Editing Macrozamia elegans (section)

===Climatic Data: ===
There is no Weather Station near the habitat location of ''M. elegans'', so we had a choice of using the data from Katoomba (elevation 1015 metres) on the upper Blue Mountains or Richmond (elevation 20 metres) at the base of the Blue Mountains. Katoomba is 31 km south-west of Bilpin (and 409 metres higher), while Richmond is 26 km south-east of Bilpin (and 586 metres lower).

We chose Katoomba on the basis that Bilpin is an apple-growing area and the cooler conditions at Katoomba compared with Richmond would be more appropriate.
Katoomba has an annual average rainfall of 1400 mm (spread over 117 days) with summer temperatures reaching over 30&#176;C. on an average of 9 days per year; and winter temperatures falling below
2&#176;C. on an average of 54 days per year.
The highest and lowest temperatures recorded recently at Katoomba were 36.6 and -8.2&#176;C. respectively). Frosts occur on an average of 42 days per year; and snow falls on an average of 4 days per year.
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