana-era-nightcap-oak-devastated-by-bushfire/11877770|access-date=2020-01-18|website=ABC News|language=en-AU}}</ref> However, many of the burned nightcap oak trees managed to regenerate after the fires, with only less than a fifth dying, and some of the inhabitants such as [[red-legged pademelon]] and [[long-nosed potoroo]] were shown to not be significantly affected, although others such as the [[golden-tipped bat]] were likely negatively affected.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=Precious nightcap oak survives the carnage of bushfire with show of uplifting resilience|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-15/ancient-nightcap-oak-natures-great-survivor/12353034|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-06|title=Scientists on a mission to discover if threatened wildlife can survive intense bushfires|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-07/scientists-report-card-on-threatened-species/13113582|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>