Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
Gazetted date:
10 Aug 2013
Profile last updated:
06 Apr 2022
Description
The Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh (hereafter Coastal Saltmarsh) ecological community occurs within a relatively narrow margin of the Australian coastline, within the
subtropical and temperate climatic zones south of the South-east Queensland IBRA bioregion boundary at 23° 37' latitude along the east coast and south of (and including) Shark Bay at 26°
on the west coast. The ecological community spans six State jurisdictions: Queensland (southern), New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (south-western). Based on the distribution of tropical and subtropical saltmarsh species and the analysis of Saenger et al. (1977) and Bridgewater and Cresswell (2003), Shark Bay (at about 26° latitude) is the most appropriate northern limit for Coastal Saltmarsh (G Keighery pers. comm.) on the west coast of Australia. At Shark Bay there is a transition zone for many saltmarsh species. For example, several tropical Tecticornia species1 change over in this area, and a number of south-western species end at Shark Bay, such as some Samolus species Coastal saltmarsh occurring on islands within the geographic range is also included within the ecological community. In order to meet the definition of the TEC sites must satisfy condition criteria stipulated in the Listing Advice and/or Conservation Advice. Typically condition is assessed by reference to patch size and vegetation structure thresholds or species composition metrics.
Distribution
Regional distribution and habitat
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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
0 priority actions
to help recover the Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh in New South Wales.
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