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Draft Recovery Plan for 23 Threatened Flora Taxa on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Department for Environment and Heritage DRAFT RECOVERY PLAN FOR 23 THREATENED FLORA TAXA ON EYRE PENINSULA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2007-2012 www.environment.sa.gov.au Acknowledgements Thank you to the following people for the information, comments and assistance provided in the preparation of this recovery plan: • Anthony Freebairn (Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia) for the preparation of an earlier draft of this recovery plan and significant contribution to early recovery actions in his former role as Threatened Flora Project Officer • Snow Burton, Sally Deslandes, Chris Deslandes, Pam Hewstone and Jane Hutchinson (community contributors and volunteers) • Phil Ainsley, David Armstrong, Geoff Axford, Doug Bickerton, Peter Copley, Nigel Cotsell, Toula Ellis, Tom Gerschwitz, Louisa Halliday, Bill Haddrill, Mary-Anne Healy, Amy Ide, Manfred Jusaitis, Paula Peeters, Joe Quarmby, Joe Tilley, Birgitte Sorensen, Karan Smith, Renate Velzeboer, Helen Vonow, Sarah Way and Mike Wouters (Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia) • Anthelia Bond (previously Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia) • Geraldine Turner and Nicole Reichelt (Landcare, Eyre Peninsula) • Robert Coventry, Andrew Freeman, Iggy Honan, Rachael Kannussaar, Peter Sheridan and Tony Zwar (Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board) • Tim Reynolds (Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure) • Tim Jury and Yvonne Steed (Threatened Plant Action Group) • Simon Bey (Greening Australia) and Melissa Horgan (previously Greening Australia) • Daphne Bates, Helen and Trevor Cox, Hazel O’Connor and Janet Smyth (Australian Plant Society) • Larry Bebbington (Habitat and Land Management Consultant) • Ben White (Seeds ExtraordinEYRE) • Marion and Merrick Savage (Eyre Native Seeds) • Tumby Bay Area School and Cummins Area School staff for supporting threatened flora recovery • Sallyann Hill (previously Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Group, Cleve) • Eric Britten, David Hall and Ian Fitzsimmons (District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula) • David Dupree (District Council of Tumby Bay) • Alf Brinkmann (District Council of Cleve) • David Jones (Centre for Plant Biology Research, Canberra) and Bob Bates (Plant Biodiversity Centre, Adelaide) • Di Delaine (Rural Solutions SA, South Australia). Citation Pobke, K 2007, Draft recovery plan for 23 threatened flora taxa on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 2007-2012, Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. Executive summary Introduction This is a regionally based multi-species recovery plan for twenty-one nationally listed and two state listed threatened plant species found on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Table 1 lists the species addressed in this plan. The recovery plan is prepared within the requirements of the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and guidelines produced by Environment Australia (2002). The plan’s strategic, regional approach to threatened flora recovery will provide direction to managers who are planning for and funding the sustainable management of Eyre Peninsula’s natural resources (see Sections 4 and 29-31 in particular). Individual species sections in the plan (Sections 6-28) will be useful for plant enthusiasts wishing to pursue recovery of individual species or groups of species (e.g. orchids or wattles) that are specific to their region or area of interest. The individual species sections present information such as biology and ecology, known threats, and recovery actions for each of the 23 species addressed in the plan. Goals and objectives Two recovery goals form the basis of this plan: Goal 1 Recover threatened plant species critical habitat on Eyre Peninsula. Goal 2 Recover threatened plant species populations on Eyre Peninsula. These are 30 year goals, as they are realistically achievable only over a long-term time frame (i.e. by 2037). The threatened flora species addressed within this plan (Table 1) are prioritised based on the literature, field observations, formal studies, previous actions and known threats. The recovery of these species, and their critical habitat, will be achieved through the completion of Objectives, Actions and Performance Criteria (Section 4 and Appendix D). Priority Focus Work Areas are identified in Figure 30.1. Recovery of threatened flora species is defined by five objectives: Objective 1 Obtain baseline information, including critical and potential habitat, for each threatened flora species. Objective 2 Increase understanding, appreciation and involvement in threatened flora recovery efforts. Objective 3 Manage immediate threats and improve threatened flora critical habitat. Objective 4 Conduct research