Regional Assessment of the Wheatbelt of Western
Australia:
Central Wheatbelt
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by
Susan J. Wooller and Susan A. Moore in association with the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel*
Prepared for the Australian Heritage Commission
June 2000
Published by Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 2000
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ISBN: 0-86905-746-4
* The Australian Heritage Commission established and relies on the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel to provide advice to the Commission on natural environment heritage matters. Members are John Dell (Chairperson), Western Australian Museum; Jenny Davis, Murdoch University; Angas Hopkins, Department of Conservation and Land Management; John Huisman, Murdoch University; Kevin Kenneally, Department of Conservation and Land Management; Jonathon Majer, Curtin University of Technology; Ken McNamara, Western Australian Museum; Barry Muir, Muir Environmental; and Les Pettitt, Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation.
Cover drawing of Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale) by Fiona Scarff.
Acknowledgements
This project was funded by the Australian Heritage Commission with administrative support provided by the School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University. Valuable contributions to this assessment have been made Jane Ambrose, Melinda Brouwer, Ben Carr, Chris Tallentire, Greg Plummer, Julian Barnard, Greg Keighery, Sharon Collis, Kay Veryard, Anne Gunness, Noella Ross and Lisa Wright. The Pepartment of Environmental Protection kindly allowed access to, and use of their GIS and the Department of Conservation and Land Management's FloraBase database was also used.
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Summary
The Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) is responsible for identifying and providing advice to the Commonwealth Government about Australia's National Estate. The Register of the National Estate (RNE) is the comprehensive list of places throughout Australia that are deemed to be of National Estate significance as defmed in the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 (Commonwealth). The objectives of this study were: to assess and determine places of natural National Estate significance in the central.region of Western Australian Wheatbelt and, as part of this assessment, to document the assessment and consultation methods used as well as establish and maintain a relational database, capable of linking to a GIS, of places evaluated.
A six step assessment process was used. Step I involved identifying all possible places for assessment, with the proviso that the vast majority of information available related to public, rather than private, lands. The next steps were collecting information on each place and then deciding if there was sufficient information for a place to be assessed (Steps 2 and 3). If there was, then the possibility of nominating the place to the Register of the National Estate was considered, as Step 4. In this step, for each place, information was collected on a number of attributes, for example rare flora. Information on attributes was used to determine, for the AHC nomination criteria, if the 'threshold of significance' had been met or exceeded. If this threshold was met or exceeded for one or more criterion, then the place was regarded as potentially suitable for listing. Step 5 involved stakeholder review of the completed assessment, made available as a draft report for comment. The review had two purposes - to check and amend as necessary the assessment's factual content and to seek advice regarding places for nomination to the Register. Step 6 involved determination, by the AHC Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel, of places for nomination. Preparation of nominations followed.
Consideration for nomination requires a place to meet or exceed the threshold of significance for one or more criterion. This was the case for 121 ( 60 %) of the 204 places assessed. Five places reached the threshold for all five of the criteria: Boyagin, Dongolocking, Dragon Rocks, Mt Stirling, and Yomaning Nature Reserves. Of these, Yornaning Nature Reserves is not listed or interim listed on the Register. Another ten places met the threshold for four criteria: Bendering, Cairn and Clackline Nature Reserves, Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve, Dryandra Forest, and Lake Toolibin, Mokine and North Kalgarin Nature Reserves, Reserve 29313, and St Ronans Nature Reserve. Of these Bendering and Cairn Nature Reserve, Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve, Mokine Nature Reserve, Reserve 29313 and St Ronans Nature Reserve and are not listed or interim listed on the Register. A further 10 remnants meet the threshold for three criteria. These are Avon Location 19769, Boolanelling Nature Reserve, Burracoppin Reserve, Charles Gardner Reserve, Lake Hurlstone Reserve System, Lake Towerrinning and Mooraning Nature Reserves, Noondeening Hill, Reserve 28940, and Tarin Rock Nature Reserve Reserve. The threshold for two criteria was met by a further 38 places.
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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. III
SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. IV
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... !
1.1 REASON FOR THE STUDY AND OBJECTIVES ............. ·.· .................................................................. 1 1.2 PROJECT AREA ...................................................................................................................... 2
1.2.1 Climate ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.2.2 Geology ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.2.3 Soils ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.2.4 Clearing for agriculture ................................................................................................... .4 1.2.5 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.6 Fauna ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.7 Salinity ........................................................................................................................ 5
2. METHODS AND RESULTS ......................................................................................................... 6
2.1 OVERVIEW OF METHODS AND RESULTS ..................................................................................... 6 2.2 STEP 1. IDENTIFY REMNANT VEGETATION FOR POSSlliLE INCLUSION IN REGIONAL ASSESSMENT ....... 19 2.3 STEP 2. GATHER AND STORE INFORMATION ABOUT ATTRlliUTES ................................................. 19 2.4 STEP 3. DETERMINE IF DATA FOR EACH REMNANT ARE SUFFICIENT FOR ITS INCLUSION
IN THIS ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................... 22 2.5 STEP 4. ASSESS ATTRIBUTES USING AHC CRITERIA TO DETERMINE IF THRESHOLD
OF SIGNIFICANCE REACHED ...................................................................................... 22 2.5 .1 Criterion Al: Places of Evolutionary Importance ............................................................... 22 2.5.2 Criterion A2: Importance of Existing Processes or Natural Systems ...................................... 26 2.5.3 Criterion A3: Places of High Diversity of Flora and Fauna .................................................. 32 2.5.4 Criterion B 1: Places Important for Rare or Uncommon Communities, Flora and Fauna ............ 36 2.5.5 Criterion C1: Places Important for Teaching or Scientific Information ................................... 52 2.5.6 Criterion D1: Places Important in Demonstrating a Range of Landscapes, Environments or
Ecosystems ............................................................................................. 56 2.6 STEPS 5 AND 6. REVIEW OF DRAFT REGIONAL ASSESSMENT BY KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND
PREPARATION OF NOMINATIONS TO THE REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE ......... 56
3. BffiLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................... 57
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r List of Tables
Table 1.
Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 10. Table 11. Table 12. Table 13. Table 14. Table 15. Table 16. Table 17.
Table 18. Table 19. Table 20. Table 21. Table 22. Table 23. Table 24. Table 25.
Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt meeting thresholds for criteria Al-3, B 1 and Cl (Step 4 of regional assessment) ........................................................ 8 Nomination criteria for the Register of the National Estate .................................................... 20 Attributes relevant to assessment of National Estate significance ............................................ 21 Rare fauna of the Central Wheatbelt.. ................................................................................ 23 Flora which reach their range limit in the Central Wheatbelt ................................................. 24 Fauna which reach their range limit in the Centr.al Wheatbelt ................................................ 25 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with an area greater than 1,000 ha ....................... 27 Habitats important for the maintenance of rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt .......................... 28 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with diverse vegetation ..................................... 33 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with diverse flora ............................................. 34 Vegetation remnants in the Central Wheatbelt supporting diverse fauna in general.. ................... 35 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with important examples of ecotones ................... 35 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare flora ................................................. 37 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority one flora ...................................... 38 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority two flora ...................................... 39 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority three flora ..................................... 40 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority four, poorly known, geographically restricted and vulnerable flora ........................................................................................... 41 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare marsupials ......................................... 44 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare birds ................................................. 46 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare plant communities .............................. 50 Undisturbed areas in the Central Wheatbelt.. ....................................................................... 51 Sites in the Central Wheatbelt with rare geological features ................................................... 52 Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt important as teaching sites ................................ 54 Sites in the Central Wheatbelt important for flora research and monitoring ............................... 54 Sites in the Central Wheatbelt important for fauna research or monitoring ............................... 55
List of Figures
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
South-western Australia showing localities mentioned in the text and the 300 and 600 mm rainfall isohyets ........................................................ 3 Flow diagram showing main steps in Central Wheatbelt regional assessment ...... 7
Appendices
Appendices 1-4 under separate cover
1. Location of remnants assessed in this project ....................................... 1-11
2. National Estate values of remnants assessed in this project ....................... 1-58
3. Information sources for this project ................................................... 1-3
4. List of experts contacted concerning the natural environment values in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia ........................................ 1-2
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1. Introduction
1.1 Reason for the Study and Objectives
The Australian Heritage Commission is responsible for identifying and providing advice to the Commonwealth Government about Australia's National Estate. This study resulted from concerns regarding the small amount (about 20 %) of remnant natural vegetation remaining in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The Wheatbelt, with an area of 19 million ha, is the cerealproducing area in the south-west of the State. The area has been cleared extensively for agriculture and is threatened by rising salinity levels. The Western Australian Government is currently developing and implementing a Salinity Action Plan (SAP) (Agriculture Western Australia et al., 1996; State Salinity Council in association with Community Groups and Government Agencies, 1998) to reduce further deterioration of agricultural land. The plan also aims to protect and restore key water resources and high value wetlands, and to maintain natural, biological and physical diversity within agricultural areas of Western Australia.
As part of the Salinity Action Plan, the Department of Conservation and Land Management is undertaking a flora and fauna survey of the Wheatbelt. Agriculture W A is preparing handbooks and atlases of the remnant vegetation and natural resources of the catchments in the Wheatbelt. In addition, the Department of Conservation and Land Management and Murdoch University are focusing their research and management energies on threatened ecological communities in the Wheatbelt, plus other areas. Information flowing from these studies will be incorporated in this project.
The Register of the National Estate (RNE) is the comprehensive list of places throughout Australia that are deemed to be of National Estate significance as defmed in the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 (Commonwealth). For administrative purposes, entries in the Register (and nominations to the Register) are divided into cultural places (Aboriginal and built) and natural places; however, it is recognized that a place may have a combination of cultural and natural values. This project focuses on natural environment places. Places can be registered on the National Estate, or interim listed, or indicative places. A preferred approach to the development of the Register is to undertake regional or thematic studies to provide a context for entries. This project is both regional and thematic; it deals comprehensively with a single area (an identified region in socio-political terms), as well as assessing the values of remnant natural vegetation throughout that whole area.
The objectives of this study were:
1) to assess and determine places of natural National Estate significance in the Central Western Australian Wheatbelt;
2) as part of this assessment, to document the assessment and consultation methods used as well as establish and maintain a relational database, capable of linking to a GIS, of places evaluated; and
3) to provide nominations for listing on the Register of the National Estate.
The project also involved reviewing and, where necessary, up-dating existing natural environment entries in the Register of the National Estate, and compiling additional nominations. The assessment aims to provide a credible, comprehensive list of Places of National Estate significance. The basic tool for the assessment is an integrated database which contains the available information on the natural vegetation, landscapes, fauna and other National Estate values of the region.
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1.2 Project Area
For the purposes of this study, the Wheatbelt (Figure 1) is defined as that part of the southwest receiving between 600 and 300 mm rainfall per year. It lies within the South West Botanical Province and includes the A von-Wheatbelt Biogeographic Region defined by the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), together with portions of the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, and Esperance Plains regions. A total of 15m ha or 80% has been cleared for agriculture. Some 2.3 m ha (12%) (Saunders and Ingram, 1995) exists as national parks and approximately 500 nature reserves (Kitchener et al., 1980a; Kitchener et al., 1980b ), or other categories of Crown land, including vacant Crown land. This includes three large nature reserves. The remaining nature reserves are quite small and three-quarters of them are less than 400 ha (Kitchener et al., 1980a; Kitchener et al., 1980b). Many of the nature reserves are less than 20 ha (Saunders and Ingram, 1995). The remaining 1.5 m ha (8%) of the Wheatbelt is mainly small, scattered remnants of native vegetation on private land.
For the purposes of this study, the Wheatbelt Region was subdivided into a central section (Great Eastern Highway to the Dumbleyung- Lake Grace - Newdegate - Lake King Road), a southern section (Lake Grace - Lake King Road to the south coast and eastwards to Cape Arid), and a northern section (Kalbarri /Northhampton to the Great Eastern Highway) (Figure 1). It was hoped that these three areas would be worked on sequentially. This report addressed the Central Wheatbelt, where 93% of the land has been cleared, with the majority of the remnant native vegetation (approximately 85 %) unfenced and on private property (Saunders and Ingram, 1995).
1.2.1 Climate
The climate of the Wheatbelt is Mediterranean and rain falls mainly in winter while summers are dry (Beard, 1981 ). Rainfall varies from 600 mm per annum on the western side of the Wheatbelt to 300 mm on the eastern side. Between 1913 and 1986 parts of the Wheatbelt had a 4-5% decrease in winter rainfall (Pittock, 1988).
1.2.2 Geology
The geology of the most northerly, inland section of the Wheatbelt is mainly sedimentary basins exposing Permian to Cretaceous sediments. The coastal Northern Wheatbelt has Mesozoic to recent sediments, while the Central Wheatbelt around Northam is Archaean granites with infolded metamorphics of the Yilgarn Block. The Southern Wheatbelt is Archaean and Proterozoic granites, but they are overlain in the east by Early Tertiary sediments. In the very south-east mainly Eocene sediments with outcrops of granites and quartzites occur (Beard, 1981).
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1.2.3 Soils
It has long been recognised that most Western Australian soils are of low to extremely low natural fertility. This is because of the great age of the landscape and the low levels of phosphate in the parent rocks. The only soils possessing reasonably natural fertility in the Wheatbelt are some of the young soils on alluvia or fresh rock. These include the York Gum soils of the Central Wheatbelt. As a consequence of low soil fertility, the use of superphosphate to enrich the soils used for agriculture was introduced in the 1890s (Beard, 1981).
1.2.4 Clearing for agriculture
Clearing of vegetation was slow for the first half of the twentieth century. However, after the Second World War clearing accelerated (Main, 1993). Patterns of clearing vary throughout the Wheatbelt depending upon when development took place. Areas along main roads and railway lines, which were developed during the pioneering phase of clearing, have been more extensively cleared than areas developed more recently (Coates, 1987). For example, in the Shire of Cunderdin, where clearing began in the early nineteenth century, only 3 % of the original vegetation remains. Similarly, in the Shire ofTarnmin only 7% remains (Saunders and Ingram, 1995). In areas more recently developed, more of the original vegetation remains. For example, in the Shire of Lake Grace about 31 % of the original vegetation remains (Coates, 1987).
1.2.5 Vegetation
The original vegetation varies from species-rich heathlands and shrublands on the deep sands and laterites of the uplands, to mallee and woodland associations on the valley slopes, down to fresh water and salt-lake systems on the valley floors (Saunders and Ingram, 1995). The flora of the region is species-rich, with a large number of endemics. There are about 8,000 species of plants in the region and three-quarters of these are found nowhere else (Hopper, 1992). The area is important for nature conservation as over 40% of Australia's higher plants occur here. With the loss of the large proportion of this original vegetation there have been major impacts on the region's biota. A total of 1,372 species of plants are listed as rare or priority flora in the Wheatbelt and nearby areas (J. Riley, Department of Conservation and Land Management, personal communication, 1998), of which 224 species are rare. In addition, at least 18 species of plants are believed to be extinct (J. Riley, Department of Conservation and Land Management, personal communication, 1999).
The remnant vegetation that does survive is in danger of being degraded as a result of grazing by rabbits and domestic livestock, and changed ecological conditions in the surrounding agricultural lands. One consequence of agricultural development has been that the changing hydrological balance and rising water tables are threatening both remnant vegetation and agricultural land (Saunders and Ingram, 1995). An assessment of the conservation value of remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt, using satellite imagery, showed that only 3% of the area of original vegetation could be considered to be in good condition (Lambeck and Wallace, 1993).
1.2.6 Fauna
With the great loss of habitat it is inevitable that the region's fauna must have been dramatically affected. Approximately 90 % of the habitat originally available has been removed and somewhere about this percentage of the total number of animals dependent upon that habitat
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must have been lost (Saunders and Ingram, 1995). The highest rates of decline and extinction of native mammals in biomes of Western Australia have occurred in the Wheatbelt. By the 1970s, of the 43 species of native mammal (excluding bats) believed to have occurred in the Wheatbelt at European settlement, 13 species had disappeared from the region and only 12 were abundant or moderately abundant (Kitchener et al., 1980b). Mammals continue to disappear from remnants of vegetation. There are limited data on some animal groups, particularly the invertebrates. Little is known of the invertebrates which were present before clearing and there is still very little known about what occurs in the region now (Kitchener et al., 1980b).
1.2.7 Salinity
Ocean-derived salt is continuously transported inland and deposited with rainfall. In the Central Wheatbelt the amount of salt stored in the soil profile varies from an average of 247 tonnes ha-1
upslope to around 13,500 tonnes ha-1 in valley floors (McFarlane et al., 1993). With the water tables rising in some cases over 20m since the 1920s (George et al., 1995) as a result of clearing of the original deep-rooted vegetation, salt is coming to the surface.
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2. Methods and Results
2.1 Overview of Methods and Results
The study methods, as described in detail in the following section and summarised in Figure 2, are similar to those used in the Victorian Central Highlands Joint Forests Project (Australian Heritage Commission, 1994) and Phase·One of The Australian Heritage Commission's study of the National Estate Values in the Southern Forest Region of Southwestern Australia (Australian Heritage Commission and Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1992a; Australian Heritage Commission and Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1992b; Australian Heritage Commission and Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1992c; Australian Heritage Commission and Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1992d; Australian Heritage Commission and Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1992e). This report and associated assessment addresses the Central Wheatbelt. One of the principal aims of regional assessments of heritage values is to provide a context for subsequent nominations of places to the Register of the National Estate. As such, a series of nominations for the Central Wheatbelt are expected to follow fmalisation of this assessment.
