Conservation Management Zones of Australia
Brigalow Woodlands
Prepared by the Department of the Environment
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and associated products are the result of a collaboration between the Biodiversity Conservation
Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were
provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of the Environment (DotE), Department of
Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the academic
community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks
Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE, Nyree Stenekes and Robert
Kancans (ABARES), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson
(ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the
World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.
Special thanks to CSIRO staff Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns enabled
identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.
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Contents
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ................................................................ 4
Introduction ................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Zone at a glance .......................................................................................................................... 5
Population characteristics .......................................................................................................... 10
Employment, volunteering and incomes .................................................................................... 15
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice .................. 18
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas ............................................. 21
Zone vegetation characteristics ................................................................................................. 24
Nationally Important Wetlands ................................................................................................... 25
World and National Heritage ...................................................................................................... 26
Major National Reserve System properties................................................................................ 26
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities ............................................................... 27
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species ........................................................................................ 28
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species .......................................................................................... 32
Threatened endemic species ..................................................................................................... 33
Invasive species ........................................................................................................................ 35
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations ........................................................... 38
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country
The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past
and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We honour the deep
spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including
Australia’s waterways, land and sea country.
Introduction
The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological
and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will
assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report
on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with
local action.
The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and
socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge
and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about
regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.
The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or
governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental
assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.
Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socioeconomic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to engage
with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural
resources more effectively.
The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic
landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain
only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In
future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.
Zone at a glance
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
MAJOR CITIES AND TOWNS
POPULATION
Dalby
10,861
Dubbo
32,335
Emerald
12,896
Tamworth
36,160
Toowoomba
96,221
Warwick
13,371
RURAL CENTRES
POPULATION
Biloela
5,809
Blackwater
4,846
Calliope
3,058
Chinchilla
4,774
RURAL CENTRES
POPULATION
Coonabarabran
2,566
Dysart
3,010
Gracemere
7,576
Gunnedah
7,901
Highfields
7,947
Moranbah
8,624
Moree
7,722
Mount Morgan
2,557
Narrabri
4,040
Oakey
4,299
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM) REGIONS
Hunter Local Land Services
NSW
Central Tablelands Local Land Services
NSW
Central West Local Land Services
NSW
North West Local Land Services
NSW
Northern Tablelands Local Land Services
NSW
Queensland Murray Darling Basin Committee Inc
QLD
Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM
QLD
Condamine Alliance
QLD
Fitzroy Basin Association Inc
QLD
NQ Dry Tropics Group Inc
QLD
TOP FIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
VALUE PER ANNUM
Beef
$1,344m
Cereals for grain
$881m
Other broadacre crops
$623m
Poultry
$207m
Vegetables for consumption
$204m
Total value of agricultural commodities
$4,254m
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS*
Mean annual temperature
19.6 Celsius
Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month
32.7 Celsius
Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month
4.6 Celsius
Mean Annual Rainfall
634.9mm
Dominant rainfall season
Summer
* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of
rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012)
Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of
Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces
version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).
For future climate projections please refer to: http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/
Source: Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National
Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
Population characteristics
Population
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME
English
91.43%
Other languages
3.01%
Not stated
5.47%
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Education
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Employment, volunteering and incomes
Employment
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Volunteering
Income
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and
sources of NRM advice
Australian farmers manage over 60% of the Australian continent and shoulder much of the burden of responsibility
for maintaining and protecting Australia’s natural resource wealth. The information contained in this profile aims to
assist the wider community, non-governmental organisations and government agencies to support Australia’s key
environmental custodians.
Agricultural commodity values
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Natural resource management practices and sources of NRM advice
* Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012 Land Management Practices Survey
(LaMPS) 2012. LaMPS collected land practices information from approximately 50,000 farm businesses
across Australia. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area
2 units and Australian Agricultural Environment units. The % figures presented here are indicative only.
For more information on LaMPS please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4630.0
** The sample for the Drivers of Practice Change 2012 survey consisted of a random subsample of 1228
broadacre farm managers from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) frame.
The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units. For this
reason, the figures presented here are indicative only.
^ This chart indicates the sources of advice utilised for native vegetation management from respondents
who identified they sought advice.
For more information please refer to http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domesticforestry/prep-for-future/drivers-
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government
Areas
Source: Land tenure data based on Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) categorisation of Public Sector Mapping
Authority (PSMA) State Tenure 2012; Land use mapping based on Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program
(ACLUMP) 2012. For more information on Australian land use and management information and classification please refer to:
http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/
TRADITIONAL
OWNERS
REGISTERED NATIVE TITLE BODY
CORPORATE
HECTARES
% OF ZONE
TRADITIONAL
OWNERS
REGISTERED NATIVE TITLE BODY
CORPORATE
HECTARES
% OF ZONE
The Jangga People
Bulganunna Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
1,104,080
3.2
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Coonamble Shire Council
NSW
Dubbo City Council
NSW
Gilgandra Shire Council
NSW
Gunnedah Shire Council
NSW
Gwydir Shire Council
NSW
Inverell Shire Council
NSW
Liverpool Plains Shire Council
NSW
Mid-Western Regional Council
NSW
Moree Plains Shire Council
NSW
Muswellbrook Shire Council
NSW
Narrabri Shire Council
NSW
Narromine Shire Council
NSW
Singleton Shire Council
NSW
Tamworth Regional Council
NSW
Tenterfield Shire Council
NSW
Upper Hunter Shire Council
NSW
Walcha Council
NSW
Walgett Shire Council
NSW
Warrumbungle Shire Council
NSW
Wellington Council
NSW
Balonne Shire
QLD
Banana Shire
QLD
Barcaldine Regional
QLD
Blackall Tambo Regional
QLD
Central Highlands Regional
QLD
Charters Towers Regional
QLD
Gladstone Regional
QLD
Goondiwindi Regional
QLD
Isaac Regional
QLD
Livingstone Shire
QLD
Lockyer Valley Regional
QLD
Mackay Regional
QLD
Maranoa Regional
QLD
Murweh Shire
QLD
North Burnett Regional
QLD
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Rockhampton Regional
QLD
South Burnett Regional
QLD
Southern Downs Regional
QLD
Toowoomba Regional
QLD
Western Downs Regional
QLD
Whitsunday Regional
QLD
Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire
QLD
Zone vegetation characteristics
Source: The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS). See overleaf for more information on this dataset.
