Threatened flora Cardinia Shire
Threatened flora status information contained in this page is based on the FFG Threatened List, 2025. More information Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Threatened List
Conservation status | ||
| Australia (EPBC Act 1999) | ||
| EX | Extinct | |
| CR | Critically Endangered | |
| EN | Endangered | |
| VU | Vulnerable | |
| P | Poorly known | |
| Victorian FFG Threatened List | ||
| ex | Extinct | |
| cr | Critically endangered | |
| en | Endangered | |
| vu | Vulnerable | |
Scientific name | Common name | Status |
| Unionoidea | ||
| Hyriidae | ||
| Hyridella (Hyridella) depressa | Depressed Mussel | en |
| Poales | ||
| Poaceae | ||
| Austrostipa rudis subsp. australis | Veined Spear-grass | en |
| Lachnagrostis semibarbata var. semibarbata | Purple Blown-grass | en |
| Lachnagrostis robusta | Salt Blown-grass | en |
| Austrostipa pilata | Prickly Spear-grass | cr |
| Cyperaceae | ||
| Gahnia grandis | Brickmaker's Sedge | en |
| Lepidosperma canescens | Hoary Rapier-sedge | en |
| Schoenus carsei | Wiry Bog-sedge | en |
| Cladium procerum | Leafy Twig-sedge | en |
| Carex alsophila | Forest Sedge | en |
| Isolepis wakefieldiana | Tufted Club-sedge | en |
| Juncaceae | ||
| Juncus revolutus | Creeping Rush | en |
| Asparagales | ||
| Orchidaceae | ||
| Diuris punctata var. punctata | Purple Diuris | en |
| Pterostylis X toveyana | Mentone Greenhood | en |
| Corybas grumulus | Mountain Helmet-orchid | en |
| Pterostylis clivosa | Red-tip Greenhood | en |
| Pterostylis lustra | Small Sickle Greenhood | en |
| Corybas aconitiflorus | Spurred Helmet-orchid | en |
| Thelymitra hiemalis | Winter Sun-orchid | cr |
| Pterostylis chlorogramma | Green-striped Greenhood | VU en |
| Caladenia maritima | Angahook Pink-fingers | cr |
| Thelymitra longiloba | Marsh Sun-orchid | cr |
| Pterostylis rubescens | Inland Red-tip Greenhood | en |
| Prasophyllum lindleyanum | Green Leek-orchid | en |
| Caladenia oenochila | Wine-lipped Spider-orchid | cr |
| Corybas fimbriatus | Fringed Helmet-orchid | en |
| Pterostylis grandiflora | Cobra Greenhood | en |
| Burnettia cuneata | Lizard Orchid | en |
| Caladenia vulgaris | Slender Pink-fingers | vu |
| Pterostylis X ingens | Sharp Greenhood | vu |
| Chiloglottis jeanesii | Mountain Bird-orchid | vu |
| Thelymitra X irregularis | Crested Sun-orchid | en |
| Asteliaceae | ||
| Astelia australiana | Tall Astelia | VU en |
| Anthericaceae | ||
| Sowerbaea juncea | Rush Lily | vu |
| Hemerocallidaceae | ||
| Dianella amoena | Matted Flax-lily | EN cr |
| Dianella longifolia var. grandis s.l. | Glaucous Flax-lily | cr |
| Malpighiales | ||
| Euphorbiaceae | ||
| Adriana quadripartita | Coast Bitter-bush | en |
| Rosales | ||
| Urticaceae | ||
| Australina pusilla subsp. pusilla | Small Shade-nettle | en |
| Fabales | ||
| Mimosaceae | ||
| Acacia howittii | Sticky Wattle | vu # |
| Acacia uncifolia | Coast Wirilda | en |
| Acacia leprosa var. uninervia | Large-leaf Cinnamon-wattle | en |
| Acacia stictophylla | Dandenong Wattle | en |
| Fabaceae | ||
| Bossiaea cordigera | Wiry Bossiaea | en |
| Pultenaea juniperina s.s. | Prickly Beauty | vu |
| Pultenaea weindorferi | Swamp Bush-pea | en |
| Cullen tenax | Tough Scurf-pea | en |
| Platylobium reflexum | Victorian Flat-pea | en |
| Glycine latrobeana | Clover Glycine | VU vu |
| Bossiaea riparia | River Leafless Bossiaea | en |
| Lamiales | ||
| Verbenaceae | ||
| Avicennia marina subsp. australasica | Grey Mangrove | en |
| Orobanchaceae | ||
| Euphrasia caudata | Tailed Eyebright | en |
| Lamiaceae | ||
| Prostanthera nivea var. nivea | Snowy Mint-bush | vu # |
| Lentibulariaceae | ||
| Utricularia gibba | Floating Bladderwort | en # |
| Plantaginaceae | ||
| Gratiola pumilo | Dwarf Brooklime | en |
| Asterales | ||
| Asteraceae | ||
| Coronidium gunnianum | Pale Swamp Everlasting | cr |
