Lagunaria Swamp Forest on Lord Howe Island - profile

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Scientific name: Lagunaria Swamp Forest on Lord Howe Island

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered Ecological Community

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Gazetted date: 05 Dec 2003

Profile last updated: 21 Jan 2020

Description

Sallywood Swamp Forest is a plant community dominated by the Sallywood tree. Other species found in this community include Mangroves, Kentia Palm, Cottonwood Hibiscus and Blackbutt.

Distribution

Originally restricted to five small patches in the mid island lowlands of Lord Howe Island. Some of these patches have since been destroyed.

Habitat and ecology

Sallywood Swamp Forest is found in very limited areas of Lord Howe Island, in low sites that are occasionally inundated.

Regional distribution and habitat

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Pacific Subtropical Islands

Threats

Loss and fragmentation of the TEC from the island (<1% of original extent remains).
Exposure to winds due to loss of protective vegetation.
Trampling by cattle.
Invasion by weeds, e.g. cherry guava, ground asparagus and erhata erecta, okna, tobacco bush.
Rodents eat seed (which inhibits recruitment), ringbark trees, remove plants, and predate upon invertebrates.

Recovery strategies

A targeted strategy for managing this species has been developed under the Saving Our Species program; click here for details. For more information on the Saving Our Species program click here

Activities to assist this species

Fence off remnant Sallywood Swamp Forest to exclude cattle and encourage regeneration.
Remove weeds from Sallywood Swamp Forest.
Prevent garden plants from escaping into bushland areas.
Support Sallywood Swamp Forest regeneration projects.

Information sources

NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) (2007) Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan
NSW Scientific Committee (2003) Lagunaria swamp forest on Lord Howe Island - Endangered ecological community determination - final. DEC (NSW), Sydney.