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification
system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and
distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.
Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation
distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation
mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types
across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums
(e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type
occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present
are therefore not represented.
It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is
of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on
vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.
Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater
discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia.
For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia.
In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass
understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone
(58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical
Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately
19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only
provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.
For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-informationsystem
Nationally Important Wetlands
NATIONALLY IMPORTANT WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
CRITERIA
Bingeringo Aggregation
QLD
2,336
1, 2, 3
Boggomoss Springs
QLD
399
1, 3
Bowen River: Birralee – Pelican Creek
QLD
156
1, 2, 3, 5
Broad Sound
QLD
364
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks
QLD
5
1, 3, 5
Fairbairn Dam
QLD
15,406
1, 3
Fitzroy River Floodplain
QLD
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lake Broadwater
QLD
215
1, 2, 3, 5
Lake Dalrymple
QLD
27,341
1, 2, 3
Lake Elphinstone
QLD
300
1, 2, 3
Lake Goran
NSW
6,788
1, 3, 4
Lake Nuga Nuga
QLD
2,070
1, 3
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks
QLD
50,223
1, 5
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation
QLD
2,801
1, 2, 3, 5
Scartwater Aggregation
QLD
332
1, 2, 3
The Gums Lagoon
QLD
343
1, 3
Turkey Mound Spring
and Iron Pot Spring Aggregation
QLD
20
1, 3
Why Not Aggregation
QLD
3
1, 2
Nationally important wetlands are defined according to the following criteria:
1. It is a good example of a wetland type occurring within a biogeographic region in Australia.
2. It is a wetland which plays an important ecological or hydrological role in the natural functioning of a major
wetland system/complex.
3. It is a wetland which is important as the habitat for animal taxa at a vulnerable stage in their life cycles, or
provides a refuge when adverse conditions such as drought prevail.
4. The wetland supports 1% or more of the national populations of any native plant or animal taxa.
5. The wetland supports native plant or animal taxa or communities which are considered endangered
or vulnerable at the national level.
6. The wetland is of outstanding historical or cultural significance.
Please note, the above are a subset of all the Nationally Important Wetlands found within the Zone.
For more information on Nationally Important Wetlands please see:
http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directory-important-wetlands-australia-third-edition
World and National Heritage
HERITAGE VALUES
WORLD OR NATIONAL
HERITAGE
HERITAGE
TYPE
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
% OF
ZONE
The Greater Blue
Mountains Area
World and National Heritage
Natural
NSW
113268.66
0.33
Gondwana Rainforests of
Australia
World and National Heritage
Natural
NSW
109.54
0.00
Myall Creek Massacre and
Memorial Site
National Heritage
Indigenous
NSW
23.17
0.07
Moree Baths and
Swimming Pool
National Heritage
Indigenous
NSW
1.01
0.00
Warrumbungle
National Park
National Heritage
Natural
NSW
23611.98
0.33
Please refer to the Australian Heritage Database for detailed information on listing criteria for these
heritage values:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database
For more information on Australia’s world and national heritage please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage
Major National Reserve System properties
MAJOR NATIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Name
Property type
IUCN
category
Jurisdiction
Hectares
% of zone
Carnarvon
National Park
II
QLD
301,335
0.88
Castlevale
Nature Refuge
VI
QLD
146,571
0.43
Wollemi
National Park
IB
NSW
113,444
0.33
Expedition (Limited Depth)
National Park
II
QLD
109,622
0.32
Pilliga
Nature Reserve
IA
NSW
83,475
0.24
Goulburn River
National Park
II
NSW
74,107
0.22
Carnarvon Station
Nature Refuge
VI
QLD
56,752
0.17
Goonoo
CCA Zone 3 State Conservation
Area
II
NSW
54,396
0.16
Mount Kaputar
National Park
II
NSW
51,309
0.15
Blackdown Tableland
National Park
II
QLD
47,874
0.14
Timallallie
CCA Zone 1 National Park
IV
NSW
39,218
0.11
Goodedulla
National Park
II
QLD
25,480
0.07
Palmgrove
National Park (Scientific)
IA
QLD
25,071
0.07
Pilliga East
CCA Zone 3 State Conservation
Area
II
NSW
24,549
0.07
Warrumbungle
National Park
II
NSW
23,864
0.07
Dthinna Dthinnawan
CCA Zone 1 National Park
II
NSW
22,085
0.06
Coolah Tops
National Park
II
NSW
16,246
0.05
Theresa Hut
Nature Refuge
VI
QLD
12,120
0.04
MAJOR NATIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Taunton
National Park (Scientific)
IV
QLD
11,687
0.03
Dipperu
National Park (Scientific)
IA
QLD
11,285
0.03
THE IUCN CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Ia Strict Nature Reserve
IUCN protected area management categories classify
protected areas according to their management
objectives. The categories are recognised by international
bodies such as the United Nations and are utilised by
many national governments, including the Australian
Government, as the global standard for defining and
recording protected areas.
