Conservation Management Zones of Australia
Eastern Australia Temperate and Subtropical Forests
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 .................................................................................................................................. 4
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 ................................................................................................. 25
Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands............................................................................... 26
World and National Heritage ...................................................................................................... 28
Major National Reserve System properties................................................................................ 29
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities ............................................................... 31
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species ........................................................................................ 32
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species .......................................................................................... 39
Threatened endemic species ..................................................................................................... 42
Invasive species ........................................................................................................................ 48
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations ........................................................... 52
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
Brisbane
2,189,878
Central Coast
297,735
Gold Coast – Tweed Heads (NSW & QLD)
590,889
Newcastle-Maitland
418,958
Sydney
4,667,283
Wollongong
282,099
REGIONAL CENTRES
POPULATION
Armidale
19,380
Ballina
15,957
Bowral-Mittagong
36,402
Cessnock
20,012
Coffs Harbour
45,603
REGIONAL CENTRES
POPULATION
Forster-Tuncurry
18,911
Grafton
16,585
Lismore
27,481
Morisset-Cooranbong
16,921
Nowra – Bomaderry
27,995
Port Macquarie
41,519
Raymond Terrace
13,216
Singleton
13,978
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM) REGIONS
South East Local land Services
NSW
Greater Sydney Local Land Services
NSW
Central Tablelands Local Land Services
NSW
Hunter Local Land Services
NSW
Northern Tablelands Local Land Services
NSW
North Coast Local Land Services
NSW
South East Queensland Catchment
QLD
Queensland Murray Darling Committee Inc
QLD
Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM
QLD
TOP FIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
VALUE (MILLIONS)
Beef
$738
Vegetables for consumption
$524
Poultry
$419
Dairy
$353
Nurseries and cut flowers
$322
Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)
$3,049
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS*
Mean annual temperature
16 Celsius
Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month
27.7 Celsius
Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month
3.1 Celsius
Mean Annual Rainfall
1017.1 mm
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 Australian Bureau of Statistics data
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
81.73%
Other languages
13.14%
Not stated
5.00%
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/
INDIGENOUS LAND COUNCILS
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council: www.alc.org.au
Sydney Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council: www.metrolalc.org.au
NATIVE TITLE AND TRADITIONAL OWNERS
Registered Native Title Body Corporate
Traditional Owners
Hectares
% of zone
Githabul Nation Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
The Githabul People
111,853
0.73
Jinibara People Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
Jinibara People
65,299
0.42
Dunghutti Elders Council
(Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC
Dunghutti People
12
0.0001
Source: The Native Title Tribunal Register, October 2013. For more information please refer to:
http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/Searchportal.aspx
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Armidale Dumaresq Council
NSW
Auburn City Council
NSW
Ballina Shire Council
NSW
Bankstown City Council
NSW
Bellingen Shire Council
NSW
Blue Mountains City Council
NSW
Byron Shire Council
NSW
Campbelltown City Council
NSW
Canterbury City Council
NSW
Cessnock City Council
NSW
City Of Canada Bay Council
NSW
Clarence Valley Council
NSW
Coffs Harbour City Council
NSW
Council Of The City Of Sydney
NSW
Dungog Shire Council
NSW
Eurobodalla Shire Council
NSW
Glen Innes Severn Shire Council
NSW
Gloucester Shire Council
NSW
Gosford City Council
NSW
Great Lakes Council
NSW
Greater Taree City Council
NSW
Guyra Shire Council
NSW
Gwydir Shire Council
NSW
Hawkesbury City Council
NSW
Hurstville City Council
NSW
Inverell Shire Council
NSW
Kempsey Shire Council
NSW
Kogarah City Council
NSW
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Ku-Ring-Gai Council
NSW
Kyogle Council
NSW
Lake Macquarie City Council
NSW
Lane Cove Municipal Council
NSW
Leichhardt Municipal Council
NSW
Lismore City Council
NSW
Lithgow City Council
NSW
Liverpool Plains Shire Council
NSW
Maitland City Council
NSW
Manly Council
NSW
Marrickville Council
NSW
Mid-Western Regional Council
NSW
Mosman Municipal Council
NSW
Muswellbrook Shire Council
NSW
Nambucca Shire Council
NSW
Newcastle City Council
NSW
North Sydney Council
NSW
Palerang Council
NSW
Parramatta City Council
NSW
Penrith City Council
NSW
Pittwater Council
NSW
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
NSW
Port Stephens Council
NSW
Randwick City Council
NSW
Richmond Valley Council
NSW
Rockdale City Council
NSW
Ryde City Council
NSW
Shellharbour City Council
NSW
Shoalhaven City Council
NSW
Singleton Shire Council
NSW
Sutherland Shire Council
NSW
Tamworth Regional Council
NSW
Tenterfield Shire Council
NSW
The Council Of The City Of Botany Bay
NSW
The Council Of The Municipality Of Ashfield
NSW
The Council Of The Municipality Of Hunters Hill
NSW
The Council Of The Municipality Of Kiama
NSW
The Council Of The Shire Of Hornsby
NSW
The Hills Shire Council
NSW
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Tweed Shire Council
NSW
Unincorporated
NSW
Upper Hunter Shire Council
NSW
Uralla Shire Council
NSW
Walcha Council
NSW
Warringah Council
NSW
Waverley Council
NSW
Willoughby City Council
NSW
Wingecarribee Shire Council
NSW
Wollondilly Shire Council
NSW
Wollongong City Council
NSW
Woollahra Municipal Council
NSW
Wyong Shire Council
NSW
Brisbane City
QLD
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire
QLD
Fraser Coast Regional
