Hypocalymma angustifolium subsp. Hutt River (S. Patrick 2982) has not been formally published and described yet, but Keighery has noted that it is a very large shrub, with leaves slender, linear, triquetrous, usually incurved or straight, leaves normally more than 40mm long (DEC 2010).
Hypocalymma angustifolium subsp. Hutt River |
Hypocalymma angustifolium subsp. Hutt River
Status: Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Government evidence of impact of climate change:
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Australian Government, Conservation Advice, Hypocalymma angustifolium subsp. Hutt River
They also increase the fire hazard.
Current; potential Altered fire regimes Whole population Severe It is not certain how the subspecies responds to fire but it is likely to be killed by fire and regenerate from seed.
If fire frequency is increased the soil seed bank could be depleted before juvenile plants have reached maturity.