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Biodiversity Assessment - South East Corner

Threatened Ecosystems

Table: Provisional list of threatened ecosystems in each subregion: their threatening processes
Ecosystem name Threatening processes Threatening processes notes
SEC1
Brackish Sedgeland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Brackish Sedgeland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Brackish Sedgeland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Brackish Sedgeland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Brackish Sedgeland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Clay Heathland - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Clay Heathland - EGL Pathogens No data
Coastal Vine-rich Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Feral animals No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Firewood collection No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Dry Rainforest - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Dry Rainforest - EGL Feral animals No data
Dry Valley Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Dry Valley Forest - EGL Feral animals No data
Dry Valley Forest - EGL Firewood collection No data
Dry Valley Forest - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Estuarine Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Estuarine Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Estuarine Wetland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Floodplain Reedbed - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Floodplain Reedbed - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Floodplain Reedbed - EGL Feral animals No data
Floodplain Reedbed - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Floodplain Reedbed - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Gallery Rainforest - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Gallery Rainforest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Gallery Rainforest - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Grassy Woodland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Grassy Woodland - EGL Feral animals No data
Grassy Woodland - EGL Firewood collection No data
Grassy Woodland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Grassy Woodland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Lagoon Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Lagoon Wetland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Lagoon Wetland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Lagoon Wetland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Limestone Box Forest - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Limestone Box Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Limestone Box Forest - EGL Feral animals No data
Limestone Box Forest - EGL Firewood collection No data
Limestone Box Forest - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Lowland Herb-rich Forest - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Lowland Herb-rich Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Lowland Herb-rich Forest - EGL Feral animals No data
Lowland Herb-rich Forest - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Feral animals No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Firewood collection No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassy Forest - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Feral animals No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Firewood collection No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Feral animals No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Firewood collection No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Riparian Forest - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Feral animals No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Riparian Shrubland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sandy Flood Scrub - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Sandy Flood Scrub - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Sandy Flood Scrub - EGL Feral animals No data
Sandy Flood Scrub - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sedge Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Sedge Wetland - EGL Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Sedge Wetland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Sedge Wetland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
Sedge Wetland - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Swamp Scrub - EGL Changed fire regimes No data
Swamp Scrub - EGL Changed hydrology - other No data
Swamp Scrub - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Swamp Scrub - EGL Feral animals No data
Swamp Scrub - EGL Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Wet Swale Herbland - EGL Exotic weeds No data
Wet Swale Herbland - EGL Grazing pressure No data
SEC2
Bega Dry Grass Forest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Changed fire regimes No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Exotic weeds No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Grazing pressure No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Bega Wet Shrub Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Brogo Wet Vine Forest Changed fire regimes Particular threat to the rainforest element in the flora.
Brogo Wet Vine Forest Exotic weeds No data
Brogo Wet Vine Forest Grazing pressure No data
Brogo Wet Vine Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Brogo Wet Vine Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Changed fire regimes No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Exotic weeds No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Grazing pressure It is suspected that preferential grazing has changed the understorey composition
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Changed fire regimes No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Feral animals Grazing by rabbits
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Grazing pressure No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Dune Dry Shrub Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Escarpment Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Estuarine Wetland Scrub Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE008 Far Southern Coastal Shrub Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE020 Coastal Hinterland Ecotonal Gully Rainforest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
FE024 Coastal Wet Heath Swamp Forest Changed hydrology - salinity No data
FE024 Coastal Wet Heath Swamp Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE025 South Coast Swamp Forest Complex Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE027 Ecotonal Coastal Swamp Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE047 Southern Escarpment Herb / Grass Moist Fores Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
FE047 Southern Escarpment Herb / Grass Moist Fores Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE053 Riparian Acacia Shrub/Grass/Herb Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE056 Tableland and Escarpment Moist Herb/Fern Gra Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE066 Eastern Tablelands Shrub/Grass Moist Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE069 Eastern Tablelands Damp Heath Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE073 Eastern Tableland Dry Shrub/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE074 South Eastern Tablelands Dry Shrub/Grass/Her Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE075 Tablelands Shrub/Tussock Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE107 Central Tableland/ACT Montane Dry Shrub Fore Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE108 Western Tablelands Dry Herb/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE113 North East Tablelands Dry Shrub/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE146 Tableland Dry Herb/Grass Woodland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE147 Tablelands Moist Sedge/Herb/Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE157 ACT/Monaro Dry Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE158 Monaro Dry Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE167 Coastal Lowland Sub Tropical/Littoral Rainfo Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE169 Coastal Hinterland Sub Tropical Warm Tempera Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE171 Coastal Shrub/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE185 Mangrove Estuarine Low Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE189 Coastal Alluvial Valley Floor Wetlands Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE9999 Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Floodplain Wetlands Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Genoa Dry Shrub Forest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
Monaro Basalt Grass Woodland Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
Monaro Basalt Grass Woodland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Nalbaugh Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Northern Riparian Scrub Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Numeralla Dry Shrub Woodland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Seagrass Meadow (Posidonia) Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Seagrass Meadow (Zostera) Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sub-Alpine Bog Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Subalpine Dry Shrub Forest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
Subalpine Dry Shrub Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Tableland Dry Shrub Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Wallagaraugh Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Wog Wog Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
SEC3
Bega Dry Grass Forest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Changed fire regimes No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Exotic weeds No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Grazing pressure No data
Bega Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Changed fire regimes No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Exotic weeds No data
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Grazing pressure It is suspected that preferential grazing has changed the understorey composition
Candelo Dry Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Changed fire regimes No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Feral animals Grazing by rabbits
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Grazing pressure No data
Dry Rainforest of SE Forests Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE008 Far Southern Coastal Shrub Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE011 Coastal Shrub/Grass Dry Forest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
FE011 Coastal Shrub/Grass Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE020 Coastal Hinterland Ecotonal Gully Rainforest Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
FE024 Coastal Wet Heath Swamp Forest Changed hydrology - salinity No data
FE024 Coastal Wet Heath Swamp Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE025 South Coast Swamp Forest Complex Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE027 Ecotonal Coastal Swamp Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE053 Riparian Acacia Shrub/Grass/Herb Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE056 Tableland and Escarpment Moist Herb/Fern Gra Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE146 Tableland Dry Herb/Grass Woodland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE167 Coastal Lowland Sub Tropical/Littoral Rainfo Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE169 Coastal Hinterland Sub Tropical Warm Tempera Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE171 Coastal Shrub/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE185 Mangrove Estuarine Low Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE186 Mudflats/Saltmarshes Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE189 Coastal Alluvial Valley Floor Wetlands Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE2326 Southern Coastal Dune Scrub Complex & Coast Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE9999 Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data

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