Ib Wilderness Area
II National Park
III Natural Monument or Feature
IV Habitat/Species Management Area
V Protected Landscape/ Seascape
VI Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
Please refer to the IUCN website for further explanation:
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/
For more information on Australia’s National Reserve System please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system
Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database 2012.
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities
THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
Name
Listing status
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Natural Grasslands of the Queensland Central
Highlands and the northern Fitzroy Basin
Endangered
94.7
23.3
Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and codominant)
Endangered
87.5
3.3
Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt
(North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions
Endangered
85.7
0.7
Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial
plains of northern New South Wales and southern
Queensland
Critically
Endangered
62.6
24.6
Coolibah – Black Box Woodlands of the Darling
Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South
Bioregions
Endangered
58.3
64.6
Weeping Myall Woodlands
Endangered
42.0
83.7
New England Peppermint
(Eucalyptus nova-anglica) Grassy Woodlands
Critically
Endangered
22.8
4.2
Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa)
Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of
South-eastern Australia
Endangered
9.7
10.1
White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy
Woodland and Derived Native Grassland
Critically
Endangered
5.1
3.5
The community of native species dependent on
natural discharge of groundwater from the Great
Artesian Basin
Endangered
3.9
0.1
Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia
Critically
Endangered
0.3
0.1
* % of the total national distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution
of the Threatened Ecological Community that is found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area describes the proportion of the zone that the Threatened Ecological Community
is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given Threatened Ecological Community above does not imply that
the Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone.
Rather, the % of the TEC’s total distribution (*) within the zone is an indication of its importance to that zone
in terms of conservation efforts. The % of the zone (**) indicates how rare, or difficult the ecological community may
be to find within the zone.
The threatened ecological communities above are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which is the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.
For more information, please refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species
THREATENED MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Yaminon
Lasiorhinus krefftii
Endangered
100
0.01
Pilliga Mouse, Poolkoo
Pseudomys pilligaensis
Vulnerable
60.63
0.96
Koala (combined populations of Queensland,
New South Wales and the Australian Capital
Territory)
Phascolarctos cinereus
(combined populations of
QLD, NSW and the ACT)
Vulnerable
26.07
31.83
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata
Vulnerable
10.88
1.31
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby
Onychogalea fraenata
Endangered
6.82
0.04
New Holland Mouse, Pookila
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Vulnerable
3.79
1.05
Grey-headed Flying-fox
Pteropus poliocephalus
Vulnerable
3.67
1.85
Hastings River Mouse, Koontoo
Pseudomys oralis
Endangered
3.39
0.29
Spot-tailed Quoll,
Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll
(southeastern mainland population)
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus
(SE mainland population)
Endangered
2.67
1.37
Northern Quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
Endangered
1.29
2.30
Water Mouse, False Water Rat, Yirrkoo
Xeromys myoides
Vulnerable
0.02
0.002
Semon’s Leaf-nosed Bat,
Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat
Hipposideros semoni
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Long-nosed Potoroo (SE mainland)
Potorous tridactylus tridactylus
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
South-eastern Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat
Chalinolobus dwyeri
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Greater Bilby
Macrotis lagotis
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
THREATENED BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Star Finch (eastern), Star Finch (southern)
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda
Endangered
59.82
71.00
Squatter Pigeon (southern)
Geophaps scripta scripta
Vulnerable
57.35
60.03
Black-breasted Button-quail
Turnix melanogaster
Vulnerable
38.12
15.69
Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia
Endangered
17.91
12.51
Red Goshawk
Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Vulnerable
17.24
51.77
Swift Parrot
Lathamus discolor
Endangered
9.13
4.79
Superb Parrot
Polytelis swainsonii
Vulnerable
4.97
2.63
Black-throated Finch (southern)
Poephila cincta cincta
Endangered
4.81
0.91
Coxen’s Fig-Parrot
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
