Biodiversity

Threatened species

Comment on nominations

You are invited to provide public comment on the below items to assist the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) with its assessment of whether the items are eligible for inclusion in an EPBC Act list of threatened species or ecological communities and, if eligible, the category in which they are eligible to be included.

Note that individual nominations may vary considerably in quality. Therefore, in addition to the information presented in the nominations, the Committee also takes into account published data and information from relevant experts when preparing advice for the Commonwealth environment minister.

Nominations open for public comment
Name Nominated category State Comment period closes
Ecological community nominations
Coolibah-Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions Endangered New South Wales, Queensland 30 April 2010
New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova anglica) Woodlands New South Wales, Queensland 23 April 2010
Species Information Partnerships
Barbarea australis (Native Wintercress) Vulnerable Tasmania 28 April 2010
Callitris oblonga subsp. oblonga (South Esk Pine) Vulnerable Tasmania 28 April 2010
Epacris exserta (South Esk Heath) Vulnerable Tasmania 28 April 2010
Goedetrechus parallelus (Cashion Creek Cave Beetle) Vulnerable Tasmania 28 April 2010
Oreixenica ptunarra (Ptunarra Brown Butterfly) Vulnerable Tasmania 28 April 2010
Discocharopa vigens (Land Snail) Endangered Tasmania 28 April 2010
Micropathus kiernani (Southern Sandstone Cave Cricket) Endangered Tasmania 28 April 2010
Idiosoma nigrum (Shield-Back Spider) Vulnerable Western Australia 28 April 2010
Muelleranthus crenulatus (a herb) Vulnerable Western Australia 28 April 2010
Tetratheca nephelioides (a shrub) Endangered Western Australia 28 April 2010
Lysiosepalum abollatum (Woolly Lysiosepalum) Critically Endangered Western Australia 28 April 2010
Species undergoing status review
Calamus warburgii De-list Queensland 27 November 2010
Callistemon viminalis De-list Queensland 27 November 2010
Digitaria porrecta De-list New South Wales, Queensland 27 November 2010
Drosera fimbriata De-list Western Australia 27 November 2010
Leucopogon cuspidatus De-list Queensland 27 November 2010
Ristantia gouldii De-list Queensland 27 November 2010
Sauropus filicinus De-list Northern Territory 27 November 2010
Tasmannia purpurascens De-list New South Wales 27 November 2010
Tetratheca glandulosa De-list New South Wales 27 November 2010
Tinospora tinosporoides De-list New South Wales, Queensland 27 November 2010
Xanthostemon youngie De-list Queensland 27 November 2010

If you wish to comment on any of the above nominations, please send your comments, quoting the name, to:

Email: epbc.nominations@environment.gov.au

Mail:
Director, Species Listing Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601

Fax: (02) 6274 2214

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