NSW Bitou Bush Threat Abatement Plan - Department of ...

Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Table 4.3 The eight ecological communities at greatest risk from bitou bush invasion in
rank order, as determined using the model (see Appendix 5), and their threatened
status along with the formal processes for recovery.
ecological communities threatened status a, b recovery plan
actions in
PAS c
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub EEC (EPBC & TSC Act) yes yes
Littoral Rainforest (including SEPP26 and Sutherland Shire
Littoral Rainforest)
EEC (TSC Act), SEPP 26 d
some e
yes
Kurnell Dune Forest EEC (TSC Act) no yes
Coastal Banksia Woodlands (Banksia integrifolia) n/a n/a
Themeda (Themeda triandra) grassland on sea cliffs & coastal
headlands in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East
Corner bioregions
EEC (TSC Act) no no
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub equivalent communities (i.e.
Coastal Sand Wallum Heath)
n/a n/a
Frontal Dune Vegetation Complex n/a n/a
Coastal Sand Dune complex (Acacia longifolia var. sophorae) n/a n/a
a EEC = Endangered Ecological Community as defined under the threatened species legislation, SEPP = State Environment
Planning Policy.
b TSC Act = NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, and EPBC ACT = Commonwealth Environment Protection
and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
c Actions in the draft Priority Action Statement (PAS – DEC 2006b) other than those associated with implementation of this
plan (i.e. the Bitou Bush Threat Abatement Plan).
d Littoral rainforests are classified as SEPP 26 (i.e. those which do not occur within conservation reserves) and an EEC. The
SEPP 26 classification includes a 100 m buffer zone.
e Management or non-statutory recovery plans exist for a few individual rainforests or wetlands.
4.2.7 High priority ecological communities
A short summary of each of the eight high priority ecological communities, as determined by the
population and ecological community model (see Appendices 4 and 5) are presented below in
rank order. Information is also presented on the other threats to these ecological communities
where known.
1. Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (Sydney)
The Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS) is a heath/scrubland community (occasionally
forming woodland or low forest) confined to aeolian sand deposits. It currently occupies