The remainder of this section describes in detail the assessment processes used (Figure 2) and associated results. The assessment was based on six steps and is a similar process to that applied earlier this decade to natural heritage assessments in Victoria and Western Australian forests. Step 1 involved identifying all possible places for assessment, with the proviso that the vast majority of information available related to public, rather than private, lands. The next steps were collecting information on each place and then deciding if there was sufficient information for a place to be assessed (Steps 2 and 3). If there was, then the possibility of nominating the place to the Register of the National Estate. was considered, as Step 4. In this step, for each place information was collected on a number of attributes, for example rare flora. Information on attributes was used to determine, for the Australian Heritage Commission nomination criteria, if the 'threshold of significance' had been met or exceeded. If this threshold was met or exceeded for one or more criterion, then the place was regarded as potentially suitable for listing. Step 5 involved stakeholder review of the completed assessment (made available as a draft report for comment). The review had two purposes- to check and amend as necessary the assessment's factual content and to seek advice regarding places for nomination to the Register. Step 6, closely related to Step 5, involved determination by the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel of places for nomination. Step 6 involved this Panel drawing on the assessment, stakeholder feedback and professional judgement for decision making. Preparation of nominations followed.
Before exploring in detail the assessment processes and results, a brief overview of the results follows. In Step 1, 204 places were identified for possible assessment (Table 1). Details of these places are given in Appendices 1 and 2. Of these approximately 61% were forest, reserves or nature reserves managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, 36% were other pubic lands, and 3% privately owned. Vesting authorities included the National Parks and Nature Conservation Agency (61 %), Water and Rivers Commission, Water Authority of Western Australia, or the Minister for Water Resources (10%), Local Authorities (6%), Western Australian National Parks and Reserves Association (1 reserve), Aboriginal Lands Trust (1 reserve) or the vesting was not given. Another 1% was unvested.
Information was gathered and stored for 145 attributes (Step 2). There was sufficient data for most places to be included in this assessment (Step 3). Ten of these places are currently listed
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-- Step 1. Identify remnant vegetation for possible inclusion in this regional assessment
(Section 2.2)
, Step 2. Gather and·store information about attributes of each remnant, eg. landforms, soils, flora and fauna
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, Remains Step 3. Determine if data for each remnant is
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database data (Section 2.4)
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Step 4. Assess attributes using AHC critera to determine if threshold of significance reached
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, Step 5. Review of draft regional assessment
by key stakeholders (Section 2.6)
, Step 6. Nominations to the Register
of the National Estate (Section 2.7)
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Figure 2. Flow diagram showing main steps in Central Wheatbelt regional assessment
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eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Gor
ge R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l, C
l T
hres
hold
Gra
ham
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Gun
dari
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Thr
esho
ld
~arinl!: L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
£)
r T
able
1.
Rem
nan
t ve
geta
tion
in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(c
ont.
)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Hig
hbur
y N
atur
e R
eser
vet
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Hin
es H
ill
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Hot
ham
Riv
er N
atur
e R
eser
ve
BI
Thr
esho
ld
Ibis
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2,
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Jenn
aber
ring
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Jila
kin
Roc
k A
I T
hres
hold
Jing
arin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Jita
rnin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Jura
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Kar
lgar
in H
ill
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2, B
l?
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Kob
erbi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
CI
Kok
erbi
n H
ill
Cl
Kon
dini
n S
alt M
arsh
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Koo
lber
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Kul
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Kum
min
in R
eser
ve
Kw
olyi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Kw
olyi
n H
ill
Lak
e H
urls
tone
Res
erve
Sys
tem
A
2, A
3, B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
0
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
10
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(c
ont.
)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Lak
e K
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* A
2, A
3, B
l, C
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Lak
e T
ower
rinn
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
I, B
l, C
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Lan
sdel
l's P
rope
rty
·Lit
tle
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Mau
blar
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Mea
rs L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Mec
keri
ng F
ault
Sca
rpt
Al
Thr
esho
ld
Mee
naar
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Mer
redi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Mok
arni
Spr
in_g
s
Mok
ine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
I, A
3, B
l, C
I T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Moo
radu
ng_ N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A2,
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve a
nd W
ater
R
eser
ve
Moo
rum
bine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Mor
tloc
k R
iver
Eas
t Nat
ure
Res
erve
or
Wyo
la
Mou
lien
Nat
ure
Res
erve
MO
l)I"J
lUC
king
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l T
hres
hold
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
11
r T
able
1.
Rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
in t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
mee
ting
thr
esho
lds
for
crit
eria
Al-
3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(c
ont.
)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Mt
Sti
rlin
g N
atur
e R
eser
vet
Al,
A2,
A3,
Bl,
C
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Mt.
Cra
mph
orne
Res
erve
Mun
geru
ngcu
ttin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
Thr
esho
ld
Nal
lian
Nat
ure
Res
erve
C
l
Nan
geen
an N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3,
Cl
Thr
esho
ld
Nom
ans-
Bok
an L
akes
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Noo
mbl
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Noo
nall
ing
and
Whi
tew
ater
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Noo
ndee
ning
Hil
lt
A2
,Bl
Cl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Noo
nyin
gLak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Nor
pa N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Nor
th J
itar
ning
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
Thr
esho
ld
Nor
th K
alga
rin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* A
2, A
3, B
l, C
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Nor
th T
arin
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Nor
th W
oyer
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3 T
hres
hold
Ove
rheu
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Pant
aj>i
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Al,
A2
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Pap
er B
ark
Nat
ure
Res
erve
1
A2
,A3
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Pap
er B
ark
Nat
ure
Res
erve
2
A2
,A3
T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Par
keye
rrin
g L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Pet
erca
ni11
ilia
ture
Res
erve
-~-----
---------
~·-
---
--
--
11
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
12
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(c
ont.
)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
B
l
Pik
arin
g H
ill
Res
erve
B
1 T
hres
hold
Pik
arin
g W
est
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Pri
vate
pro
pert
y, s
outh
of
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Pop
anyi
nnin
g
Qua
irad
ing
Spr
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l T
hres
hold
Que
reki
n R
ock
Rem
nant
C
l
Red
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
107
19
A3
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
110
24
A2
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
132
17
Res
erve
135
65
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
135
94
Cl
Res
erve
145
20
Res
erve
146
94
A2
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
151
99
Res
erve
158
55
A3,
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
162
88
Res
erve
174
20
Res
erve
178
24
Res
erve
184
44
Res
erve
186
4
c
!
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
,..,
r T
able
1.
Rem
ant
vege
tati
on i
n th
e C
entr
al W
heat
belt
mee
ting
thr
esho
lds
for
crit
eria
Al-
3, B
l an
d C
l (S
tep
4 o
f re
gion
al a
sses
smen
t)
(con
t.)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Res
erve
191
19
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
191
38
A3,
Cl
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
208
78
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
227
5
Res
erve
229
06
Res
erve
229
67
Res
erve
231
37
Res
erve
233
66
Res
erve
236
37
Res
erve
240
97
Res
erve
241
79
Res
erve
258
72
Res
erve
259
79
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
266
61
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
266
69
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
268
97
Res
erve
276
39
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
276
44
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
280
47
Res
erve
283
19
--··-
--
----
1'1
c Thr
esho
ld
' I
-
14
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
as
sess
men
t)
(con
t.)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A
3
Bl
Res
erve
287
15
Res
erve
289
40
A2,
A3,
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
293
13
A2,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Res
erve
295
89
Res
erve
299
06
Res
erve
302
99
Res
erve
303
24
Res
erve
342
95
A3
T
hres
hold
Res
erve
A13
594
Ros
e R
oad
Res
erve
A
3 T
hres
hold
Sal
e's
Roc
k R
emna
nt
CJ
Scr
iven
ers
Roc
k H
ole
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
Thr
esho
ld
Sea
groa
tt N
atur
e R
eser
ve a
nd R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
2597
9
Sew
ell R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3 T
hres
hold
Sha
ckle
ton
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Sor
ense
ns N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Sou
th B
adja
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
C
l
Sou
th K
ulin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3 T
hres
hold
St R
onan
s N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A2,
A3,
Cl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
St
Ron
ans
Wel
l, Y
ork
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
--
--
c Thr
esho
ld
I
Thr
esho
ld
I I !
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
r ~' T
able
1.
Rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
in t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
mee
ting
thr
esho
lds
for
crit
eria
Al-
3, B
l an
d C
l (S
tep
4 o
f re
gion
al a
sses
smen
t)
(con
t.)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Taa
rbli
n L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
1
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Tam
min
Rai
lway
Dam
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Tar
in R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* A
2, B
1, C
1 T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
The
Ove
ns (
2023
) B
1, C
l T
hres
hold
Thr
osse
ll N
atur
e R
eser
ve
B1
Thr
esho
ld
Tut
anni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve*
A2,
A3,
B1,
C1
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
illv
a N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Wam
byn
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
I, B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
War
deri
ng L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l T
hres
hold
T
hres
hold
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0125
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0187
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0644
'
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1029
B
I T
hres
hold
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1222
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
153
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1649
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
2363
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3035
and
150
27
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3172
._lY
ater
Res
erve
131
76
--
-----
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
I 16
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(co
nt.)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3327
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3502
B1
T
hres
hold
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3536
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
4014
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
4171
B
1 T
hres
hold
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
5668
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
6582
Wat
er R
eser
ve 2
44
Wat
er R
eser
ve 2
5002
Wat
er R
eser
ve 3
5598
Wat
er R
eser
ve 5
314
Wat
er R
eser
ve 9
448
Wav
eRoc
kt
B1
Thr
esho
ld
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l T
hres
hold
Wialkuttin~
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Win
dmil
l H
ill
Rai
lway
Cut
ting
t B
l, C
l T
hres
hold
W o
gerl
in H
ill
Res
erve
Wul
yali
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Yan
dini
llin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
---
A3
Thr
esho
ld
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt
in t
he C
entr
al W
beat
belt
...
......
.. th
resh
olds
for
cri
teri
a A
l-3,
Bl.
a!!!
f C
l
c
I
Thr
esho
ld
'~1
r'Y'W
Tab
le 1
. R
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt m
eeti
ng t
hres
hold
s fo
r cr
iter
ia A
l-3,
Bl
and
Cl
(Ste
p 4
of
regi
onal
ass
essm
ent)
(c
ont.
)
Rem
nan
t T
hre
sho
ld
Yar
ding
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Y en
yeni
ng L
akes
(B
ever
ley
Lak
es
A2
,Bl
Nat
ure
Yil
geri
n R
ock
Yom
anin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AJ,
A2,
A3,
B
l, C
l
Y ot
ing_
Tow
n R
eser
ve
Cl
Y o
ting
Wat
er R
eser
ve
Cl
° Cri
teri
a de
scri
bed
in T
able
2.
* R
egis
ter
of t
he N
atio
nal E
stat
e li
sted
.
t In
teri
m li
sted
.
Al
A2
A3
Bl
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
---
c Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld
Thr
esho
ld -
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on the Register of the National Estate: Boyagin Nature Reserve, Charles Gardner Reserve, Clackline Nature Reserve, Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Dryandra Forest, Lake Toolibin Nature Reserve, Mt Stirling Nature Reserve, North Kalgarin Nature Reserve, Tarin Rock Nature Reserve and Tutanning Nature Reserve. Six are interim listed: Dongolocking Nature Reserve, Highbury Nature Reserve, Meckering Fault Scarp, Noondeening Hill, Wave Rock and Windmill Hill Railway Cutting. Consideration for nomination requires a place to meet or exceed the threshold of significance for one or more criterion, Step 4. This was the case for 126 (60%) of the places assessed (Table 1). In summary, five places reached the threshold for all five of the criteria: Boyagin, Dongolocking, Dragon Rocks, Mt Stirling, and Y omaning Nature Reserves. Of these, Yomaning Nature Reserves is not listed or interim listed on the Register. Another ten places met the threshold for four criteria: Bendering, Cairn and Clackline Nature Reserves, Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve, Dryandra Forest, and Lake Toolibin, Mokine and North Kalgarin Nature Reserves, Reserve 29313, and St Ronans Nature Reserve. Of these Bendering and Cairn Nature Reserve, Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve, Mokine Nature Reserve, Reserve 29313 and St Ronans Nature Reserve are not listed or interim listed on the Register. A further 10 remnants meet the threshold for three criteria. These are Avon Location 19769, Boolanelling Nature Reserve, Burracoppin Reserve, Charles Gardner Reserve, Lake Hurlstone Reserve System, Lake Towerrinning and Mooraning Nature Reserves, Noondeening Hill, Reserve 28940, and Tarin Rock Nature Reserve. The threshold for two criteria was met by a further 38 places.
Step 5 involved forwarding the draft to the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel for review. The revised draft was then sent to the Australian Heritage Commission, CALM Science (the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management's research division), and other key stakeholders. The purpose of the review was twofold: to check the factual content of the report; and to gain input on remnants for possible nomination to the Register of the National Estate.
In Step 6 theW A Natural Environment Evaluation Panel in consultation with the W A Australian Heritage Commission Research Officer identifed remnants for nomination using the draft report, stakeholder comments and their expert knowledge. The Research Officer then prepared nominations within the regional context provided by this report.
2.2 Step 1. Identify Remnant Vegetation for Possible Inclusion in Regional Assessment
Remnants were identified after a search of the available literature and by consultation with research scientists who provided information on the availability of literature. Only remnants which had been surveyed and for which written reports existed describing the surveys were included in the assessment. Surveys varied from brief day or half day surveys to intensive methods over several years. All of the remnants mentioned in the literature accessed are listed in Appendices 1 and 2. Not all these remnants reached threshold levels.
2.3 Step 2. Gather and Store Information about Attributes
An Access database was used to store and manipulate information pertinent to this regional assessment. The data fields were based on attributes derived from nomination criteria for the Register of the National Estate. Table 21ists the nomination criteria and Table 3 gives the associated attributes. The attributes include geology, landforms, soils, fossil sites, flora,
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Table 2. Nomination criteria for the Register of the National Estate (Source: Australian Heritage Commission, 1994)
Criterion A. Importance in the evolution of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes or climate.
A.l Importance in the evolution of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes or climate.
A.2 Importance in maintaining existing processes or natural systems at the regional or national scale.
A.3 Importance in exhibiting unusual richness or diversity of flora, fauna, or landscape features.
Criterion B. Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history.
B .1. Importance for rare, endangered or uncommon flora, fauna, communities, ecosystems, natural landscapes or phenomena, or as wilderness.
Criterion C. Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history.
C.l. Importance for information contributing to a wider understanding of Australian natural history, by virtue of its use as a research site, teaching site, type locality, reference or benchmark site.
Criterion D: Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of: (i) a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or (ii) a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments.
D.l Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of landscapes, environments or ecosystems, the attributes of which identify them as being characteristic of their class.
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Table 3. Attributes relevant to assessment of National Estate significance (Source: Australian Heritage Commission, 1994)
AHC Relevant attributes Criterion
A.l Flora and fauna species at limits of n;mge
Relict or disjunct populations of species
Natural refugia for flora/fauna
Endemic species of flora and fauna
Fossil sites
Earthquakes
A.2 Areas of remnant vegetation
Places important for succession
Wetlands which are habitat for migratory fauna species
Habitat important for maintenance of fauna species
Ecosystems little affected by human disturbance and which function in a natural or near-natural manner
Refuges from fire and drought
A.3 Diversity of natural vegetation types (structural classification)
Diversity of natural vegetation types (floristic classification)
Landforms/land systems
Diversity of flora or fauna species
B.l Flora species (higher plants)
Fauna species (vertebrates and invertebrates)
Natural vegetation communities
Undisturbed natural vegetation
Geomorphological/landform features
Wilderness
C.l Type localities - fauna species
Type localities - rare flora species
Research sites
Teaching sites
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fauna amd research values. Information sources included published and unpublished reports (Appendix 3) and expert advice (Appendix 4). Information was sought and provided by government departments, tertiary institutions, CSIRO and voluntary organisations.
2.4 Step 3. Determine if Data for each Remnant are Sufficient for its Inclusion in this Assessment
Information about each attribute for each reserve was collated by entering it in the Murdoch University Access database. Once the information on attributes relevant to National Estate criteria was gathered for a remnant it was sometimes found that the level of information available was insufficient either to determine the presence of a value or to establish a threshold of significance for a particular criterion. In these cases, where the information was deemed insufficient, the remnant remained listed in the database and fields remained blank. This was to enable addition of data if it became available at a later date. As there were limited time and resources for this study and little information relevant to Criteria C2, Dl and El was uncovered, these criteria were not addressed in the study.
2.5 Step 4. Assess Attributes using AHC Criteria to Determine if Threshold of Significance Reached
The Australian Heritage Commission uses the term 'threshold' to determine if a place is worthy of consideration for inclusion on the Register of the National Estate. To be included on the Register, a place must meet or exceed the threshold of significance for one or more of the AHC criteria (Table 2). Thresholds for each attribute were derived from the Victorian Highlands Joint Forest Project (Australian Heritage Commission, 1994).
The remainder of this subsection provides details on each criterion (Table 2) and the associated threshold of significance. The attribute information held in the project database was used to determine if the threshold for attributes for each criterion, for each remnant, where there was sufficient information, had been met or exceeded. Tables for each attribute summarise threshold details for those remnants where the threshold was met or was exceeded. Thresholds for geology, geomorphology and Aboriginal significance are less well developed than for other attributes. For geology and geomorphology, a site met the threshold if it was regarded as significant by a geologist or geomorphologist. Similarly, in this project, an Aboriginal site was significant if it was considered so by the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation.
2.5.1 Criterion Al: Places of Evolutionary Importance
Criterion Al identifies places important in the evolution of Australian flora and fauna. Environmental attributes assessed include: endemic species; disjunct populations of species; species at the limit of their range; refuges from climatic change; relictual species (refuges for ancient species of flora and fauna); and earthquake activity.