Endangered
1.26
0.01
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Endangered
1.17
1.27
Eastern Bristlebird
Dasyornis brachypterus
Endangered
0.94
0.13
Australian Painted Snipe
Rostratula australis
Endangered
0.89
0.50
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Vulnerable
0.44
1.36
Yellow Chat (Dawson)
Epthianura crocea macgregori
Critically
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Masked Owl (northern)
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
THREATENED REPTILES
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Allan’s Lerista, Retro Slider
Lerista allanae
Endangered
100
0.47
Ornamental Snake
Denisonia maculata
Vulnerable
93.72
19.74
Five-clawed Worm-skink,
Long-legged Worm-skink
Anomalopus mackayi
Vulnerable
66.94
2.56
Dunmall’s Snake
Furina dunmalli
Vulnerable
58.19
1.55
Border Thick-tailed Gecko, Granite Belt Thicktailed Gecko
Uvidicolus sphyrurus
Vulnerable
57.91
7.85
Yakka Skink
Egernia rugosa
Vulnerable
47.29
11.19
Collared Delma
Delma torquata
Vulnerable
45.47
1.33
Grassland Earless Dragon
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla
Endangered
41.81
0.35
Mount Cooper Striped Lerista
Lerista vittata
Vulnerable
9.94
0.19
Pink-tailed Worm-lizard,
Pink-tailed Legless Lizard
Aprasia parapulchella
Vulnerable
5.28
0.57
Broad-headed Snake
Hoplocephalus bungaroides
Vulnerable
4.06
0.37
Bell’s Turtle, Western Sawshelled Turtle, Namoi
Wollumbinia belli
Vulnerable
0.77
0.01
THREATENED REPTILES
River Turtle, Bell’s Saw-shelled Turtle
Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink
Coeranoscincus reticulatus
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Boggomoss Snail, Dawson Valley Snail
Adclarkia dawsonensis
Critically
Endangered
100
0.0004
Australian Lungfish, Queensland Lungfish
Neoceratodus forsteri
Vulnerable
15.1
0.18
Fleay’s Frog
Mixophyes fleayi
Endangered
7.81
0.06
Booroolong Frog
Litoria booroolongensis
Endangered
7.75
0.33
Mary River Cod
Maccullochella mariensis
Endangered
0.91
0.004
Kroombit Tinker Frog, Pleione’s Torrent Frog
Taudactylus pleione
Critically
Endangered
0.79
0.0005
Trout Cod
Maccullochella macquariensis
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Giant Barred Frog, Southern Barred Frog
Mixophyes iteratus
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Littlejohn’s Tree Frog, Heath Frog
Litoria littlejohni
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Murray Cod
Maccullochella peelii
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
OTHER THREATENED FAUNA
THREATENED FLORA
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
a shrub
Bertya granitica
Endangered
100
0.01
a shrub
Homoranthus decumbens
Endangered
100
0.85
Hando’s Wattle, Percy Grant Wattle
Acacia handonis
Vulnerable
100
0.08
Kogan Waxflower
Philotheca sporadica
Vulnerable
100
0.46
None
Eucalyptus beaniana
Vulnerable
100
0.06
None
Kennedia retrorsa
Vulnerable
100
0.06
None
Logania diffusa
Vulnerable
100
0.07
None
Prostanthera discolor
Vulnerable
100
0.02
None
Corymbia clandestina
Vulnerable
100
0.07
None
Newcastelia velutina
Vulnerable
100
0.01
None
Acacia eremophiloides
Vulnerable
100
0.02
None
Acacia deuteroneura
Vulnerable
100
0.01
None
Xerothamnella herbacea
Endangered
100
0.05
None
Microcarpaea agonis
Endangered
100
0.01
None
Prostanthera sp. Dunmore
(D.M.Gordon 8A)
Vulnerable
100
0.11
THREATENED FLORA
None
Aristida annua
Vulnerable
100
1.03
None
Acacia porcata
Endangered
100
0.02
None
Hakea pulvinifera
Endangered
100
0.03
Queensland White Gum, Queensland
Western White Gum, Lapunyah,
Scrub Gum, White Gum
Eucalyptus argophloia
Vulnerable
100
0.21
Sandy Hollow Commersonia
Commersonia rosea
Endangered
100
0.004
Yarwun Whitewood
Atalaya collina
Endangered
100
0.01
None
Acacia lauta
Vulnerable
99.32
0.08
None
Lasiopetalum
longistamineum
Vulnerable
96.86
0.03
None
Decaspermum struckoilicum
Endangered
95.51
0.01
None
Ozothamnus tesselatus
Vulnerable
93.35
0.14
None
Westringia parvifolia
Vulnerable
91.38
1.35
None
Indigofera efoliata
Endangered
90.57
0.08
Hawkweed
Picris evae
Vulnerable
89.92
0.97
Belson’s Panic
Homopholis belsonii
Vulnerable
89.79
0.05
Ingram’s Zieria
Zieria ingramii
Endangered
87.17
0.13
None
Leucopogon sp. Coolmunda
(D.Halford Q1635)
Endangered
87.1
0.01
Small-leaved Denhamia
Denhamia parvifolia
Vulnerable
87.02
2.97
None
Eucalyptus virens
Vulnerable
86.79
3.13
None
Rulingia procumbens
Vulnerable
85.7
2.39
Denman Pomaderris
Pomaderris reperta
Critically
Endangered
84.53
0.01
Finger Panic Grass
Digitaria porrecta
Endangered
80.64
12.32
Austral Cornflower, Native Thistle
Rhaponticum australe
Vulnerable
79.89
3.11
None
Zieria verrucosa
Vulnerable
76.95
0.16
None
Daviesia discolor
Vulnerable
75.81
0.18
None
Tylophora linearis
Endangered
74.2
3.75
bluegrass
Dichanthium setosum
Vulnerable
73.71
1.34
Ooline
Cadellia pentastylis
Vulnerable
72.87
19.36
None
Calytrix gurulmundensis
Vulnerable
72.52
0.20
None
Philotheca ericifolia
Vulnerable
69.61
6.77
None
Polianthion minutiflorum
Vulnerable
69.4
0.15
None
Homoranthus darwinioides
Vulnerable
66.28
0.30
King Blue-grass
Dichanthium
queenslandicum
Endangered
66.26
5.43
None
Acacia grandifolia
Vulnerable
52.95
1.11
Cobar Greenhood Orchid
Pterostylis cobarensis
Vulnerable
47.81
5.15
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
The above species are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.
