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Biodiversity Assessment - Victorian Volcanic Plain

Threatened Ecosystems

Table: Provisional list of threatened ecosystems in each subregion: their threatening processes
Ecosystem name Threatening processes Threatening processes notes
VVP1
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Basalt Creekline Shrubby Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Basalt Escarpment Shrubland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Basalt Escarpment Shrubland - VP Feral animals No data
Basalt Escarpment Shrubland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Basalt Escarpment Shrubland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Basalt Shrubby Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Box Ironbark Forest - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Box Ironbark Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Box Ironbark Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Box Ironbark Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Box Ironbark Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Box Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Box Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Box Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Box Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Box Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Box Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Brackish Lake - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Brackish Lake - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Brackish Lake - VP Exotic weeds No data
Brackish Lake - VP Grazing pressure No data
Brackish Lake - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Brackish Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Brackish Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Brackish Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Brackish Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Brackish Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Calcarenite Dune Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Calcarenite Dune Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Calcarenite Dune Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Calcarenite Dune Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Cane Grass Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Cane Grass Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Cane Grass Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Cane Grass Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Cane Grass Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Cinder Cone Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Cinder Cone Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Cinder Cone Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Coastal Headland Scrub - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Coastal Tussock Grassland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Creekline Grassy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Creekline Herb-rich Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Creekline Tussock Grassland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Creekline Tussock Grassland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Creekline Tussock Grassland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Creekline Tussock Grassland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Damp Heathland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Damp Heathland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Damp Heathland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Damp Heathland - VP Pathogens No data
Damp Heathy Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Damp Heathy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Damp Heathy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Damp Heathy Woodland - VP Pathogens No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - VP Exotic weeds No data
Deep Freshwater Marsh - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Estuarine Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Estuarine Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Estuarine Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Floodplain Riparian Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Freshwater Lake Mosaic - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Freshwater Lake Mosaic - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Freshwater Lake Mosaic - VP Exotic weeds No data
Freshwater Lake Mosaic - VP Grazing pressure No data
Freshwater Lake Mosaic - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Freshwater Lignum Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Freshwater Lignum Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Freshwater Lignum Shrubland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Freshwater Lignum Shrubland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Freshwater Lignum Shrubland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Freshwater Meadow - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Freshwater Meadow - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Freshwater Meadow - VP Exotic weeds No data
Freshwater Meadow - VP Grazing pressure No data
Freshwater Meadow - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Granitic Hills Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Granitic Hills Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Granitic Hills Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Granitic Hills Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Grassy Dry Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Grassy Dry Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Grassy Dry Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Grassy Dry Forest - VP Grazing pressure No data
Grassy Dry Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Grassy Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Grassy Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Grassy Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Grassy Forest - VP Grazing pressure No data
Grassy Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Grassy Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Grassy Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Grassy Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Grassy Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Grassy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Grazing pressure No data
Herb-rich Foothill Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Hills Herb-rich Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Lignum Cane Grass Swamp - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Lignum Cane Grass Swamp - VP Exotic weeds No data
Lignum Cane Grass Swamp - VP Feral animals No data
Lignum Cane Grass Swamp - VP Grazing pressure No data
Lignum Cane Grass Swamp - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Lignum Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Lignum Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Lignum Wetland - VP Feral animals No data
Lignum Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Lignum Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Lunette Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Lunette Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Lunette Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Grassland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassland - VP Feral animals No data
Plains Grassland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassy Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Grassy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Sedgy Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Plains Sedgy Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Sedgy Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Sedgy Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Sedgy Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Sedgy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Plains Swampy Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Feral animals No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Firewood collection No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Red Gum Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riparian Forest - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Riparian Forest - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Riparian Forest - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Riparian Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Riparian Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Riparian Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Riparian Forest - VP Grazing pressure No data
Riparian Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riparian Scrub - VP No data No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Feral animals No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Riparian Shrubland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Riparian Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Riverine Escarpment Scrub - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Riverine Escarpment Scrub - VP Exotic weeds No data
Riverine Escarpment Scrub - VP Feral animals No data
Riverine Escarpment Scrub - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Rocky Chenopod Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Rocky Chenopod Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Rocky Chenopod Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Rocky Chenopod Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Rocky Chenopod Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Scoria Cone Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Scoria Cone Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Scoria Cone Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Scoria Cone Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Scoria Cone Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Seasonally Inundated Shrubby Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sedge Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Sedge Wetland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Sedge Wetland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Sedge Wetland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Sedge Wetland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sedgy Riparian Woodland - VP No data No data
Shallow Freshwater Marsh - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Shallow Freshwater Marsh - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Shallow Freshwater Marsh - VP Exotic weeds No data
Shallow Freshwater Marsh - VP Grazing pressure No data
Shallow Freshwater Marsh - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Stoney Rises Herb-rich Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Stony Knoll Shrubland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Stony Knoll Shrubland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Stony Knoll Shrubland - VP Feral animals No data
Stony Knoll Shrubland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Stony Knoll Shrubland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Feral animals No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Stream-bank Shrubland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Swamp Scrub - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Swamp Scrub - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Swamp Scrub - VP Exotic weeds No data
Swamp Scrub - VP Feral animals No data
Swamp Scrub - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Exotic weeds No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Feral animals No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Firewood collection No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Grazing pressure No data
Swampy Riparian Woodland - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Grazing pressure No data
Valley Grassy Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Valley Heathy Forest - VP Changed fire regimes No data
Valley Heathy Forest - VP Exotic weeds No data
Valley Heathy Forest - VP Feral animals No data
Valley Heathy Forest - VP Firewood collection No data
Valley Heathy Forest - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Wetland Formation - VP Changed hydrology - other No data
Wetland Formation - VP Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Wetland Formation - VP Exotic weeds No data
Wetland Formation - VP Grazing pressure No data
Wetland Formation - VP Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
VVP2
SA0003 Changed hydrology - other Drainage for agriculture
SA0003 Changed hydrology - salinity No data
SA0003 Pathogens Phytophthora cinnamomi
SA0029 Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
SA0029 Exotic weeds No data
SA0029 Grazing pressure No data
SA0029 Other - describe Few examples in reserves
SA0033 Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
SA0033 Changed hydrology - other Drainage of wetlands for agricultural purposes
SA0033 Changed hydrology - salinity No data
SA0033 Exotic weeds No data
SA0033 Pollution Build up of herbicides and fertilisers from adjacent agricultural land.

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