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Phytophthora cinnamomi causing disease in subalpine vegetation in New South Wales

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Phytophthora cinnamomi is causing the death of a dominant understorey shrub (Oxylobium arborescens) in subalpine woodland at Barrington Tops National Park, northern New South Wales. A threatened species, Tasmannia purpurascens, is also affected. The diseased area is about 5 ha, which is large in New South Wales where P. cinnamomi has not been regarded as a serious pathogen. The infestation is unusual in such high altitude vegetation.

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  1. Threatened Species Unit, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 2115, 2620, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia

    K. L. McDougall

  2. Royal Botanie Gardens Sydney, Mrs Macquaries Road, 2000, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    B. A. Summerell

  3. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Barrington Tops Area, PO Box 236, 2422, Gloucester, NSW, Australia

    D. Coburn & M. Newton

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  1. K. L. McDougall
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Correspondence to K. L. McDougall.

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McDougall, K.L., Summerell, B.A., Coburn, D. et al. Phytophthora cinnamomi causing disease in subalpine vegetation in New South Wales. Australasian Plant Pathology 32, 113–115 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP02074

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