Draft national recovery plan for the basalt peppercress Lepidium hyssopifolium
State of Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2009
ISBN 978-1-74242-063-9
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Summary
The basalt peppercress Lepidium hyssopifolium is a small perennial herb endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it occurs in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
There is little information on the previous distribution and abundance of the species, but its decline almost certainly relates to the widespread degradation and loss of grassland and gassy woodland habitats in south-eastern Australia. The basalt peppercress is currently known from about 35 populations containing about 1,700 plants.
Current threats include grazing, competition and weed invasion, and habitat disturbance and destruction.
The species is listed as Endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
This national recovery plan for the basalt peppercress is the first recovery plan for the species, and details its distribution, habitat, threats and recovery objectives and actions necessary to ensure its long-term survival.
Open for public comment
You are invited to comment on this draft recovery plan in accordance with the provisions of section 275 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The public comment period closes 4 January 2010.
If you wish to comment on a draft recovery plan, please send your comments, quoting the title of the plan, to:
Email: recoveryplans@environment.gov.au
Mail:
Director
Recovery, Planning and Implementation Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6274 1921
Draft recovery plans are available in hard copy from the Department's Community Information Unit
- Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
- Freecall: 1800 803 772
See also
- Lepidium hyssopifolium - basalt pepper-cress - SPRAT
- EPBC Act policy statement 3.8 - Natural temperate grassland of the Victorian volcanic plain - 2008
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