QLD
Gladstone Regional
QLD
Gold Coast City
QLD
Goondiwindi Regional
QLD
Gympie Regional
QLD
Ipswich City
QLD
Lockyer Valley Regional
QLD
Logan City
QLD
Moreton Bay Regional
QLD
Noosa Shire
QLD
North Burnett Regional
QLD
Redland City
QLD
Scenic Rim Regional
QLD
Somerset Regional
QLD
South Burnett Regional
QLD
Southern Downs Regional
QLD
Sunshine Coast Regional
QLD
Toowoomba Regional
QLD
Western Downs Regional
QLD
Zone vegetation characteristics
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
Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands
RAMSAR WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
Myall Lakes – Corrie Island Nature Reserve
NSW
44,972.48
Hunter Estuary Wetlands – Kooragang Nature Reserve
NSW
3,391.99
Towra Point Nature Reserve
NSW
334.23
Little Llangothlin
Nature Reserve
NSW
254.32
Moreton Bay
QLD
159.63
For more information on Ramsar please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-ourenvironment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands
NATIONALLY IMPORTANT WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
CRITERIA
Beecroft Peninsula
NSW
4,742.32
1, 3, 6
Brisbane Water Estuary
NSW
2,429.42
2, 3, 4
Bundjalung National Park
NSW
2,889.73
1, 3, 5, 6
Clarence River Estuary
NSW
5,613.90
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Clybucca Creek Estuary
NSW
2,322.59
1, 3, 6
Conondale Range Aggregation
QLD
1,985.49
1, 3, 5
Coomonderry Swamp
NSW
457.44
1, 3, 4
Crowdy Bay National Park
NSW
3,894.85
1, 3, 5, 6
Cudgen Nature Reserve
NSW
610.81
1, 2, 3, 5
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks
QLD
873.96
1, 3, 5
Jervis Bay
NSW
591.48
1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Karawatha Forest Park
QLD
271.02
1, 3, 5
Kooragang Nature Reserve
NSW
3,241.55
1, 3, 6, 4, 5
Lake Coombabah
QLD
138.07
2, 3, 5
Lake Hiawatha and Minnie Water
NSW
336.96
1, 3, 5
Lake Illawarra
NSW
3,442.02
1, 3, 5
Lake Macquarie
NSW
498.15
1, 2, 5, 6
Limeburners Creek Nature Reserve
NSW
13,030.61
1, 2, 5, 6
Lower Bungawalbin Catchment Wetland Complex
NSW
367.55
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Moreton Bay
QLD
28.84
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Myall Lakes
NSW
11,656.35
1, 2, 5
New England Wetlands
NSW
124.34
1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Obi Obi Creek
QLD
356.53
1, 2, 3, 5
Port Stephens Estuary
NSW
2,747.31
1, 3, 5
Salt Ash Air Weapons Range
NSW
858.74
1, 2, 3, 5
Shoalhaven/Crookhaven Estuary
NSW
2,242.08
1, 3, 4, 5
The Broadwater
NSW
1,924.02
1, 3, 5
Towra Point Estuarine Wetlands
NSW
819.88
1, 3, 6, 4, 5
Tuckean Swamp
NSW
1,426.01
1, 2, 5, 6
NATIONALLY IMPORTANT WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
CRITERIA
Upper Coomera River
QLD
1,347.86
1, 3, 5
Wallis Lake and adjacent estuarine islands
NSW
8,557.31
1, 3, 5
Wollumboola Lake
NSW
534.45
1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Wooloweyah Lagoon
NSW
2,425.91
1, 3, 5
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/directoryimportant-wetlands-australia-third-edition
World and National Heritage
HERITAGE VALUES
WORLD OR NATIONAL
HERITAGE
TYPE
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
% OF
ZONE
The Greater Blue
Mountains Area
World and National
Natural
NSW
766,208.19
4.80
Gondwana Rainforests of
Australia
World and National
Natural
NSW
368,555.00
2.31
Royal National Park and
Garawarra State
Conservation Area
National
Natural
NSW
16,211.96
0.10
Ku-ring-gai Chase
National Park, Lion, Long
and Spectacle Island
Nature Reserves
National
Natural
NSW
15,233.65
0.10
Australian Convict Sites
(Old Government House
and Domain
Buffer Zone)
World
Historic
NSW
532.30
0.00
Kurnell Peninsula
Headland
National
Historic
NSW
378.01
0.00
North Head – Sydney
National
Historic
NSW
239.76
0.00
Old Great North Road
National
Historic
NSW
194.82
0.00
Sydney Opera House –
Buffer Zone
World and National
Historic
NSW
178.70
0.00
Old Government House
and the Government
Domain
National
Historic
NSW
49.52
0.00
Cockatoo Island
National
Historic
NSW
20.01
0.00
Bondi Beach
National
Historic
NSW
17.91
0.00
Great Barrier Reef
World and National
Natural
QLD
13.20
0.00
Sydney Harbour Bridge
National
Historic
NSW
12.83
0.00
Sydney Opera House
National
Historic
NSW
3.58
0.00
Hyde Park Barracks
National
Historic
NSW
0.51
0.00
First Government
House Site
National
Historic
NSW
0.23
0.00
Cyprus Hellene Club –
Australian Hall
National
Indigenous
NSW
0.09
0.00
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/australianheritage-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
Wollemi
National Park
IB
NSW
387,545
2.43%
Blue Mountains
National Park
II
NSW
188,644
1.18%
Yengo
National Park
IB
NSW
167,551
1.05%
Morton
National Park
II
NSW
155,778
0.98%
Oxley Wild Rivers
National Park
IB
NSW
148,258
0.93%
Guy Fawkes River
National Park
IB
NSW
108,204
0.68%
Barrington Tops
National Park
IB
NSW
76,892
0.48%
New England
National Park
IB
NSW
71,176
0.45%
Washpool
National Park
IB
NSW
68,878
0.43%
Myall Lakes
National Park
II
NSW
47,830
0.30%
Nattai
National Park
IB
NSW
46,160
0.29%
Nymboida
National Park
IB
NSW
40,669
0.25%
D’Aguilar
National Park
II
QLD
36,561
0.23%
Yuraygir
National Park
II
NSW
36,187
0.23%
Parr
State Conservation Area
II
NSW
35,726
0.22%
Werrikimbe
National Park
IB
NSW
35,054
0.22%
Conondale
National Park
II
QLD
34,203
0.21%
Border Ranges
National Park
IB
NSW
31,889
0.20%
Cottan-Bimbang
National Park
II
NSW
30,573
0.19%
Torrington
State Conservation Area
II
NSW
30,362
0.19%
Willi Willi
National Park
IB
NSW
30,075
0.19%
Main Range
National Park
II
QLD
30,009
0.19%
Gibraltar Range
National Park
IB
NSW
25,400
0.16%
Upper Nepean
State Conservation Area
IA
NSW
25,112
0.16%
Bundjalung
National Park
IB
NSW
21,178
0.13%
Lamington
National Park
II
QLD
20,629
0.13%
Grongah
National Park
II
QLD
19,692
0.12%
Chaelundi
National Park
II
NSW
19,125
0.12%
Burragorang
State Conservation Area
II
NSW
17,716
0.11%
Mount Barney
National Park
II
QLD
17,550
0.11%
Nowendoc
National Park
II
NSW
17,344
0.11%
Nymboi-Binderay
National Park
II
NSW
17,213
0.11%
Bunya Mountains
National Park
II
QLD
16,306
0.10%
Cunnawarra
National Park
II
NSW
16,243
0.10%
Richmond Range
National Park
II
NSW
15,721
0.10%
Curracabundi
National Park
II
NSW
15,382
0.10%
MAJOR NATIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Dharug
National Park
II
NSW
15,324
0.10%
Royal
National Park
II
NSW
15,286
0.10%
Ku-ring-gai Chase
National Park
II
NSW
15,101
0.09%
Kumbatine
National Park
II
NSW
15,018
0.09%
THE IUCN CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Ia Strict Nature Reserve
Ib Wilderness Area
II National Park
III Natural Monument or Feature
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.
