Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Coolac-Tumut Serpentinite Shrubby Woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregions
Gazetted date:
17 May 2015
Profile last updated:
18 Oct 2022
Description
Coolac-Tumut Serpentinite Shrubby Woodland consists of an overstorey of drooping sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) with the shrubs hickory wattle (Acacia implexa), grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea glauca) and Ricinocarpos bowmanii.The groundlayer is consists of a range of native grasses and herbs, often including kangaroo grass (Themeda australis), wiregrasses (Aristida spp.), wallaby grasses (Rytidosperma spp.), Senecio quadridentatus, rock fern (Cheilanthes seiberi) and Carex breviculmis. Scattered trees of white box (Eucalyptus albens) and bundy (Eucalyptus nortonii) can occur. Many sites are degraded and have a poor level of regeneration, no longer supporting the full compliment of species.
Distribution
Serpentinite Shrybby Woodland is restricted to soils derived from serpentinite in the Tumut-Coolac-Gundagai area. The largest occurrence is on the Honeysuckle range to the east of Tumut which extends from Argalong to the Murrumbidgee River. There are other smaller areas near Coolac and Gundagai.
Habitat and ecology
- Vegetation growing on soils derived form serpentinite in the Coolac-Tumut area
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Overgrazing by domestic stock.
- Invasive weeds – including St Johns Wort, blackberry, saffron thistle and pine wildings.
- Overgrazing/browsing by native and non-native herbivores (rabbits, goats, deer, kangaroos).
- Fragmentation and loss of community composition, structure and function as a result of historical clearing for grazing.
- Fragmentation and loss of community composition, structure and function as a result of historic mining.
- Altered fire regimes. The community is dominated by fire resprouting plants and fire is likely to have relatively frequent by indigenous people due to the presence of grass trees.
- Lack of knowledge about fauna associated with this TEC.
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
- Restore some representative areas by re-introducing overstorey species if required
- Rabbit control
- Weed management
- Limit grazing impacts by protecting sites with fencing
- Determine the status of the community across the range so that sites may be classifed according to remnant quality and need for restoration
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