Weeping Myall Woodlands
The Weeping Myall Woodlands is an endangered ecological community, under the EPBC Act of the Commonwealth of Australia.[1] It is found in inland Queensland and inland New South Wales,[1] on alluvial plains west of the Great Dividing Range.[2] It takes its name from Acacia pendula, the weeping myall.
The Weeping Myall woodlands ecological community in New South Wales has been named as the Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions.[3]
Conservation status
[edit]This ecological community has been listed as endangered under the Commonwealth EPBC Act since 7 January 2009.[1] The key threats are clearing and ongoing degradation since this ecological community occurs on highly fertile and arable soils. Other threats are overgrazing and weed invasion.[2]
In New South Wales it is also listed as an endangered ecological community, first under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and now under the Biodiversity Act of 2016.[3]
Distribution
[edit]It occurs in the IBRA regions of Riverina, NSW South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Brigalow Belt North, Murray-Darling Depression, Nandewar and Cobar Peneplain, in small pockets.[2]
Species listed
[edit]- Plants found and photographed NSW Weeping Myall Woodlands
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Capparis lasiantha in front of Warrior Bush, Apophylla anomalum, and both under a weeping myall, Acacia pendula.
Cases in NSW involving Weeping Myall Woodlands
[edit]- Plath v Hunter Valley Property Management Pty Limited - NSW Caselaw[5] (concerned the destruction of a Weeping Myall community in the Hunter Valley)
- Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Traikaero Pty Ltd; Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Woods - NSW Caselaw[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. "Threatened Ecological Community Profile — Weeping Myall Woodlands". www.environment.gov.au. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Threatened Species Scientific Committee (17 December 2008), Approved Conservation Advice for Weeping Myall Woodlands ecological community (PDF)
- ^ a b "Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions - profile | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ NSW Scientific committee (5 April 2019). "Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions - endangered ecological community listing: final determination | NSW Environment & Heritage". Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Plath v Hunter Valley Property Management Pty Limited - NSW Caselaw". www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Traikaero Pty Ltd; Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Woods - NSW Caselaw". www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.