Warra Broad-leaved Sally - profile

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Scientific name: Eucalyptus camphora subsp. relicta

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Profile last updated: 11 Oct 2022

Description

A small tree or multi-trunked mallee which can grow to 7 m tall. The upper parts of the trunk have smooth bark while the bark on the lower trunk is fibrous. The glossy green juvenile leaves are oval-shaped and quite large, growing up to 13 cm long by 6 cm wide. In contrast, the adult leaves are a dull blue-green to green colour and are broadly oval or slightly wider at one end. They are 6 - 10 cm long by up to 2.5 cm wide and have large oil dots. The bluntly-beaked oval-shaped buds and the flowers are held in groups of seven.

Distribution

Confined to Warra National Park near Backwater east of Guyra, where it is known from two stands (the largest of these two stands is just 20 m by 150 m in area) and Capoompeta National Park east of Bolivia. Two closely related subspecies occur on the central and southern tablelands.

Habitat and ecology

Flowering is from February to April.
Found scattered on open swampy flats. Eucalyptus camphora subsp. relicta requires swampy and waterlogged habitats, located on relatively infertile granite soils. Sites also appear to be protected from fire.
Eucalyptus camphora subsp. camphora is known to have slow growth, with seed dispersed locally by wind or gravity, and no seed dormancy mechanism.
Populations are also recorded as very restricted and localised, with Eucalyptus camphora subsp. relicta dominant in swamps in dense stands of 100+ plants.

Regional distribution and habitat

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New England Tablelands

Threats

High intensity fire may destroy populations, although the species will resprout after moderate fires.
Clearing for agriculture or development.
Physical disturbance by feral pigs.
Populations are small and isolated, making them vulnerable to localised extinction through any catastrophic events which may alter or destroy the habitat.
Habitat is under threat from eutrophication and grazing activity.
The species has a restricted distribution making populations vulnerable to localised extinction through any catastrophic events which may alter or destroy the habitat.

Recovery strategies

A targeted strategy for managing this species has been developed under the Saving Our Species program; click here for details. For more information on the Saving Our Species program click here

Activities to assist this species

Recreational users of the National Parks need to be cautious with campfires near habitat areas.
Control feral pigs.
Avoid high intensity and frequency fire in areas of known or potential habitat and implement appropriate fire regime for habitat type. Do not burn entire subpopulation in one event
Protection of known and potential habitat from clearing or physical disturbance.
Undertake targeted surveys in order to identify full extent of this subspecies.
Undertake experimental research into fire response in order to prescribe appropriate fire management for the species.
Maintain viable exsitu seedbank or live collection.

Information sources

Baker, R.T. (1899) Three new species of Eucalyptus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Series 2 24: 298.
Benson, D. and McDougall, L. (1998) Ecology of Sydney plant species. Part 6 Dicotyledon family Myrtaceae. Cunninghamia 5(4): 808-987.
Briggs, J.D. and Leigh, J.H. (1996) Rare or Threatened Australian Plants. Revised Edition. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne)
Brooker, M. and Kleinig, D.A. (1999) Field guide to eucalypts, Volume 1: South-eastern Australia. 2nd edn. Blooming Books, Hawthorn.
Brooker, M.I.H. (2000) A New Classification of the Genus Eucalyptus L’Hér. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1): 79-148
Chippendale, G.M. (1988) 1. Eucalyptus. 390. Eucalyptus camphora R. Baker. In George, A.S. (Ed) Flora of Australia 19: 334.
Hill, K.D. (2002) Eucalyptus. In Harden, G.J. (ed.) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2. Revised Edition. (New South Wales University Press: Sydney).
Hunter, J.T. (2005) Vegetation and floristics of Warra National Park and Wattleridge, Northern Tablelands, NSW. Cunninghamia 9(2): 255-274
Hunter, J.T. and Bell, D. (2007) Vegetation of montane bogs in east-flowing catchments of northern New England, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 10(1): 93-111
Johnson, L.A.S. and Hill, K.D. (1990) New taxa and combinations in Eucalyptus and Angophora (Myrtaceae). Telopea 4(1): 37-108.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (2003) Threatened Species of the New England Tablelands and North West Slopes of NSW. (NSW NPWS, Coffs Harbour)