Please note that the list of threatened flora species is not comprehensive. The flora listed here have a
significant proportion of their total national distribution within the zone. For more information please refer
to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species or the Species Profiles and Threats
Database
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Black-faced Monarch
Monarcha melanopsis
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavida
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
Coxen’s Fig-Parrot
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Flesh-footed Shearwater, Fleshy-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Great Egret, White Egret
Ardea alba
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Latham’s Snipe, Japanese Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Little Curlew, Little Whimbrel
Numenius minutus
Little Tern
Sterna albifrons
Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank
Tringa stagnatilis
Painted Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato)
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons
Satin Flycatcher
Myiagra cyanoleuca
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Spectacled Monarch
Monarcha trivirgatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Threatened endemic species
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Taxonomic
group
Scientific name
Reservation status
EPBC Act status
IUCN status
Frogs
Taudactylus pleione
Not recorded
in reserves
Critically
Endangered
Critically
Endangered
Mammals
Pseudomys pilligaensis
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
Data Deficient
Molluscs
Jardinella exigua
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Molluscs
Adclarkia dawsonensis
Recorded in reserves
Critically
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Cycas cupida
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia crassifolia
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia fearnsidei
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
Least Concern
Plants
Macrozamia platyrhachis
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
Vulnerable
Plants
Acacia deuteroneura
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia eremophiloides
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia handonis
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia porcata
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Indigofera efoliata
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Microcarpaea agonis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Bertya granitica
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Decaspermum struckoilicum
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Homoranthus decumbens
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Aristida annua
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Philotheca sporadica
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Atalaya collina
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Reptiles
Lerista allanae
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
Critically
Endangered
Concentrations of unreserved endemic species
The colour grids and numbers are an indication of the location and number of endemic species that have all their
known range outside of the National Reserve System. Concentrations of unreserved endemic species may be
useful focal areas for private land conservation efforts.
Endemism analyses were provided by the Australian Government Department of Environment Australian Natural
Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). The ANHAT database has been compiled from specimens and site records
held in state agency wildlife atlases, museum collections, and the work of individual researchers. For more
information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australiannatural-heritage-assessment-tool
Invasive species
INVASIVE MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat
Felis catus
4.45
100
Red Fox, Fox
Vulpes vulpes
5.55
100
Pig
Sus scrofa
9.71
99.7
Rabbit, European Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
6.16
98.6
House Mouse
Mus musculus
7.32
76.0
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
7.11
51.8
Brown Hare
Lepus capensis
15.2
44.2
Domestic Cattle
Bos taurus
8.02
39.9
Black Rat, Ship Rat
Rattus rattus
10.97
35.6
Goat
Capra hircus
2.85
17.8
Horse
Equus caballus
3.48
15.1
Feral deer species in Australia
n/a
9.53
10.7
Brown Rat, Norway Rat
Rattus norvegicus
2.19
1.2
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
10.06
86.90
Cane Toad
Rhinella marina
14.57
82.30
Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon
Columba livia
9.35
69.65
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
10.37
65.39
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
13.82
33.66
Common Myna, Indian Myna
Acridotheres tristis
17.09
25.84
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
8.01
16.56
Common Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
6.12
16.36
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
5.55
14.55
Nutmeg Mannikin
Lonchura punctulata
17.63
13.69
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
2.39
4.52
Asian House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
4.71
3.10
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
2.87
0.67
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
0.68
0.55
OTHER INVASIVE FAUNA
* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.
INVASIVE FLORA
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Parthenium Weed, Bitter Weed, Carrot Grass,
False Ragweed
Parthenium hysterophorus
39.86
71.52
Parkinsonia, Jerusalem Thorn,
Jelly Bean Tree, Horse Bean
Parkinsonia aculeata
9
41.59
Rubber Vine, Rubbervine, India Rubber Vine, India
Rubbervine, Palay Rubbervine, Purple Allamanda
Cryptostegia grandiflora
18.02
35.83
Prickly Pears
Opuntia spp.
31.25
34.67
Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana,
Large-leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red
Flowered Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage,
White Sage, Wild Sage
Lantana camara
22.08
31.47
Radiata Pine Monterey Pine, Insignis Pine, Wilding
Pine
Pinus radiata
18.86
25.19
Willows except Weeping Willow, Pussy Willow and
Sterile Pussy Willow
Salix spp. except
S.babylonica, S.x calodendron
& S.x reichardtii
11.47
22.09
Prickly Acacia, Blackthorn,
Prickly Mimosa, Black Piquant, Babul
Vachellia nilotica
11.64
18.98
Blackberry, European Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus aggregate
7.61
18.53
Prickly Acacia
Acacia nilotica subsp. indica
5.21
17.50
Hymenachne, Olive Hymenachne,
Water Stargrass, West Indian Grass, West Indian
Marsh Grass
Hymenachne amplexicaulis
23.18
15.29
Athel Pine, Athel Tree, Tamarisk, Athel Tamarisk,
Athel Tamarix, Desert Tamarisk, Flowering
Cypress, Salt Cedar
Tamarix aphylla
7.18
15.16
Cotton-leaved Physic-Nut, Bellyache Bush, Cottonleaf Physic Nut, Cotton-leaf Jatropha, Black Physic
Nut
Jatropha gossypifolia
12.79
14.96
African Boxthorn, Boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
6.9
10.61
Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper,
Smilax, Florist’s Smilax, Smilax Asparagus
Asparagus asparagoides
3.3
7.93
Salvinia, Giant Salvinia, Aquarium Watermoss,
Kariba Weed
Salvinia molesta
7.73
7.00
Fireweed, Madagascar Ragwort, Madagascar
Groundsel
Senecio madagascariensis
10.97
4.70
Mesquite, Algaroba
Prosopis spp.
