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Weeping Myall Woodland Photographer: Leah Mackinnon WEEPING MYALL WOODLAND INTRODUCTION All part of a Community Weeping Myall Woodland is listed as a threatened ecological Ecological communities are groups of plants, animals and other community under the Australian Government’s Environment organisms that naturally occur together. The structure and Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). In NSW composition are determined by environmental factors such as the community is listed under the Threatened Species Conservation climate, landscape position, soil, aspect and altitude. Act 1995 (TSC Act) as Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, While a particular ecological community will vary in structure and Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions. composition across its range, there are common elements that clearly identify one ecological community as distinct from another. Activities which affect the condition or extent of Weeping Myall Woodland may require consent or approval. Ecological communities also exist in different condition ‘states’, each with defining characteristics. States range from high quality to Where does the community occur? degraded with several in between. Weeping Myall Woodland is found on grey, black and brown alluvial clay soils on plains and the edge of floodplains. It occurs across much Management affects the state of a community and depending on of inland New South Wales, west of the Great Dividng Range. the type of management action, can cause a community to make a ‘transition’ to a better or worse state. Weeping Myall Woodland Weeping Myall Woodland is a threatened ecological community. This open woodland occurs on clay soils on plains and is characterised by an overstorey dominated by Weeping myall (Acacia pendula) and a grassy understorey of perennial tussock grasses, chenopods and scattered shrubs. Unfortunately large areas of this woodland have been cleared and remaining patches are listed as endangered. The ecological community is home to many species of fauna including threatened species such as the painted honeyeater. Managing and enhancing biodiversity on your land helps build a resilient landscape that balances production and conservation Description Identification Weeping Myall Woodland has widely spaced trees with the canopy dominated by Weeping myall (Acacia pendula) up to 12 metres tall. The ground layer is dominated by perennial tussock grasses and chenopods. Scattered shrubs may also be present. There may be other trees and large shrubs present such as: Boonery (Alectryon oleifolius), Belah (Casuarina cristata), Bimble box (Eucalyptus populnea), Budda (Eremophila mitchellii) and Cooba (Acacia salicina). Grey mistletoe (Amyema quandang) is a common and important part of the community. Ground layer composition will vary according to seasonal rainfall and grazing management. The understorey is usually grassy but in some areas may be mainly shrubby. To fit the EPBC Act definition for this community a patch must: • be greater than 0.5 hectare • have a tree canopy that is dominated (at least 50% of trees present) by living, dead or defoliated Weeping myall trees • have greater than 5% canopy cover of live Myall trees or 25 dead trees • have either: - more than two layers of regeneration of Weeping myall present; or - the tallest layer of living, dead or defoliated Weeping myall trees is at least 4 m tall and of the vegetative cover present, 50% is comprised of native species. What is not Weeping Myall Woodland? Weeping Myall Woodland does not occur in floodplains that are frequently inundated. Photographer: Greg Steenbeeke Profile drawing of Weeping Myall Woodland community Plants of Weeping Myall Woodlands 1 2 DOMINANT CANOPY SPECIES GROUNDCOVER SPECIES Acacia pendula Weeping myall Aristida leptopoda White speargrass Casuarina cristata Belah Aristida ramosa Wiregrass Atriplex elymoides Hoop Mitchell grass ASSOCIATED CANOPY SPECIES Astrebla lappacea Curly Mitchell grass Atriplex leptocarpa Slender-fruited saltbush Alectryon oleifolius Western rosewood Atriplex muelleri Mueller’s saltbush Amyema quandang Grey mistletoe Atriplex semibaccata Berry saltbush Atalaya hemiglauca Whitewood Austrodanthonia bipartita Wallaby grass Eucalyptus coolabah Coolibah Austrodanthonia setacea Small-flower wallaby grass Eucalyptus largiflorens Black box Austrostipa aristiglumis Plains grass Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil Poplar box Austrostipa blackii Boerhavia dominii Tarvine MID-STOREY SPECIES Chamaesyce drummondii Caustic weed Chloris truncata Windmill grass Acacia oswaldii Miljee Dichanthium sericeum Queensland blue grass Acacia salicina Cooba Enteropogon acicularis Twirly windmill grass Apophyllum anomalum Warrior bush Eragrostis setifolia Neverfail