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Plant populations and ecological communities threatened by bitou bush invasion

The plant populations and ecological communities listed below were identified as the most at risk from bitou bush invasion in NSW. Follow the links in the table to learn more about the biodiversity or see the field guide to the plant species at risk from bitou bush invasion.

Plant populations threatened by bitou bush invasion

Priority in TAP	Populations	Status(1)
High	Glycine clandestina (broad leaf form)	endangered
High	Zieria smithii (low growing form)	endangered
Low	Chorizema parviflorum (Wollongong / Shellharbour)	endangered

1:As defined in the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.

Ecological communities threatened by bitou bush invasion

Priority in TAP	Ecological communities	Status (1)
High	Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub	EEC
High	Littoral Rainforest	EEC
High	Kurnell Dune Forest	EEC
High	Coastal Banksia Woodland (Banksia integrifolia)
High	Themeda (Themeda australis) Grassland on Sea Cliffs and Coastal Headlands	EEC
High	Coastal Sand Wallum Heath (Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub equivalent communities)
High	Frontal Dune Vegetation Complex
Medium	Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath	EEC
Medium	Bangalay Sand Forest	EEC
Medium	Low Woodland with Heathland (Norah Head)	EEC
Medium	Coastal Scrub (Leptospermum laevigatum / Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae)
Medium	Coastal Scrub (Drypetes deplanchei / Elaedendron australe)
Medium	Headland Heath
Medium	Headland Woodland
Medium	Dune Grasslands (Spinifex sericeus)
Low	Coastal Wetlands	SEPP 14
Low	Sydney Freshwater Wetlands	EEC
Low	Pittwater Spotted Gum and equivalent communities (i.e. Wagstaff Spotted Gum forest)	EEC
Low	Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest	EEC
Low	Coastal Saltmarsh	EEC
Low	Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains	EEC
Low	Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains	EEC
Low	River-Flat Eucalypt Forest	EEC
Low	Dry Rainforest	EEC

1:EEC = Endangered Ecological Community as defined under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. SEPP 14 = State Environmental Planning Policy No 14—Coastal Wetlands