Corang pine (Callitris oblonga subsp. corangensis)

2023 post-fire survey, Corang River

The 2023 survey of the Corang pine assessed the impact of the 2019–20 wildfires.

Date
31 October 2023
Publisher
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Type
Publication, Survey, Saving our Species projects, Featured, Project
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISBN 978-1-923132-21-4
  • ID EHG20230349
  • File PDF 8.7MB
  • Pages 35
  • Name corang-pine-callitris-oblonga-subsp-corangensis-2023-post-fire-survey-corang-river-230349.pdf

The Corang pine (Callitris oblonga subsp. corangensis) is a threatened plant that is only known from a 24 km stretch of the Corang River, north of the town of Braidwood in the NSW southern tablelands.

The 2019–20 wildfires burnt large areas of this species’ habitat and a 2020–21 post-fire survey found that only 2% of the adult population (69 adult plants) had survived the fire. The 2023 survey, documented here, assessed the status of the Corang pine 3 years after the significant impact of the 2019–20 wildfires.

The Corang pine is currently a site-managed species in the NSW Government’s Saving our Species (SoS) program, and the current survey was funded through this program.