Capparis mitchellii Wild orange Goodenia glauca Pale goodenia Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby saltbush Maireana aphylla Cottonbush Eremophila bignoniflora Eurah Maireana decalvans Black cottonbush Eremophila mitchellii Budda Paspalidium constrictum Box grass Maireana aphylla Cotton bush Ptilotus exaltatus Ptilotus Muehlenbeckia florulenta Lignum Solanum esuriale Quena Myoporum montanum Western boobialla Sporobolus caroli Fairy grass Pimelea neo-anglica Poison pimelea Themeda avenacea Tall oatgrass Pittosporum angustifolium Butterbush Walwhalleya proluta Rigid panic Rhagodia spinescens Thorny saltbush Santalum lanceolatum Sandalwood Sclerolaena muricata Black rolypoly Vachellia farnesiana Mimosa 4 Photo Key: 1 Weeping myall – Leah Mackinnon 2 Grey mistletoe – Leah Mackinnon 3 Sandalwood – Leah Mackinnon 3 4 Budda – Greg Steenbeeke 5 Belah, cone – Kelly Coleman 5 Animals of Weeping Myall Woodlands BIRDS: Parrots Plum-headed finch ▲ Red-winged parrot ▲ Zebra finch Budgerigar Superb fairy-wren Blue bonnet Variegated fairy-wren Pale-headed rosella White-winged fairy-wren ▲ Eastern rosella Splendid fairy-wren ▲ Superb parrot ● Southern whiteface ▲ Mulga parrot ▲ Aerial Feeding birds Eastern ringneck ▲ Red-rumped parrot Dusky woodswallow ▲ White-breasted woodswallow ▲ Cockatoos White-browed woodswallow ▲ Cockatiel Masked woodswallow ▲ Sulphur-crested cockatoo Little woodswallow ▲ Little corella White backed swallow Major Mitchell’s cockatoo ● Welcome swallow Red-tailed black-cockatoo ● Fairy martin Galah Tree martin Ground feeding and low nesting birds Fork-tailed swift ■ Emu White-throated needletail ■ Bush stone-curlew ● Restless flycatcher Australian bustard ● Grey fantail Pheasant coucal ▲ Willie wagtail Banded lapwing ▲ Dollarbird Masked lapwing Rainbow bee-eater ■ Singing bushlark Medium to large bush birds Richard’s pipit Black-faced cuckoo-shrike 1 Australian reed-warbler ■ Ground cuckoo-shrike ▲ Tawny grassbird ▲ White-bellied cuckoo-shrike ▲ Little grassbird ▲ Laughing kookaburra Brown songlark Sacred kingfisher Rufous songlark Red-backed kingfisher ▲ Golden-headed cisticola ▲ Pied butcherbird Crimson chat ▲ Grey butcher bird White-fronted chat ▲ Australian raven King quail Little raven Stubble quail Torresian crow Brown quail Little crow ▲ Painted button-quail ▲ Australian magpie Red-chested button-quail ▲ Magpie-lark Little button-quail ▲ Olive-backed oriole ▲ Ground feeding birds Grey shrike-thrush 2 White-winged chough Fan-tailed cuckoo Apostlebird Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo Spotted bowerbird ▲ Pallid cuckoo ▲ Grey-crowned babbler ● Black-eared cuckoo ▲ White-browed babbler ▲ White-winged triller Diamond dove ▲ Brown treecreeper Bar-shouldered dove Spiny-cheeked honeyeater Peaceful dove Noisy miner 4 Crested pigeon Yellow-throated miner Common bronzewing Little friarbird Diamond firetail ● Noisy friarbird Double-barred finch Black honeyeater ▲ KEY: ● Species, population or community listed as vulnerable or endangered under the EPBC and/or TSC Act ■ Species listed as migratory under the EPBC Act ▲ Species identified as present or returning to vegetation communities in good condition BIRDS: MAMMALS Blue-faced honeyeater Parrots Terrestrial (land dwelling) Painted honeyeater ● Red-winged parrot ▲ Paucident planigale ▲ Brown honeyeater Budgerigar Narrow-nosed planigale ▲ White-plumed honeyeater Blue bonnet Fat-tailed dunnart ▲ Singing honeyeater Pale-headed rosella Stripe-faced dunnart ● Brown-headed honeyeater Eastern rosella Common dunnart Black chinned honeyeater (east subsp.) ● Superb parrot ● Water-rat (streams) White-naped honeyeater Mulga parrot ▲ Red kangaroo ▲ Striped honeyeater Eastern ringneck ▲ Eastern grey kangaroo Eastern yellow robin Red-rumped parrot Swamp wallaby Hooded robin ● Short-beaked echidna Cockatoos Jacky winter ● Cockatiel Scarlet robin Arboreal (tree dwelling) Sulphur-crested cockatoo Red-capped robin Brush-tail possum ● Little corella Flame robin Sugar glider Golden whistler ▲ Major Mitchell’s cockatoo ● Rufous whistler Red-tailed black-cockatoo ● Bats ▲ Galah Eastern shrike-tit Microbats Crested bellbird ▲ Gould’s wattled bat Ground feeding and low nesting birds 5 Chocolate wattled bat Emu Small bush birds Little pied bat ● Bush stone-curlew ● Inland thornbill Lesser long-eared bat Australian bustard ● Yellow-rumped thornbill Inland broad-nosed bat Pheasant coucal ▲ Yellow thornbill Little broad-nosed bat Banded lapwing ▲ Buff-rumped thornbill Little forest bat Masked lapwing ▲ Chestnut-rumped thornbill Southern freetail bat Singing bushlark Spotted pardalote Inland freetail bat Richard’s pipit 1 Striated pardalote White-striped freetail-bat Australian reed-warbler ■ Western gerygone Yellow-bellied sheathtail-bat ● Tawny grassbird ▲ White-throated gerygone
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