Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Eucalyptus langleyi
Profile last updated:
13 Nov 2024
Description
The Albatross Mallee grows to 6 m tall, with smooth, grey, green or pink bark that sheds in ribbons. The juvenile leaves are broadly oval-shaped and glossy green in colour. The large, glossy, green adult leaves are lance-shaped and up to 18 cm long by 4 cm wide. The buds are club-shaped and have a hemispherical cap. The flowers grow at the end of a flattened stalk. The fruits are hemispherical or urn-shaped, ribbed with enclosed valves. The related and similar E. burgessiana does not have flattened stems; its adult leaves are only 2.5 cm wide.
Distribution
The main occurrence of the Albatross Mallee is to the south-west of Nowra as far as Yarramunmun Creek. A very small population is found to the north of the Shoalhaven River in the Bomaderry Creek Regional Park.
Habitat and ecology
- Found in mallee shrubland on poorly-drained, shallow, sandy soils on sandstone.
- The species regenerates from rootstock after fire.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Habitat disturbance during road, trail, pipeline and powerline maintenance.
- Potential for too-frequent fire to destroy stands or too-infrequent fire to lead to senescence without reproduction.
- Habitat disturbance during road, trail, pipeline and powerline maintenance; human disturbance including illegal track creation (causing erosion), rubbish and fill dumping.
- Risk of local extinction via stochastic processes due to small population size.
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
- Erect signs to alert road maintenance staff to the presence of this species.
- Mark Albatross Mallee sites and potential habitat onto maps used for planning maintenance work, and ensure that planners are aware of the species.
Information sources
- Brooker, M. and Kleinig, D.A. (1999) Field guide to eucalypts, Volume 1: South-eastern Australia. 2nd edn. Blooming Books, Hawthorn.
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2, Revised Edition. UNSW, Sydney.
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IBRA Bioregion
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IBRA Subregion
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Known or predicted
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Geographic restrictions region
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| Other State | Jervis Bay Territory |
Predicted
| North of Conjola and west of the Princes Highway |
| Sydney Basin | Ettrema |
Known
| East of Yalwal Creek |
| Sydney Basin | Illawarra |
Known
| South of Kangaroo Valley |
| Sydney Basin | Jervis |
Known
| North of Conjola and west of the Princes Highway |