Protecting threatened species is important in helping to
maintain a healthy and diverse ecosystem. Below is a list of some of the
threatened species of the Macedon ranges shire. This section is currently being
worked on.
| Species Name | Common Name | Conservation Status in Australia | Conservation Status in Victoria | Closest Native Site |
| Ballantinia antipoda | Southern
Shepherd's Purse | Endangered | Endangered | Black forest - Woodend |
| Brachyscome debilis | Weak
Daisy | -- | Vulnerable | Cobaw
Ranges |
| Caladenia versicolor | Candy
Spider-orchid | Vulnerable | Endangered | Gisborne |
| Cardamine lilacina | Lilac
Bitter-cress | -- | Vulnerable | Mount
Macedon |
| Cullen parvum | Small
Scurf-pea | Endangered | Endangered | Baynton |
| Dianella
amoena | Matted
Flax-lily | Endangered | Endangered | Nullavale |
| Diuris basaltica | Small
Golden Moths | Endangered | Vulnerable | Romsey |
| Diuris behrii | Golden Cowslips | -- | Vulnerable | Macedon |
| Diuris punctata var. punctata | Purple Diuris | -- | Vulnerable | Lancefield |
| Eucalyptus aggregata | Black Gum | -- | Endangered | Woodend |
| Euphrasia scabra | Rough Eyebright | -- | Endangered | Romsey |
| Glycine latrobeana | Clover Glycine | Vulnerable | Vulnerable | Romsey |
| Senecio psilocarpus | Swamp Fireweed | Vulnerable | Vulnerable | Gisborne |
| Thesium australe | Austral
Toad-flax | Vulnerable | Vulnerable | Lancefield |
| Xanthoparmelia suberadicata | Foliose Lichen | -- | Endangered | Hanging Rock |
| Xerochrysum palustre | Swamp Everlasting | Vulnerable | Vulnerable | Gisborne |
| Zieria aspalathoides subsp. aspalathoides | Whorled Zieria | -- | Vulnerable | Mount Macedon |