2.52
4.45
Serrated Tussock, Yass River Tussock,
Yass Tussock, Nassella Tussock (NZ)
Nassella trichotoma
4.47
3.78
Chilean Needle grass
Nassella neesiana
4.61
3.75
Cat’s Claw Vine, Yellow Trumpet Vine, Cat’s Claw
Creeper, Funnel Creeper
Dolichandra unguis-cati
19.94
3.31
Silver Nightshade, Silver-leaved Nightshade, White
Horse Nettle, Silver-leaf Nightshade, Tomato
Weed, White Nightshade,
Bull-nettle, Prairie-berry,
Satansbos, Silver-leaf Bitter-apple,
Silverleaf-nettle, Trompillo
Solanum elaeagnifolium
5.69
2.48
Madeira Vine, Jalap,
Lamb’s-tail, Mignonette Vine, Anredera, Gulf
Madeiravine, Heartleaf Madeiravine, Potato Vine
Anredera cordifolia
8.52
2.32
INVASIVE FLORA
Prickly Pears
Cylindropuntia spp.
12.47
2.29
Broom
Genista sp. X Genista
monspessulana
1.66
1.28
Bitou Bush, Boneseed
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
0.77
1.27
Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile Lily
Eichhornia crassipes
3.81
1.05
Broom, English Broom, Scotch Broom, Common
Broom, Scottish Broom, Spanish Broom
Cytisus scoparius
1.21
0.84
Climbing Asparagus, Climbing Asparagus Fern
Asparagus africanus
18.88
0.68
Montpellier Broom, Cape Broom, Canary Broom,
Common Broom, French Broom, Soft Broom
Genista monspessulana
1.25
0.55
Climbing Asparagus-fern
Asparagus plumosus
4.61
0.44
Climbing Asparagus-fern, Ferny Asparagus
Protasparagus plumosus
4.61
0.44
Delta Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Slender Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
0.47
0.12
Alligator Weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
0.45
0.11
Asparagus Fern, Ground Asparagus, Basket Fern,
Sprengi’s Fern, Bushy Asparagus, Emerald
Asparagus
Asparagus aethiopicus
1.14
0.10
Buffel-grass, Black Buffel-grass
Cenchrus ciliaris
0.01
0.10
Gamba Grass
Andropogon gayanus
0.15
0.04
* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given invasive species above does not imply that the
species is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. The % of the zone area (**)
indicates how common or rare the species may be within the zone.
For more information on invasive species please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations
Vegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from
the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and
NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.
The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological
Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of
management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring
and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.
Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey vegetation profile
41.31% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus melanophloia; Eucalyptus platyphylla; Eucalyptus populnea; Eucalyptus melliodora;
Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Corymbia citriodora; Corymbia clarksoniana; Callitris glaucophylla; Casuarina
cunninghamiana; Acacia leiocalyx; Themeda triandra; Bothriochloa bladhii; Aristida ramosa; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION
Encourage
uptake of
conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Manage grazing
practices,
including avoiding
high-intensity
set stocking.
Encourage natural
regeneration through
fencing
and stock
management.
Adopt rotational
grazing practices
and avoid grazing
when ground layer
plants are flowering
and setting seed
(usually spring to
midsummer).
If there is no tree
recruitment
(regeneration)
around fenced
mature paddock
trees then plant
seedlings from
locally sourced
tube stock.
Ban firewood
harvesting and
retain standing
dead trees and
fallen timber.
Protect paddock
trees through
fencing and
removal of
stock.
Avoid application of
nitrogen and
phosphorous
fertilisers.
Avoid spray drift of
herbicides,
pesticides and
fertiliser from
adjacent
agricultural lands.
Create artificial
shade to prevent
stock camping
under trees.
Replant species
where appropriate
using
locally-sourced
seed.
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
Protect mature
trees with tree
hollows.
Manage Coolatai
grass
(Hyparrhenia
hirta), African love
grass (Eragrostis
curvula) and
Johnson grass
(Sorghum
halapense).
If few or no
mature trees with
hollows exist
within remnants,
provide nesting
boxes and
monitor these
regularly for
invasive species,
such as Noisy
Miners.
Grazing, burning
or soil disturbance
also favours the
introduction of
weeds. Monitor
for weeds in
grazed and
disturbed sites.
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) forests and woodlands vegetation profile
9.1% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Acacia harpophylla; Eucalyptus populnea; Eucalyptus cambageana; Casuarina cristata; Lysiphyllum cunninghamii;
Acacia argyrodendron; Eremophila mitchellii; Geijera parviflora; Carissa ovata; Paspalidium caespitosum; Chloris
ventricosa; Digitaria brownii; Eragrostis megalosperma.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
Purchase high
Manage grazing
quality remnants practices and
into reservation. stocking rates;
or exclude grazing
Encourage
entirely from
uptake of
intact stands
conservation
where possible.
agreements on
private land
Create buffer
zones around
remnants.
Protect paddock
trees and
clumps of
regrowth.
