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The Ecology of Wild Horses and their Environmental Impact in the Victorian Alps May 2013Appendix 1: Officially listed plant ecological communities at risk ofsevere damage from wild horse activityFloristic Community orEcological Vegetation Class EPBC FFG Main consequencesAlpine Bog Community Endangered* Listed Disruption of plant regeneration, selective grazingleading to compositional changes, weed invasion,severe trampling, soil loss, and loss of hydrologicalfunction.Fen (Bog Pool) Community Endangered* Listed Disruption of plant regeneration, selective grazingleading to compositional changes, weed invasion,severe trampling, and loss of hydrological function.Alpine SnowpatchCommunityCaltha introloba HerblandCommunityMontane Swamp ComplexCommunityListedListedListed* Alpine Bog and Fen Pool communities are combined in the EPBC listingSevere trampling, soil loss, displacement ofvegetation, weed invasion, selective grazingleading to compositional changes.Soil loss, displacement of vegetation, weedinvasionSevere trampling, soil loss, displacement ofvegetation, weed invasion, smothering by dungpiles, selective grazing leading to compositionalchanges.36
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