List of Threatened Ecological Communities Amendment (EC55) Instrument 2022 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

List of Threatened Ecological Communities Amendment (EC55) Instrument 2022

I, SUSSAN LEY, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 184(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the list referred to in section 181 of that Act by including in the list of threatened ecological communities in the endangered category:

Brogo Vine Forest of the South East Corner Bioregion

as described in the Schedule to this instrument.

This instrument commences the day after registration.

Sussan Ley ................................................................................... Sussan Ley Minister for the Environment

Dated ..............31 / 3 / 22.........................................................

SCHEDULE 1

Brogo Vine Forest of the South East Corner Bioregion

The Brogo Vine Forest of the South East Corner Bioregion is an assemblage of native plants, animals and other organisms that comprise a type of temperate eucalypt forest with mesic elements associated with slopes, rock outcrops and northerly aspects.

The ecological community occurs in New South Wales within South East Corner bioregion and is typically distributed on steep rocky slopes on soils derived from granitoid substrates, rarely on other volcanic or sedimentary soils.

The vegetation structure is typically a medium-height forest with sparse to moderate canopy cover dominated by Eucalyptus or Angophora species. The canopy is characterised by the dominance of Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum) or sometimes Angophora floribunda (rough-barked apple). Varying proportions of these species are expected to be present at most sites, in association with less frequently occurring Eucalyptus species such as E. bosistoana (coast grey box), E. globoidea (white stringybark) and E. maidenii (Maiden's blue gum). Ficus rubiginosa (Port Jackson fig) may be the dominant tree in a discontinuous subcanopy layer.