Threatened Species Management Plan for Kinglake National Park

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Threatened Species Management Plan for Kinglake National Park, – V 1.0, September 2001 Lowland Forest/Heathy Dry Forest Complex Distribution: restricted to slopes above and below the Captains Creek Track, 100 metres east of the Wombelano Falls car park and west of the Boggy Creek Track. It occurs on yellow-red silty loam soils of the Devonian siltstone formation. Status: Lowland Forest/Heathy Dry Forest Complex is an undescribed complex that is probably rare. The stands at Captains Creek have a variable burn history, with some areas burnt in 2006, some areas burned in 2009 and some areas burnt during both fire events. Description: Lowland Forest/Heathy Dry Forest Complex occurs along most of the southern slopes of the Captains Creek valley. The floristics and structure of the vegetation are influenced by the sharp transition apparent along the gully profile, where the steep north facing slopes (supporting Heathy Dry Forest) grade suddenly into extensive gentle slopes. Lowland Forest-Heathy Dry Forest Complex begins at the break-of-slope and is likely influenced by run-off and groundwater seepage. The canopy stratum is dominated by Broad-leaved Peppermint with scattered Narrow-leaf Peppermint, which varies in height from medium forest on the upper slopes to tall forest on the lower slopes near gullies. The understorey is very diverse and includes heathy shrub species such as Hairpin Banksia, Bushy Needlewood, Golden Bush-pea, Creeping Grevillea, Dwarf Geebung and Furze Hakea. Forest Wire-grass and Bordered Panic scramble through the field layer. The complex includes a variety of very rare and disjunct plant species that are not known from elsewhere within the Park. These include Shiny Buttons, Hidden Violet, Dwarf Boronia, Narrow Lobelia, Narrow-leaf Logania (disjunct from south-east Victoria) and Pimelea curviflora var. subglabrata (probably an undescribed taxon, recorded from scattered localities across Victoria e.g. Licola, Brisbane Ranges, Little Desert, Cann River). One of the largest populations in the Park of Creeping Grevillea also occurs within the complex. Context: Lowland Forest-Heathy Dry Forest Complex is probably very rare. Other examples likely occur in heathy forest areas of the western uplands (around Wombat Forest) and in the eastern highlands. Floristics: Trees: Broad-leaved Peppermint, Narrow-leaf Peppermint. Grasses: Silvertop Wallaby-grass, Forest Wire Grass, Bordered Panic. Rushes: Wattle Mat-rush. Herbs: Narrow Lobelia, Tall Lobelia, Rough Flax-lily, Milkmaids, Cut-leaf Xanthosia, Hidden Violet, Shiny Buttons, Ivy-leaf Violet. Ferns: Screw Fern. Shrubs: Creeping Grevillea, Bushy Needlewood, Pimelea curviflora var. aff. subglabrata, Trailing Ground-berry, Honey-pots, Slender Rice-flower, Prickly Tea-tree, Hairpin Banksia, Silver Banksia, Yarra Burgan, Rosy Baeckea. 34
Threatened Species Management Plan for Kinglake National Park, – V 1.0, September 2001 Appendix 2. ANNOTATION OF SIGNIFICANT VASCULAR FLORA SPECIES OF KINGLAKE NATIONAL PARK The following analysis includes Kinglake National Park, Mount Disappointment Reference Area, Joey Creek Reference Area, Stony Creek Reference Area and Toorourrong Reservoir. It discusses all species that are either uncommon in the Park, uncommon in the region or of scientific interest. Summary of botanical values Total extant indigenous flora taxa (including subspecies, varieties, and recognised forms): 603 VROT flora: 38 species Regionally Threatened flora: 154 species Flora threatened within the study area: 225 species Definitions EPBC: species listed as threatened taxon under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. FFG: species listed as threatened taxon under the State Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. VROTs: species listed as rare or threatened in Victoria (DSE 2003). The latter provides detailed discussion on definitions. Threatened in Region: species considered to be threatened in the Yarra River Catchment (for all occurrences south of the Great Divide) or in the Goulburn River Catchment (for all occurrences north of the Great Divide). Threatened in Kinglake National Park (KNP): species considered to be threatened in Kinglake National Park and the Mount Disappointment Reference Areas. Some species (particularly ferns) were previously localised within the Park but may now have been temporarily eliminated by the 2009 bushfire. Notes: includes discussion on distribution, taxonomy and ecology. Distribution mainly refers to abundance prior to the 2009 bushfire. Changes to distribution since the bushfire are discussed if known. For the distribution of species, the following terminology is adopted: widespread = more than 25 populations known in the Park scattered = between 10-24 populations known in the Park localised = between 3-9 populations known in the Park highly localised = less than two populations known in the Park disjunct = isolated population at distance from nearest occurrence For the abundance of species, the following terminology is adopted: common = large populations (exceeding 300 plants) uncommon = moderate population (50-299 plants) rare = small population (10-49 plants) very rare = very small numbers of individuals (9 or fewer plants) 35
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