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**
Coastal Upland Swamps in the Sydney Basin
Bioregion
Endangered
100
0.03
Western Sydney Dry Rainforest and Moist Woodland
on Shale
Critically Endangered
100
0.012
Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest
Endangered
100
0.123
Cumberland Plain Shale Woodlands
and Shale-Gravel Transition Forest
Critically Endangered
100
0.08
Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone
Endangered
100
0.0
Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca irbyana) Forest of Southeast Queensland
Critically Endangered
100
0.0
Turpentine-Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin
Bioregion
Critically Endangered
100
0.0
Weeping Myall – Coobah – Scrub Wilga Shrubland of
the Hunter Valley
Critically Endangered
100
0.00
Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion
Critically Endangered
100
0.00
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub of the Sydney Region
Endangered
99.3
0.00
New England Peppermint
(Eucalyptus nova-anglica) Grassy Woodlands
Critically Endangered
96.0
0.1
Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia
Critically Endangered
75.5
0.5
Upland Wetlands of the New England Tablelands and
the Monaro Plateau
Endangered
45.6
0.01
White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy
Woodland and Derived Native Grassland
Critically Endangered
16.5
2.4
Upland Basalt Eucalypt Forests of the Sydney Basin
Bioregion
Endangered
11.8
0.1
Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial
plains of northern New South Wales and southern
Queensland
Critically Endangered
9.0
3.5
Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
Vulnerable
4.6
0.061
Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of
Eastern Australia
Critically Endangered
3.6
0.0
Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and codominant)
Endangered
0.3
0.01
Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt
(North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions
Endangered
0.2
0.0
Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands
and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern
Australia
Endangered
0.0
0.001
Weeping Myall Woodlands
Endangered
0.0
0.0
* % 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**
Hastings River Mouse, Koontoo
Pseudomys oralis
Endangered
96.61
17.46
New Holland Mouse, Pookila
Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Vulnerable
79.32
47.28
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata
Vulnerable
72.00
18.58
Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll
(southeastern mainland population)
Dasyurus maculatus maculatus
(SE mainland population)
Endangered
64.94
71.23
Grey-headed Flying-fox
Pteropus poliocephalus
Vulnerable
56.70
61.32
Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat
Chalinolobus dwyeri
Vulnerable
54.51
90.75
Long-nosed Potoroo (SE mainland)
Potorous tridactylus tridactylus
Vulnerable
51.89
13.42
Koala (combined populations of Queensland,
New South Wales and the Australian Capital
Territory)
Phascolarctos cinereus
(combined populations of QLD,
NSW and the ACT)
Vulnerable
32.47
85.01
Southern Brown Bandicoot (Eastern)
Isoodon obesulus obesulus
Endangered
9.46
2.27
South-eastern Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus corbeni
Vulnerable
6.95
14.01
Water Mouse, False Water Rat, Yirrkoo
Xeromys myoides
Vulnerable
0.42
0.08
Northern Quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus
Endangered
0.32
1.23
Konoom, Smoky Mouse
Pseudomys fumeus
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Coxen’s Fig-Parrot
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
Endangered
84.73
1.27
Eastern Bristlebird
Dasyornis brachypterus
Endangered
81.45
24.57
Gould’s Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
leucoptera
Endangered
63.27
0.00
Black-breasted Button-quail
Turnix melanogaster
Vulnerable
52.74
17.57
Regent Honeyeater
Anthochaera phrygia
Endangered
37.22
55.72
Swift Parrot
Lathamus discolor
Endangered
28.19
31.70
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Endangered
11.06
25.69
Red Goshawk
Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Vulnerable
7.11
45.81
Squatter Pigeon (southern)
Geophaps scripta scripta
Vulnerable
6.86
11.73
Australian Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis nereis
Vulnerable
1.81
0.65
THREATENED BIRDS
THREATENED BIRDS
Australian Painted Snipe
Rostratula australis
Endangered
1.54
1.89
Star Finch (eastern), Star Finch (southern)
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda
Endangered
0.15
0.35
Chatham Albatross
Thalassarche eremita
Endangered
0.08
0.59
Salvin’s Albatross
Thalassarche cauta salvini
Vulnerable
0.05
0.77
Gibson’s Albatross
Diomedea exulans gibsoni
Vulnerable
0.03
0.41
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta cauta
Vulnerable
0.03
0.59
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
Endangered
0.03
0.67
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea exulans antipodensis
Vulnerable
0.02
0.41
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche cauta steadi
Vulnerable
0.02
0.80
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Vulnerable
0.02
0.15
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
epomophora
Vulnerable
0.02
0.67
Black-throated Finch (southern)
Poephila cincta cincta
Endangered
0.01
0.003
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans (sensu lato)
Vulnerable
0.01
0.41
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
Critically
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Orange-bellied Parrot
Neophema chrysogaster
Critically
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea exulans exulans
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
impavida
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Superb Parrot
Polytelis swainsonii
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Kermadec Petrel (western)
Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Buller’s Albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
* % 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**
Bell’s Turtle, Western Sawshelled Turtle, Namoi
River Turtle, Bell’s Saw-shelled Turtle
Wollumbinia belli
Vulnerable
99.23
0.23
Blue Mountains Water Skink
Eulamprus leuraensis
Endangered
98.09
0.68
Broad-headed Snake
Hoplocephalus bungaroides
Vulnerable
72.63
0.68
Border Thick-tailed Gecko,
Granite Belt Thick-tailed Gecko
Uvidicolus sphyrurus
Vulnerable
41.24
14.00
Collared Delma
Delma torquata
Vulnerable
37.9
11.99
THREATENED REPTILES
Dunmall’s Snake
Furina dunmalli
Vulnerable
24.65
2.37
Nangur Spiny Skink
Nangura spinosa
Critically
Endangered
24.03
1.41
Five-clawed Worm-skink,
Long-legged Worm-skink
Anomalopus mackayi
Vulnerable
4.29
0.01
Mary River Turtle, Mary River Tortoise
Elusor macrurus
Endangered
2.89
0.01
Pink-tailed Worm-lizard,
Pink-tailed Legless Lizard
Aprasia parapulchella
Vulnerable
0.92
0.01
Yakka Skink
Egernia rugosa
Vulnerable
0.64
0.21
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Vulnerable
0.03
0.32
Grassland Earless Dragon
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla
Endangered
0.03
0.66
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Vulnerable
0.02
0.00
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Endangered
0.02
0.67
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Endangered
0.02
0.65
Flatback Turtle
Natator depressus
Vulnerable
0.02
0.61
Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
Endangered
0.00
0.55
Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink
Coeranoscincus reticulatus
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Ornamental Snake
Denisonia maculata
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Striped Legless Lizard
Delma impar
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Peppered Tree Frog
Litoria piperata
Vulnerable
100.00
2.80
Clarence River Cod, Eastern Freshwater Cod
Maccullochella ikei
Endangered
100.00
0.04
Pink Underwing Moth
Phyllodes imperialis smithersi
Endangered
100.00
0.00
Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail
Thersites mitchellae
Critically
Endangered
97.06
0.20
Fleay’s Frog
Mixophyes fleayi
Endangered
92.15
1.43
Giant Barred Frog, Southern Barred Frog
Mixophyes iteratus
Endangered
86.65
0.56
Stuttering Frog, Southern Barred Frog (in
Victoria)
Mixophyes balbus
Vulnerable
86.34
26.27
Mary River Cod
Maccullochella mariensis
Endangered
82.66
0.16
Australian Lungfish, Queensland Lungfish
Neoceratodus forsteri
Vulnerable
56.40
0.11
Yellow-spotted Tree Frog,
Yellow-spotted Bell Frog
Litoria castanea
Endangered
43.35
5.91
Giant Burrowing Frog
Heleioporus australiacus
Vulnerable
32.79
12.63
Oxleyan Pygmy Perch
Nannoperca oxleyana
Endangered
32.67
0.09
Green and Golden Bell Frog
Litoria aurea
Vulnerable
27.33
0.20
Wallum Sedge Frog
Litoria olongburensis
Vulnerable
17.07
0.37
Bathurst Copper Butterfly, Purple Copper
Butterfly, Bathurst Copper, Bathurst Copper
Paralucia spinifera
Vulnerable
15.46
0.11
OTHER THREATENED FAUNA
OTHER THREATENED FAUNA
Wing,
Bathurst-Lithgow Copper, Purple Copper
Black Rockcod, Black Cod, Saddled Rockcod
Epinephelus daemelii
Vulnerable
8.84
0.50
Silver Perch, Bidyan
Bidyanus bidyanus
Critically
Endangered
6.40
0.29
Booroolong Frog
Litoria booroolongensis
Endangered
3.77
0.35
Trout Cod
Maccullochella macquariensis
Endangered
3.76
0.01
Australian Grayling
Prototroctes maraena
Vulnerable
1.16
0.08
Honey Blue-eye
Pseudomugil mellis
Vulnerable
0.99
0.00
Littlejohn’s Tree Frog, Heath Frog
Litoria littlejohni
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Growling Grass Frog, Southern Bell Frog, Green
and Golden Frog, Warty Swamp Frog
Litoria raniformis
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Macquarie Perch
Macquaria australasica
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Murray Cod
Maccullochella peelii
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Grey Nurse Shark (east coast population)
Carcharias taurus
(east coast population)
Critically
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus maccoyii
Conservation
Dependent
n/a
n/a
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Green Sawfish, Dindagubba, Narrowsnout
Sawfish
Pristis zijsron
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Milky Silkpod
Parsonsia dorrigoensis
Endangered
100
3.59
Granite Boronia
Boronia granitica
Endangered
100
3.23
Spiked Rice-flower
Pimelea spicata
Endangered
100
1.20
Southern Ochrosia
Ochrosia moorei
Endangered
100
1.06
Hairy Melichrus
Melichrus sp. Newfoundland
State Forest (P.Gilmour 7852)
Endangered
100
0.80
Rupp’s Wattle
Acacia ruppii
Endangered
100
0.75
Hal
Haloragodendron lucasii
Endangered
100
0.66
Hairy Persoonia
Persoonia hirsuta
Endangered
100
0.55
Dorrigo Daisy-bush
Olearia flocktoniae
Endangered
100
0.43
Davidson’s Plum
Davidsonia jerseyana
Endangered
100
0.37
Nightcap Plectranthus, Silver Plectranthus
Plectranthus nitidus
Endangered
100
0.33
Beadle’s Grevillea
Grevillea beadleana
Endangered
100
0.30
Nowra Heath-myrtle
Triplarina nowraensis
Endangered
100
0.27
Isoglossa
Isoglossa eranthemoides
Endangered
100
0.23
THREATENED FLORA
THREATENED FLORA
Nodding Geebung
Persoonia nutans
Endangered
100
0.19
Hill Zieria, Hilly Zieria, Illawarra Zieria
Zieria granulata
Endangered
100
0.15
Hairy Quandong
Elaeocarpus williamsianus
Endangered
100
0.13
Wingecarribee Leek-orchid, Dark Leek-orchid
Prasophyllum uroglossum
Endangered
100
0.09
Delicate Cress, Illawarra Irene
Irenepharsus trypherus
Endangered
100
0.09
Peach Myrtle
Uromyrtus australis
Endangered
100
0.09
Repand Boronia, Border Boronia
Boronia repanda
Endangered
100
0.08
Minyon Quandong
Elaeocarpus sedentarius
Endangered
100
0.08
Jervis Bay Leek Orchid, Culburra
Leek-orchid, Kinghorn Point Leek-orchid
Prasophyllum affine
Endangered
100
0.07
Black-clubbed Spider-orchid
Caladenia atroclavia
Endangered
100
0.07
Tranquillity Mintbush, Tranquility Mintbush
Prostanthera askania
Endangered
100
0.07
Torrington Beard-heath
Leucopogon confertus
Endangered
100
0.07
Kangaloon Sun Orchid
Thelymitra kangaloonica
Critically
Endangered
100
0.06
Eastern Underground Orchid
Rhizanthella slateri
Endangered
100
0.06
Wyong Sun Orchid
Thelymitra adorata
Critically
Endangered
100
0.06
Caley’s Grevillea
Grevillea caleyi
Endangered
100
0.05
Narrow-leaf Melichrus
Melichrus sp. Gibberagee
(Benwell 97239)
Endangered
100
0.05
Mountain Angelica, Broad-leafed Carrot
Gingidia montana
Endangered
100
0.04
Purple-leaf Muttonwood, Lismore Muttonwood
Myrsine richmondensis
Endangered
100
0.04
Seaforth Mintbush
Prostanthera marifolia
Critically
Endangered
100
0.03
Wingecarribee Gentian
Gentiana wingecarribiensis
Endangered
100
0.03
Nightcap Oak
Eidothea hardeniana
Critically
Endangered
100
0.02
Bomaderry Zieria, Bomaderry Creek Zieria
Zieria baeuerlenii
Endangered
100
0.02
Coastal Fontainea
Fontainea oraria
Endangered
100
0.01
Banyabba Shiny-barked Gum
Eucalyptus pachycalyx subsp.
