National recovery plan for Twenty-five threatened orchid taxa of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales 2003 - 2007

Coates, F., Jeanes, J. and Pritchard, A.
Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, 2002

Appendix 3

Conservation status:: EPBC Act 1999: Not listed; IUCN (2000): Not threatened; NRE (2000): Endangered

Distribution:: Widespread throughout much of south-eastern Australia. Recorded for all Victorian Bioregions, except for the Murray Mallee, Lowan Mallee, Riverina and Highlands and Alps.; Specific details of population localities are being collated at RBG.

Abundance:

Very common and widespread throughout much of south-eastern Australia in spite of massive habitat loss due to rural and urban development.

Habitat:

Occurs in many habitat types including species rich native grassland, woodland, open forest and heathland.

Reservation status:

Well represented in many biological reserves.

Management:

Parks Victoria, DSE, various shires and private property.

Current and potential threats and their risk:

Not threatened at present.

Recovery actions undertaken:

Preliminary data collation as part of a revision of Thelymitra (Jeanes, in prep.)

Issues specific to recovery:

T. sp. aff nuda (Laverton) has recently been identified as T. arenaria ms and is highly likely to be common and widespread throughout its range in south-eastern Australia (Jeanes in prep.).

Consultation:

RBG (Melbourne).

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