| Craspedia canens | Grey Billy-buttons | cr |
| Senecio campylocarpus | Floodplain Fireweed | en |
| Olearia asterotricha | Rough Daisy-bush | en |
| Senecio macrocarpus | Large-headed Fireweed | VU cr |
| Olearia tenuifolia | Scented Daisy-bush | en |
| Stylidiaceae | ||
| Levenhookia sonderi | Slender Stylewort | en |
| Menyanthaceae | ||
| Nymphoides montana | Entire Marshwort | en # |
| Myrtales | ||
| Myrtaceae | ||
| Eucalyptus kitsoniana | Bog Gum | cr |
| Eucalyptus yarraensis | Yarra Gum | cr |
| Eucalyptus ignorabilis s.s. | Grey Scentbark | vu |
| Eucalyptus strzeleckii | Strzelecki Gum | VU cr |
| Eucalyptus X studleyensis | Studley Park Gum | cr |
| Eucalyptus brookeriana | Brooker's Gum | en |
| Eucalyptus macarthurii | Camden Woollybutt | EN * |
| Melaleuca armillaris subsp. armillaris | Giant Honey-myrtle | en # |
| Eucalyptus ovata subsp. grandiflora | West-coast Swamp-gum | en |
| Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus | Southern Blue-gum | en # |
| Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. connata | Melbourne Yellow-gum | en |
| Syzygium paniculatum | Magenta Cherry | VU * |
| Corymbia maculata | Spotted Gum | vu # |
| Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. bellarinensis | Bellarine Yellow-gum | cr |
| Angophora floribunda | Rough-barked Apple | en |
| Eucalyptus crenulata | Buxton Gum | EN en # |
| Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. sideroxylon | Mugga | en |
| Eucalyptus fulgens | Green Scentbark | en |
| Eucalyptus splendens | Apple Jack | cr |
| Proteales | ||
| Proteaceae | ||
| Grevillea barklyana | Gully Grevillea | cr |
| Persoonia arborea | Tree Geebung | en |
| Hakea dactyloides | Finger Hakea | en |
| Hymenophyllales | ||
| Hymenophyllaceae | ||
| Abrodictyum caudatum | Jungle Bristle-fern | en |
| Caryophyllales | ||
| Chenopodiaceae | ||
| Rhagodia parabolica | Fragrant Saltbush | vu # |
| Atriplex paludosa subsp. paludosa | Marsh Saltbush | en |
| Plumbaginaceae | ||
| Limonium australe var. australe | Yellow Sea-lavender | en |
| Aizoaceae | ||
| Trianthema triquetrum | Red Spinach | cr |
| Polypodiales | ||
| Dryopteridaceae | ||
| Lastreopsis hispida | Bristly Shield-fern | en |
| Pteridaceae | ||
| Adiantum diaphanum | Filmy Maidenhair | cr |
| Pteris epaleata | Netted Brake | en |
| Apiales | ||
| Araliaceae | ||
| Astrotricha ledifolia s.s. | Common Star-hair | vu |
| Apiaceae | ||
| Xanthosia tasmanica | Southern Xanthosia | en |
| Xanthosia leiophylla | Parsley Xanthosia | en |
| Pittosporaceae | ||
| Billardiera scandens s.s. | Velvet Apple-berry | en |
| Sapindales | ||
| Rutaceae | ||
| Phebalium squamulosum subsp. squamulosum | Forest Phebalium | en |
| Correa reflexa var. lobata | Powelltown Correa | en |
| Asterolasia asteriscophora subsp. albiflora | White Star-bush | CR cr |
| Correa baeuerlenii | Chef's Cap Correa | VU * |
| Psilotales | ||
| Psilotaceae | ||
| Tmesipteris elongata | Slender Fork-fern | cr |
| Tmesipteris parva | Small Fork-fern | en |
| Tmesipteris ovata | Oval Fork-fern | en |
| Geraniales | ||
| Geraniaceae | ||
| Geranium solanderi var. solanderi s.s. | Austral Crane's-bill | en |
| Agaricales | ||
| Cortinariaceae | ||
| Cortinarius cramesinus species complex | Orange Dermocybe | en |
| Lyophyllaceae | ||
| Asterophora mirabilis | Grey Jockey | en |
| Malvales | ||
| Malvaceae | ||
| Lawrencia spicata | Salt Lawrencia | en |
| Fagales | ||
| Casuarinaceae | ||
| Allocasuarina luehmannii | Buloke | cr |
| Oxalidales | ||
| Elaeocarpaceae | ||
| Tetratheca stenocarpa | Long Pink-bells | en |
| Cyatheales | ||
| Cyatheaceae | ||
| Cyathea cunninghamii | Slender Tree-fern | cr |
| Ophioglossales | ||
| Ophioglossaceae | ||
| Botrychium australe | Austral Moonwort | cr |
# Native species but some stands may be alien.
Table adapted from data source: Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, 24 October 2025.