Protect shrubby
understorey and
maintain dense
stands of
vegetation.
Adopt rotational
grazing practices
and avoid grazing
when ground layer
plants are flowering
and setting seed
(usually spring to
midsummer).
Avoid application
of fertiliser,
or the aerial/broad
scale spraying
of herbicides.
Implement water
management,
sediment erosion
and pollution
control.
REHABILITATION
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
Connect
shade-lines
to one another
and keep them as
wide as possible
(ideally more
than 100 m).
In general, the
most appropriate
fire regime for
Brigalow stands is
fire-exclusion.
Leave dead trees
standing and
allow fallen timber
and leaf litter to
rot where it falls
as this provides
key habitat for
reptiles and
insects and
supports food
sources for other
fauna.
Manage high biomass Manage foxes,
exotic grasses (buffel feral pigs and
grass, Rhodes grass, cats.
green panic grass).
Re-introduce
microhabitat
features (e.g.
rocks, logs and
other woody
debris) to sites
that have been
disturbed.
Minimise
tree thinning.
Undertake
regeneration of high
value regrowth sites
and revegetation of
degraded sites.
Encourage
woodland
regeneration
close to areas of
existing
woodland.
Minimise soil
disturbance
and monitor for
weeds if soil is
disturbed.
Use spot application
of herbicides.
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMEN
T
DISEASE
MANAGEMEN
T
Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile
60.46% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus populnea; Eucalyptus sideroxylon; Eucalyptus fibrosa; Eucalyptus moluccana;
Corymbia clarksoniana; Eremophila mitchellii; Callitris glaucophylla; Canthium oleifolium; Geijera parviflora;
Cheilanthes sieberi.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants,
particularly on
private land.
Manage grazing
practices and
stocking rates; or
exclude grazing
entirely from intact
stands where
possible.
Encourage natural
regeneration
through fencing
and stock
management.
If few, or no
hollow bearing
trees are present
within remnants,
provide nest
boxes and monitor
regularly for
invasive species.
Protect from
firewood
harvesting.
Protect
paddock
trees.
Avoid fertiliser
drift from adjacent
crops
and pastures.
Undertake
replanting where
appropriate, and if
possible reconnect
remnant patches
with suitable flora
species so that
wildlife
can move naturally
through
the landscape.
Severe and too
frequent fire can
inhibit
regeneration
capacity.
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey vegetation profile
84.28% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Corymbia citriodora; Eucalyptus albens; Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus melanoleuca; Eucalyptus cloeziana;
Corymbia trachyphloia; Eucalyptus siderophloia; Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa; Bursaria spinosa; Arundinella
nepalensis; Eremophila mitchellii; Arundinella nepalensis; Acacia decora; Acacia macradenia; Persoonia falcata;
Themeda triandra; Bothriochloa decipiens; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
Protect remnants
from clearing.
Avoid spray drift
of herbicides,
pesticides and
fertiliser from
adjacent
agricultural lands
Encourage natural
regeneration
through fencing
and stock
management.
Protect
hollow-bearing
trees.
Protect standing
dead trees and
fallen timber.
Undertake
replanting where
appropriate, and if
possible reconnect
remnant patches
with suitable flora
species so that
wildlife can move
naturally through
the landscape.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey vegetation profile
46.6% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus melanophloia; Eucalyptus coolabah; Eucalyptus populnea; Corymbia leichhardtii; Eucalyptus crebra;
Eucalyptus microcarpa; Eucalyptus orgadophila; Corymbia clarksoniana; Corymbia dallachiana; Eremophila
mitchellii; Carissa ovata; Triodia pungens Thellungia advena; Aristida ramosa; tussock grass; forb; sedge.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Purchase
remnants of
Coolibah Black
Box and Inland
Grey Box
ecological
communities
into reservation.
Manage total
grazing pressure
at important sites
through exclusion
fencing or other
barriers. e.g.
Fence riparian
areas and stream
banks.
Revegetate
gullies and stream
banks where
vegetation has
been cleared
and widen
the strip of
riparian
vegetation.
Develop
appropriate
fire management
plans.
If few hollow
bearing trees are
present place nest
boxes in
remnants; monitor
nest boxes for
invasive species
(e.g. Indian myna
and noisy miners).
Manage weeds
including Lippia
(Phyla canescens)
and African
Boxthorn
(Lycium
ferocissimum).
Control feral
animals
contributing
to grazing
pressure
and trampling.
Manage livestock
grazing practices
and density.
Plant eucalypts
that develop
hollows.
Reduce fertiliser
and herbicide
application.
Create or
restore wildlife
corridors and
linkages.
Manage
underlying causes
of dieback in New
England
Peppermint and
Grey Box, such as
outbreaks of leafeating insects,
which can
proliferate in
areas of weed
infestation and in
surrounding
modified pastures.
Encourage
uptake of
conservation
agreements on
private land.
Retain fallen
timber and
hollow bearing
trees (including
dead trees) and
ensure that
trees are
always left to
grow to
maturity.
Protect and
maintain water
table and water
flows by wise
use of water
and
maintenance of
native
vegetation.
Protect
remnants during
maintenance/ro
ad
works.
Implement
water efficiency
measures for
existing irrigation
and dryland
cropping
infrastructure.
Provide maps
to local and
state Rural
Fire Services.
Avoid
inappropriate
chemical use or
mowing/slashing
to eradicate
weeds.
