Threatened flora Colac Otway 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 status | ||
| ex | Extinct | |
| cr | Critically endangered | |
| en | Endangered | |
| v | Vulnerable | |
Scientific name | Common name | Status |
| Caryophyllales | ||
| Amaranthaceae | ||
| Ptilotus erubescens | Hairy Tails | cr |
| Caryophyllaceae | ||
| Colobanthus apetalus var. apetalus | Coast Colobanth | en |
| Chenopodiaceae | ||
| Atriplex billardierei | Glistening Saltbush | ex |
| Asparagales | ||
| Orchidaceae | ||
| Corunastylis densa | Dense Midge-orchid | cr |
| Caladenia reticulata s.s. | Veined Spider-orchid | en |
| Pterostylis lustra | Small Sickle Greenhood | en |
| Pterostylis cucullata subsp. cucullata | Leafy Greenhood | en |
| Corunastylis leptochila | Brownish Midge-orchid | cr |
| Corunastylis nuda | Tiny Midge-orchid | vu |
| Thelymitra circumsepta | Naked Sun-orchid | en |
| Diuris behrii | Golden Cowslips | en |
| Prasophyllum lindleyanum | Green Leek-orchid | en |
| Burnettia cuneata | Lizard Orchid | en |
| Corybas fordhamii | Swamp Pelican-orchid | en |
| Pterostylis cucullata | Leafy Greenhood | VU |
| Asteliaceae | ||
| Astelia australiana | Tall Astelia | VU en |
| Hemerocallidaceae | ||
| Dianella amoena | Matted Flax-lily | EN cr |
| Dianella callicarpa | Swamp Flax-lily | en # |
| Santalales | ||
| Santalaceae | ||
| Exocarpos syrticola | Coast Ballart | en |
| Asterales | ||
| Asteraceae | ||
| Olearia sp. 2 | Peninsula Daisy-bush | en |
| Coronidium gunnianum | Pale Swamp Everlasting | cr |
| Senecio hypoleucus | Pale Groundsel | en |
| Leptorhynchos waitzia | Button Immortelle | en |
| Microseris scapigera s.s. | Plains Yam-daisy | cr |
| Calotis anthemoides | Cut-leaf Burr-daisy | cr |
| Rutidosis leptorhynchoides | Button Wrinklewort | EN en |
| Ozothamnus rogersianus | Nunniong Everlasting | en |
| Senecio psilocarpus | Swamp Fireweed | VU |
| Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor | White Sunray | EN en |
| Leiocarpa gatesii | Wrinkled Buttons | VU en |
| Menyanthaceae | ||
| Nymphoides crenata | Wavy Marshwort | en |
| Campanulaceae | ||
| Lobelia beaugleholei | Showy Lobelia | vu |
| Lamiales | ||
| Lamiaceae | ||
| Westringia glabra | Violet Westringia | en |
| Plantaginaceae | ||
| Callitriche brachycarpa | Short Water-starwort | en |
| Orobanchaceae | ||
| Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri | Purple Eyebright | EN en |
| Jungermanniales | ||
| Lejeuneaceae | ||
| Cololejeunea laevigata | Pouncewort | en |
| Siphonolejeunea hamata | Pouncewort | en |
| Acrobolbaceae | ||
| Acrobolbus setulosus | Bristly Pouchwort | cr |
| Fagales | ||
| Casuarinaceae | ||
| Casuarina obesa | Swamp Sheoak | cr |
| Poales | ||
| Poaceae | ||
| Lachnagrostis adamsonii | Adamson's Blown-grass | EN en |
| Lachnagrostis semibarbata var. semibarbata | Purple Blown-grass | en |
| Tripogonella loliiformis | Rye Beetle-grass | en |
| Amphibromus fluitans | River Swamp Wallaby-grass | VU |
| Poa billardierei | Coast Fescue | en |
| Poa sallacustris | Salt-lake Tussock-grass | VU cr |
