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- 1.1 Context statement for the Hunter subregion
- 1.1.7 Ecology
- 1.1.7.2 Terrestrial species and communities
The Hunter subregion contains 27 endangered ecological communities and eight endangered populations (Table 15 and Table 16). There are 146 threatened animal species listed under the TSC Act, of which 85 are also listed under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act), and there are 90 threatened plant species listed under the TSC Act, of which 76 are also listed under either the EPBC Act or the China, Japan or Korea Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (Table 17 and Table 18).
Table 15 Endangered ecological communities within the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia subregions
Endangered ecological communities as listed under either the TSC Acta or the EPBC Actb that are known or predicted to lie within both the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and one or more of the IBRAc subregions listed in Table 14.
Community name (as listed under the TSC Act or the EPBC Act)d |
TSC Act |
EPBC Act |
Central Hunter Grey Box-Ironbark Woodland in the New South Wales North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum-Grey Box Forest in the New South Wales North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Coastal Saltmarsh in the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Vulnerable |
Coastal Upland Swamp in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Fuzzy Box Woodland on alluvial Soils of the South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Hunter Floodplain Red Gum Woodland in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Hunter Lowland Redgum Forest in the Sydney Basin and New South Wales North Coast Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Hunter Valley Footslopes Slaty Gum Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Vulnerable |
Not listed |
Hunter Valley Vine Thicket in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Hunter Valley Weeping Myall Woodland of the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Critically endangered |
Kincumber Scribbly Gum Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Critically endangered |
Not listed |
Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Littoral Rainforest in the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Critically endangered |
Low woodland with heathland on indurated sand at Norah Head |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Lower Hunter Valley Dry Rainforest in the Sydney Basin and NSW North Coast Bioregions |
Vulnerable |
Not listed |
Lowland Rainforest in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregions |
Endangered |
Critically endangered |
Quorrobolong Scribbly Gum Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
River-Flat Eucalypt Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Sydney Freshwater Wetlands in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Themeda grassland on seacliffs and coastal headlands in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
Warkworth Sands Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion |
Endangered |
Not listed |
White Box Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland |
Endangered |
Critically endangered |
aThe NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (the TSC Act)
bThe Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act)
cInterim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA), (Environment Australia, 2000)
dTypology and punctuation are given as they are used in the legislation.
Data: BioNet – Atlas of NSW Wildlife (NSW Environment and Heritage, 2014)
Table 16 Endangered populations within the Hunter subregion
Endangered Populations as listed under the TSC Acta that are known or predicted to lie within the Hunter subregion – none were listed under the EPBC Actb.
aThe NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (the TSC Act)
bThe Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act)
cTypology and punctuation are given as they are used in the legislation.
Data: BioNet – Atlas of NSW Wildlife (NSW Environment and Heritage, 2014)
Table 17 Threatened animal species within the Hunter subregion
Threatened animal species listed under either the TSC Acta or the EPBC Actb known to live within the Hunter subregion. ‘Migratory’ refers to species listed under the China, Japan or Korea Australia Migratory Bird Agreement. Typology and punctuation are given as they are used in the legislation.
aThe NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (the TSC Act)
bThe Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act)
Data: BioNet – Atlas of NSW Wildlife (NSW Environment and Heritage, 2014)
Table 18 Threatened plant species known to grow within the Hunter subregion
Threatened plant species listed under either the TSC Acta or the EPBC Actb that are known to grow within the Hunter subregion. Typology and punctuation are given as they are used in the legislation.
aThe NSWThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (the TSC Act)
bThe Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act)
Data: BioNet – Atlas of NSW Wildlife (NSW Environment and Heritage, 2014)