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Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Region Regional Species Conservation Assessment Project, Phase 1: Regional Species Status Assessments July 2014 Technical Report 2014/12 www.environment.sa.gov.au Regional Species Conservation Assessment Project, Phase 1 Report: Regional Species Status Assessments, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Region S Gillam and R Urban July 2014 DEWNR Technical Report 2014/12 This publication may be cited as: Gillam, S. and Urban, R. (2014) Regional Species Conservation Assessment Project, Phase 1 Report: Regional Species Status Assessments, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Region. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia. Cover Photographs: Species occurring within the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Region (from top): Purple Cockatoo Glossodia major; Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis; Western Pygmy-possum Cercartetus concinnus (photo: Tony Robinson); Weeping Emubush Eremophila longifolia; Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus; Pale Fanflower Scaevola albida; Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus; Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata; Banjo Frog Lymnodynastes dumerilii (photo: Tony Robinson); Tate’s Grass-tree Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp tateana (photo: Tony Robinson); Pink Swamp-heath Sprengelia incarnata (photo: Peter Lang); Bynoe’s gecko Heteronotia binoei (photo: Tony Robinson); – all photos: Sharon Gillam, unless otherwise stated. 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Reference to any company, product or service in this publication should not be taken as a Departmental endorsement of the company, product or service. ISBN: 978-1-922255-00-6 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Species Status Assessment Project, Phase 1 Report July 2014 i Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Species Status Assessment Project, Phase 1 Report July 2014 ii CONTENTS Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... v Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... vii 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 2. Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Project area ..................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Data preparation .............................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Assessment criteria ......................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Consultation process ....................................................................................................... 7 2.5 Data analysis ................................................................................................................... 8 3. Data limitations .......................................................................................................................... 9 4. Results ........................................................................................................................................ 9 4.1 Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area ...................................................................... 10 4.2 IBRA Subregions/IMCRA Regions ................................................................................ 12 4.3 Species in protected and unprotected areas ................................................................. 12 4.4 Threatened species richness......................................................................................... 16 4.5 Species lists and data availability .................................................................................. 22 5. Summary ................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Next steps ..................................................................................................................... 23 References ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Appendices Appendix 1 Landscape descriptions for each IBRA subregion .............................................. 26 Appendix 2 Example of distribution map created for each species ....................................... 27 Appendix 3 a). IUCN Criteria for the threatened categories (CR, EN, VU) plus Rare ....................... 28 b). Outline of each status category ................................................................................. 30 Appendix 4 a). Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges fauna workshops conducted ........................................ 31 b). Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges flora workshops conducted .......................................... 31 Appendix 5 Overall regional categories derived from weighted scores ................................. 32 Appendix 6 Number and percentage of fauna species per status rating per subregion .................... 33 Appendix 7 Number and percentage of fauna species per trend per subregion ............................... 33 Appendix 8 Number and percentage of flora species per status rating per subregion ...................... 34 Appendix 9 Number and percentage of flora species per trend per subregion ................................. 34 Appendix 10 a). Number of Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges flora species per status ratings in protected and unprotected areas (1994 – 2013) ............................................................ 35 b). Number of Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges fauna species per status ratings in protected and unprotected areas (1994 – 2013) ............................................................ 36 Appendix 11 a). Fauna species list for project area, from most to least threatened ............................ 37 b). Fauna species list for project area, in order of taxonomic sequence......................... 49 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Species Status Assessment Project, Phase 1 Report July 2014 iii Appendix 12 a). Flora species list for project area, from most to least threatened .............................. 61 b). Flora species list for project area, in alphabetical order .......................................... 107 Appendix 13 a). Fauna species in surrounding IMCRA regions ........................................................ 153 b). Flora species in surrounding IMCRA regions .......................................................... 157 Appendix 14 a). Fauna species removed from project area .............................................................. 158 b). Flora species removed from project area ................................................................ 160 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. IBRA subregions within the project area .............................................................................. 4 Table 2. a). Status categories and abbreviations used in assessments ............................................ 7 b). Trend categories and symbols used in assessments ..................................................... 7 Table 3. Number of species per group that were reviewed, assessed and removed ....................... 10 Table 4. Number and percentage of fauna species per status category for the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area .......................................................................... 11 Table 5. Number and percentage of fauna species per trend category for the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area .......................................................................... 11 Table 6. Number and percentage of flora species per status category for the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area .......................................................................... 11 Table 7. Number and percentage of flora species per trend category for the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area .......................................................................... 11 Table 8. Threatened flora species with less than 15% of their records occurring in protected areas in the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area ................................... 15 Table 9. Threatened fauna species with less than 15% of their records occurring in protected areas in the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project area ................................... 17 LIST OF FIGURES