The Ecology of Wild Horses and their Environmental ... - Parks Victoria

The Ecology of Wild Horses and their Environmental Impact in the Victorian Alps May 2013Mountain Aciphyll (Aciphyllasimplicifolia)r Selectively grazed in grasslands & bog margins. Highly palatable,most common in ungrazed areas.Native Wintercress (Barbareagrayi)v Trampling & loss of habitat - bogs & stream margins. Highlypalatable to stock.Grassy Moonwortv Trampling of grassy habitat. Intolerant of disturbance.(Botrychium lunaria)Baw Baw Daisy (Brachyscomer Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogsobovata)Marsh Daisy (Brachyscomer Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.radicans)Spreading Bitter-cress(Cardamine astoniae)v Trampling of habitat - wet grasslands and bog margins. Palatableto stock.Star Sedge (Carex echinata) v Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.Palatable to stock.Raleigh Sedge (Carex raleighii) r Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.Palatable to stock.Marsh Tree-moss (Climaciumv Physical damage to habitat - within streamsdendroides)Creeping Coprosmar Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.(Coprosma perpusilla)White Billy-buttons(Craspedia alba)v Trampling & damage to habitat - Caltha herbfields & valleybottoms. Palatable to stock.Tufted Hair-grass(Deschampsia caespitosa)r Trampling & loss of habitat - Caltha introloba Herbland Community& fensSkirted Bent-grass (Deyeuxiav Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.talariata)Tailed Eyebright (Euphrasiar Trampling & loss of habitat - Alpine Sphagnum bogscaudata)Slender Gingidia (Gingidiaharveyana)v Trampling & loss of habitat - stream margins. Highly palatable,hence selectively grazed.Alpine Holy-grass (Hierochloev Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.submutica)Tussock Woodrush (Luzular Trampling & loss of habitat - grassy edges of wetlandsalpestris)Slender Woodrush (Luzulav Trampling & loss of habitat - damp grasslandsatrata)Spreading Clubmossr Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands & bogs.(Lycopodium scariosum)Hump Moss (Meesia muelleri) r Trampling & loss of habitat - boggy grasslandsBranched Caraway(Oreomyrrhis brevipes)v Selective grazing in rocky habitat. Palatable, and now extremelyrare in grazed areas.Wedge Oschatzia (Oschatziar Trampling & loss of habitat - alpine wet heathlands and bogs.cuneifolia)Matted Rice-flower (Pimeleabiflora)r Possible selective grazing in open heath & grassland. Rare ingrazed areas.Hard-head Bush-pear Trampling & loss of habitat - margins of alpine wet heathlands(Pultenaea capitellata)Southern Sheep-grass(Rytidosperma australe)e Trampling & loss of habitat - Caltha introloba Herbland Community38