critical to management by addressing knowledge deficiencies in threatened flora biology and ecology (including threat identification). Objective 5 Monitor threatened flora populations and evaluate the success of recovery actions. Actions within the recovery plan are relevant for 5 years, at which point the plan will require review. During review, progress towards the goals should be assessed and actions may subsequently need to be modified. Success will be determined by whether species are either down-listed or stabilised, according to IUCN criteria (IUCN 2001). It is likely that within 5 years some threatened flora species will be successfully down-listed (see targets in Table 1); however, the ability to down-list species is influenced by the species’ priority category (Table 29.1) and the corresponding level of allocated resources. Draft recovery plan for 23 threatened flora taxa on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 2007-2012 1 Table 1. Eyre Peninsula threatened flora species addressed within this recovery plan: level of endemism, conservation status, priority category and target conservation status within 5 years Endangered EPBC Act Vulnerable EPBC Act Chalky Wattle (Acacia cretacea) P1 Resin Wattle (Acacia rhetinocarpa) P2 Whibley Wattle (Acacia whibleyana) P1 Fat-leaved Wattle (Acacia pinguifolia) P1 wattles Jumping-jack Wattle (Acacia Threatened Threatened enterocarpa) P1 ^ Mt Olinthus Greenhood (Pterostylis Nodding Rufous-hood (Pterostylis aff. P3 P2 ‘Mt Olinthus’ ) despectans) Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra Winter Spider-orchid (Caladenia epipactoides) P1 brumalis) P1 orchids Desert Greenhood (Pterostylis Threatened Threatened xerophila) P2 Annual Candles (Stackhousia annua) P2 - Silver Candles (Pleuropappus phyllocalymmeus) P3 annuals Threatened Threatened Prickly Raspwort (Haloragis eyreana) P2 West Coast Mintbush (Prostanthera P2 calycina) Tufted Bush-pea (Pultenaea trichophylla) P2 Ironstone Mulla Mulla (Ptilotus beckerianus) P1 Silver Daisy-bush (Olearia pannosa ssp. pannosa) P1 Bead Samphire (Halosarcia flabelliformis) P2 ^ Sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) P2 (perennials) Club Spear-grass (Austrostipa nullanulla) P3 Granite Mudwort (Limosella granitica) P3 Other threatened Other flora species Microlepidium alatum P3 Yellow Swainson-pea (Swainsona pyrophila) P3 Key Bold and black text = Endemic to Eyre Peninsula Grey text = Known populations in other Australian states Black text = Endemic to South Australia ^ = Only listed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 = Aim to maintain and stabilise species population over 5 years = Aim to down-list species threatened status within 5 years P1 = Priority 1 species P2 = Priority 2 species P3 = Priority 3 species 2 Draft recovery plan for 23 threatened flora taxa on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 2007-2012 Costs A minimum financial investment of approximately $ 154 000 on average per year for 5 years is required to implement the plan’s Core performance criteria, which focus primarily on Priority 1 threatened flora species. To fund the entire recovery plan, a financial investment of approximately $ 300 000 per year for 5 years will start meeting the conservation needs of all threatened flora taxa and cricital habitat identified within this plan. Wider benefits Implementation of this plan contributes to holistic natural resource management goals, including habitat protection and management, linking fragmented habitats, strategic threat abatement, and community engagement in regional biodiversity and conservation issues. Anticipated broader ecological benefits of the plan include: • maintenance of habitat integrity that facilitates ecosystem adaptation to climate change • protection of water dependent ecosystems, such as wetlands and riparian areas, within threatened flora species critical habitat • an improved understanding of threatened flora and insect/pollination processes • an improved understanding of soil biota function in threatened plant habitats. Draft recovery plan for 23 threatened flora taxa on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 2007-2012 3 Contents Executive summary.........................................................................................................................1 1 Species information and general requirements .............................................................13 1.1 Other threatened flora of Eyre Peninsula..................................................................14 1.2 Region ...........................................................................................................................14 1.3 Conservation status and legislation ...........................................................................16 1.4 International obligations .............................................................................................17
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