Draft national recovery plan for the spiny peppercress Lepidium aschersonii
State of Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2009
ISBN 978-1-74208-969-0
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Summary
The spiny peppercress Lepidium aschersonii is a small perennial herb endemic to mainland southern Australia, where it is widely but patchily distributed from New South Wales to Western Australia. Much of its habitat has been lost to agriculture, and remaining populations are mostly small, isolated and at risk from a range of threats including grazing, weed invasion, wetland drainage and habitat destruction. There are an estimated 25,000–100,000 plants remaining in about 30 wild populations.
The spiny peppercress is listed as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In New South Wales, it is listed as Vulnerable under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. In Victoria it is listed as Threatened under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. In Western Australia, it is listed as declared rare flora under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.
This national recovery plan for the spiny peppercress is the first recovery plan for the species, and details its distribution and biology, conservation status, threats, and recovery objectives and actions necessary to ensure its long-term survival.
Open for public comment
You are invited to comment on this draft recovery plan in accordance with the provisions of section 275 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The public comment period closes 4 January 2010.
If you wish to comment on a draft recovery plan, please send your comments, quoting the title of the plan, to:
Email: recoveryplans@environment.gov.au
Mail:
Director
Recovery, Planning and Implementation Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6274 1921
Draft recovery plans are available in hard copy from the Department's Community Information Unit
- Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
- Freecall: 1800 803 772
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