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Biodiversity Assessment - Nsw South Western Slopes

Wetland threatening processes

Table: Provisional identification of wetlands of regional significance: their condition, trend and threatening processes within each subregion.
Wetland name Condition Trend Threatening processes Threatening processes notes
Lower Slopes (NSS2)
Barmedman/ Yiddah Creek floodplain (26.2) Unknown Unknown Changed hydrology - other Water extraction and regulation
Barmedman/ Yiddah Creek floodplain (26.2) Unknown Unknown Changed hydrology - salinity No data 
Barmedman/ Yiddah Creek floodplain (26.2) Unknown Unknown Exotic weeds African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
Barmedman/ Yiddah Creek floodplain (26.2) Unknown Unknown Feral animals

Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki)

House mouse (Mus musculus)

Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Barmedman/ Yiddah Creek floodplain (26.2) Unknown Unknown Grazing pressure No data 
Wiesners Swamp (Nature Reserve) (27.2) Unknown Unknown Exotic weeds

Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum)

Paterson?s curse (Echium plantagineum)

Saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)

Slender thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)

Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Wiesners Swamp (Nature Reserve) (27.2) Unknown Unknown Feral animals

Hares (Lepus carpensis)

Sheep (Ovis aries)

Upper Slopes (NSS1)
Lake Burrendong Reservoir (24.2) Good (Recovery requires little intervention) Static Feral animals

Cat (Felis catus)

Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

House mouse (Mus musculus)

Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Rat (Rattus rattus)

Lake Burrendong Reservoir (24.2) Good (Recovery requires little intervention) Static Grazing pressure No data 
Lake Burrinjuck (25.2) Fair (Recovery requires significant intervention) Static Feral animals

Black rat (Rattus rattus)

Cat (Felis catus)

Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

House mouse (Mus musculus)

Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Lake Burrinjuck (25.2) Fair (Recovery requires significant intervention) Static Grazing pressure No data 
Lake Burrinjuck (25.2) Fair (Recovery requires significant intervention) Static Other - describe Erosion

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