Endemic or Threatened Species
For the purpose of this study endemic flora and fauna are those taxa whose natural distribution is wholly or mainly confined to the Wheatbelt or which are on the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management rare flora or fauna species lists. A remnant with endemic species was regarded as meeting the threshold for this criterion. Disturbance was not used as a threshold, since current presence of the species has been recorded despite past disturbance.
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In the Central Wheatbelt, only an undescribed Baeckea found at A von location 197 69 was reported to be endemic. These results clearly underestimate the endemic flora in the Central Wheatbelt. Limited time and resources prevented further investigations. Fauna classified by the Australian and New Zealand Environment Council (ANZECC) as endangered or vulnerable, or declared threatened by the Department of Conservation and Land Management and found in the wheatbelt, are listed in Table 4. Pseudomys occidentalis (western mouse), Bettongia penicillata (woylie) and Macro pus eugenii (tarnmar) have recently been removed from the gazetted rare fauna list and have been declared priority 4 fauna. Priority four fauna are taxa considered to have been adequately surveyed or for which sufficient knowledge is available, and are not currently threatened or in neea of special protection, but could be if present circumstances change.
Table 4. Rare fauna of the Central Wheatbelt (Shedule one fauna under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (updated 1999).
Mammals
Dasyurus geoffroii (chuditch) Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale)
Myrmecobius fasciatus (numbat) Petrogale latera/is (rock wallaby)
Pseudomys shortridgei (heath rat)
Birds
Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) Calyptorhynchus latirostris (short-billed black-cockatoo)
Shedule One (Wtldhfe ConservatiOn Act 1950) fauna
Disjunct Flora and Fauna
Disjunct species are those whose sole or major Western Australian population is in the Wheatbelt and whose main stronghold is outside the Wheatbelt and/or interstate. A species was also classified as disjunct if, in the opinion of an expert, it was considered to be so. Each remnant which contained a disjunct species was regarded as meeting the threshold. Once again, disturbance was not used as a threshold. No disjunct flora or fauna was identified in the Central Wheatbelt from the available literature.
Species or Vegetation Types at the Limit of their Range
Species or vegetation types at the limit of their biogeographic range are defined as those which reach the extreme northern, southern, western or eastern limit of their range in the Wheatbelt. Each remnant which supports a species at the limit of its range meets this threshold. Disturbance was not used as a threshold for this criterion.
In the Central Wheatbelt, 13 remnants contained flora species at the limit of their range (Table 5). This amounted to 26 species (Table 5) and one vegetation type, with seven at their northern limit, eight at their southern or south-western limit, three at their eastern limit, one at their north-eastern, and seven at their westernmost limit. Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve had the greatest number of such flora, with four species at the westernmost limit of their range, four at their southernmost limit and four at their northern limits (Table 5). This reserve is already registered on the National Estate, together with Clackline Nature Reserve. Dongolocking Nature Reserve is an indicative place and the other reserves with flora at the limit of their range are not listed.
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Table 5. Flora which reach their range limit in the Central Wheatbelt
Remnant Species at limit of range Limit Reference Avon Location 19769 Daviesia pachylina western George and
Hnatiuk (1978) Eucalyptus sheathiana western Olearia muelleri western Acacia glaucoptera · northern
Boolanelling Nature Reserve Tall mixed heath northern Muir (1978d) Cairn Nature Reserve Kennedia prostrata eastern Muir (1978b) Clackline Nature Reserve* Lomandra nutans northern Moore and
Williams (1986) Lomandra spartea eastern
Corrigin Water Reserve and Dodonaea divaricata southern Napier and Aerodrome Reserve Coates ( 1986)
Pultenaea verrucosa var. northern brachyphylla
Dongolocking Nature Acacia brachyclada south-west Napier, Keating Reserve+ and Trudgen
(undated) Hakea laurina northern undescribed Baeckea southern
Dragon Rocks Nature Acrotriche patula western Coates (1992) Reserve*
Banksia elderiana western Eucalyptus capillosa ssp. southern polyclada Grevillea petrophiloides western Kunzea pulchella western Verticordia gracilis southern Hakea corymbosa northern Verticordia habrantha northern Xanthorrhoea nana southern Calothamnus huegelii northern
I Eucalyptus incrassata northern Goodenia scapigera northern
Jilakin Rock Eucalyptus marginata eastern Abbott (1984) Mokine Nature Reserve Lomandra spartea eastern Moore and
Williams (1986) Mooradung Nature Reserve Eucalyptus decurva southern Wallace and
Moore (1985) Pantapin Nature Reserve Acacia glaucoptera northern Coates (1990b) St Ronans Nature Reserve Lomandra nutans northern Moore and
Williams (1986) Lomandra spartea eastern Moore and
Williams (1986) Wambyn Nature Reserve Lomandra nutans northern
Lomandra spartea eastern Schoenus sesquispiculus north-
eastern
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Table 6. Fauna which reach their range limit in the Central Wheatbelt
Remnant Species at limit of range Limit Reference
Dongolocking Nature Delma grayii southeast Chapman and Reserve+ Dell (1978)
Diplodactylus maini southwest Heleioporus psammophilus western
Mt Stirling Nature Reserve* Macropus robustus (euro) southern Williams (undated)
Y omaning Nature Reserve Varanus tristis southern Dell and Harold (1979)
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed.
Refuges from Climate Change
Refuges from climatic change are defmed as remnants which maintain niches reminiscent of earlier climatic regimes. Essentially, these are areas providing protection from two related, broad environmental trends, characterising the period since the last ice age. One of these is the trend towards warmer temperatures and the other is increased fire frequency. Any remnant considered, by experts, to be a refuge from climate change, was regarded as meeting this threshold. No refuges from climate change were identified in the Central Wheatbelt using the literature sourced.
Relictual Flora and Fauna
Relictual flora are phylogenetically ancient taxa. Remnants containing these met this threshold. Relictual or Gondwanan fauna species has been narrowed to invertebrates on the basis of expert opinion (Hopper et al., 1996; Hopper and Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1993; Main, 1996). The remnants of vegetation with faunal taxa identified as Gondwanan or relictual species, or to be species which have affmities with Gondwanan fauna, are considered above the threshold.
No relictual or Gondwanan fauna, based on the above definition, were identified for the Central Wheatbelt, although spiders with Gondwanic affinities have been studied further north and south in the Wheatbelt (Main, 1996).
Earthquake Activity
Signs of past earthquake activity are also considered important under this criterion. Any remnant showing signs of past earthquake activity was considered as meeting the threshold for this criterion. The Meckering Fault Scarp is the obvious example of past earthquake activity in the Central Wheatbelt. At present, a section of this has the status of indicative place on the Register.
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2.5.2 Criterion A2: Importance of Existing Processes or Natural Systems
Criterion A2 relates to the importance of maintaining existing processes or natural systems at a regional or national level. Attributes include areas of remnant vegetation, succession, fauna habitat, refuges from drought and fire, and linking corridors.
Areas of Remnant Vegetation
Remnant vegetation generally represents floristic carnmunities which have been subject to widespread clearing. Many smaller remnants have been subject to edge effects and to uses which have adversely affected their conservation values. Therefore, the threshold for this criterion is an area greater than 1,000 ha, or smaller areas identified by experts. For the Central Wheatbelt, 20 remnants were identified as above 1,000 ha (Table 7). Of these, Boyagin, Dragon Rocks, North Kalgarin, Tarin Rock and Tutanning Nature Reserves and Dryandra Forest are already on the Register of the National Estate. Dongolocking Nature Reserve is interim listed.
Succession
As succession is occurring in all vegetation types all the time, areas important for succession were identified as those where succession was reaching maturity. Some areas in the Wheatbelt, such as East Yuna Reserve, and possibly Mawson Siding, have not been burnt for many years and have unique plant life forms (Muir, 1985; B Muir personal communication, 1999). Remnants which have not been burnt for more than 60 years were considered to meet this threshold. It was difficult to determine the fire history of each remnant in the Central Wheatbelt in the time available for the study. In referring tb the literature available, it was assumed that remnants had not been burnt since the reports were published. St Ronans Nature Reserve (Moore and Williams, 1986), Paper Bark Nature Reserves One and Two (Coates, 1990a), Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve (Napier and Coates, 1986) and Meenaar Nature Reserve (Moore and Williams, 1986) were considered above the threshold for this attribute in the Central Wheatbelt. None of these reserves is listed on the Register at present.
Fauna Habitat
Criterion A2 can also apply to places which provide habitat important for the maintenance of fauna species in the Wheatbelt, for example feeding, colonial roosting, colonial breeding, nursery areas and migration routes. An area with rare and endangered, or scheduled, fauna and wetlands, including rivers and streams, with colonial breeding or roosting birds, or migratory species was regarded as meeting this threshold.
Habitat supporting rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt is found on Boyagin, Dongolocking, Dragon Rocks, Lake Toolibin, Mt Stirling, North Kalgarin, Tarin Rock and Tutanning Nature Reserves, and Belka Reserve and Dryandra Forest. These areas are all listed, or interim listed, on the Register. A number of other unlisted reserves and private property also provide habitat for rare fauna (Table 8).
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Table 7. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with an area greater than 1,000 ha
Remnant Area (ha)
Bendering Reserve 1,602
Boyagin Nature Reserve* >1,000
Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve 1,008
Dongolocking Nature Reserve+ 1,761
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve Area* 32,219
Dryandra Forest* 28,066
Emu Rock 1,906
Graham Rock Nature Reserve 1,573
Kondinin Salt Marsh Nature Reserve 1,915
Lake Hurlstone Reserve System 5,002
Lake King Nature Reserve 40,096
Little White Lake Nature Reserve (Arthur River) 3,451
Noondeening Hill 1,200
North Kalgarin Nature Reserve* 5,119
North Tarin Rock Nature Reserve 1,415
Reserve 28940 1,375
Seagroatt Nature Reserve and Reserve 25979 1,149
Tarin Rock Nature Reserve* 2,011
Tutanning Nature Reserve * 2,250
Yenyening Lakes (Beverley Lakes Nature Reserve) 3,116
*Register of National Estate Listed, +interim listed.
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Table 8. Habitats important for the maintenance of rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt
Remnant Species Classification Reference
Belka Nature Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Williams Reserve (undated)
Bendering Reserve Phascogale calura (red-tailed V,DT Kitchener and phascogale) Chapman Pseudomys occidentalis P4 (1977); Dell (western mouse) ( 1977) Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT
Blechynden-Haily Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Beard and Block Hnatiuk (1981)
Boyagin Nature Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Australian Reserve* (numbat) Heritage
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Commission phascogale) (1999) Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT (short-billed black-cockatoo) Falco peregrinus (peregrine SP falcon)
Burracopppin Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Muir ( 1979b) Reserve
Corrigin Water ? Leipoa ocellata (mallee V,DT Napier and Reserve and fowl) Coates (1986) Aerodrome Reserve
Dead Mans Swamp Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
Dongolocking Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Kitchener and Nature Reserve+ phascogale) Chapman
Macropus irma (western brush P4 (1978); Dell wallaby) (1978) Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT (long-billed black -cockatoo) F alcunculus frontatus (crested P4 shrike-tit)
Dragon Rocks Pseudomys occidentalis P4 Coates (1992); Nature Reserve* (western mouse) Australian
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Heritage phascogale) Commssion
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Table 8. Habitats important for the maintenance of rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt (cont.)
Remnant Species Classification Reference
Dryandra Forest* Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Friend et al. (numbat) (1995) Dasyurus geoffroii (chuditch) V,DT Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT phascogale) Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT (short-billed black-cockatoo) Falco peregrinus (peregrine
SP falcon) Morelia spilota imbricata SP (carpet python)
Gundaring Lake Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve tailed CAMBA (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
Tringa nebularia JAMBA& (greens hank) CAMBA
Ibis Lake Nature Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
Karlgarin Hill Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Muir (1978d) Nature Reserve (numbat)
ICwolyin Nature Tringa nebularia JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve (greens hank) CAMBA (1988)
Lake Toolibin Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve* duck) (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Lake Towerrinning Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve Tringa hypoleucos (common CAMBA (1988)
sandpiper)
Little White Lake Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& J aensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988) (Arthur River Nature Reserve)
Mears Lake Nature Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve stint) CAMBA (1988)
Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck) Thinomis rubricollis (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
Mooraning Nature Bettongia penicillata (woylie) P4 Coates ( 1990b) Reserve
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Table 8. Habitats important for the maintenance of rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt (cont.)
Remnant Species Classification Reference
Mt Stirling Nature Petrogale lateralis (rock V,DT Williams (1980) Reserve* wallaby)
Nomans-Bokan Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch eta!. Lakes Nature stint) CAMBA (1988) Reserve (Bokan Nature Reserve) Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA&
CAMBA Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
Nonalling and Stictonetta naevasa (freckled P4 Jaensch et al. Whitewater Reserve duck) (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Calidris ruficallis (red-necked JAMBA& stint) CAMBA
Numenius minutus (little JAMBA& curlew) CAMBA
Thinomis rubrical/is (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
North Kalgarin Dasyurus geaffraii (chuditch) V,DT Kitchener and Nature Reserve* Phascagale calura (red-tailed E,DT Chapman
phascogale) (1977); Dell Pseudomys occidentalis P4 (1977) (western mouse) Macropus irma (western brush P4 wallaby) Leipaa ace/lata (mallee fowl) V,DT Platycercus icterotis (western P2 rosella) Marelia spilata imbricata SP (carpet python)
North Tarin Rock Macrapus eugenii (tammar P4 Kitchener and wallaby) Chapman (1976) Macropus irma (western brush P4 Dell and wallaby) Johnstone (1976) Leipaa ace/lata (mallee fowl) V,DT Calyptarhynchus latirostris (short-billed black-cockatoo) E,DT
Parkeyerring Lake Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Reserve 28940 Leipaa ace/lata (mallee fowl) V,DT Muir (1979b)
Reserve 29313 Macropus irma (western brush P4 Muir (1979i) wallaby)
Seagroatt Nature Tringa hypaleucos (common JAMBA& Muir (1978c) Reserve sandpiper) CAMBA
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Table 8. Habitats important for the maintenance of rare fauna in the Central Wheatbelt (cont) .
Remnant Species Classification Reference
Taarblin Lake Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& J aensch et al. Nature Reserve stint)\ CAMBA (1988)
Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
Tarin Rock Nature Pseudomys occidentalis P4 Kitchener and Reserve* (western mouse) Chapman
Macropus eugenii (tammar P4 (1976); Dell and wallaby) Johnstone (1976) Macropus irma (western brush P4 wallaby) Lophoictinia isura (square- P4 tailed kite) Platycercus icterotis (western P2 rosella) Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT
Tutanning Nature Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Australian Reserve* (numbat) Heritage
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Commssion phascogale) ( 1999)
W ardering Lake Tringa nebularia JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve (greenshank) CAMBA (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
White Lake Nature Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve (stint) CAMBA (1988) (Quongunnerunding Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Nature Reserve) duck)
Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Calidris ferruginea (curlew JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA Tringa nebularia JAMBA& (greenshank) CAMBA
Y enyening Lakes Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch et al. (Beverley Lakes stint) CAMBA (1988) Nature Reserve) Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA&
tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA Calidris ferruginea (curlew JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA Tringa nebularia JAMBA& (greenshank) CAMBA Thinornis rubricollis (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
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Remnant Species Classification Reference
Yornaning Nature Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Morris and Reserve phascogale) Kitchener (1979)
Falco peregrinus (peregrine SP Harold and Dell i falcon) (1979)
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*Register of the National Estate listed, + interim listed; E = listed endangered on the Australian and New Zealand Environment Council [ANZECC] scheduled list of endangered and vulnerable fauna, V =vulnerable fauna (ANZECC); DT =declared threatened by the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM); SP =CALM specially protected fauna; P2= CALM's priority 2 classified fauna; P4 = CALM's priority four classified fauna (See section 2.5.4 for definitions of categories of protection).
Refuges from Fire and Drought
Refuges from frequent fire and drought are important for animals. Refuges from fire are considered here as areas burnt infrequently. Refuges from fire, or places which have not experienced fire for more than 60 years, as mentioned previously, are St Ronans Nature Reserve (Moore and Williams, 1986), Paper Bark Nature Reserves One and Two (Coates, 1990a), Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve (Napier and Coates, 1986) and Meenaar Nature Reserve. None of these reserves is listed on the Register at present.
Permanent wetlands are a refuge from drought and, thus, all permanent wetlands met this threshold. Wetlands considered to be important refuges from drought are Lake Toolibin, Lake Towerrinning and Red Lake Nature Reserves (Jaensch et al., 1988).
Linking Corridors
Areas considered to act as linking corridors between otherwise isolated remnants of vegetation were also regarded as meeting the threshold for this criterion. Eight remnants were reported by surveyors to act as linking corridors: Boyagin, Craig, Dangin, Glencluce, Mungerungcutting and Pantapin Nature Reserves, and Reserves 11024 and 14694. None is listed on the Register of the National Estate, except Boyagin Nature Reserve.
2.5.3 Criterion A3: Places of High Diversity of Flora and Fauna
Criterion A3 identifies locations with a high diversity of flora and fauna. Floral richness was determined from species lists and written reports. Remnants were regarded as meeting the threshold for this criterion if the biologist, botanist or zoologist undertaking the survey of the reserve declared the vegetation community, flora or fauna to be diverse. Areas where the biologist mentioned an important ecotone were also considered to meet the threshold for these criteria. In the Central Wheat belt, many reserves have been surveyed only once, briefly, meaning that species lists may be incomplete. This particularly applies to fauna. Few reserves have been surveyed using trapping and bird lists were often compiled only as a flora survey was carried out.
