Cotoneaster Pomaderris  |  

Threats The main threats to Cotoneaster Pomaderris are climate change; herbivory; invasive weeds; genetic threats arising from small subpopulation sizes.

Table 2 Threats impacting Cotoneaster Pomaderris Threat Status and severity a Evidence Climate Change Increased frequency and Timing current Climate projections for south eastern severity of bushfires Confidence inferred Australia include reduced rainfall; increased average temperatures; and more frequent Consequence major bushfires (CSIRO Bureau of Meteorology Trend increasing 2015).

Increased frequency and Timing current Climate projections for south eastern severity of drought Confidence suspected Australia include reduced rainfall; increased average temperatures; and more frequent Consequence moderate droughts (CSIRO Bureau of Meteorology Trend increasing 2015).

The species is threatened by several fire related threats; including high frequency fire; fire drought interactions and fire promoted weed invasion.

Extent across the entire Analysis by the Wildlife and Threatened range Species Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel; based on intersecting the modelled distribution of the Rufous Pomaderris and the National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset; indicates that approximately 46 of the range of the species was within the extent of the 2019 20 bushfires (Gallagher 2020).

Take the likelihood of increasingly frequent bushfires into account when developing planned burning programs; to avoid excessively frequent burning of any subpopulations.

The species is threatened by several fire related threats; including high frequency fire; fire drought interactions and fire promoted weed invasion.