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List of threatened ecological communities declared by the Commonwealth of Australia

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This is a list of threatened ecological communities declared by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ("EPBC Act"), and listed in the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).

New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

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listed at SPRAT.[1]

Northern Territory

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listed at SPRAT[11]

  • Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complex

Queensland

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listed at SPRAT[12]

  • Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co-dominant)
  • Broad leaf tea-tree (Melaleuca viridiflora) Woodlands in High Rainfall Coastal North Queensland  Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia
  • Mabi Forest (Complex Notophyll Vine Forest 5b)
  • The community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin
  • Weeping Myall Woodlands
  • White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland
  • Coastal Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) Forest of New South Wales and South East Queensland ecological community
  • Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
  • Coolibah - Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions
  • Lowland Rainforests of Subtropical Australia
  • Natural Grasslands of the Queensland Central Highlands and the northern Fitzroy Basin
  • Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland
  • New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglica) Woodlands
  • Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions
  • Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca irbyana) Forest of South-east Queensland

South Australia

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listed at SPRAT[13]

  • Buloke Woodlands of the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions
  • Giant Kelp Marine Forests of South East Australia
  • Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia
  • Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia
  • Peppermint Box (Eucalyptus odorata) Grassy Woodland of South Australia
  • Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (Freshwater) of the Temperate Lowland Plains
  • Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula
  • The community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin
  • Eyre Peninsula Blue Gum (Eucalyptus petiolaris) Woodland
  • Kangaroo Island Narrow-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus cneorifolia) Woodland
  • Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
  • White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland

Tasmania

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listed at SPRAT[14]

Victoria

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listed at SPRAT[15]

  • Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Associated Fens
  • Buloke Woodlands of the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions
  • Giant Kelp Marine Forests of South East Australia
  • Gippsland Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. mediana) Grassy Woodland and Associated Native Grassland
  • Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain
  • Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia
  • Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of East Australia
  • Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains
  • Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain
  • NRM Regions
  • Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (Freshwater) of the Temperate Lowland Plains
  • Silurian Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland of the South East Corner and Australian Alps Bioregions (SLPS)
  • White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland
  • Natural Damp Grassland of the Victorian Coastal Plains
  • Natural Temperate Grassland of the South Eastern Highlands
  • Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh

Western Australia

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listed at SPRAT[16]

  • Aquatic Root Mat Community 1 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge
  • Thrombolite (microbial) community of coastal freshwater lakes of the Swan Coastal Plain (Lake Richmond)
  • Aquatic Root Mat Community 2 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge
  • Aquatic Root Mat Community 3 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge
  • Aquatic Root Mat Community 4 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge
  • Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Eastern Stirling Range Montane Heath and Thicket
  • Perched Wetlands of the Wheatbelt region with extensive stands of living sheoak and paperbark across the lake floor (Toolibin Lake)
  • Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Corymbia calophylla - Kingia australis woodlands on heavy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Corymbia calophylla - Xanthorrhea preissii woodlands and shrublands of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the southern Swan Coastal Plain
  • Shrublands and Woodlands of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain
  • Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Shrublands and Woodlands on Perth to Gingin ironstone (Perth to Gingin ironstone association) of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain ironstones
  • Thrombolite (microbialite) Community of a Coastal Brackish Lake (Lake Clifton)
  • Claypans of the Swan Coastal Plain
  • Monsoon vine thickets on the coastal sand dunes of Dampier Peninsula
  • Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community
  • Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt
  • Proteaceae Dominated Kwongan Shrublands of the Southeast Coastal Floristic Province of Western Australia
  • Scott River Ironstone Association
  • Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh

References

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  1. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in New South Wales and the ACT".
  2. ^ "Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co-dominant)". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Coastal Upland Swamps in the Sydney Basin Bioregion". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Coolibah – Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Cumberland Plain Shale Woodlands and Shale-Gravel Transition Forest". Species Profile and Threats Database.
  7. ^ "Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub of the Sydney Region". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Hunter Valley Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) Woodland". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia". Species Profile and Threats Database. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in the Northern Territory". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in Queensland". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in South Australia". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in Tasmania". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in Victoria". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Threatened ecological communities in Western Australia". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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