EPBC Act List of Threatened Ecological Communities
At the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the list of threatened species, ecological communities and threatening processes consisted only of those previously listed under the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992.
Under the EPBC Act new categories have been added for listed threatened species and ecological communities. Critically endangered, conservation dependant and extinct in the wild have been added to the previous categories of endangered, vulnerable and extinct for threatened species and critically endangered and vulnerable have been added to the previous category of endangered for ecological communities.
New nominations for species and ecological communities will be assessed under the EPBC Act by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) according to the criteria for the new categories and listed accordingly. The TSSC will reconsider the status of the initial list of threatened species and communities in line with the new refined EPBC categories as information is updated and made available for assessment.
| Community | Status | Effective | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corymbia calophylla - Kingia australis woodlands on heavy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Corymbia calophylla - Xanthorrhoea preissii woodlands and shrublands of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Eucalyptus ovata - Callitris oblonga Forest | Vulnerable | 01-Sep-2004 | Details |
| Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Associated Fens | Endangered | 07-Jan-2009 | Details |
| Aquatic Root Mat Community 1 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Aquatic Root Mat Community 2 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Aquatic Root Mat Community 3 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Aquatic Root Mat Community 4 in Caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complex | Endangered | 25-Nov-2011 | Details |
| Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion | Critically Endangered | 26-Aug-2005 | Details |
| Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co-dominant) | Endangered | 04-Apr-2001 | Details |
| Buloke Woodlands of the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Coolibah - Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions | Endangered | 01-Mar-2011 | Details |
| Cumberland Plain Shale Woodlands and Shale-Gravel Transition Forest | Critically Endangered | 09-Dec-2009 | Details |
| Eastern Stirling Range Montane Heath and Thicket | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub of the Sydney Region | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Gippsland Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. mediana) Grassy Woodland and Associated Native Grassland | Critically Endangered | 07-Jan-2009 | Details |
| Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain | Critically Endangered | 25-Jun-2009 | Details |
| Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia | Endangered | 01-Apr-2010 | Details |
| Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia | Critically Endangered | 21-Jun-2007 | Details |
| Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia | Critically Endangered | 10-Oct-2008 | Details |
| Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania | Critically Endangered | 25-Jun-2009 | Details |
| Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia | Critically Endangered | 25-Nov-2011 | Details |
| Mabi Forest (Complex Notophyll Vine Forest 5b) | Critically Endangered | 08-Oct-2002 | Details |
| Natural Grasslands of the Queensland Central Highlands and the northern Fitzroy Basin | Endangered | 07-Jan-2009 | Details |
| Natural Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the Australian Capital Territory | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain | Critically Endangered | 21-Jun-2008 | Details |
| Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland | Critically Endangered | 07-Jan-2009 | Details |
| New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglica) Grassy Woodlands | Critically Endangered | 01-Mar-2011 | Details |
| Peppermint Box (Eucalyptus odorata) Grassy Woodland of South Australia | Critically Endangered | 21-Jun-2007 | Details |
| Perched Wetlands of the Wheatbelt region with extensive stands of living sheoak and paperbark across the lake floor (Toolibin Lake) | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the southern Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions | Endangered | 04-Apr-2001 | Details |
| Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest | Endangered | 04-Apr-2001 | Details |
| Shrublands and Woodlands of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Shrublands and Woodlands on Perth to Gingin ironstone (Perth to Gingin ironstone association) of the Swan Coastal Plain | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain ironstones | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Silurian Limestone Pomaderris Shrubland of the South East Corner and Australian Alps Bioregions | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Swamp Tea-tree (Melaleuca irbyana) Forest of South-east Queensland | Critically Endangered | 15-Apr-2005 | Details |
| Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula | Critically Endangered | 21-Mar-2003 | Details |
| Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone | Endangered | 12-May-2005 | Details |
| The community of native species dependent on natural discharge of groundwater from the Great Artesian Basin | Endangered | 04-Apr-2001 | Details |
| Thrombolite (microbial) community of coastal freshwater lakes of the Swan Coastal Plain (Lake Richmond) | Endangered | 16-Jul-2000 | Details |
| Thrombolite (microbialite) Community of a Coastal Brackish Lake (Lake Clifton) | Critically Endangered | 07-Jan-2010 | Details |
| Turpentine-Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion | Critically Endangered | 26-Aug-2005 | Details |
| Upland Basalt Eucalypt Forests of the Sydney Basin Bioregion | Endangered | 25-Nov-2011 | Details |
| Upland Wetlands of the New England Tablelands and the Monaro Plateau | Endangered | 17-Nov-2005 | Details |
| Weeping Myall - Coobah - Scrub Wilga Shrubland of the Hunter Valley | Critically Endangered | 01-Aug-2005 | Details |
| Weeping Myall Woodlands | Endangered | 07-Jan-2009 | Details |
| White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland | Critically Endangered | 17-May-2006 | Details |