banyabba
Endangered
100
0.01
Carrington Falls Grevillea
Grevillea rivularis
Endangered
100
0.01
Elusive Bush-pea
Pultenaea elusa
Endangered
100
0.01
North Rothbury Persoonia
Persoonia pauciflora
Critically
Endangered
100
0.00
Halbury Rustyhood
Pterostylis vernalis
Critically
Endangered
100
0.00
Cooneana Olive
Notelaea ipsviciensis
Critically
Endangered
100
0.00
Wyong Midge Orchid 2
Corunastylis sp. Charmhaven
(NSW 896673)
Critically
Endangered
100
0.00
Ormeau Bottle Tree
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau
(L.H.Bird AQ435851)
Critically
Endangered
100
0.00
Small Snake Orchid, Two-leaved
Golden Moths, Golden Moths,
Diuris pedunculata
Endangered
99.99
9.41
THREATENED FLORA
Cowslip Orchid, Snake Orchid
Somersby Mintbush
Prostanthera junonis
Endangered
99.99
0.19
Sydney Plains Greenhood
Pterostylis saxicola
Endangered
99.97
0.56
Floyd’s Walnut
Endiandra floydii
Endangered
99.96
0.42
Smooth Davidsonia, Smooth Davidson’s Plum,
Small-leaved Davidson’s Plum
Davidsonia johnsonii
Endangered
99.83
0.51
Wyong Midge Orchid 1, Variable Midge Orchid 1
Corunastylis insignis
Critically
Endangered
99.71
0.11
Tuncurry Midge Orchid
Corunastylis littoralis
Critically
Endangered
99.57
0.07
Angle-stemmed Myrtle
Gossia gonoclada
Endangered
99.54
0.09
Illawarra Socketwood
Daphnandra johnsonii
Endangered
99.43
0.20
Yellow Gnat-orchid
Genoplesium baueri
Endangered
98.76
2.53
Red-fruited Ebony,
Silky Persimmon, Ebony
Diospyros mabacea
Endangered
98.68
0.21
Sunshine Wattle
Acacia terminalis subsp.
terminalis MS
Endangered
98.62
0.10
Illawarra Greenhood, Rufa Greenhood, Pouched
Greenhood
Pterostylis gibbosa
Endangered
98.35
0.40
Sweet Myrtle, Small-leaved Myrtle
Gossia fragrantissima
Endangered
98.14
0.77
Small-leaved Tamarind
Diploglottis campbellii
Endangered
98.09
1.27
Dwarf Heath Casuarina
Allocasuarina defungens
Endangered
97.58
1.35
Dwarf Mountain Pine
Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii
Endangered
97.55
0.06
Spiny Gardenia
Randia moorei
Endangered
97.52
0.75
Botany Bay Bearded Greenhood,
Botany Bay Bearded Orchid
Pterostylis sp. Botany Bay
(A.Bishop J221/1-13)
Endangered
97
0.00
Native Jute
Corchorus cunninghamii
Endangered
96.08
1.66
White-flowered Wax Plant
Cynanchum elegans
Endangered
95.6
15.26
Coveny’s Zieria
Zieria covenyi
Endangered
94.84
0.03
Shiny-leaved Condoo,
Black Plum, Wild Apple
Planchonella eerwah
Endangered
94.19
0.24
Plumed Midge-orchid
Genoplesium plumosum
Endangered
92.24
0.01
Mt Berryman Phebalium
Phebalium distans
Critically
Endangered
88.73
1.74
Proston Lasiopetalum
Lasiopetalum sp. Proston
(J.A.Baker 17)
Critically
Endangered
88.48
0.02
Wandering Pepper-cress
Lepidium peregrinum
Endangered
84.38
1.79
Nielsen Park She-oak
Allocasuarina portuensis
Endangered
82.37
0.00
Wollemi Pine
Wollemia nobilis
Endangered
77.32
2.45
* % 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. There are a total of 324
threatened flora within the zone. The flora listed here have a significant proportion of their total national
distribution within the zone and are also listed as either critically endangered or endangered. For more
information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Black-faced Monarch
Monarcha melanopsis
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Bridled Tern
Sterna anaethetus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
Buller’s Albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavida
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
Chatham Albatross
Thalassarche eremita
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Double-banded Plover
Charadrius bicinctus
Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Flesh-footed Shearwater,
Fleshy-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Gibson’s Albatross
Diomedea gibsoni
Gould’s Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera
Great Egret,
White Egret
Ardea alba
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Greater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Grey-tailed Tattler
Heteroscelus brevipes
Latham’s Snipe,
Japanese Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Little Curlew, Little Whimbrel
Numenius minutus
Little Tern
Sterna albifrons
Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank
Tringa stagnatilis
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Northern Royal
Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
Oriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel
Charadrius veredus
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Painted Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
(sensu lato)
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Red Knot, Knot
Calidris canutus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons
Salvin’s Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Satin Flycatcher
Myiagra cyanoleuca
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta (sensu stricto)
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora (sensu stricto)
Spectacled Monarch
Monarcha trivirgatus
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
Streaked Shearwater
Puffinus leucomelas
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea dabbenena
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
(sensu lato)
Wedge-tailed
Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
White-bellied
Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-capped
Albatross
Thalassarche steadi
White-throated
Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES
Common name
Scientific name
Bryde’s Whale
Balaenoptera edeni
Dugong
Dugong dugon
Dusky Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Flatback Turtle
Natator depressus
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
Sousa chinensis
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Orcaella brevirostris
Killer Whale, Orca
Orcinus orca
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
Porbeagle, Mackerel Shark
Lamna nasus
Pygmy Right Whale
Caperea marginata
Salt-water Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species
Threatened endemic species
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Taxonomic
group
Scientific name
Reservation status
EPBC Act status
IUCN status
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Cherax leckii
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus clarkae
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus dalagarbe
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus dharawalus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus gamilaroi
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus girurmulayn
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus gumar
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus guruhgi
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus guwinus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus hirsutus
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus hystricosus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus jagabar
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus maidae
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus mirangudjin
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus polysetosus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus setosus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus simplex
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus spinichelatus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus sulcatus
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus suttoni
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Crabs, Yabbies,
Isopods and Allies
Euastacus urospinosus
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Dragonflies
Austrocordulia leonardi
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Fish
Maccullochella ikei
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
Endangered
Frogs
Litoria daviesae
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Frogs
Litoria piperata
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
Critically Endangered
Frogs
Philoria loveridgei
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Endangered
Frogs
Philoria pughi
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Frogs
Philoria sphagnicolus
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Endangered
Molluscs
Austropyrgus nepeanensis
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Near Threatened
Molluscs
Fluvidona anodonta
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Molluscs
Fluvidona petterdi
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Critically Endangered
Molluscs
Austrochloritis ascensa
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Near Threatened
Molluscs
Meridolum marshalli
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Near Threatened
Molluscs
Posorites turneri
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Near Threatened
Molluscs
Helicarion leopardina
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Molluscs
Georissa laseroni
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Plants
Corunastylis littoralis
Not recorded
in reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Corunastylis plumosa
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Corybas montanus
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Diuris flavescens
Recorded in Reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Diuris praecox
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Pterostylis bicornis
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Pterostylis pulchella
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Pterostylis saxicola
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Rhizanthella slateri
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Sarcochilus weinthalii
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Thelymitra sp. kangaloon
Not recorded
in reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Olearia cordata
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Ozothamnus vagans
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Lychnothamnus barbatus
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Macrozamia cardiacensis
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia conferta
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia cranei
Not recorded
Endangered
Endangered
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
in reserves
Plants
Macrozamia elegans
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Plants
Macrozamia fawcettii
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Near Threatened
Plants
Macrozamia flexuosa
Recorded in Reserves
n/a
Endangered
Plants
Macrozamia humilis
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia occidua
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Plants
Macrozamia viridis
Not recorded
in reserves
n/a
Endangered
Plants
Hibbertia marginata
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Astrotricha roddii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Epacris sparsa
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Melichrus sp. newfoundland
state forest
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Styphelia perileuca
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Leucopogon exolasius
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia courtii
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia flocktoniae
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Acacia macnuttiana
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Almaleea cambagei
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Desmodium acanthocladum
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Phyllota humifusa
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Pultenaea parviflora
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Allocasuarina defungens
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Allocasuarina glareicola
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Allocasuarina portuensis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Allocasuarina simulans
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Euphrasia bowdeniae
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Daphnandra johnsonii
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Endiandra floydii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Endiandra hayesii
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Bertya ernestiana
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Bertya pinifolia
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Plants
Fontainea australis
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Fontainea oraria
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Brachychiton sp. ormeau
Not recorded
in reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Lasiopetalum joyceae
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Lasiopetalum sp. proston
Recorded in Reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Pimelea venosa
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Angophora inopina
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Angophora robur
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Darwinia biflora
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus aquatica
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus camfieldii
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus pumila
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Gossia fragrantissima
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Homoranthus montanus
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Homoranthus prolixus
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Kunzea rupestris
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Leptospermum deanei
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Melaleuca biconvexa
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Melaleuca deanei
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Micromyrtus blakelyi
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Micromyrtus grandis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Triplarina nowraensis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Uromyrtus australis
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Acrophyllum australe
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Grevillea banyabba
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Grevillea beadleana
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea caleyi
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea guthrieana
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea masonii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea mollis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Plants
Grevillea molyneuxii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea quadricauda
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Grevillea rhizomatosa
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Hakea archaeoides
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Isopogon fletcheri
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Persoonia acerosa
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Persoonia bargoensis
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Persoonia glaucescens
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Persoonia hirsuta
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Tinospora tinosporoides
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Owenia cepiodora
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Boronia repanda
Recorded in Reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Boronia umbellata
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Leionema obtusifolium
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Leionema sympetalum
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Zieria covenyi
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Zieria floydii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Zieria involucrata
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Zieria lasiocaulis
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Zieria murphyi
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Reptiles
Myuchelys belli
Recorded in Reserves
Vulnerable
Endangered
Reptiles
Hoplocephalus bungaroides
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
*Please note that due to the number of threatened endemic flora within this zone, only those that are not
recorded in reserves, or listed as critically endangered or endangered under the EPBC Act or IUCN are
listed here.
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
Area of zone (m2)
% of total
distribution*
% of zone**
Red Fox, Fox
Vulpes vulpes
159,581,476,379
2.59
99.99
Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat
Felis catus
159,581,476379
2.08
99.99
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
156,109,778,218
6.26
97.82
House Mouse
Mus musculus
148,894,209,980
4.19
93.30
Black Rat, Ship Rat
Rattus rattus
142,884,465,842
12.85
89.53
Rabbit, European Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
139,717,301,185
2.55
87.55
Brown Hare
Lepus capensis
138,005,431,825
13.88
86.47
Domestic Cattle
Bos taurus
130,346,060,745
7.66
81.67
Pig
Sus scrofa
111,390,199,027
3.17
69.80
Feral deer species in Australia
Feral deer
79,439,434,290
20.74
49.78
Brown Rat, Norway Rat
Rattus norvegicus
53,476,035,196
28.14
33.51
Goat
Capra hircus
42,336,103,125
1.98
26.53
Horse
Equus caballus
22,555,115,056
1.52
14.13
Common name
Scientific name
Area of zone (m2)
% of total
distribution*
% of zone**
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
159,583,247,416
5.40
99.99
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
159,581,663,196
7.39
99.99
Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove,
Domestic Pigeon
Columba livia
155,885,703,391
6.12
97.68
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
145,551,994,754
17.47
91.20
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
134,428,286,181
14.99
84.23
Common Myna, Indian Myna
Acridotheres tristis
119,804,919,089
23.16
75.07
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
99,274,592,090
14.03
62.20
Cane Toad
Rhinella marina
85,648,676,475
4.43
53.67
Nutmeg Mannikin
Lonchura punctulata
78,165,524,541
29.43
48.98
Common Blackbird, Eurasian
Blackbird
Turdus merula
74,668,211,932
8.16
46.79
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
44,593,932,381
55.96
27.94
Skylark
Alauda arvensis
33,992,120,366
5.27
21.30
Asian House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
20,261,986,987
9.00
12.70
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
13,179,310,954
4.75
8.26
European Greenfinch
Carduelis chloris
3,915,492,265
1.98
2.45
Flowerpot Blind Snake, Brahminy
Blind Snake, Cacing Besi
Ramphotyphlops
braminus
2,544,808,700
4.46
1.59
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
Area of zone (m2)
% of total
distribution*
% of zone**
Blackberry, European Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus
aggregate
129,848,088,906
15.58
81.36
Lantana, Common Lantana,
Kamara Lantana,
Large-leaf Lantana,
Pink Flowered Lantana, Red
Flowered Lantana, Red-Flowered
Sage,
White Sage, Wild Sage
Lantana camara
109,868,594,388
23.34
68.84
Fireweed, Madagascar Ragwort,
Madagascar Groundsel
Senecio
madagascariensis
96,050,387,072
65.54
60.18
Salvinia, Giant Salvinia,
Aquarium Watermoss,
Kariba Weed
Salvinia molesta
94,562,337,540
31.08
59.25
Willows except Weeping Willow,
Pussy Willow
and Sterile Pussy Willow
Salix spp. except
S.babylonica,
S.x calodendron
& S.x reichardtii
92,965,915,116
14.11
58.25
Chilean Needle grass
Nassella neesiana
67,019,646,317
25.56
41.99
Bitou Bush, Boneseed
Chrysanthemoides
monilifera
56,903,114,248
80.14
35.65
Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil
Creeper, Smilax, Florist’s Smilax,
Smilax Asparagus
Asparagus asparagoides
53,652,608,454
6.53
33.62
Prickly Pears
Opuntia spp.
