Editing Baw Baw National Park (section)

==Flora and fauna==

The typical vegetation in the park is low-lying [[grass]]es, [[Heath (habitat)|heath]]lands and snow gums, this is typically described as [[sub-alpine]]. Fauna abounds on the foothills to Baw Baw Plateau, including [[Leadbeater's possum]], which is now critically endangered as of 2015, due to the "Saturday Bushfires" impact on their population and habitat. The Leadbeater's possum is also Victoria's state fauna emblem.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harley |first=Dan |date=7 June 2022 |title=Seven urgent actions to prevent the extinction of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/PC22021# |website=Pacific Conservation Biology}}</ref> The [[critically endangered species|critically endangered]] [[Baw Baw frog]] (''Philoria frosti''), listed on the [[IUCN Red List]],<ref name=ahb/> population has started to disappear from its earlier range, and is now limited to a small range on the Mount Baw Baw Plateau.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gilbert |first=Deon |date=3 October 2024 |title=Hormone therapy improves conservation breeding outcomes in the critically endangered Baw Baw frog, Philoria frosti |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1464730/full |journal=Frontiers}}</ref>

The deciduous Baw Baw berry (''[[Wittsteinia vacciniacea]]'') may be found on the plateau.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria |first1=Vic Flora |title=Flora of Victoria:  ''Wittsteinia vacciniacea'' (F.Muell.) 'Baw-Baw Berry' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/e06f882b-6f5a-4c7b-8815-c1861a88c29b |website=vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au}}</ref> It is a red and yellow flower species, and is the only species of Wittsteinia in Australia. It is also one of four genera in the Alseuosmiaceae family. The berry is scattered throughout the mountainous region of Victoria, and its population within these regions vary.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williamson |first=Virginia |date=2024 |title=Bringing Australia’s vulnerable Wittsteinia vacciniacea F.Muell. (Baw-Baw berry) into cultivation |url=https://journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/article/view/2036 |journal=The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture |volume=23}}</ref>

The Epracis breviflora, or drumstick heaths flowering time is from November to January. This flower is native to the Baw Baw Plateau, and also occasionally found in moist crevices in rocks on the mountain as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Epacris breviflora |url=https://biosciences.unimelb.edu.au/research/grimwade-plant-collection/epacris-breviflora# |publisher=The University of Melbourne}}</ref>
[[File:Epacris breviflora Baw Baw NP.jpg|thumb|The native flower, Epacris breviflora]]