| Lachnagrostis robusta | Salt Blown-grass | en |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hair-grass | en |
| Lachnagrostis semibarbata var. filifolia | Purple Blown-grass | en |
| Lachnagrostis rudis subsp. rudis | Rough Blown-grass | en |
| Amphibromus sinuatus | Wavy Swamp Wallaby-grass | en |
| Rytidosperma richardsonii | Straw Wallaby-grass | en |
| Amphibromus pithogastrus | Plump Swamp Wallaby-grass | cr |
| Cyperaceae | ||
| Carex nemoralis | River Hook-sedge | en |
| Carex capillacea | Hair Sedge | en |
| Cladium procerum | Leafy Twig-sedge | en |
| Isolepis wakefieldiana | Tufted Club-sedge | en |
| Restionaceae | ||
| Calorophus elongatus | Long Rope-rush | en |
| Rosales | ||
| Urticaceae | ||
| Australina pusilla subsp. pusilla | Small Shade-nettle | en |
| Fabales | ||
| Mimosaceae | ||
| Acacia howittii | Sticky Wattle | vu # |
| Acacia nanodealbata | Dwarf Silver-wattle | vu |
| Acacia oswaldii | Umbrella Wattle | cr |
| Acacia boormanii | Snowy River Wattle | en # |
| Acacia verticillata subsp. ruscifolia | Broad-leaf Prickly Moses | en |
| Polygalaceae | ||
| Comesperma polygaloides | Small Milkwort | cr |
| Fabaceae | ||
| Swainsona behriana | Southern Swainson-pea | en |
| Pultenaea reflexifolia | Wombat Bush-pea | vu |
| Bossiaea cordigera | Wiry Bossiaea | en |
| Goodia pubescens | Silky Golden-tip | en |
| Pultenaea canaliculata | Coast Bush-pea | en |
| Cullen parvum | Small Scurf-pea | en |
| Pultenaea prolifera | Otway Bush-pea | en |
| Platylobium reflexum | Victorian Flat-pea | en |
| Glycine latrobeana | Clover Glycine | VU vu |
| Sapindales | ||
| Rutaceae | ||
| Correa alba var. pannosa | Velvet White Correa | en |
| Correa backhouseana var. backhouseana | Coast Correa | cr |
| Nematolepis squamea subsp. squamea | Satinwood | vu |
| Cyanothamnus nanus var. pubescens | Dwarf Boronia | en |
| Myrtales | ||
| Myrtaceae | ||
| Eucalyptus kitsoniana | Bog Gum | cr |
| Eucalyptus yarraensis | Yarra Gum | cr |
| Eucalyptus litoralis | Otway Grey-gum | en |
| Eucalyptus strzeleckii | Strzelecki Gum | VU cr |
| Eucalyptus brookeriana | Brooker's Gum | 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 # |
| Euryomyrtus ramosissima subsp. prostrata | Nodding Baeckea | en |
| Corymbia maculata | Spotted Gum | vu # |
| Eucalyptus falciformis | Western Peppermint | vu |
| Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. sideroxylon | Mugga | en |
| Brassicales | ||
| Brassicaceae | ||
| Cardamine papillata | Forest Bitter-cress | en |
| Lepidium aschersonii | Spiny Peppercress | VU en |
| Microlepidium pilosulum | Hairy Shepherd's Purse | cr |
| Hookeriales | ||
| Hookeriaceae | ||
| Distichophyllum crispulum | Crisped Mitre-moss | en |
| Calyptrochaeta brownii | Brown's Mitre-moss | en |
| Ptychomniaceae | ||
| Hampeella alaris | Arc Moss | en |
| Tetraphidopsis pusilla | Arc Moss | en |
| Zygophyllales | ||
| Zygophyllaceae | ||
| Roepera billardierei | Coast Twin-leaf | en |
| Polypodiales | ||
| Dryopteridaceae | ||
| Lastreopsis hispida | Bristly Shield-fern | en |
