Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Pseudanthus ovalifolius
Profile last updated:
21 Sep 2021
Description
Oval-leafed Pseudanthus is a low, heath-like, spreading shrub. It is densely branched and has leathery, thick-edged leaves. The leaves are oval to oblong in shape, 1-5 mm long and 1.5 - 2 mm wide, with a broadly rounded tip that curves away from the stem. Small white flowers, about 2 mm long, grow in the upper parts of the branches, emerging in the angles between the leaves and the stems.
Distribution
There is a single NSW record of this species in Ben Boyd National Park (near Eden). The species is also found in scattered localities from central western Victoria to Gippsland and in Tasmania.
Habitat and ecology
- In the south the species is found in near coastal dry sclerophyll forest growing in sandy soil. Flowering occurs in September and October.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Vegetation clearing for agricultural development.
- Vegetation clearing for development.
- Grazing and trampling by domestic stock.
- Grazing and trampling by feral goats.
- Optimum fire frequency is unknown, with too frequent fire frequency being a possible threat to the species.
- Small populations are at risk of extinction through stochastic events or land management practices that do not support species survival.
- Highly fragmented populations are at risk of extinction through stochastic events and land management practices that do not support species survival.
- Lack of knowledge on the species priority sites and critical threats.
Recovery strategies
A Saving Our Species conservation project is currently being developed for this species and will be available soon. For information on how you can contribute to this species' recovery, see the Activities to assist this species section below.
Activities to assist this species
- Control feral goats in areas of known habitat.
- Protect known sites from frequent fire; ensure that personnel planning and undertaking hazard reduction burns are able to identify the species and are aware of its habitat.
- Protect areas of habitat from grazing stock.
- Survey appropriate habitat to identify unrecorded populations.
- Monitor population dynamics and threats at known populations.
- Maintain viable ex-situ seebank and living collection of both northern and southern populations in NSW.
- Undertake research into the ecological requirements, including fire ecology, of the species.
- Establish translocation sites in nearby protected areas with suitable habitat.
- Raise community and landholder awareness about the species.
Information sources
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) Flora of New South Wales Vol. 4. UNSW Press, Kensington, NSW.
- Walsh, N.G. and Entwisle, T.J. (1999) Flora of Victoria; Volume 4, Dicotyledons Cornaceae to Asteraceae. (Inkata Press, Melbourne)
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