53,027,032,154
13.97
33.23
Cabomba, Fanwort, Carolina
Watershield,
Fish Grass, Washington Grass,
Watershield, Carolina Fanwort,
Common Cabomba
Cabomba caroliniana
51,245,140,270
53.66
32.11
Serrated Tussock, Yass River
Tussock, Yass Tussock, Nassella
Tussock (NZ)
Nassella trichotoma
49,315,418,193
17.03
30.90
Alligator Weed
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
49,309,849,470
64.21
30.90
Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile
Lily
Eichhornia crassipes
46,970,100,758
50.00
29.43
Broom, English Broom, Scotch
Broom,
Common Broom,
Scottish Broom, Spanish Broom
Cytisus scoparius
45,493,951,235
19.09
28.51
Madeira Vine, Jalap, Lamb’s-tail,
Mignonette Vine, Anredera, Gulf
Madeiravine, Heartleaf
Madeiravine, Potato Vine
Anredera cordifolia
42,811,999,608
45.95
26.83
Bitou Bush
Chrysanthemoides
monilifera subsp.
rotundata
37,476,841,162
55.84
23.48
Parthenium Weed, Bitter Weed,
Carrot Grass, False Ragweed
Parthenium
hysterophorus
31,730,335,526
5.34
19.88
Gorse, Furze
Ulex europaeus
28,704,633,941
7.21
17.99
Delta Arrowhead, Arrowhead,
Slender Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
28,455,774,278
33.69
17.83
Cat’s Claw Vine,
Yellow Trumpet Vine,
Dolichandra
22,849,064,152
40.22
14.32
INVASIVE FLORA
Cat’s Claw Creeper,
Funnel Creeper
unguis-cati
Asparagus Fern, Ground
Asparagus, Basket Fern, Sprengi’s
Fern,
Bushy Asparagus, Emerald
Asparagus
Asparagus aethiopicus
21,947,852,124
70.97
13.75
African Boxthorn, Boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
21,254,923,677
4.04
13.32
Boneseed
Chrysanthemoides
monilifera subsp.
monilifera
19,639,950,056
6.17
12.31
Climbing Asparagus-fern, Ferny
Asparagus
Protasparagus plumosus
15,470,790,635
47.6
9.69
Climbing Asparagus-fern
Asparagus plumosus
15,470,790,635
47.6
9.69
Hymenachne,
Olive Hymenachne,
Water Stargrass,
West Indian Grass,
West Indian Marsh Grass
Hymenachne
amplexicaulis
14,059,277,352
6.23
8.81
Rubber Vine, Rubbervine, India
Rubber Vine,
India Rubbervine, Palay
Rubbervine, Purple Allamanda
Cryptostegia grandiflora
13,850,670,463
2.04
8.68
Montpellier Broom, Cape Broom,
Canary Broom, Common Broom,
French Broom, Soft Broom
Genista monspessulana
11,994,838,519
8.05
7.52
Mesquite, Algaroba
Prosopis spp.
11,200,098,865
1.89
7.02
Silver Nightshade,
Silver-leaved Nightshade, White
Horse Nettle,
Silver-leaf Nightshade,
Tomato Weed, White Nightshade,
Bull-nettle, Prairie-berry,
Satansbos,
Silver-leaf Bitter-apple, Silverleafnettle, Trompillo
Solanum elaeagnifolium
10,702,084,944
7.16
6.71
Parkinsonia, Jerusalem Thorn,
Jelly Bean Tree, Horse Bean
Parkinsonia aculeata
10,352,633,030
0.65
6.49
Climbing Asparagus, Climbing
Asparagus Fern
Asparagus africanus
5,561,162,007
44.92
3.48
Asparagus Fern, Climbing
Asparagus Fern
Asparagus scandens
4,280,466,017
22.23
2.68
Athel Pine, Athel Tree, Tamarisk,
Athel Tamarisk, Athel Tamarix,
Desert Tamarisk, Flowering
Cypress, Salt Cedar
Tamarix aphylla
4,131,683,031
0.59
2.59
Prickly Acacia, Blackthorn, Prickly
Mimosa, Black Piquant, Babul
Vachellia nilotica
2,422,585,958
0.44
1.52
Flax-leaved Broom, Mediterranean
Broom, Flax Broom
Genista linifolia
2,246,364,301
5.49
1.41
Prickly Pears
Cylindropuntia spp.
1,128,745,260
1.80
0.71
Pond Apple, Pond-apple Tree,
Alligator Apple,
Bullock’s Heart, Cherimoya,
Monkey Apple, Bobwood,
Corkwood
Annona glabra
33,622,937
0.10
0.02
Prickly Acacia
Acacia nilotica subsp.
May be present
May be present
May be present
INVASIVE FLORA
indica
Radiata Pine Monterey Pine,
Insignis Pine, Wilding Pine
Pinus radiata
May be present
May be present
May be present
Broom
Genista sp. X Genista
monspessulana
May be present
May be present
May be present
* % 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
19.55% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus populnea; Corymbia citriodora; Corymbia gummifera; Eucalyptus blakelyi;
Eucalyptus tereticornis; Angophora floribunda; Eucalyptus melanophloia; Bursaria spinosa; Leptospermum
trinervium; Persoonia levis; Lomatia silaifolia; Microlaena stipoides; Themeda triandra; Lomandra longifolia; forb;
tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Purchase high
quality
remnants into
reservation and
encourage
uptake of
conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Limit and exclude
grazing during
drought or when
native ground
cover is in flower
or seed
(Spring/Summer).
Do not plant trees/
shrubs into good
condition sites,
which should be
capable of natural
regeneration.
Planting disturbs
compositional
balance and natural
succession patterns.
Negotiate fire
management
protocols with
local fire brigades
in relation to
establishing fire
control lines.
Maintain and
protect paddock
trees, as they
provide linkages
within the
landscape for
wildlife.
Mow/slash
sporadically and
in a mosaic
pattern in late
summer or
autumn.
Control feral
grazers (deer,
rabbits, goats)
and erect fences
where appropriate
(e.g. of stock
dams, individual
guards for
targeted plants).
Manage
contributors to
dieback, such as
over-populations
of leaf eating
insects, through
weed
management in
surrounding
areas.
Graze 3-days on;
28-days off in
Summer; 7-days
Maintain buffers on, 56-days off in
Plant native,
of native
autumn and winter. indigenous species
vegetation
only if the site shows
Maintain 80%
around
no signs of natural
groundcover;
remnants.
10cm sward height regeneration. Plant
trees and shrubs at
Prevent
minimum at all
the same density
firewood
times.
evident in local good
collection and
Fence outside
quality grassy
bush rock
canopy dripline of
woodland sites.
removal.
paddock trees to
Retain standing allow regeneration. Use high quality
seed, of local
dead trees and Avoid cultivation,
provenance if
fallen timber.
ripping,
possible.
Do not permit
excavation, and
Don’t allow the
commercial
herbicide and
remnant to become
apiarists to
pesticide
overly shrubby.
place bee hives application in, or
within 3km of
near, remnants.
the remnant.
