Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Xerochrysum palustre
Profile last updated:
28 Apr 2022
Description
The Swamp Everlasting is a perennial herb, to 100 cm tall. It has narrow leaves along more or less erect stems, and large yellow 'paper daisy flowers' at the ends of branches. The leaves are alternate, stalkless and partially clasp the stems. The leaves are lance-shaped, to 10 cm x 8 mm, and more or less hairless, except for cobwebbby hairs along their edges. Flowers appear from November to March. Flower-heads are up to 50 mm across, and consist of numerous, small, tubular florets in a central 'button', surrounded by a ray of numerous, glossy yellow, broad, overlapping, papery bracts. The fruit is a narrow, dry seed, to 3 mm long with a crown of yellow bristles about twice as long as the seed.
Distribution
Found in Kosciuszko National Park and the eastern escarpment south of Badja. Also found in eastern Victoria.
Habitat and ecology
- Grows in swamps and bogs which are often dominated by heaths.
- Also grows at the edges of bog margins on peaty soils with a cover of shrubs or grasses.
- Re-sprouts after fires.
- Sometimes grows in bogs with Sphagnum.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Overgrazing of habitat by domestic stock.
- Damage by pigs and deer.
- Damage to habitat by off-road vehicles.
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
4 priority actions
to help recover the Swamp Everlasting in New South Wales.
Activities to assist this species
- Control pigs and deer in areas with habitat for this species.
- Exclude stock from areas of habitat.
- Prevent access to habitat by off road vehicles.
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