Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Ozothamnus tesselatus
Profile last updated:
08 Aug 2019
Description
Dense shrub to 1 m high, branches woolly. Leaves spreading, oblong, 4 - 5 mm long, < 1 mm wide, base extending downwards on stem for 4 - 5 mm, margins rolled backwards; upper surface of leaves green, lower surface white-woolly. Heads in dense hemispherical corymbs; heads globose, about 4 mm long; bracts surrounding inflorescence obovate. Florets about 60, all bisexual.
Distribution
Restricted to a few locations in an east-west zone south of Bunnan and between west Bylong and east Ravensworth.
Habitat and ecology
- Grows in eucalypt woodland.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Restricted distribution and low numbers of sites, both of which make the species susceptible to demographic and environmental stochasticity.
- Degradation of habitat.
- Insufficient understanding of distribution.
- Insufficient understanding of threats.
- Direct loss of individuals and loss of habitat occurs through vegetation clearing and spraying.
- Inappropriate fire regimes may prevent germination and affect recruitment. As the species is a perennial, hot fires can impact the roots of the plant. Lack of fire is also a threat as the seeds do not last long after release, so the species relies on regular release of seed each year.
- Longwall mining impacts the survival of individuals due to subsidence and reductions in surface and groundwater.
Recovery strategies
Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological
community. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified
5 priority actions
to help recover the Ozothamnus tesselatus in New South Wales.
Activities to assist this species
- Manage threats degrading habitat.
- Protect habitat from clearing and disturbance.
Information sources
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2, Revised Edition. UNSW, Sydney.