Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Ozothamnus tesselatus
Profile last updated:
08 Aug 2019
Description
Dense shrub to 1 m high, branches woolly. Leaves spreading, oblong, 4 - 5 mm long, < 1 mm wide, base extending downwards on stem for 4 - 5 mm, margins rolled backwards; upper surface of leaves green, lower surface white-woolly. Heads in dense hemispherical corymbs; heads globose, about 4 mm long; bracts surrounding inflorescence obovate. Florets about 60, all bisexual.
Distribution
Restricted to a few locations in an east-west zone south of Bunnan and between west Bylong and east Ravensworth.
Habitat and ecology
- Grows in eucalypt woodland.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Restricted distribution and low numbers of sites, both of which make the species susceptible to demographic and environmental stochasticity.
- Degradation of habitat.
- Insufficient understanding of distribution.
- Insufficient understanding of threats.
Recovery strategies
A targeted strategy for managing this species has been developed under the Saving Our Species program; click
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Activities to assist this species
- Manage threats degrading habitat.
- Protect habitat from clearing and disturbance.
Information sources
- Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2, Revised Edition. UNSW, Sydney.
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