Other Acacia forests and woodlands vegetation profile
48.8% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Acacia pendula; Acacia argyrodendron; Acacia cambagei; Acacia shirleyi; Eremophila mitchellii; Eucalyptus
decorticans; Eucalyptus thozetiana; Carissa ovata; Alphitonia excelsa; Aristida caput-medusae; Croton
phebalioides; Canthium odoratum; Acalypha eremorum; tussock grass; shrub; forb.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements
and covenants.
Use lopping
methods that do
not result in the
death of the
dominant
tree species.
Replant
understorey
species (such as
chenopods) where
they have been
depleted.
Keep stock away
from known
nesting sites of
ground
dwelling birds.
Manage sites to
prevent
introduction
of invasive
plant species.
Control Bag
shelter moth
outbreaks in
significant stands
of Weeping Myall.
Prevent trampling
and excessive
grazing pressure
in Weeping Myall
Woodlands sites.
Repair, expand
and connect
remnants.
Allow fallen
branches and
bark to remain on
ground to provide
fauna habitat.
Manage grassy
weeds such as
Buffel grass
(Cenchrus ciliaris)
and Coolatai
grass
(Hyparrhenia
hirta).
Control introduced
pest animals at
known sites.
Protect weeping
myall from
clearing and
lopping for
drought fodder.
Avoid firewood
collection (dead
and fallen trees).
Retain standing
dead trees.
Use strategic
grazing to
facilitate
regeneration.
Avoid fertiliser and
herbicide
application in or
near remnants.
Collect and store
seeds for future
plantings.
Implement fire
regimes that
protect chenopod
shrubs (e.g.
saltbushes and
native cotton
bushes). Seek
advice from your
local NRM
organisation on
appropriate
fire regimes.
Do not remove
mistletoe from
Weeping Myall
trees, other
acacias and
eucalypts as
these provide
important food
resources for
birds
and mammals.
Avoid cultivating
or disturbing the
soil to prevent
weed invasion.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Blue grass (Dichanthium) and tall bunch grass (Chrysopogon) tussock grasslands
vegetation profile
23.88% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Dichanthium fecundum; Astrebla sp+/-Panicum sp; Acacia harpophylla; Acacia pendula; Acacia victoriae; Corymbia
erythrophloia; Eucalyptus melanophloia; chenopod shrub; Dichanthium sericeum; Astrebla lappacea; Astrebla
pectinata; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
Avoid changes to
hydrology which
may affect water
table levels and
surface water
flow.
Remove stock
during flowering
and seeding
(Spring / Summer)
and manage total
grazing pressure
to maintain
ground cover at all
times.
Revegetate areas
that have been
treated for weeds,
and to extend and
buffer remnant
patches.
Encourage
conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Purchase
remnants into
reservation.
Protect during
road widening and
maintenance
activities (or other
infrastructure or
development
activities).
Avoid excessive
soil disturbance.
Avoid spray drift
of fertilisers and
herbicides into
remnant sites.
Avoid slashing
during peak
flowering season
(Spring to
summer.)
Avoid herbicide
and fertiliser
application.
Use only plant
native local
species.
Avoid burning
during peak
flowering season
(spring to
summer).
Identify
appropriate
intensity and
interval of fire to
promote seed
germination.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Ensure chemicals
for weed control
do not have
adverse impact.
Control the house
mouse (Mus
domesticus).
Control Lippia,
Coolatai Grass,
African Love
Grass and Buffel
Grass.
Implement good
hygiene measures
for mowing and
grading
equipment and
observe
appropriate state
protocols for
moving stock.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Dry rainforest or vine thickets vegetation profile
31.04% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Brachychiton australis; Brachychiton rupestris; Flindersia australis; Canthium odoratum; Diospyros humilis; Geijera
parviflora; Cheilosporum acutilobum; Croton insularis; Cassine australis; Paspalidium caespitosum; Ancistrachne
uncinulata; Eragrostis megalosperma; Sclerolaena tetracuspis; tussock grass; forb; sedge.
Management recommendations
PROTECTIO
N
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
Purchase
remnants into
reservation.
Encourage
uptake of
conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Create buffer
zones around
remnants and
revegetation
areas.
Fence
significant
remnants to
prevent stock
and feral
animal access.
Exclude grazing
and fence
significant remnant
vine thickets.
Provide alternative
watering points for
domestic stock to
discourage
incursion.
REHABILITATION
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Increase
connectivity
between
remnants.
Use low intensity,
cool season
burns to reduce
biomass.
Monitor and if
necessary,
manage overpopulations of
native grazers,
especially the
black-striped
wallaby
(Macropus
dorsalis).
Manage buffel
grass
(Pennisetum
ciliare) and green
panic grass
(Megathyrsus
maximus var.
Pubiglumis)
including in areas
adjacent to
thickets to
prevent incursion
of fire.
Manage pigs and
goats as well as
other feral
animals.
Use strategic
aerial incendiary
mosaic burning
techniques which
mitigate against
hot frequent
wildlife, and
protect wildlife.
Seek advice from
your local NRM
organisation
about appropriate
fire regimes.
Maintain dingo
populations to
suppress overpopulations of
native grazers.
Implement cane
toad ‘taste
aversion’ baiting
activities in
remnants
containing
populations of the
northern quoll.
Manage weeds,
especially lantana
(Lantana camara)
and rubber vine
(Cryptostegia
grandiflora).
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT