Vegetation Extent
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
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Evidence & Context
The current known extent of this community is 24 hectares (NSW Scientific Committee, 2015).
Total mapped geographic extent of the Windswept Feldmark Critically Endangered Ecological Community in NSW.
Reference extent of the Windswept Feldmark Critically Endangered Ecological Community in NSW.
Windswept Feldmark is an extremely rare dwarf-heath community restricted to exposed alpine ridges of Kosciuszko National Park; its total known extent is a primary conservation reference target.
Sources (1)
Feldmark grass (Rytidosperma pumilum) 2018-19 survey
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Alpine Sphagnum bogs: if we map them, we can manage them
View SourceImpacts of Nature Tourism on the Mount Kosciuszko Alpine Area, Australia
View SourceTLC Five Rivers Environmental Account
View SourceNSW Ecosystems — Alpine Resource
View SourceSphagnum moss - sustainable use and management
View SourcePeat-forming bogs and fens of the Snowy Mountains of NSW
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