Genoa River Correa - profile

Scientific name: Correa lawrenciana var. genoensis 
 Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
National conservation status: Endangered

Description

The Genoa River Correa is a shrub to 2 m tall. Its oval-shaped leaves, 3 - 6 cm long, and to 4 cm wide, have a covering of thick, brown hairs on the undersides. It has yellowish-green tubular flowers that often become red with age.

Location and habitat

Distribution
 The Genoa River Correa has only been recorded along the Genoa River and its tributaries in the vicinity of the Victorian border (South East Forests National Park). There is only one population known in NSW.

• Found in riparian vegetation (tall open forest) dominated by Monkey Gum (Eucalyptus cypellocarpa) and Pomaderris aspera.

Regional information
This species is found in the following catchment management authority regions. Click on a region name to see more details about the distribution, vegetation types and habitat preference of the species in that region.

• Southern Rivers

Threats

• Inappropriate burning regimes.
• At risk from catastrophic events (e.g. fire and flood) because of small number of extant populations and low number of plants.

Recovery strategies

Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological community. The Department of Environment and Conservation has identified 3 priority actions to help recover the Genoa River Correa in New South Wales.

What needs to be done to recover this species?

• Consider seed collection for the establishment of new populations.
• Until the fire ecology of the species is better understood, prescribed burning should not be conducted in the single known site of this species in NSW.
• Protect all known populations.
• Regularly monitoring population numbers.
• More research is needed into the ecological needs of this species, to develop a fire management plan for the population.

References

• Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) Flora of New South Wales Volume 2 Revised Edition. UNSW, Sydney.
• NSW Scientific Committee (2002) Correa lawrenciana (a shrub) - Endangered species determination - final. DEC (NSW), Sydney.
• Walsh, N.G. and Entwisle, T.J. (1999) Flora of Victoria; Volume 4, Dicotyledons Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.