Draft national recovery plan for the large-fruit groundsel Senecio macrocarpus
State of Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2009
ISBN 978-1-74208-964-5
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Summary
The large-fruit groundsel Senecio macrocarpus is a small perennial plant endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it occurs in South Australia and Victoria, and formerly occurred in Tasmania. There are about 15 populations containing about 37,000 plants, although almost all plants (about 35,000) occur in just one population.
Major threats include habitat disturbance and destruction, weed invasion and competition.
The species is listed as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Vulnerable under the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, Threatened under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, and as Extinct under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.
This national recovery plan for the large-fruit groundsel is the first recovery plan for the species, and details its distribution, habitat, 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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