Weeping Myall Woodlands

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The Weeping Myall Woodlands is an endangered ecological community, under the EPBC Act of the Commonwealth of Australia. [1] It is found in inland Queensland and inland New South Wales, [1] on alluvial plains west of the Great Dividing Range. [2] It takes its name from Acacia pendula , the weeping myall.

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The Weeping Myall woodlands ecological community in New South Wales has been named as the Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions. [3]

Conservation status

This ecological community has been listed as endangered under the Commonwealth EPBC Act since 7 January 2009. [1] The key threats are clearing and ongoing degradation since this ecological community occurs on highly fertile and arable soils. Other threats are overgrazing and weed invasion. [2]

In New South Wales it is also listed as an endangered ecological community, first under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and now under the Biodiversity Act of 2016 . [3]

Distribution

It occurs in the IBRA regions of Riverina, NSW South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Brigalow Belt North, Murray-Darling Depression, Nandewar and Cobar Peneplain, in small pockets. [2]

Species listed

Species listed as occurring in the NSW EEC Weeping Myall Woodlands [4]

Cases in NSW involving Weeping Myall Woodlands

  1. Plath v Hunter Valley Property Management Pty Limited - NSW Caselaw [5] (concerned the destruction of a Weeping Myall community in the Hunter Valley)
  2. Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Traikaero Pty Ltd; Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Woods - NSW Caselaw [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. "Threatened Ecological Community Profile — Weeping Myall Woodlands". www.environment.gov.au. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Threatened Species Scientific Committee (17 December 2008), Approved Conservation Advice for Weeping Myall Woodlands ecological community (PDF)
  3. 1 2 "Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions - profile | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. NSW Scientific committee (5 April 2019). "Myall Woodland in the Darling Riverine Plains, Brigalow Belt South, Cobar Peneplain, Murray-Darling Depression, Riverina and NSW South Western Slopes bioregions - endangered ecological community listing: final determination | NSW Environment & Heritage". Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. "Plath v Hunter Valley Property Management Pty Limited - NSW Caselaw". www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. "Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Traikaero Pty Ltd; Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage v Woods - NSW Caselaw". www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2021.