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In the Central Wheatbelt, 18 remnants have diverse vegetation (Table 9). One of these, A von Location 19769 is freehold. Dryandra Forest and Charles Gardner Reserve are listed on the Register, while Dongolocking Nature Reserve is an indicative place. Thirty-five of the 204 remnants assessed had diverse or fairly diverse flora (Table 10). Of these, only Charles Gardner Reserve, Dragon Rocks and Tutanning Nature Reserves, and Dryandra Forest, are on the Register, while Highbury and Dongolock.ing Nature Reserves are indicative places.
Twelve of the remnants are considered to support diverse fauna in general (Table 11 ). Two of these, North Kalgarin and Lake Toolibin Nature Reserves, have had trapping surveys and/or more than one visit. North Kalgarin, Lake Toolibm and Tutanning Nature Reserves are listed on the Register of the National Estate. In addition to general faunal diversity, Dongolocking Nature Reserve, an indicative place, supports a diverse population of frogs (Chapman and Dell, 1978). Wambyn Nature Reserve, which is not listed on the Register, supports a diverse community of reptiles (Moore and Williams, 1986).
A total of six Nature Reserve remnants provide important examples of ecotones (Table 12). Of these, only Mt Stirling is on the Register of the National Estate. Another four remnants are said to be important transition zones between the Wheatbelt and the Darling Range: Clackline and Mooradung Nature Reserves and Reserves 1864 and 29313. Of these, only Clackline is listed on the Register.
Table 9. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with diverse vegetation
Remnant Reference
A von Location 19769 George and Hnatiuk (1978)
Charles Gardner Reserve* AHC (1999)
Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve Napier and Coates (1986)
Dangin Nature Reserve Coates ( 1990b)
Dongolocking Nature Reserve+ Muir ( 1978f)
Dryandra Forest * Coates (1993)
Gun daring Nature Reserve Muir (1977a)
Jitarning Nature Reserve Coates ( 1990c)
North Jitarning Nature Reserve Coates (1990c)
Paper Bark Nature Reserve One Coates ( 1990a)
Paper Bark Nature ReserveTwo Coates (1990a)
Reserve 15855
Reserve 27639 Muir (1978d)
Reserve 27644 Coates ( 1990d)
Reserve 28940 Muir (1979b)
St Ronans Nature Reserve Moore and Williams (1986)
Y andinilling Nature Reserve Muir (1979d)
Yomaning Nature Reserve Muir (19791)
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
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Table 10. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with diverse flora
Remnant Remnant on Avon Location 19769 Pikaring West Nature Reserve
Bendering Reserve Reserve 10719 of Boolanelling Nature Reserve Reserve 15855
Burracoppin Reserve Reserve 19119
Charles Gardner Reserve* Reserve 19138
Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve 20878 Reserve
Dongolocking Nature Reserve+ Reserve 26669
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve* Reserve 27644
Dcyandra Forest* Reserve 29313
Highbucy Nature Reserve+ Reserve 34295
Jitarning Nature Reserve Rose Road Reserve
Lake Hurlstone Reserve System Scriveners Rock Hole Nature Reserve
Maublarling Nature Reserve Sewell Rock Nature Reserve
Merredin Nature Reserve Sorensens Nature Reserve
Mokine Nature Reserve South Kulin Nature Reserve
Nangeenan Nature Reserve Tutanning Nature Reserve*
North Jitarning Nature Reserve Y andinilling Nature Reserve
North Woyerling Nature Reserve
* Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
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Table 11. Vegetation remnants in the Central Wheatbelt supporting diverse fauna in general
Remnant Reference
Bendering Reserve Muir (1977b)
Cairn Nature Reserve Muir (1978b)
Dryandra Forest* Maj~r ( 1985)
Highbury Nature Reserve+ Muir (1979h)
Lake Toolibin Nature Reserve* Jaensch et al. (1988)
North Kalgarin Nature Reserve* Kitchener and Chapman ( 1977)
Paper Bark Nature Reserve One Coates (1990a)
Paper Bark Nature Reserve Two Coates (1990a)
Reserve 26669 Muir (1979h)
Reserve 29313 Muir ( 1979f)
Tutanning Nature Reserve* Coates (1992)
Yomaning Nature Reserve Chambers (1979)
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
Table 12. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with important examples of ecotones
Remnant Reference
Gundaring Nature Reserve Halse et al. (1993)
Mt Stirling Nature Reserve* Coates ( 1990b)
Paper Bark Nature Reserve One Coates (1990a)
Reserve 13565 Muir ( 1978b)
Scriveners Rock Hole Nature Reserve Muir (1978d)
Yornaning Nature Reserve Muir (19791)
*Register of the National Estate listed
35
2.5.4 Criterion Bl: Places Important for Rare or Uncommon Communities, Flora and Fauna
Criterion B 1 refers to places important for rare, priority, endangered or uncommon species, communities, ecosystems, natural landscapes or phenomena. Also covered are the condition of the vegetation and its viability within the landscape, geological features and wilderness.
Rare and Migratory Species
Rare species included some the Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council's (ANZECC) threatened flora and fauna, Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management rare, declared threatened or priority flora and fauna, or declared specially protected fauna by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM); listed under the Japan-Australian Migratory Birds Agreement (JAMBA) and/or the China-Australia Migratory Birds Agreement (CAMBA). ANZECC endangered flora includes a taxon that is endangered and facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. ANZECC vulnerable flora refers to a taxon which is vulnerable, but not endangered facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. ANZECC endangered fauna includes taxa that are not critically endangered, but are facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. ANZECC vulnerable fauna is not critically endangered, or endangered but is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. ANZECC threatened species is a collective term embracing critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable species. CALM rare flora is specified as taxa that are extant and considered likely to become extinct or rare, and therefore in need of special protection. Priority one flora are flora known from one or a few (generally less than five) populations which are under threat. The threat is due to small population size, or from being on lands under immediate threat, for example the population being on a road verge in urban areas, farmland, or active mineral leases. Other threats include disease and grazing by feral animals. This category also includes taxa being considered as 'rare flora', but in urgent need of further survey (Briggs and Leigh, 1995). Priority two flora are taxa known from one or a few (generally less than five) populations, at least some of which are not believed to be under immediate threat (ie. not currently endangered). Such taxa are under consideration for declaration as 'rare flora' but are in urgent need of further survey (Briggs and Leigh, 1995). Priority three flora are those known from several populations, at least some of which are not believed to be under immediate threat. Such taxa are under consideration for declaration as 'rare flora' but are in need of further study (Briggs and Leigh, 1995). Priority four flora have been adequately surveyed and although rare, are not currently threatened throughout the whole state of Western Australia (Briggs and Leigh, 1995). CALM rare or declared threatened fauna is that which is rare or likely to become extinct, and is declared to be fauna that is in need of special protection. Fauna declared in special need of protection by CALM is wholly protected throughout the State at all times. The only priority fauna identified in the Central Wheatbelt during this study was Priority 2 and 4 fauna. Priority two fauna is that known from few specimens or sight records from one or a few localities on lands not under immediate threat of habitat destruction or degradation. The group needs urgent survey and evaluation of conservation status before consideration can be given to declaration as threatened fauna. Priority four fauna are taxa considered to have been adequately surveyed, or for which sufficient knowledge is available, and are not currently threatened or in need of special protection, but could be if present circumstances change.
Disturbance was not used as a threshold for this attribute. All remnants with species in one or more of the categories above were regarded as meeting the threshold. A total of 13 remnants have rare flora (Table 13). Of these, Boyagin, Charles Gardner Reserve, Clackline, Dragon Rocks and Tarin Rocks Nature Reserves are listed on the Register of the National Estate. Dongolocking Nature Reserve is interim listed.
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Table 13. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare flora
Remnant Rare plant species Classification Reference A von Location 19769 undescribed Isopogon Requires George and
taxonomic review Hnatiuk (1978)
Booraan Nature Reserve Acacia sp. 11 Requires Muir (1979b) taxonomic review
Boyagin Nature Reserve* Thomasia montana V,R Briggs and Leigh (1995)
Charles Gardner Reserve* Hemigenia viscida V,R Coates (1990f)
Clackline Nature Reserve* Acacia aphylla V,R Briggs and Leigh ( 199 5)
Corrigin Water Reserve and Grevillea dryandroides V,R Napier and Aerodrome Reserve Lechenaultia pulvinaris E,R Coates (1986)
Dongolocking Nature Reserve+
Lechenaultia pulvinaris E,R Briggs and Leigh (1995); Napier, Keating and Trudgen (undated)
Dragon Rocks Nature Eucalyptus olivacea V,R Coates Reserve* Allocasuarina V,R, (1992);
tortiramula Briggs and Caladenia ho.ffmanii E,R Leigh (1995) Calectasia sp. (central v wheatbelt) K Dixon 86 Daviesia ?spiralis V,R Grevillea involucrata E,R Thelymitra V,R psammophila
Kondinin Salt Marsh Roycea E,R Mattiske Nature Reserve pycnophylloides Consulting
Pty Ltd (1995d)
Lake Rudstone Reserve Calytrix sp (MAB Requires Burgman System 4792) taxonimic review (1985)
Eucalyptus sp (MAB Requires 4770) taxonimic review
Mokine Nature Reserve Acacia aphylla V,R Moore and Williams (1986)
Mt Stirling Nature Tetratheca deltoidea E,R Briggs and Reserve* Leigh (1995)
Tarin Rock Nature Acacia depressa V,R AHC (1999) Reserve*
* Register of the National Estate listed; E = ANZECC endangered flora; V = ANZECC vulnerable flora; R = CALM rare flora.
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Priority one flora occurs on four remnants (Table 14). Of the four reserves identified, two are registered or interim listed.
Table 14. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority one flora
Remnant Species Reference
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve*
Verticordia multiflora ssp. solox (Coates, 1992)
Lake King Nature Reserve Hydrocotyle hexaptera Mattiske Consulting (1995d)
Little White Lake Nature Stylidium rhipidium (Briggs and Leigh, Reserve (Arthur River 1995) Nature Reserve)
Reserve 25979 Hydrocotyle hexaptera Mattiske Consulting (1995d)
* Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
Priority two flora occurs on 13 remnants (Table 15). Of the reserves identified, eight are registered on the National Estate and Dongolocking Nature Reserve is an indicative place. Although Acacia campylophylla, Acacia deflexa, Gastrolobium densifolium, Grevillea wittweri and Persoonia hakeiformis are each found at two reserves, most of the other species are only known from one. Priority three species occurred on eleven remnants (Table 16). Five of these areas are listed on the Register. Apart from Cryptandra polyclada , which occurs on two of the reserves, the other taxa occur on only one reserve.
Priority four flora, or flora regarded as poorly known or geographically restricted by Briggs and Leigh (1995), occurred on 23 remnants (Table 17). Also included in Table 17, are taxa noted as vulnerable by the botanist who surveyed the area, or who interpreted the information from the surveys. Eight of the reserves with these taxa are listed on the Register and one is interim listed.
Rare mammals occur on 15 remnants. Rare mammals include Dasyurus geoffroii (western native cat or chuditch) Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale), Pseudomys occidentalis (western mouse), Myrmecobiusfasciatus (numbat), Bettongia pencillata (woylie), Petrogale lateralis (rock wallaby), Macropus irma (western brush wallaby) and M. eugenii (tammar wallaby) (Table 18). All are declared endangered or threatened by ANZECC, or declared threatened by the Western Australian Government, except the western mouse, woylie, western brush wallaby and tammar, which are priority four species. Seven of the reserves are on the Register and one is interim listed. North Kalgarin Nature Reserve and Dryandra Forest support the specially protected reptile, Morelia spilota (carpet python) (Friend et al., 1995; Kitchener and Chapman, 1977). Both of these reserves are on the Register.
Rare birds occur on 26 reserves (Table 19). Only Boyagin, Dongolocking, Lake Toolibin and North Kalgarin Nature Reserves, and Dryandra Forest, are listed or interim listed on the Register. Species include those declared endangered or threatened fauna by ANZECC or threatened by the Western Australian Government. These include Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) and Calyptorhynchus latirostris (short-billed black-cockatoo). Fauna which is specially protected by the Western Australian Government includes Falco peregrinis (peregrine falcon).
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I
I
Table 15. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority two flora
Remnant Species Reference
Boyagin Nature Reserve* Acacia deflexa Briggs and Leigh (1995)
Charles Gardner Reserve* Acacia campylophylla Coates ( 1990f)
Clackline Nature Reserve* Stenanthemum grandiflorum Briggs and Leigh (1995)
Corrigin Water Reserve and Acacia deflexa Napier and Coates Aerodrome Reserve (1986)
Dongolocking Nature Andersonia carinata Briggs and Leigh (1995) Reserve+
Dragon Rocks Nature Eucalyptus microschema Coates (1992) Reserve* Gastrolobium densifolium
Grevillea wittweri Persoonia hakeiformis
Dryandra Forest* Acacia deflexa Coates (1993) Andersonia bifida Dryandra subpinnatifida var. subpinnatifida Grevillea crowleyae Persoonia hakeiformis
Emu Rock Grevillea wittweri Newby and Newby (1992)
Lake King Nature Reserve Haegiela tatei Mattiske Consulting Pty Astartea clavifolia Ltd (1995d)
Mokine Nature Reserve Acacia campylophylla Briggs and Leigh (1995)
Mt Stirling Nature Acacia cowaniana Briggs and Leigh (1995) Reserve*
Tarin Rock Nature Dryandra foliosissima Briggs and Leigh (1995) Reserve* Gastrolobium densifolium
Gastrolobium rigidum Jacksonia tarinensis Daviesia tortuosa
Tutanning Nature Reserve* Stylidium coatesianum Briggs and Leigh (1995)
* Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
39
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~ty I 95)
95)
95)
95)
39
Table 16. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with priority three flora
Remnant Species Reference
Bendering Reserve Cryptandra polyclada Muir (1977b)
Charles Gardner Reserve* Calothamnus brevifolius Coates (1990f); Briggs Dryandra horrida and Leigh ( 1995)
Corrigin Water Reserve and Dryandra ferruginea subspecies Aerodrome Reserve obliquiloba
Dongolocking Nature Dryandra vestida Briggs and Leigh Reserve+ (1995); Napier, Keating
and Trudgen (undated)
Dragon Rocks Nature Acacia newbeyi Coates (1992) Reserve* Acacia sedifolia subsp. pulvinata
Melaleuca polychephala Pimelea graniticola Stylidium neglectum Verticordia gracilis
Dryandra Forest* Thysanotus tenuis Coates (1993)
Kondinin Salt Marsh Frankenia drummondii Mattiske Consulting Nature Reserve Sarcocomia globosa (1995d)
Lake Hurlstone Reserve Acacia repanda Burgman (1985) System
Tarin Rock Nature Boronia penicillata Briggs and Leigh (1995) Reserve*
Tutanning Nature Reserve* Chorizandra multiarticulata Briggs and Leigh (1995) Jacksonia epiphyllum Stenanthemum tridentatum Tetratheca retrorsa
Yomaning Nature Reserve Cryptandra polyclada Muir (19791)
* Register of the National Estate listed
40
'
I
Tab
le
17.
Rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
in t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
wit
h pr
iori
ty f
our,
poo
rly
know
n, g
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
an
d
vuln
erab
le f
lora
Rem
nant
S
pec
ies
Cat
ego
ry
Ref
eren
ce
Bad
jali
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Ban
ksia
cun
eata
li
mit
ed d
istr
ibut
ion
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
)
Ren
deri
ng R
eser
ve
Sant
alum
spi
catu
m
regi
onal
ly r
are
Mui
r, B
. G
. (1
977b
)
Boy
agin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* E
ucal
yptu
s ca
esia
pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Euc
alyp
tus
exil
is
prio
rity
4
Bor
onia
cap
ita
ssp.
cla
vata
li
mit
ed d
isbr
ibut
ion
Cal
otha
mnu
s pl
anif
oliu
s li
mit
ed d
isbr
ibut
ion
Cal
otha
mnu
s ru
pest
ris
prio
rity
4
Dry
andr
a cy
naro
ides
pr
iori
ty 4
G
astr
olob
ium
sti
pula
re
lim
ited
dis
brib
utio
n H
akea
lor
anth
ifol
ia
lim
ited
dis
brib
utio
n H
emig
enia
sal
igna
li
mit
ed d
isbr
ibut
ion
Cha
rles
Gar
dner
Res
erve
* C
rypt
andr
a le
ucop
ogon
ge
ogra
phic
ran
ge <
100
km a
nd p
oorl
y kn
own
Coa
tes
( 199
0f),
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
199
5)
Dam
pier
a ca
rina
ta
poor
ly k
now
n B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Dry
andr
a sp
ecio
sa
vuln
erab
le
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
) L
eido
sper
ma
?lep
toph
yllu
m
poor
ly k
now
n C
oate
s ( 1
990f
) M
esom
elae
na p
reis
sii
vuln
erab
le
Bur
gman
(19
85)
Pla
tysa
ce c
omm
utat
a po
orly
kno
wn
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
)
Styl
idiu
m s
cabr
ium
pr
iori
ty 4
C
oate
s ( 1
990f
)
Styl
idiu
m t
enui
carp
um
prio
rity
4
Cla
ckli
ne N
atur
e R
eser
ve*
Ere
mae
a bl
ackw
elli
ana
poor
ly k
now
n, <
100
km
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
)
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
and
D
ryan
dra
cyna
roid
es
prio
rity
4
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
) A
erod
rom
e R
eser
ve
Hak
ea b
axte
ri
poor
ly k
now
n P
laty
sace
com
mut
ata
geog
raph
ic r
ange
< 1
OO
km
Euc
alyp
tus
astr
inge
ns
lim
ited
dis
trib
utio
ns
Euc
alvv
tus
f!ar
dner
i li
mit
ed d
istr
ibut
ions
-
Tab
le 1
7.
Rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
in t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
wit
h p
rio
rity
fou
r, p
oorl
y kn
own,
geo
grap
hica
lly
rest
rict
ed a
nd
vu
lner
able
flo
ra
(con
t.)
Rem
nant
S
pec
ies
Cat
ego
ry
Ref
eren
ce
Don
golo
ckin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve+
Dav
iesi
a cr
assi
foli
a pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95);
Nap
ier,
Kea
ting
and
P
omad
erri
s bi
locu
lari
s pr
iori
ty 4
T
rudg
en (
unda
ted)
W
unnb
ea d
rum
mon
dii
prio
rity
4
Dry
andr
a cy
naro
ides
pr
iori
ty 4
M
elal
euca
con
fert
a ge
ogra
phic
ally
res
tric
ted
unde
scri
bed
Bae
ckea
sp.
po
orly
kno
wn
Las
iope
talu
m m
icro
card
ium
po
orly
kno
wn
Dra
gon
Roc
ks N
atur
e D
avie
sia
purp
uras
cens
pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Res
erve
* E
ucal
yptu
s or
nata
po
orly
kno
wn
M el
aleu
ca fi
ssur
ata
prio
rity
4
Ver
tico
rdia
inte
gra
prio
rity
4
Ver
tico
rdia
mul
tifl
ora
subs
p.
prio
rity
4
mul
tifl
ora
Dry
andr
a F
ores
t*
Cal
aden
ia i
nteg
ra
prio
rity
4
Coa
tes
( 199
3)
Dar
win
ia t
hym
oide
s ss
p no
v.
prio
rity
4
Dar
win
ia s
p.
prio
rity
4
Dry
andr
a cy
naar
oide
s pr
iori
ty 4
D
ryan
dra
(aff.
ves
tita
), d
ryan
dren
sis
prio
rity
4
(ms)
pr
iori
ty 4
E
ucal
yptu
s la
tens
pr
iori
ty 4
H
emig
enia
? pl
atyp
hyll
a pr
iori
ty 4
H
ibbe
rtia
mon
tana
pr
iori
ty 4
N
emci
a st
ipul
aris
pr
iori
ty 4
R
inzi
a cr
assi
foli
a
Lak
e K
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
H
ydro
coty
le h
exap
tera
kn
own
from
onl
y 3
coll
ecti
ons
Mat
tisk
e C
onsu
ltin
g (1
995d
) E
rich
seni
a un
cina
ta
poor
ly k
now
n
Mee
naar
Nat
ure
Res
erve
D
avie
sia
mic
roph
ylla
pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Mok
ine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
H
ibbe
rtia
mon
tana
pr
iori
ty 4
M
oore
and
Wil
liam
s (1
986)
L
oman
dra
nuta
ns
poor
ly k
now
n ---
42
Tab
le
17.
Rem
nan
t ve
geta
tion
in
the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt w
ith
pri
ori
ty f
our,
poo
rly
know
n, g
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
an
d v
ulne
rabl
e fl
ora
(con
t.)
Rem
nan
t S
pec
ies
Cat
ego
ry
Ref
eren
ce
Moo
radu
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Gre
vill
ea c
irsi
ifol
ia
prio
rity
4
Wal
lace
and
Moo
re (
1985
)
Mt S
tirl
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* G
astr
olob
ium
cal
list
achy
s pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Res
erve
158
55
Cal
otha
mnu
s pl
anif
oliu
s po
orly
kno
wn,
<10
0 km
M
uir
(197
9h)
Hak
ea b
axte
ri
poor
ly k
now
n
St R
onan
s W
ell
Cal
otha
mnu
s ru
pest
ris
prio
rity
4
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
199
5)
Dar
win
ia th
ymoi
des
prio
rity
4
Tar
in R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
* C
alot
ham
nus
plan
ifol
ius
lim
ited
dis
trib
utio
n B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
( 1
995)
Tut
anni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve*
Styl
idiu
m e
xped
itio
nis
prio
rity
4
Bro
wn
and
Hop
kins
, (1
983)
P
omad
erri
s bi
locu
lari
s pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
( 1
995)
C
alad
enia
inte
gra
poor
ly k
now
n an
d di
stri
buti
on <
100
km
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Dry
andr
a pr
oteo
ides
po
orly
kno
wn
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
) E
ucal
yptu
s or
nata
pr
iori
ty 4
B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Styl
idiu
m t
enui
carp
um
prio
rity
4
Bri
ggs
and
Lei
gh (
1995
) C
alot
ham
nus
plan
ifol
ius
geog
raph
ical
ly r
estr
icte
d B
row
n an
d H
opki
ns (
1983
) D
ryan
dra
cyna
roid
es
prio
rity
4
Bro
wn
and
Hop
kins
(19
83)
Mel
aleu
ca c
onfe
rta
geog
raph
ical
ly r
estr
icte
d B
row
n an
d H
opki
ns (
1983
)
Wam
byn
Nat
ure
Res
erve
L
oman
dra
nuta
ns
poor
ly k
now
n B
rigg
s an
d L
eigh
(19
95)
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1029
A
caci
a m
erri
ckae
pr
iori
ty 4
E
. M.
Mat
tisk
e an
d A
ssoc
iate
s (1
992a
and
b)
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3502
A
caci
a m
erri
ckae
pr
iori
ty 4
E
. M
. M
atti
ske
and
Ass
ocia
tes
(199
2a a
nd b
)
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
4171
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Remnant Species Classification Reference
Bendering Reserve Phascogale calura (red-tailed V,DT Kitchener and phascogale) Chapman (1977) Pseudomys occidentalis P4 (western mouse)
Boolanelling Nature Macropus irma (western brus.h P4 Muir (1978c) Reserve wallaby)
Boyagin Nature Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Australian Reserve* (numbat) Heritage
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Commission phascogale) (1999)
Dongolocking Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Kitchener and Nature Reserve+ phascogale) Chapman (1978)
Macropus irma (western brush P4 wallaby)
Dragon Rocks Pseudomys occidentalis P4 Australian Nature Reserve* (western mouse) Heritage
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Commission phascogale) (1999);
Coates (1992)
Dryandra Forest* Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Friend et al. (numbat) (1995) Dasyurus geoffroii (chuditch) V,DT Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT phascogale)
Karlgarin Hill ? Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Muir (1978d) Nature Reserve (numbat)
Mooraning Nature Bettongia penicillata ( woylie) P4 Coates ( 1990b) Reserve
Mt Stirling Nature Petrogale lateralis (rock V,DT Williams (1980) Reserve* wallaby)
North Kalgarin Dasyurus geoffroii (western V,DT Kitchener and Nature Reserve* native cat) Chapman ( 1977)
Macropus irma (western P4 brush wallaby)
E,DT Phascogale calura (red-tailed phascogale)
P4 Pseudomys occidentalis (western mouse)
North Tarin Rock Macropus eugenii (tammar P4 Kitchener and wallaby) Chapman (1976) Macropus irma (western brush P4 wallaby)
Reserve 29313 Macropus irma (western brush P4 (Muir (19791) wallaby)
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Remnant Species Classification Reference
Tarin Rock Nature Pseudomys occidentalis P4 Kitchener and Reserve* (western mouse) Chapman ( 197 6)
Macropus eugenii (tammar P4 wallaby) Macropus irma (western brush P4 wallaby)
Tutanning Nature Myrmecobius fasciatus V,DT Australian Reserve* (numbat) Heritage
Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Commission phascogale) (1999)
Y omaning Nature Phascogale calura (red-tailed E,DT Morris and Reserve phascogale) Kitchener (1979)
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed; E = ANZECC endangered fauna, V = ANZECC vulnerable fauna, DT = CALM declared threatened fauna and P4 = CALM priority 4 fauna.
Table 19. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare birds
Remnant Species Classification Reference
Belka Reserve Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Williams (undated)
Bendering Reserve Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Dell (1977)
Boyagin Nature Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT Australian Reserve* (short-billed black-cockatoo~ Heritage
Falco peregrinus (peregrine SP Commission falcon) (1999)
Burracoppin Nature Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Muir (1979b) Reserve
Corrigin Water ?Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Napier and Reserve and Coates (1986) Aerodrome Reserve
Dead Mans Swamp Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& J aensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
Dongolocking Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT Dell (1978) Nature Reserve+ (short-billed black-cockatoo)
Falcunculus frontatus (crested P4 shrike-tit)
Dryandra Forest* Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Friend et al. Calyptorhynchus latirostris E,DT (1995) (short-billed black-cockatoo) Falco peregrinus (peregrine SP falcon)
Gundaring Lake Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve tailed sandpiper) CAMBA (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) Tringa hypoleucos (common sandpiper) Tringa nebularia (greenshank)
Ibis Lake Nature Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
Kwolyin Nature Tringa nebularia JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Reserve (greenshank) CAMBA (1988)
Lake Toolibin Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve* duck) (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Tringia nebularia JAMBA& (greens hank) CAMBA Charadrius veredus (oriental JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
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Remnant Species Classification Reference
Lake Towerrinning Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& J aensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
Mears Lake Nature Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Jaensch et al. Reserve duck) (1988)
Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& stint) CAMBA Thinomis rubricollis (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
Nomans-Bokan Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Lakes Nature stint) CAMBA (1988) Reserve (Bokan Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Nature Reserve) CAMBA
Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
N oonalling and Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Jaensch et al. Whitewater Reserve duck) (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Calidris ruficollis (red-necked CAMBA stint) Numenius minutus (little JAMBA& curlew) CAMBA Plegadis falcinellus (glossy JAMBA& ibis) CAMBA Thinomis rubrical/is (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
North Kalgarin Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Dell (1977) Nature Reserve * Platycercus icterotus (western P2
rosella)
Parkeyerring Lake Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve CAMBA (1988)
Reserve 28940 Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT Muir (1979b)
Seagroatt Nature Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& Muir (1978c) Reserve sandpiper) CAMBA
Taarblin Lake Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch et al. Nature Reserve stint) CAMBA (1988)
Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 duck)
Tarin Rock Nature Lophoictinia isura (square- P4 Dell and Reserve tailed kite) Johnstone
Platycercus icterotis (western P2 (1976) rosella) Leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) V,DT
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Remnant Species Classification Reference
W ardering Lake Tringa nebularia JAMBA& Jaensch eta!. Nature Reserve (greenshank) CAMBA (1988)
Egretta alba (great egret) JAMBA& CAMBA
Tringa hypoleucos (common· JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA
White Lake Nature Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& Jaensch eta!. Reserve stint) CAMBA (1988) (Quongunnerunding Stictonetta naevosa (freckled P4 Nature Reserve) duck)
Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA& tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Calidris ferruginea (curlew- JAMBA& sandpiper)
CAMBA Tringa nebularia JAMBA& (greenshank) CAMBA
Y enyening Lakes Calidris ruficollis (red-necked JAMBA& J aensch et al. (Beverley Lakes stint) CAMBA (1988) Nature Reserve) Calidris acuminata (sharp- JAMBA&
tailed sandpiper) CAMBA Tringa hypoleucos (common JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA Calidris ferruginea (curlew JAMBA& sandpiper) CAMBA Tringa nebularia JAMBA& (greenshank) CAMBA Thinornis rubricollis (hooded P4,JAMBA& plover) CAMBA
Yomaning Nature Falco peregrinus (peregrine SP Harold and Dell Reserve falcon) (1979)
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed, E = ANZECC endangered fauna, V = ANZECC vulnerable fauna, DT = CALM declared threatened fauna, SP = CALM specially protected fauna, P2 = CALM priority 2 fauna and P4 = CALM priority 4 fauna.
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Western Australian Government declared priority two fauna, Platycercus icterotis (western rosella), and priority four fauna, Strictonetta naevosa (freckled duck), Lophoictinia isura (square-tailed kite) Thinomis rubricollis (hooded plover), Platycercus icterotis (western rosella) andFalcunculusfrontatus (western shrike-tit), are also found in the Central Wheatbelt.
Species protected by international agreements between Australia and China and/or Japan include Egretta alba (great egret), Tringa hypoleucos (common sandpiper), Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper), Tringa nebularia (greenshank), and Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint).
Rare Communities
Part of this criterion rests on vegetation types which are endemic to the wheatbelt and have become extremely restricted through land clearance. Remnants with vegetation considered of conservation significance, or rare by the Department of Conservation and Land Management or in survey reports, were regarded as meeting this threshold. To date, rare plant communities have been recorded from 22 remnants in the Central Wheatbelt (Table 20). Communities include woodland, mallee, thickets, shrub land and heath. Only three of these remnants are listed on the Register: Dryandra Forest and Lake Toolibin and Tutanning Nature Reserves.
Vegetation Condition
Disturbance includes weed invasion, fire wood collection, burning, logging, grazing, four wheel driving, trail bike riding, trampling and mining. Not included are wildfire, fuel reduction bums, pathogens and feral predators. Vegetation which has been minimally disturbed by humans was regarded as being in good condition while areas subject to greater human disturbance was regarded as being in poor condition. Those areas subject to disturbance as defmed above were considered to be below the threshold.
Areas in an undisturbed condition at the time of surveying are listed in Table 21. In most cases they were undisturbed over their entire area. Boyagin Nature Reserve and Dryandra Forest are listed on the Register.
Geological Features
Geological features met the threshold for this criterion if they were considered rare by a geologist. Three remnants possessed rare geological features (Table 22). All three places are listed as indicative places on the Register.
Wilderness
Wilderness quality was also part of this criterion. No areas in the Central Wheatbelt are of sufficient size or remoteness to be considered wilderness and no Department of Conservation and Land Management lands (or part of them) have been classified as wilderness. Mt Stirling Nature Reserve was described as having wilderness qualities (Coates, 1990b).
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Table 20. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare plant communities
Remnant Species Reference
A von Location Eucalyptus macrocarpa shrubland George and Hnatiuk 19769 (1978)
Bewnelling Nature Grassy woodland York gum Mattiske Consulting Pty Reserve (Eucalyptus loxophleba) - jain Ltd (1995d)
(Acacia acuminata)- wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo) woodland
Booraan Nature Ecdeiocolea monostachya and Melaleuca Muir ( 1979b) Reserve cordata heath
Cairn Nature Temperate grassy woodland York gum Mattiske Consulting Pty Reserve (Eucalyptus loxophleba) - mallee woodland Ltd (1995d)
and Acacia acuminata woodland
Camping Reserve Temperate grassy woodland York gum Mattiske Consulting Pty (12109) (Eucalyptus loxophleba) -jam Ltd (1995d)
(Acacia acuminata) woodland
Drummond Nature Grassy woodland York gum Mattiske Consulting Pty Reserve (Eucalyptus loxophleba)- jam Ltd (1995d)
(Acacia acuminata) woodland
Dryandra Forest* temperate grassy woodland wandoo Mattiske Consulting Pty (Eucalyptus wandoo) woodland Ltd (1995d)
Glenluce Nature Callistemon phoeniceus thicket Muir (1979a) Reserve
Gorge Rock Nature Grassy woodland York gum Mattiske Consulting Pty Reserve (Eucalyptus loxophleba) woodland over grass Ltd (1995d)
Hotham River Temperate grassy woodland with Eucalyptus Mattiske Consulting Pty Nature Reserve wandoo Ltd (1995d)
Lake Hurlstone Dryandra heath Burgman (1985) Reserve System sand heath
Lake Toolibin Casuarina obesa, York gum/jam and salmon E.M. Mattiske and Nature Reserve* gum/gimlet woodlands Associates (1993)
Meenaar Nature York-gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba) woodland Moore and Williams Reserve (1986)
Mournucking Eremaea thicket and the mallee association Muir (1979a) Nature Reserve
N orpa Nature Shrubland of Allocasuarina acutivalvis Muir (1979b) Reserve
Private property, Temperate grassy woodland of wandoo Mattiske of Consulting south Popanyinning (Eucalyptus wandoo) - salmon gum Pty Ltd (1995d)
(Eucalyptus salmonophloia) and jam (Acacia acuminata)
Quairading Spring Salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) Coates ( 1990b) Nature Reserve woodland
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Table 20. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt with rare plant communities (cont.)
Remnant Species Reference
Reserve 10719 Salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) Muir ( 1979a) woodland
St Ronans Well grassy woodland of wandoo (f:ucalyptus Mattiske Consulting wandoo) and jam (Acacia acuminata) Pty Ltd (1995d)
The Ovens grassy woodland of York gum (Eucalyptus Mattiske Consulting loxophleba) and jam (Acacia acuminata) Pty Ltd (1995d)
Throssell Nature salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) Moore and Williams Reserve woodland (1986)
Tutanning Nature grassy woodland Mattiske Consulting Reserve* Pty Ltd (1995d)
*Register of the National Estate listed
Table 21. Undisturbed areas in the Central Wheatbelt
Site Site
Avon Location 19769 Bewnelling Nature Reserve
Boyagin Nature Reserve* Cairn Nature Reserve
Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Drummond Nature Reserve Reserve
Dryandra Forest* Gorge Rock Nature Reserve
Graham Rock Nature Reserve Lake Toolibin Nature Reserve*
Maublarling Nature Reserve Reserve 19119
Reserve 26661 Tutanning Nature Reserve*
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
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Table 22. Sites in the Central Wheatbelt with rare geological features
Remnant Rare Geological Feature Reference
Noondeening Hiu+ Excellent exposure of typical rocks and Perrigo (1991a) geological structures of the Jimperding Metamorphic Belt, part of the Western Australian Yilgam block.
Wave Rock+ A granite monadnock with si.des undercut due Australian Heritage to erosion and present a beautiful wave like Commission (1999) profile which is about 12 m high on the northern face.
Windmill Hill The site shows excellent exposures of the Perrigo (1991b) Railway Cutting+ Jimperding Metamorphic Belt including
gneiss, schist, amphibolite, quartzite and ultramafic schist. Zircons of about 3 340 million years old are found here.
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2.5.5 Criterion C 1: Places Important for Teaching or Scientific Information
Criterion C1 is used to identify places that are important for teaching or where significant scientific information has been, or is being, obtained. Values assessed include type localities, teaching sites, research, reference and benchmark sites.
Type Localities
Type localities are the collection sites of 'voucher specimens' and geological specimens held by herbaria and museums. Species names are attached to these specimens. Type localities are used for taxonomic and species distribution research. A remnant known to be a type locality was regarded as meeting the threshold for this criterion.
North Kalgarin Nature Reserve is the type locality for Baeckea, Chamelaucium and Hakea - species (Muir, 1977a). Nangeenan Nature Reserve is the type locality for the terrestrial
molluscs Bothriembryon sedgewicki, Westroloma aprica, W expicta and Themapupa beltiana. Windmill Hill Railway Cutting is a type locality for exposed rocks of the Jimperding Metamorphic Belt of the Archaean Western Gneiss (Perrigo, 1991 b).
Teaching Sites
Teaching sites are places where research has been undertaken at the undergraduate level or places used for teaching about Australian natural history. Any remnant used for this type of teaching was regarded as meeting the threshold for this criterion. A level of significance was also attached to each assessment:
Very High: the site is used for formal education about Australian natural history and is used by a large number of people on a regular basis; or the site is used for formal education about
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Australian natural history, and the characteristics of the site make it unique in its ability to facilitate teaching about an aspect of natural history.
High: the site is used for formal education about Australian natural history and is used for this purpose by many people on a regular basis; the site is used for formal education about Australian natural history, and the characteristics of the site make it one of few that can be used to facilitate teaching about an aspect of natural history; or an interpretation program exists at the site which is used regularly and by a large number of visitors.
Moderate: the site is used for formal education about Australian natural history and is used for this purpose on a regular basis;
Low: the site is used for formal education about Australian natural history and is used for this purpose on an occasional or one-off basis; or an interpretation program exists at the site which is used by a relatively low number of visitors, or on an occasional or irregular basis throughout the year. ·
Four remnants have been identified as teaching sites. Clackline Reserve and Dryandra Forest are both listed on the Register and Noondeening Hill and Windmill Hill Railway Cutting are indicative places (Table 23).
Research. Reference and Benchmark Sites
Research sites are places where research is taking place or has taken place; the aim of research is increasing understanding about Australian natural history; and where the research results have been documented and are available.
All research sites were regarded as meeting the threshold. Basic survey work was not included. Of the 12 sites identified as important for flora research, only two, Lake Toolibin and Tutanning Nature Reserves, are listed on the Register (Table 24). Of the 19 remnants recognised as important fauna research sites, North Kalgarin, Dragon Rocks, Tarin Rock, and Tutanning Nature Reserves and Dryandra Forest are listed on the Register (Table 25). Dongolocking Nature Reserve is an indicative place.
Reference or benchmark sites are places: with examples of biophysical characteristics or processes in a relatively undisturbed state; which allow the progression of natural processes to be measured and observed; and provide for comparisons with similar biophysical characteristics or processes in more disturbed environments. Reference or benchmark sites should be protected from further human disturbance and have baseline information available about the particular characteristic or process. The data sources for these sites are regional experts, databases, written reports, tertiary institutions and consultancies.
All reference or benchmark sites were regarded as meeting this threshold. Significance was also assigned, based on the rarity of the sites for the particular characteristic or process; the comprehensiveness of relevant information; and the existence and regularity of a monitoring program. No reference or benchmark sites were identified by this assessment.
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Table 23. Remnant vegetation in the Central Wheatbelt important as teaching sites
Remnant Level of Significance Reference
Clackline Nature Reserve* moderate Moore and Williams (1986)
Dryandra Forest* very high Murdoch University, Curtin University of Technology and Edith Cowan University
N oondeening Hiu+ very high Perrigo (1991a)
Windmill Hill Railway Cutting~ very high Perrigo (1991b) L___ ___ ._ ------
*Register of the National Estate listed, +interim listed
Table 24. Sites in the Central Wheatbelt important for flora research and monitoring
Remnant Reference
Cairn Nature Reserve Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Camel Peaks Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Gorge Rock Nature Reserve Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Lake Toolibin Nature Reserve E. M. Mattiske and Associates (1986); E. M. Mattiske and Associates (1993); Froend et al. 1987; Froend and Storey ( 1996)
Mokine Nature Reserve Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Nallian Nature Reserve Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Reserve 13594 Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Reserve 19138 Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Reserve 29313 Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
St Ronans Nature Reserve Murdoch University
The Ovens (2023) Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd. (1995c)
Tutanning Nature Reserve* Brown and Hopkins (1983)
*Register of the National Estate listed
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Table 25. Sites in the Central Wheatbelt important for fauna research or monitoring
Remnant
Badjaling Nature Reserve
Bendering Reserve
Dongolocking Nature Reserve+
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve*
Dryandra Forest*
East Yorkrakine Nature Reserve
Koberbin Nature Reserve
Mt Stirling Nature Reserve*
North Kalgarin Nature Reserve*
Querekin Rock Remnant (private property)
Sales Rock Remnant
South Badjaling Nature Reserve
St Ronans Nature Reserve
Tarin Rock Nature Reserve*
Tutanning Nature Reserve*
Y ornaning Nature Reserve
Y oting Town Reserve
Y oting Water Reserve
Reference
Chapman and Dell (1985)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener (1981); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et al. (1982)
Chapman and Dell (1985; Friend and Scanlon (1995); Friend et al. (1994); Kitchener (1981); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et al. (1982)
Chapman and Dell ( 1985)
Friend (1990); Friend and Scanlon (1995); Friend et al. (1994); Garkaklis et al. (1998); Majer (1985); Ninox Wildlife Consulting (1991); Recher and Davis (1998)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et al. (1982); Saunders (1989)
Kinnear et al. (1998)
Kinnear et al. (1998)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener (1981); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et al. ( 1982)
Kinnear et al. (1998)
Chapman and Dell ( 1985)
Mattiske Consulting ( 1995d)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b)
ARC (1999); Friend et al. (1997); Friend and Scanlon (1995); Friend et al. (1994); Friend et al. (1993); Jones et al. (1994a); Jones et al. (1994b); Little and Friend (1993)
Bradley (1997); Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener (1981); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. ( 1980b ); Kitchener et al. ( 1982)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et al. (1982)
Chapman and Dell (1985); Kitchener et al. (1980a); Kitchener et al. (1980b); Kitchener et aL (1982)
* Register of the National Estate listed, + interim listed
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2.5.6 Criterion D 1: Places Important in Demonstrating a Range of Landscapes, Environments or Ecosystems
Criterion D 1 relates to the importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of landscapes, environments or ecosystems, the attributes of which identify them as being characteristic of their class. Given the complexity of analysis required for this criterion it was not applied in this assessment.
2.6 Steps 5 and 6. Review of Draft Regional Assessment by Key Stakeholders and Preparation of Nominations to the Register of the National Estate
The draft report was sent to 80 stakeholders for review. Stakeholders included State Government Departments, Local Authorities, Land Care Groups, Aboriginal Corporations, Naturalists' Clubs, Birds Australia, Wildflower Societies, Conservation groups, such as the Conservation Council and private landholders whose land was assessed. Replies were received from the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation, Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, Water and Rivers Commission, Water Corporation Shire of Northam, Noongar Land Council, River Conservation Society and Ms Laura Grey.
At a meeting of the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel it was decided to nominate those remnants of vegetation which had reached the threshold of three or more criteria (see Table 1). This was mainly due to time constraints and ideally, all those areas which had reached the threshold of one or more criteria would be nominated, in the future. Nominations for the following ten remnants were prepared: Bendering Nature Reserve, (once called West Bendering Reserve and not to be confused with North Kalgarin Reserve which is listed in the Register under its old name ofBendering Nature Reserve), Boolanelling Nature Reserve, Cairn Nature Reserve, Corrigin Water Reserve and Aerodrome Reserve, Kondinin Salt Marsh, Lake Hurlstone Reserve System, Mokine Nature Reserve, Reserve 29313, St Ronan's Nature Reserve and Yornaning Nature Reserve. Avon Location 19769 was considered for nomination, but reference to a GIS at the Western Australian Department of Environmental Protection revealed that the location had been cleared prior to 1996.
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Regional Assessment of the Wheatbelt of Western
Australia:
Central Wheatbelt
Appendices
by
Susan J. Wooller and Susan A. Moore in association with the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel*
Prepared for the Australian Heritage Commission
June 2000
* The Australian Heritage Commission established and relies on the Western Australian Natural Environment Evaluation Panel to provide advice to the Commission on natural environment heritage matters. Member are John Dell (Chairperson), Western Australian Museum; Jenny Davis, Murdoch University; Angas Hopkins, Department of Conservation and Land Management; John Huisman, Murdoch University; Kevin Kenneally, Department of Conservation and Land Management; Jon Majer, Curtin University of Technology; Ken McNamara, Western Australian Museum; Barry Muir, Muir Environmental; and Les Pettitt, Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation.
Contents
1. Location of remnants assessed during the Regional Assessment of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia .................................... ~· ......................................... 1-11
2. National Estate values of remnants assessed as part of the Regional Assessment of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia ......................................................... 1-58
3. Information sources consulted during the Regional Assessment of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia ................................................................................ 1-3
4. List of experts contacted concerning the natural environmental values of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia ................................................................... 1-2
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on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Bru
ce R
ock
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3035
and
150
27
1303
5 an
d 15
027
Adj
acen
t to
and
nor
th-e
ast o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Res
erve
174
20
1742
0 18
km
sou
th-w
est o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Res
erve
191
3 8
1913
8 10
krn
sou
th-e
ast o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
12
277
At B
ruce
Roc
k
Bru
ce R
ock
Kok
erbi
n H
ill
1104
3 41
.6 k
m d
ue w
est o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Yil
geri
n R
ock
3500
2 14
.4 k
m s
outh
of B
ruce
Roc
k
Bru
ce R
ock
Bel
ka R
eser
ve
A2
22
61
17
.6 k
m n
orth
-nor
th-w
est o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Res
erve
178
24
1782
4 28
.8 k
m w
est-
sout
h-w
est o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Kum
rnin
in R
eser
ve
1626
5 20
.8 k
m s
outh
-sou
th-e
ast o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Res
erve
151
99
1519
9 23
.2 k
m n
orth
eas
t of B
ruce
Roc
k
Bru
ce R
ock
Res
erve
145
20
1452
0 41
.6 k
m d
ue e
a,st
of B
ruce
Roc
k
Bru
ce R
ock
Kw
o1yi
nHil
l 11
038
& 1
1046
33
.6 k
m d
ue w
est o
f Bru
ce R
ock
Bru
ce R
ock
Shi
re
Res
erve
240
97
2409
7 4.
8 km
nor
th-e
ast o
fBil
bari
n S
idin
g
Bun
gull
a S
idin
g B
ungu
lla
Nat
ure
Res
erve
33
990
Imm
edia
tely
sou
th o
fBun
gull
a S
idin
g
Bur
raco
ppin
B
urra
copp
in R
eser
ve
1819
8 2
km s
outh
-eas
t ofB
urra
copp
in
Cor
rigi
n N
onal
ling
and
Whi
tew
ater
Res
erve
24
428
6 km
nor
th o
f Y
ea1e
ring
Cor
rigi
n B
oo1a
nell
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
22
792
25.5
km
nor
th-n
orth
-wes
t ofC
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n C
orri
gin
Wat
er R
eser
ve a
nd A
erod
rom
e R
eser
ve
1619
6 an
d 38
131
Wes
t ofC
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
250
02
2500
2 S
outh
-wes
t of C
orri
gin
05 J
une,
200
0 P
age
2 o
f II
App
endi
x I.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
( con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Rem
nant
L
ocat
ion
Num
ber
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Cor
rigi
n G
orge
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A'
1671
4 19
km
sou
th-s
outh
-eas
t of C
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n P
aper
Bar
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve 2
12
900
Sou
th-e
ast o
f Cor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n W
oger
1in
Hil
l Res
erve
34
000
Nor
th-w
est o
f Cor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n R
eser
ve 3
0324
30
324
Not
giv
en
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
156
68
1566
8 W
est-
sout
h-w
est o
fCor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n S
ewel
l Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
9426
N
orth
-eas
t of Y
earl
erin
g
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
141
71
1417
1 N
orth
of C
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
106
44
1064
4 S
outh
-wes
t of C
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n O
verh
eu N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2554
6 N
ot g
iven
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
140
14
1401
4 N
orth
-eas
t of C
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
944
8 94
48
Not
giv
en
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
101
25
1012
5 S
outh
ofC
orri
gin
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
101
87
1018
7 S
outh
-sou
th-w
est o
f Cor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n P
aper
Bar
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve I
12
899
Sou
th-e
ast o
f Cor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
123
63
1236
3 W
est o
fCor
rigi
n
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
135
36
1353
6 S
outh
-eas
t of C
orri
gin
Cra
rnph
orn
Sid
ing,
sou
th o
fMer
redi
n C
airn
Nat
ure
Res
erve
97
54
26 k
m n
orth
-eas
t ofC
ram
phor
n S
idin
g
Cra
rnph
orne
Sid
ing
Mt.
Cra
mph
orne
Res
erve
27
521
41 k
m n
orth
-eas
t ofN
arem
been
Dar
kan
Lak
e T
ower
rinn
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
24
917,
A28
014
32 k
m s
outh
ofD
ark
an
05 J
une,
200
0 P
age
3 o
f II
App
endi
x 1.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
( con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Rem
nant
L
ocat
ion
Num
ber
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Dat
enni
ng
Dat
teni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2865
6 L
ocat
ed a
t D
aten
ning
tow
nsit
e.
Dul
bell
ing
Sid
ing
Dul
bell
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
30
132
14 k
m s
outh
-sou
th-w
est o
fQua
irad
ing.
Dur
nble
yung
D
ongo
lock
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
1
90
96
,19
08
3,1
90
82
,10
47
3,1
90
89
,19
09
0,2
60
05
24
km
nor
th o
fDur
nble
yung
Eri
kin
Sid
ing
Mok
ami
Spr
ings
23
686
4 km
sou
th-e
ast o
fEri
kin
Sid
ing
Hig
h bur
y H
ighb
ury
Nat
ure
Res
erve
26
668
14 k
m d
ue s
outh
ofN
arro
gin
Hig
h bur
y R
eser
ve 2
6669
26
669
14 k
m s
outh
ofN
arro
gin
Hig
h bur
y R
eser
ve 1
5855
15
855
12 k
m s
outh
-eas
t o
f Hig
h bur
y
Hin
es H
ill
Hin
es H
ill N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2379
5 I
km n
orth
-nor
th-e
ast o
f Hin
es H
ill
Hin
es H
ill
Sid
ing
Res
erve
258
72
2587
2 2
km s
outh
of H
ines
Hil
l S
idin
g
Hyd
en
Wav
e R
ock
2883
2/28
87,
2883
3/28
86,
1992
9/28
88, 2
9305
/293
6 N
orth
-eas
t of H
yden
Hyd
en
Cam
el P
eaks
23
164
17 k
m n
orth
of~yden
Hyd
en
Res
erve
342
95
3429
5 21
km
eas
t-no
rth-
east
of H
yden
Hyd
en
Res
erve
287
15
2871
5 19
km
due
nor
th o
f Hyd
en
Hyd
en
Res
erve
280
47
2804
7 54
km
due
eas
t o
f Hyd
en
Hyd
en
Res
erve
276
39
2763
9 19
km
eas
t of H
yden
Hyd
en
Gra
ham
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2717
5 7
km e
ast o
f Hyd
en
Hyd
en
Res
erve
266
61
2666
1 15
km
due
eas
t of H
yden
Hyd
en
Dra
gon
Roc
ks N
atur
e A
rea
3612
8 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
Sou
th-s
outh
-eas
t of H
yden
Hyd
en
Lak
e H
urls
tone
Res
erve
Sys
tem
27
837,
A24
417,
A27
927
50 k
m e
ast
of H
yden
05 J
lU!e
, 20
00
Pag
e 11
App
endi
x I.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal A
sses
smen
t ( c
ontd
)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Hyd
en
Jura
Sid
ing
Kar
lgar
in
Kar
lgar
in
Kar
lgar
in
Kau
ring
Sid
ing
Kau
ring
Sid
ing
Kau
ring
Sid
ing
Kel
lerb
erri
n
Kon
dini
n
Kon
dini
n
Kon
dini
n
Kon
dini
n
Koo
rda
Kul
in
Kul
in
Kul
in
Kul
in
Kul
in
05 J
une,
200
0
Rem
nant
Em
u R
ock
Jura
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Res
erve
233
66
Kar
lgar
in H
ill N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Scr
iven
ers
Roc
k H
ole
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Y an
dini
llin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Res
erve
241
79
Res
erve
268
97
Mou
rnuc
king
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Res
erve
229
06
Kon
dini
n S
alt M
arsh
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Ben
deri
ng R
eser
ve
Nor
th K
alga
rin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3176
Jila
kin
Roc
k
Ros
e R
oad
Res
erve
Jita
rnin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Mau
blar
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Nor
th J
itam
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Loc
atio
n N
umbe
r
9753
2745
2
2336
6
1071
6
1766
2
1641
2
2417
9
2689
7
2489
7
2290
6
2690
5/26
692
A20
338
& 2
5681
1317
6
1538
5
3413
6
2998
8 'A
' Cla
ss r
eser
ve
2983
5
2797
9 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
51 k
m e
ast o
f Hyd
en
1 km
wes
t of J
ura
Sid
ing
19 k
m w
est -
sout
h-w
est o
f Kar
lgar
in
14 k
m w
est o
fKar
lgar
in
8 km
nor
th o
f Kar
lgar
in
16 k
m s
outh
-eas
t of
Kau
ring
Sid
ing
14 k
m n
orth
-eas
t ofK
auri
ng S
idin
g
5 km
sou
th-s
outh
-eas
t ofK
auri
ng S
idin
g
Not
giv
en
Loc
ated
at K
ondi
nin
tow
nsit
e
Sou
th-e
ast o
fKon
dini
n
16 k
m n
orth
east
ofK
ondi
nin
23 k
m n
orth
-nor
th-e
ast o
fKon
dini
n
38 k
m s
outh
-wes
t of K
oord
a
16 k
m e
ast o
f Kul
in
Not
giv
en
Sou
th-w
est o
fKu
lin
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Pag
e 5
of
11
App
endi
x 1.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
( con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Rem
nan
t L
ocat
ion
Nu
mb
er
Kul
in
Kul
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Kul
in
Koo
lber
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
1676
3
Ku1
in
Avo
n L
ocat
ion
1976
9 F
reeh
old:
Doy
le
Ku1
in
Sou
th K
ulin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
34
833
Kw
eda
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
6582
16
582
Kw
eda
Wat
er R
eser
ve 2
44
244
Kw
olyi
n W
ater
Res
erve
355
98
3559
8
Kw
olyi
n R
eser
ve 1
6288
16
288
Kw
olyi
n S
idin
g C
mig
Nat
ure
Res
erve
30
903
Kw
olyi
n S
idin
g R
eser
ve 1
0719
10
719
Kw
olyi
n S
idin
g K
wol
yin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
30
960
Lak
e G
race
N
orth
Tar
in R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
29
857
'A' C
lass
Res
erve
Lak
e K
ing
Lak
e K
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
39
422
Lak
e K
ing
Res
erve
259
79
2597
9
Mec
ke1i
ng
Mec
keri
ng F
ault
Sca
rp
Mer
redi
n U
lva
Nat
ure
Res
erve
24
835
Mer
redi
n R
eser
ve 2
8940
28
940
Mer
redi
n W
ater
Res
erve
112
22
1122
2
Mer
redi
n B
oora
an N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2973
8
05 J
une,
200
0
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Nor
th o
fKw
eda
Sou
th-e
ast o
fKw
eda
Wes
t ofK
wol
yin
1 km
nor
th-w
est o
fKw
o1yi
n
16 k
m d
ue n
orth
ofK
wol
yin
21 k
m n
orth
of K
wol
yin
Sid
ing
6 km
nor
th-n
orth
-eas
t ofK
wol
yin
Sid
ing
Nor
th-w
est o
f Lak
e G
race
Nor
th-w
est o
f Lak
e K
ing
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
14 k
m s
outh
-sou
th-w
est o
fMer
redi
n
48 k
m e
ast -
sout
h-ea
st o
f Mer
redi
n
Nor
th-w
est
ofM
erre
din
14 k
m e
ast o
fMer
redi
n
Pag
e 6
of
11
App
endi
x 1.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
( con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Mer
redi
n
Mer
redi
n
Mer
redi
n
Mer
redi
n
Nan
geen
an S
idin
g
Nar
embe
en
Nar
embe
en
Nar
embe
en
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogm
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
05 J
une,
200
0
Rem
nant
'
Res
erve
Al3
59
4
Res
erve
135
94
Mer
redi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Nor
pa N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Nan
geen
an N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Em
u H
ill
Res
erve
Res
erve
135
65
Res
erve
310
91
Nor
nans
-bok
an L
akes
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Ibis
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Res
erve
299
06
Res
erve
2764
4
Res
erve
208
78
Dry
andr
a F
ores
t
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Lit
tle
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Taa
rbli
n L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Loc
atio
n N
umbe
r
A13
594
1359
4
1947
6
2050
4
2453
2
A25
039
1356
5
3109
1
9551
,962
8, 1
0631
, 17
339,
2678
5
9629
2990
6
2764
4
2087
8
Sta
te F
ores
t 51
Sta
te F
ores
t 53
Dul
binn
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A27
286
and
A96
17,
Too
libi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve A
2455
6 an
d W
alby
ring
N
atur
e R
eser
ve A
l439
8.
9508
,267
86,2
6788
,267
89,2
6790
9550
,209
62
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
(Q
uong
unne
rund
ing
Nat
ur
I 00
16
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
26 k
rn s
outh
-sou
th-e
ast o
f Mer
redi
n
26 k
rn s
outh
-eas
t of M
erre
din
6.5
krn
sout
h-so
uth-
wes
t ofM
erre
din
2 I
krn
sout
h-ea
st o
f Mer
redi
n
lnun
edia
tely
nor
th o
fNan
geen
an S
idin
g
Sou
th o
fNar
ernb
een
56 k
rn e
ast-
nort
h-ea
st o
fNar
embe
en
23 k
rn d
ue e
ast o
fNar
ernb
een
32 k
rn e
ast o
fNar
rogi
n
34 k
rn e
ast-
sout
h-ea
st o
fNar
rogi
n
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
13 k
rn w
est
sout
h-w
est o
fNar
rogi
n
Nor
th-w
est o
fNar
rogi
n
Eas
t ofN
arro
gin
25 k
rn c
ast-
sout
h-ea
st o
fNar
rogi
n
35 k
rn e
ast o
fNar
rogi
n
27 k
rn e
ast-
sout
h-ea
st o
fNar
rogi
n
Pag
e 7
of
II
App
endi
x I.
Loc
atio
n o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
Reg
iona
l A
sses
smen
t ( c
ontd
)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Nar
rogi
n
Nar
rogi
n
Nor
tham
Nor
tham
Nor
tham
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Pan
tapi
n S
idin
g
Pan
tapi
n S
idin
g
Pic
kari
ng H
ill
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pin
gell
y
Pop
anyi
nnin
g
05 J
une,
200
0
Rem
nan
t
Res
erve
186
4
Res
erve
293
13
C1a
cklin
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Mee
naar
Nat
ure
Res
erve
1bro
ssel
l Nat
ure
Res
erve
Res
erve
231
37
Kob
erbi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Gle
nluc
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Pik
arin
g H
ill R
eser
ve
Pik
arin
g W
est N
atur
e R
eser
ve
The
Ove
ns (
2023
)
Boy
errn
ucki
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Moo
nunb
ine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Hot
ham
Riv
er N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Tut
anni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Pet
erca
rrin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Noo
mbl
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Nor
th W
oyer
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Lan
sdel
l's P
rope
rty
Loc
atio
n N
umbe
r
1864
2931
3
3240
0
A1
99
71
7220
2313
7
2511
2,26
266
976
2314
1
Res
erve
Al2
09
8
6798
8291
'A' C
lass
Res
erve
3694
2,25
555,
311
63
2009
5
2615
0
2006
6
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
14 k
rn n
orth
-wes
t ofN
arro
gin
22 k
rn s
outh
-wes
t ofN
arro
gin
1 kr
n no
rth
ofC
1ack
line
Sid
ing
21 k
rn e
ast o
f Nor
tham
15 k
rn w
est o
fMee
keri
ng
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
15 k
rn d
ue n
orth
ofP
anta
pin
Sid
ing
17 k
rn s
outh
-sou
th-e
ast o
fPan
tapi
n
1.6
krn
wes
t of
Pic
kari
ng H
ill
16.7
krn
wes
t o~
Ping
elly
42 k
rn d
ue e
ast o
f Pin
gell
y
10 k
rn d
ue e
ast
ofP
inge
lly
Sou
th o
f Pin
gell
y
Eas
t of
Pin
gell
y
16 k
rn d
ue e
ast o
fPin
gell
y
8 kr
n w
est o
fPin
gell
y
30 k
rn d
ue e
ast
of P
inge
lly
Not
giv
en
Pag
e 8
ofl
1
App
endi
x I.
Loc
atio
n o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
oft
he
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
(con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Pop
anyi
nnin
g
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
ira d
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
ira d
ing
Qua
ira d
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qu
a ira
ding
Qua
ira d
ing
Qu
a ira
ding
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Qu
a ira
ding
Qua
irad
ing
Qua
irad
ing
Sha
ckle
ton
05 J
une,
200
0
Rem
nan
t
Pri
vate
pro
pert
y, s
outh
of P
opan
yinn
ing
Res
erve
302
99
Dan
gin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Pan
tapi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Jenn
aber
ring
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Res
erve
283
19
Mt
Sti
rlin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Gun
dari
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Res
erve
22
7.5
Mea
rs L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Bad
jali
ng N
orth
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Res
erve
13
217
Qua
irad
ing
Spr
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Bad
jali
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
153
Bad
jali
ng W
est N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bug
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Wat~Reserve 1
1029
Loc
atio
n N
um
ber
3029
9
1957
0 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
1834
2 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
1177
6 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
2831
9
2318
7 (N
ange
en H
ill)
1103
9 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
2275
1239
8
1012
1
1321
7
1137
2 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
2375
8
1115
3
2831
8
2831
7
1102
9
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Sou
th o
f Pop
anyi
nnin
g
22 k
m n
orth
-eas
t of Q
ua ir
a din
g
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
5 km
sou
th-e
ast o
f Qu
a ira
din
g
12 k
m n
orth
wes
t of K
wol
yin
tow
nsit
e
Nor
th-e
ast o
fQu
aira
din
g
Not
giv
en
25 k
m s
outh
-so.
uth-
wes
t ofQ
uair
adin
g
9 km
eas
t-no
rth-
east
ofQ
uair
adin
g
13 k
m e
ast-
sout
h-ea
st o
fQua
irad
ing
Not
giv
en
10 k
m e
ast o
fQu
aira
din
g
Sou
th-w
est o
f Qua
irad
ing
7 km
eas
t of Q
uair
adin
g
9 km
sou
th o
f Qua
irad
ing
Wes
t o
f Sha
ckle
ton
Pag
e 9
of
11
App
endi
x 1.
L
ocat
ion
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
( con
td)
Tow
n o
r sh
ire
Sha
ckle
ton
Sha
ckle
ton
Sha
ckle
ton
Sha
ckle
ton
Sha
ckle
ton
Sha
ckle
ton
Sid
ing
Tam
min
Tam
rnin
Tam
rnin
Tam
rnin
Tam
rnin
Tam
min
Tam
rnin
Tar
in R
ock
Too
dyay
Too
dyay
Too
dyay
Wag
in
Wag
in
05 J
une,
200
0
Rem
nant
L
ocat
ion
Num
ber
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1649
11
649
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3502
13
502
Que
reki
n R
ock
Rem
nant
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3172
13
172
Wat
er R
eser
ve 5
314
5314
Sha
ckle
ton
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2450
5
Sale
's R
ock
Rem
nant
Eas
t Y or
krak
ine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
23
085
'A' C
lass
Res
erve
Tam
rnin
Rai
lway
Dam
Nat
ure
Res
erve
23
566
Mor
tloc
k R
iver
Eas
t Nat
ure
Res
erve
24
831
Cha
rles
Gar
dner
Res
erve
A
2004
1
Noo
nyin
g L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
I 0
313
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve a
nd W
ater
Res
erve
!48
87
1177
6 &
148
87
Tar
in R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
25
711
'A' C
lass
Res
erve
Bew
nell
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Dru
mm
ond
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Win
dmil
l Hil
l Rai
lway
Cut
ting
Par
keye
rrin
g L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Gun
dari
ng L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
4280
8 'A
' Cla
ss R
eser
ve
no n
umbe
r
A24
792,
A10
733
2437
3
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
Nor
th o
f Sha
ckle
ton
Eas
t of S
hack
leto
n
40 k
m s
outh
-eas
t of M
t S
tirl
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Sou
th o
f Sha
ckle
ton
Sout
h o
f Sha
ckle
ton
4 km
due
nor
th o
f Sha
ckle
ton
Sid
ing
Sout
h of
Tam
rnin
30 k
m n
orth
-eas
t ofT
amrn
in
5.5
km s
outh
-eas
t of
Tam
rnin
II k
m w
est o
fTam
rnin
15km
sou
th o
fTam
rnin
.
4 km
sou
th-w
est o
fTam
rnin
Sou
th o
fTam
rnin
Nor
th-w
est o
f Tar
in R
ock
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
7 km
sou
th o
fWag
in
14 k
m e
ast o
fWag
in
Pag
e 10
of
11
App
endi
x I.
Loc
atio
n o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
oft
he
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
(con
td)
Tow
n or
shi
re
Rem
nant
L
ocat
ion
Num
ber
Wag
in
Nal
lian
Nat
ure
Res
erve
44
58
Wag
in
Cas
uari
na N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2085
-208
8
Wag
in
War
deri
ng L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
17
258
Wes
t Art
hur
Dea
d M
ans
Sw
amp
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
5456
Wic
kepi
n R
eser
ve 1
9119
19
119
Wic
kepi
n R
eser
ve 1
4694
14
694
Wic
kepi
n R
eser
ve 2
2967
22
967
Wic
kepi
n C
ampi
ng R
eser
ve (
1210
9)
1210
9
Wic
kepi
n Y
orna
ning
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
189
52
Wic
kepi
n M
unge
rung
cutt
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
21
75
Yar
ding
Sid
ing
Yar
ding
Nat
ure
Res
erve
27
108
Yil
lim
inni
ng
Res
erve
295
89
2958
9
Yor
k St
Ron
ans
Nat
ure
Res
erve
30
591
Yor
k W
amby
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
2198
1
Yor
k M
okin
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
3121
1
Yor
k St
Ron
ans
Wel
l, Y
ork
Y ot
ing
Sid
ing
Res
erve
II 0
24
1102
4
Y ot
ing
Sid
ing
Y ot
ing
Tow
n R
eser
ve
1512
3
05 J
une,
200
0
Dir
ecti
on/d
ista
nce
from
nea
rest
to
wn
II k
m n
orth
-eas
t o
f Wag
in
Jaen
sch,
et a
l., 1
988
17 k
m w
est -
nort
h-w
est o
f W o
odan
illi
ng
28 k
m s
outh
of D
arka
n
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
Not
giv
en
12 k
m w
est-
nort
h-w
est o
fWic
kepi
n
Not
giv
en
I km
eas
t of
Yar
ding
Sid
ing
7 km
due
nor
th o
f Yil
lim
inni
ng
17 k
m w
est o
f Y
ork
13 k
m w
est o
f Y
ork
20 k
m n
orth
-wes
t of Y
ork
18 k
m w
est o
f Y
ork
15 k
m n
orth
of
Y ot
ing
Sid
ing
10 k
m n
orth
-eas
t ofB
adja
ling
Pag
e II
of II
2. National Estate values of remnants assessed as part of the Regional Assessment of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of1h
e C
entr
al W
heat
belt
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
A v
on L
ocat
ion
1976
9 A
l,A
2,
Bl
Bad
jali
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl,
Cl
Bad
jali
ng N
orth
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Bad
jali
ng W
est N
atur
e R
eser
ve
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s lo
cati
on is
par
ticu
larl
y di
vers
e an
d su
ppor
ts E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S W
AN
DO
O w
oodl
and,
no
t li
sted
E
SA
LM
ON
OP
HL
OIA
an
d E
. L
ON
GIC
OR
NIS
woo
dlan
d, E
. A
S1R
ING
EN
S
woo
dlan
d, o
pen
scru
b w
ith
mal
lee
higb
shr
ubla
nd a
nd l
ow o
pen-
woo
dlan
d an
d s<
;rub
land
. A
rar
e fl
ora
com
mu
niy
ofE
UC
AL
YP
TU
S M
AC
RO
CA
RP
A s
hrub
land
is
pres
ent.
DA
VIE
S !A
PA
CH
YL
INA
, EU
CA
LY
PT
US
SH
EA
TII
IAN
A a
nd O
LE
AR
IA
MU
EL
LE
RI
are
at th
e w
este
rn li
mit
of t
heir
ran
ge
here
. A
CA
CIA
GL
AU
CO
PT
ER
A i
s at
the
nort
hern
lim
it o
f it's
ran
ge.
Flo
ra r
equi
ring
tax
onom
ic r
evie
w b
y th
e W
este
rn
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent i
nclu
de a
n u
ndes
clli
bed
ISO
PO
GO
N.
An
und
escr
ibed
BA
EC
KE
A is
tho
ught
to b
e an
end
emic
. T
his
rem
nant
w
as i
n ve
ry g
ood
cond
itio
n w
hen
swve
yed.
BA
NK
SIA
CU
NE
AT
A o
ccur
s he
re a
nd
it is
kno
wn
to h
ave
a ge
ogra
phic
ran
ge o
fles
s no
t lis
ted
than
100
km
and
this
spe
cies
is
cons
ider
ed v
ulne
rabl
e.
The
rel
ativ
e ri
chne
ss o
f bir
ds o
n th
is r
eser
ve i
s du
e to
the
pres
ence
of a
sal
t com
plex
. T
he r
eser
ve h
as b
een
the
subj
ect o
f a
stud
y in
to t
he b
iolo
gy a
nd
zoo
geog
raph
y o
f am
phib
ians
an
d re
ptill
:s.
Sal
t mar
sh v
eget
atio
n is
pre
sent
on
this
res
erve
. D
istu
rban
ce c
ould
cau
se f
urth
er
encr
oach
men
t ont
o fa
nnla
nd.
