Coastal Sand Mantle Heath is a fire-adapted sclerophyllous coastal heath/scrub community that is found in 24 isolated remnants on Aeolian sand mantles between La Perouse and Manly. They contain over 60 species, including mainly heathy shrubs and subshrubs. It is estimated that these species occupied some 5300 hectares around Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay area in 1788. Much has been cleared for development or other land uses and is subject to a range of threats characteristic of relatively small urban reserves. By March 2003, only 138 hectares remained. ESBS is listed as an ‘endangered ecological community’ both in the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and in the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. 

Kamay Bay National Park is an important area for this endangered plant community. FOGA, with the support of community environmental programs, has undertaken weed clearing and restoration at Henry Head Lane, La Perouse to support this critically endangered plant community.

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