Do not divert runoff into remnant
areas.
Avoid soil
compaction from
vehicles/machinery
or stock camps.
If few mature
trees with hollows
are present,
provide both bird
and arboreal
mammal nesting
boxes. Monitor
these regularly for
pest species such
as Noisy Miners
and Indian Mynas.
Hand pulling, spot
spraying and
weed wiping are
appropriate weed
control measures.
Prevent weed
introduction
through adopting
good hygiene
measures and
minimising soil
disturbance.
If fallen timber has Don’t stockpile
been removed
topsoil within
from remnant
remnant areas.
sites, add coarse
woody debris (e.g.
recycled
untreated timbers)
to provide habitat.
Likewise, if bush
rock has been
previously
removed from
remnants, seek
advice about
suitable artificial
alternatives. Bush
rocks provide
critical habitat for
a range of reptiles
that are critical for
the food chain.
Monitor and
manage densities
of Eastern Grey
Kangaroos.
Control feral
predators
including foxes,
dogs, cats and
pigs.
Do not push fallen
timber into stacks
or windrows as
these provide
shelter for foxes,
rabbits and cats.
Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey vegetation profile
66.23% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus moluccana; Corymbia citriodora; Eucalyptus albens; Eucalyptus pilularis; Eucalyptus tereticornis;
Acacia aulacocarpa; Alphitonia excelsa; Jacksonia scoparia; Themeda triandra; Imperata cylindrica; Cymbopogon
refractus; Bothriochloa decipiens; Entolasia stricta; Dianella caerulea; Lomandra longifolia; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
Protect remnants
from clearing.
Protect hollowbearing trees.
Protect standing
dead trees.
Do not allow
removal of fallen
timber and
bush rock.
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile
89.49% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus siderophloia; Eucalyptus sieberi; Eucalyptus deanei; Angophora leiocarpa; Lophostemon confertus;
Leptospermum brevipes; Acacia aulacocarpa; Acacia irrorata; Alphitonia excelsa; Dodonaea viscosa; Themeda
triandra; Imperata cylindrica; Cymbopogon refractus; Lepidosperma laterale; tussock grass; sedge.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
Protect remnants
from clearing.
Protect hollowbearing trees.
Protect standing
dead trees.
Do not allow
removal of fallen
timber and
bush rock.
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern
understorey (wet sclerophyll) vegetation profile
72.87% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus siderophloia; Lophostemon confertus; Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus salign; Eucalyptus microcorys;
Neolitsea dealbata; Corymbia intermedia; Eucalyptus propinqu; Caldcluvia paniculosa; Pittosporum undulatu;
Caldcluvia paniculosa; Synoum glandulosum; Livistona australis; Doryphora sassafras; Breynia oblongifolia;
Lomandra longifolia; Lepidosperma laterale; Pteridium esculentum; Imperata cylindrica; Ottochloa gracillima; rush;
fern; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
Purchase
remnants into
reservation.
Reduce spray drift
in adjacent
paddocks.
Fence remnants
and manage
public access
(especially near
residential areas).
Exclude access of
vehicles and trail
bikes for
recreational use,
and keep pets
on leashes.
Encourage wise
water usage in
adjacent lands to
ensure water
tables are
not affected.
Ensure local flora
species are
planted for any
revegetation and
recovery actions.
Natural fire
intervals are likely
to be several
decades to a few
hundred years.
Re-introduce
habitat features
(e.g. rocks, logs)
at disturbed sites.
Repeated hazard
reduction burns or
too-frequent
wildfire impact on
vegetation
health and
regeneration
capacity.
Do not allow
removal of fallen
timber, bush rocks
and
leaf litter.
Avoid
mowing/slashing
of understorey to
promote
regeneration of
native species.
Implement stock
management
plans for roadside
verges and crown
land where
grazing is
permitted.
Provide maps of
remnants to local
and state Rural
Fire Services.
Manage fuel loads
in surrounding
areas, to minimise
the risk of
inappropriate
fire regimes
affecting
remnants.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
Ensure chemicals
or other
mechanisms used
to eradicate
weeds do not
have an adverse
affect
on remnants.
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest vegetation profile
48.07% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Araucaria cunninghamii; Argyrodendron trifoliolatum; Waterhousea floribunda; Baloghia inophylla; Acmena smithii;
Choricarpia subargente; Dissiliaria baloghioides; Livistona australis; Pittosporum undulatum, tree-fern; Notelaea
venosa; Clerodendrum tomentosu; Adiantum formosum; Asplenium attenuatum; Pellaea; Doodia asper; fern;
tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
REHABILITATION FIRE
AGRICULTURAL
MANAGEMENT
PRACTICE
Encourage uptake of
conservation
agreements and
covenants on private
land.
Ensure that
livestock are
excluded from
remnants,
through exclusion
fencing or other
barriers.
Create buffer zones of
native vegetation
around remnants that
are adjacent to
development/agricultural
areas.
Fence off remnants that
are adjacent to
residential areas and
limit access for vehicles
and pets.
Protect fallen timber,
paddock trees and large
trees.
Purchase remnants into
reservation to
increase
connectivity.
Increase
connectivity
between
remnants.
Plant local
indigenous
rainforest species,
Ensure nearby
especially
eucalypt
key canopy
plantations do not tree species.
impact on
groundwater
supplies.
Discourage the
use of fire as a
means to control
lantana or other
weeds in or near
to rainforest
remnants.
Plantations also
increase wildfire
potentials.
Remnants can
be better
protected if
surrounded by
buffers of
indigenous
plantings (with
canopy,
midstorey and
understorey
species).
Ensure that
managed fires
and, where
possible,
wildfires do not
enter buffer
zones around
remnants.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
Implement
staged removal
of camphor laurel
(Cinnamomum
camphora).
Avoid clearing
camphor laurel
using heavy
machinery.
Monitor for early
weed detection
and eradication.
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile
60.12% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus rossii; Eucalyptus crebra; Eucalyptus gummifera; Eucalyptus racemosa; macrorhyncha; Corymbia
trachyphloia; Allocasuarina littoralis; eptospermum sp; Leptospermum trinervium; Banksia spinulosa; Entolasia
stricta; Microlaena stipoides; Aristida queenslandica; Melichrus urceolatus; Monotoca scoparia; Themeda triandra;
Imperata cylindrica; Echinopogon caespitosus; Lomandra multiflora; tussock grass; fern.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Manage grazing
practices including
avoiding highintensity
set stocking.
Encourage natural
regeneration
through fencing
and stock
management.
Do not allow
removal of fallen
timber
and bush rocks.
Avoid fertiliser drift
from adjacent
crops
and pastures.
Replant vegetation
using locallysourced
seed.
Fence paddock
trees to enable
natural
regeneration.
Construct artificial
shade for stock.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT