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Interim Recovery Plan No Interim Recovery Plan No. 362 Many-flowered Commersonia (Commersonia apella) Interim Recovery Plan 2016–2021 Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia July 2016 Interim Recovery Plan for Commersonia apella List of Acronyms The following acronyms are used in this plan: ADTFCRT Albany District Threatened Flora and Communities Recovery Team ANBG Australian National Botanic Gardens BGPA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority CALM Department of Conservation and Land Management CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CPC Conservation and Parks Commission CR Critically Endangered DEC Department of Environment and Conservation DAA Department of Aboriginal Affairs DPaW Department of Parks and Wildlife DRF Declared Rare Flora (also known as Threatened Flora) EDTFCRT Esperance District Threatened Flora and Communities Recovery Team EN Endangered EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation IBRA Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia IRP Interim Recovery Plan IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature LGA Local Government Authority MRWA Main Roads WA NP National Park NRM Natural Resource Management PEC Priority Ecological Community PICA Public Information and Corporate Affairs SCB Species and Communities Branch SWALSC South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council TEC Threatened Ecological Community TFSC Threatened Flora Seed Centre UNEP-WCMC United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre VU Vulnerable WA Western Australia WRTFRT Warren Region Threatened Flora Recovery Team 2 Interim Recovery Plan for Commersonia apella Foreword Interim Recovery Plans (IRPs) are developed within the framework laid down in Department of Parks and Wildlife Corporate Policy Statement No. 35 (DPaW 2015a) and Department of Parks and Wildlife Corporate Guideline No. 35 (DPaW 2015b). Plans outline the recovery actions that are required to urgently address those threatening processes most affecting the ongoing survival of threatened flora, fauna and ecological communities, and begin the recovery process. Parks and Wildlife is committed to ensuring that threatened flora are conserved through the preparation and implementation of Recovery Plans (RPs) or IRPs, and by ensuring that conservation action commences as soon as possible and, in the case of Critically Endangered (CR) flora, always within one year of endorsement of that rank by the Minister. This plan will operate from July 2016 to June 2021 but will remain in force until withdrawn or replaced. It is intended that, if Commersonia apella is still ranked CR in Western Australia following 5 years of implementation, this plan will be reviewed and the need for further recovery actions assessed. This plan was given regional approval on 26 May 2016 and was approved by the Director of Science and Conservation on 1 July 2016. The provision of funds identified in this plan is dependent on budgetary and other constraints affecting Parks and Wildlife, as well as the need to address other priorities. Information in this plan was accurate at July 2016. Plan preparation: This plan was prepared by: Robyn Luu Project Officer, Parks and Wildlife Species and Communities Branch (SCB), Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983. Andrew Brown Threatened Flora Coordinator, Parks and Wildlife SCB, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983. Acknowledgments: The following people provided assistance and advice in the preparation of this plan: Amanda Shade Assistant Curator (Nursery), Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Andrew Crawford Principal Technical Officer, Parks and Wildlife Science and Conservation Division Carol Wilkins Research Scientist, Parks and Wildlife Science and Conservation Division Dave Coates Senior Principal Research Scientist, Parks and Wildlife Science and Conservation Division David Taylor Australian National Botanic Gardens Emma Massenbauer Flora/fauna Conservation Officer, Parks and Wildlife Esperance District Janine Liddelow Flora Conservation Officer, Parks and Wildlife Frankland District Leonie Monks Research Scientist, Parks and Wildlife Science and Conservation Division Paul Carmen Australian National Botanic Gardens Sarah Barrett Flora Conservation Officer, Parks and Wildlife Albany District Stephen Butler District Nature Conservation Coordinator, Parks and Wildlife Esperance District Thanks also to the staff of the Western Australian Herbarium for providing access to Herbarium specimen information, and other departmental staff for assistance in developing this plan. Cover photograph by M. Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), drawing by M. Wilson reproduced with permission of the Australian Biological Resources Study. Citation: This plan should be cited as: Department of Parks and Wildlife (2016) Many-flowered Commersonia (Commersonia apella) Interim Recovery Plan 2016–2021. Interim Recovery Plan No. 362. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia. 3 Summary Scientific name: Commersonia apella Shires: Denmark, Esperance Family: Malvaceae NRM region: South Coast NRM Inc. Common name: Many-flowered Commersonia IBRA regions: Jarrah Forest, Esperance Plains Flowering period: October−December IBRA subregions: Southern Jarrah Forest JAF02, DPaW regions: Warren, South Coast Recherche ESP02 DPaW districts: Frankland, Donnelly, Albany, Recovery teams: ADTFCRT, EDTFCRT, WRTFRT Esperance Distribution and habitat: Commersonia apella is currently known from one extant population southeast of Esperance but in the past has been found over a much larger area between Esperance and Pemberton. The species is found near the banks of streams or rivers, growing in humic, greyish-brown, clayey-sand, in open jarrah-wandoo woodland, karri-marri forest and coastal Eucalyptus angulosa, E. conferruminata and E. cornuta mallee shrubland. Habitat critical to the survival of the species, and important populations: It is considered that all known habitat for Commersonia apella is critical to its survival, and that the extant population is an important population. Habitat critical to the survival of C. apella includes the area of occupancy of the extant population and areas of similar habitat surrounding the extant population (these providing potential habitat for population expansion and for pollinators). It may also include the habitat of presumed extinct populations which may contain soil-stored seed, occurrences of similar habitat that may contain undiscovered populations of the species or be suitable for future translocations, and the local catchment for the surface and/or groundwater that maintains the habitat of the species. Conservation status: Commersonia apella was listed as specially protected under the Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 on 17 September 2013. It is ranked as Critically Endangered (CR) in Western Australia under International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2001 criteria A4; B2ab(iv); C2a(ii); D due to a population size reduction of ≥80% over 10 years; its area of occupancy estimated to be less than 10km2; it being known from a single location; there being a continuing decline in the number of mature plants; at least 90% of mature plants in one subpopulation; and its population size estimated to number fewer than 50 mature plants. The species is not listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Threats: The main threats to the species are fire, dieback disease, possible future recreational development, limited genetic diversity, road and firebreak maintenance, weeds and poor recruitment. Existing recovery actions: The following recovery actions have been or are currently being implemented and have been considered in the preparation of this plan: 1. Twenty five cutting grown plants are housed in the living collection at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG). ANBG also have 174 seeds in storage. 2. Many surveys have been undertaken for the species. Interim Recovery Plan for Commersonia apella Plan objective: The objective of this plan is to abate identified threats and maintain or enhance in situ populations to ensure the long-term conservation of the species in the wild. Recovery criteria Criteria for recovery success: The plan will be considered a success if one or more of the following take place over the term of the plan. No important populations have been lost and the number of mature plants within the extant population has remained within a 20% range or has increased by >20% from 31 to 37 or more or New populations have been found, increasing the number of known populations from one to two or more with no net loss of mature plants or The area of occupancy has increased by >20% with no net loss of mature plants. Criteria for recovery failure: The plan will be considered a failure if one or more of the following take place over the term of the plan. Important populations have been lost or The number of mature plants has decreased by <20% from 31 to 25 or less or The area of occupancy has decreased by >20% with a loss of mature plants. Recovery actions 1. Coordinate recovery actions 10. Liaise with land managers and Aboriginal 2. Monitor populations communities 3. Collect and store seed and/or tissue culture material 11. Promote awareness 4. Undertake surveys 12. Obtain biological and ecological information 5. Undertake regeneration trials 13. Map habitat critical to the survival of Commersonia 6. Maintain hygiene measures apella 7. Develop and implement a
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