| Aspleniaceae | ||
| Asplenium appendiculatum subsp. appendiculatum | Ground Spleenwort | cr |
| Polypodiaceae | ||
| Notogrammitis angustifolia subsp. nothofageti | Beech Finger-fern | en |
| Pteridaceae | ||
| Pteris epaleata | Netted Brake | en |
| Pellaea nana | Dwarf Sickle-fern | en |
| Cyatheales | ||
| Lycopodiaceae | ||
| Lycopodiella serpentina | Bog Clubmoss | en |
| Phlegmariurus varius | Long Clubmoss | cr |
| Cyatheaceae | ||
| Cyathea cunninghamii | Slender Tree-fern | cr |
| Ericales | ||
| Ericaceae | ||
| Monotoca glauca | Currant-wood | en |
| Dicranales | ||
| Dicranaceae | ||
| Dicranoloma platycaulon | Wavy Fork-moss | en |
| Fissidentaceae | ||
| Fissidens dealbatus | Nerveless Pocket-moss | en |
| Solanales | ||
| Solanaceae | ||
| Solanum linearifolium | Mountain Kangaroo Apple | en |
| Convolvulaceae | ||
| Calystegia soldanella | Sea Bindweed | en |
| Apiales | ||
| Apiaceae | ||
| Xanthosia tasmanica | Southern Xanthosia | en |
| Xanthosia leiophylla | Parsley Xanthosia | en |
| Pittosporaceae | ||
| Billardiera scandens s.s. | Velvet Apple-berry | en |
| Alismatales | ||
| Juncaginaceae | ||
| Triglochin hexagona | Six-point Arrowgrass | en |
| Hypocreales | ||
| Hypocreaceae | ||
| Hypocreopsis amplectens | Clasping Hypocreopsis | cr |
| Liliales | ||
| Colchicaceae | ||
| Wurmbea uniflora | One-flower Early Nancy | vu |
| Psilotales | ||
| Psilotaceae | ||
| Tmesipteris elongata | Slender Fork-fern | cr |
| Oxalidales | ||
| Oxalidaceae | ||
| Oxalis magellanica | Snowdrop Wood-sorrel | en |
| Hypnales | ||
| Trachylomataceae | ||
| Trachyloma planifolium | Trachyloma | en |
| Neckeraceae | ||
| Echinodiopsis hispida | Madeira Moss | vu |
| Gentianales | ||
| Loganiaceae | ||
| Logania ovata | Oval-leaf Logania | en |
| Dilleniales | ||
| Dilleniaceae | ||
| Hibbertia truncata | Port Campbell Guinea-flower | en |
| Rhizogoniales | ||
| Aulacomniaceae | ||
| Hymenodontopsis bifaria | Umbrella Thyme-moss | cr |
| Malvales | ||
| Malvaceae | ||
| Malva preissiana s.s. (white-flowered coastal form) | Coast Hollyhock | en |
| Lawrencia spicata | Salt Lawrencia | en |
| Thymelaeaceae | ||
| Pimelea spinescens subsp. spinescens | Spiny Rice-flower | CR cr |
| Ranunculales | ||
| Ranunculaceae | ||
| Ranunculus diminutus | Brackish Plains Buttercup | en |
| Pottiales | ||
| Pottiaceae | ||
| Syntrichia anderssonii | Screw Moss | en |
| Geraniales | ||
| Geraniaceae | ||
| Geranium brevicaule | Alpine Crane's-bill | en |
| Gleicheniales | ||
| Gleicheniaceae | ||
| Sticherus tener s.s. | Tasman Fan-fern | en |
| Metzgeriales | ||
| Aneuraceae | ||
| Riccardia eriocaula | Feather-fan Germanderwort | cr |
| Helotiales | ||
| Vibrisseaceae | ||
| Chlorovibrissea bicolor | Two-tone Vibrissea | en |
| Agaricales | ||
| Lyophyllaceae | ||
| Asterophora mirabilis | Grey Jockey | en |
| Grevillea rosmarinifolia | Rosemary Grevillea | P # |
# Native species but some stands may be alien.
Table adapted from data source: Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, 29 October 2025.