Thi
s re
sew
e is
of l
ittl
e va
lue
for
cons
erva
tion
pm
pose
s bu
t is
valu
able
for
soi
l oo
nser
vati
on i
n an
are
a be
com
ing
prog
ress
ivel
y sm
lt-pr
one.
not
list
ed
not l
iste
d
Pag
e I
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Bel
ka R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Ben
deri
ng R
eser
ve
A2,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
26 J
une,
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e is
in
exc
elle
nt c
ondi
tion
bot
h fr
om a
bot
anic
al a
nd o
rnit
holo
gica
l no
t lis
ted
pers
pect
ive.
It
is r
elat
ivel
y un
dist
urbe
d an
d fr
ee f
rom
rub
bish
. T
he m
alle
e fo
wl
(LE
IPO
A
OC
EL
LA
TA
), d
ecla
red
vuln
erab
le a
t a n
atio
nal
leve
l has
bee
n re
port
ed o
n th
e re
serv
e.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s a
dive
rse
flor
a.
The
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
gaze
tted
pri
orit
y th
ree
spec
ies
not l
iste
d C
RY
PT
AN
DR
A P
OL
YC
LA
DA
occ
urs
on th
is r
eser
ve.
In a
ddit
ion
sand
alw
ood
SA
NT
AL
UM
SP
ICA
TU
M o
ccur
s ab
unda
ntly
at
this
res
erve
, bu
t els
ewhe
re i
n th
e W
heat
belt
it h
as a
ll b
ut d
isap
pear
ed.
It h
as a
gre
at d
iver
sity
of f
auna
wit
h th
e na
tion
ally
vul
nera
ble
PH
AS
CO
GA
LE
CA
LU
RA
(r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
),
and
LE
IPO
A O
CE
LL
AT
A,
mal
lee
fow
l, bo
th l
ivin
g in
the
re
serv
e.
PS
EU
DO
MY
S O
CC
IDE
NT
AL
IS (
wes
tern
mou
se)
has
only
rec
entl
y be
en
dele
ted
from
the
Sta
te G
over
nmen
t's d
ecla
red
thre
aten
ed f
auna
lis
t. It
is n
ow p
rior
ity
4 fa
una.
T
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
, whi
te-t
aile
d du
nnar
t (S
MIN
Tif
OP
SIS
G
RA
NU
LIP
ES
), M
itch
ell's
hop
ping
mou
se (
NO
TO
MY
S M
ITC
iffi
LL
I),
wes
tern
mou
se
and
rnal
lee
fow
l ar
e kn
own
to b
reed
at t
he r
eser
ve.
The
res
erve
pla
ys a
n im
port
ant r
ole
in fi
mna
l an
d ve
geta
tion
pro
cess
es i
n an
en\
~ron
rnen
t
in w
hich
muc
h cl
eari
ng f
or a
gric
ultu
re h
as t
aken
pla
ce.
A t
otal
of 3
0 %
of
its t
rees
wer
e se
nesc
ent (
Mui
r se
nesc
ence
ind
ex=
I 0
.6)
in 1
978
prov
idin
g im
port
ant
bree
ding
hol
low
s fo
r an
imal
s.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt i
n m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sys
tem
s be
caus
e o
f its
lar
ge a
rea.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e bi
olog
y an
d zo
ogeo
grap
hy o
f am
phib
ians
and
rep
tile
s an
d an
othe
r in
to l
izar
d as
sem
blag
es a
nd r
eser
ve s
ize
and
stru
ctur
e.
Oth
er s
tudi
es i
nclu
de in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s an
d bi
rds
of r
eser
ves
in th
e w
heat
belt
. O
ne s
tudy
was
into
the
bre
edin
g, d
iet a
nd h
abit
at
pref
eren
ces
of t
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
(P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
Pag
e 2
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
oft
he
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
111a
nt
Th
resh
old
Met
Bewn~lling N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
Ble
ch)n
den-
Hai
ly B
lock
A
2,B
l
Boo
lart
elli
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Al,
A3
,Bl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Tit
is r
eser
ve h
as t
empe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t th
reat
ened
eco
syst
ems
in
not
list
ed
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
med
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
ts p
redo
min
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
incl
udes
se
dges
, rus
hes
and
othe
r gr
ass-
like
pla
nts)
. T
hese
gra
ssla
nds
have
bee
n dr
amat
ical
ly
alte
red
and
are
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed in
con
serv
atio
n re
serv
es.
It is
one
of t
he f
ew r
eser
ves
on w
hich
Yor
k gu
m (
EU
CA
L Y
P1U
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
A
CU
MlN
AT
A)-
wan
doo
(EU
CA
LY
PT
US
WA
ND
OO
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
Thi
s re
mna
nt o
f veg
etat
ion
is i
n ve
ry g
ood
cond
itio
n.
Thi
s re
mna
nt o
f veg
etat
ion
is th
ough
t to
prov
ide
habi
tat f
or t
he n
atio
nall
y vu
lner
able
no
t lis
ted
rnal
lee
fow
l (L
EIP
OA
OC
EL
LA
TA
).
The
tall
mix
ed h
eath
fou
nd o
n th
is r
eser
ve i
s no
t enc
ount
ered
in
the
Tam
min
, no
t lis
ted
Kel
lerb
erri
n, M
erre
din
or N
arem
been
Shi
res
to t
he n
orth
and
eas
t and
app
ears
to
repr
esen
t a h
eath
type
mor
e co
mm
only
fou
nd f
urth
er to
the
sou
th.
The
res
erve
may
be
the
nort
hern
lim
it o
f the
ran
ge o
f the
se s
peci
es a
nd is
con
side
red
impo
rtan
t in
evol
utio
nary
an
d ge
neti
c st
udie
s.
Fur
ther
stu
dies
are
req
uire
d to
sup
port
this
ide
a.
The
res
erve
is
repo
rted
to s
uppo
rt th
e w
este
rn b
rush
wal
laby
(M
AC
RO
PU
S I
RM
A),
dec
lare
d pr
iori
ty
four
fau
na b
y th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t.
The
res
erve
car
ries
a ri
ch v
eget
atio
n bo
th s
truc
tura
lly
and
flor
isti
call
y an
d re
pres
ents
so
me
of t
he d
omin
ant v
eget
atio
n ty
pes
of t
he r
egio
n pr
ior
to c
lear
ing.
Pag
e 3
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s of
renm
ant v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Reg
iona
l A
sses
smen
t o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Boo
ra<t
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
26 Jun
~, 2
000
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
ME
LA
LE
UC
A C
OR
DA
TA
hea
th a
nd
the
EC
DE
IOC
OL
EA
MO
NO
ST
AC
HY
A a
nd
not
list
ed
ME
LA
LE
UC
A C
OR
DA
TA
low
hea
th w
hich
occ
ur o
n th
is r
eser
ve a
re u
nusu
al i
n se
vera
l as
pect
s.
AC
AC
IA s
p. I
1, w
hich
is e
mer
gent
in
the
ME
LA
LE
UC
A h
eath
, ha
s no
t bee
n fo
und
in th
e w
heat
belt
at o
ther
res
erve
s al
thou
gh i
t may
exi
st e
lsew
here
. T
he
EC
DE
IOC
OL
EA
MO
NO
ST
AC
HY
A a
nd M
EL
AL
EU
CA
CO
RD
AT
A lo
w h
eath
is
a li
ttle
unu
sual
in
that
EC
DE
IOC
OL
EA
MO
NO
ST
AC
HY
A
has
mos
t com
mon
ly b
een
enco
unte
red
in th
e m
oist
er h
eath
sit
es a
nd
ME
LA
LE
UC
A C
OR
DA
TA
mos
t co
mm
only
in
the
drie
r h
eath
sit
es.
The
ir c
ombi
ned
occu
rren
ce a
t th
is r
eser
ve i
s o
f in
tere
st.
Thi
s re
serv
e co
ntai
ns t
he b
est r
epre
sent
ativ
e ar
ea o
f hea
th i
n th
e re
gion
. A
ddit
iona
lly
ther
e ap
pear
s to
be
som
e un
usua
l pl
ant a
ssem
blag
es i
n th
e he
ath
and
this
may
ind
icat
e a
pecu
liar
soi
l typ
e.
Pag
e 4
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
I
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Boy
agm
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
1, A
3, B
l, C
l, D
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
Boy
agin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
is
of m
ajor
sig
nifi
canc
e in
mai
ntai
ning
on-
goin
g ec
olog
ical
R
egis
tere
d pr
oces
ses
wit
hin
the
V.'h
eatb
elt r
egio
n o
fWes
tmn
Aus
tral
ia. T
he a
rea
is o
ne o
f the
few
po
cket
s o
f unc
lear
ed la
nd w
hich
is l
arge
and
var
ied
enou
gh to
con
tinu
e to
pro
vide
a
habi
tat f
or t
he r
emai
ning
spe
cies
of t
he W
heat
belt.
The
are
a th
eref
ore
play
s a
crit
ical
rol
e in
the
mai
nter
umce
of t
he f
auna
l an
d fl
oml
biod
iver
sity
of t
he W
heat
belt
reg
ion
and
the
Sta
te.
'!be
sit
e is
als
o li
kely
to a
ct a
s a
step
ping
sto
ne r
eser
ve f
or a
num
ber
of b
ird
spec
ies.
Thi
s si
te c
onta
ins
patc
hes
ofkw
onga
n w
hich
are
of c
onsi
dera
ble
sign
ific
ance
for
the
hig
h le
vel
of e
ndem
ism
and
hig
h sp
ecie
s ri
chne
ss w
hich
is a
maj
or c
ontr
ibut
or to
the
reg
ion'
s ri
ch b
iodi
vers
ity.
Thi
s co
mm
unit
y co
ntai
ns t
he h
ighe
st n
umbe
r o
f vas
cula
r pl
ant
spec
ies
per
unit
are
a th
an a
ny o
ther
scl
erop
hyll
ous
vege
tati
on ty
pe i
n so
uthe
rn A
ustr
alia
.
The
Boy
agin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
con
tain
s a n
umbe
r o
f rar
e, g
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
en
dem
ics
and
unn
amed
pla
nt s
peci
es.
TH
OM
AS
IA M
ON
TA
NA
gaz
ette
d ra
re b
y th
e D
epar
tmen
t of C
onse
rvat
ion
arid
Lan
d M
anag
emen
t is
one
of t
hese
. T
he a
rea'
s fl
ora
incl
uru:
s th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t's p
rior
ity
two
spec
ies
AC
AC
IA D
EF
LE
XA
an
d pr
iori
ty fo
ur s
peci
es E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S C
AE
SIA
and
E.
EX
ILIS
. T
he g
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
spe
cies
BO
RO
NIA
CA
PIT
A s
sp.
CL
AY
AT
A, C
AL
OT
HA
MN
US
P
LA
NIF
OL
IUS
, CA
LO
TII
AM
NU
S R
UP
ES
TR
IS,
DR
Y A
ND
RA
CY
NA
RO
IDE
S,
GA
ST
RO
LO
BIU
M S
1RIP
UL
AR
E, H
AK
EA
LO
RA
NT
HIF
OL
IA a
nd H
EM
IGE
NIA
S
AL
IGN
A a
lso
grow
s he
re.
The
Boy
agin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
con
tain
a n
umbe
r o
f rar
e, t
hrea
tene
d an
d re
gion
ally
un
com
mon
ver
tebr
ate
spec
ies
incl
udin
g th
e na
tion
ally
thre
aten
ed r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
(P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A),
th
e nu
mba
t (M
YR
ME
CO
BIU
S F
AS
CIA
TU
S)
and
Cam
aby'
s co
ckat
oo (
CA
L Y
PT
OR
HY
NC
HU
S L
AT
IRO
ST
RIS
).
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Sta
te G
over
nmen
t dec
lare
d pr
iori
ty f
out
faun
a th
e w
oyli
e (B
ET
TO
NG
IA
PE
NIC
ILL
AT
A),
tam
r.nar
wal
laby
(M
AC
RO
PU
S E
UG
EN
II),
bru
sh w
alla
by
(MA
CR
OP
US
IR
MA
) ar
e fo
w1d
here
. T
he p
ereg
rine
lal
con
(FA
LC
O P
ER
EG
RIN
US
) sp
ecia
lly
prot
ecte
d fa
wm
at a
sta
te le
vel
is a
lso
at th
e re
serv
e.
Man
y o
f the
se s
peci
es h
ave
all
but d
isap
pear
ed fr
om t
he w
heat
belt
reg
ion
and
are
now
fou
nd i
n on
ly a
few
loc
atio
ns.
The
are
a co
ntai
ns e
xpre
ssio
ns o
f a m
urib
er o
f veg
etat
ion
com
mun
itie
s in
exc
elle
nt
cond
itio
n w
hich
are
cha
ract
eris
tic
of t
he W
heat
belt
regi
on.
Thi
s in
clud
es k
won
gan,
po
wde
r-ba
rk w
ando
o w
oodl
ands
and
all
ocas
uari
na w
oodl
ands
.
Pag
e 5
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
( co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
V
alue
s S
tatu
s
..........
..........
........ , ..
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
.. ..
Boy
erm
ucki
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bru
ce R
ock
Nat
ure
Re:
>erv
e
Bug
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bun
gull
a N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bur
raco
ppin
Res
erve
A
2, .1
\3, B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Thi
s re
serv
e is
hea
vily
dis
turb
ed a
nd o
flit
tle
valu
e fo
r flo
ra c
onse
rvat
ion
. It
is a
use
ful
not l
iste
d re
stin
g an
d ne
stin
g si
te f
or b
irds
. It
is s
alt p
rone
and
rem
oval
of t
imbe
r wil
l ex
pand
the
infl
uenc
e o
f the
sal
ty c
reek
The
woo
dlan
ds o
n th
is r
eser
ve a
re im
port
ant f
or n
est s
ites
of a
num
ber
of s
peci
es o
f no
t lis
ted
bird
s.
It is
als
o an
impo
rtan
t res
ting
and
bre
edin
g si
te f
or m
igra
tory
spe
cies
as
it is
fai
rly
isol
ated
.
It is
of v
alue
for
slo
win
g sa
lt e
ncro
achm
ent o
nto
adja
cent
far
mla
nd.
not l
iste
d
Alt
houg
h de
grad
ed th
is r
eser
ve is
pro
babl
y an
impo
rtan
t ste
ppin
g st
one
for
mig
rato
ry
not l
iste
d bi
rds
and
carr
ies
quit
e a
few
spe
cies
of p
lant
s de
spit
e its
sm
all
size
.
Bur
raco
ppin
Res
erve
is i
n ex
cell
ent c
ondi
tion
and
has
qui
te a
hig
h di
vers
ity
of p
lant
s co
nsid
erin
g it
s ar
ea.
It s
uppo
rts
the
nati
onal
ly v
ulne
rabl
e m
alle
e fo
wl
(LE
IPO
A
OC
EL
LA
TA
).
not
list
ed
Pag
e 6
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
bdt
(con
td)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Cai
rn N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
Cam
el P
eaks
C
l
Cam
ping
Res
erve
(12
10g)
B
l
26 J
Wie
, 200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
setv
e is
one
of t
he f
mes
t in
the
whe
atbe
lt.
Ma1
lee,
hea
th a
nd s
edge
land
no
t lis
ted
asso
ciat
ions
are
pre
sent
as
wel
l as
woo
dlan
d an
d a
larg
e, v
ery
dive
rse
area
of l
ithic
co
mpl
ex.
The
lit
hic
com
plex
, var
ying
gre
atly
in
alti
tude
, dr
aina
ge p
atte
rns
and
soil
dept
h ca
rrie
s a
vari
ety
of v
eget
atio
n t:y
pe;s.
T
he e
xten
sive
wat
erco
urse
whi
ch d
rain
s no
rth
from
th
e ro
ck a
nd th
roug
h th
e R
eser
ve h
as n
umer
ous
p(lo
ls,
sma1
1 cl
iffs
, sw
amps
and
tum
bled
bo
ulde
rs w
hich
pro
vide
num
erou
s m
icro
habi
tats
for
fau
na.
Ove
r ne
arly
all
the
expo
sed
area
s o
f the
gra
nite
are
den
se c
ovm
; o
f lic
hens
of m
any
spec
ies.
T
he r
eser
.e a
lso
has
a ri
ch fa
una.
T
his
rese
rve
has tem~ate
gr.1
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t thr
eate
ned
ecos
yste
ms
in A
mtr
alia
due
to w
ides
prea
d ag
ricu
ltur
al d
e•.e
lopm
ent.
Gra
ssy
woo
dlan
ds
are
defm
ed a
s a
woo
dlan
d w
here
the
unde
rsto
rey
c.on
sist
s pr
edom
inan
tly
of g
rass
spe
cies
(&
!so
incl
udes
sed
ges,
rus
hes
and
othe
r gn
tss-
like
pla
nts)
. T
hese
gra
ssla
nds
have
bee
n cb
:arn
atic
a11y
alt
ered
and
are
poo
rly
repr
estm
ted
in c
onse
rvat
ion
rese
rves
. It
is o
ne o
f the
fe
w r
eser
ves
on w
hich
Yor
k gu
m (
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
) m
a1lc
e w
oodl
and
occu
rs a
nd i
n a
ddit
ion
it i
s in
goo
d co
ndit
ion.
Ja
m (
AC
AC
IA A
CU
MIN
AT
A)
woo
dlan
d on
gra
nite
als
o oc
curs
alt
houg
h in
fair
con
diti
on.
KE
NN
ED
IA P
RO
ST
RA
TA
occ
w·s
at i
ts m
ost e
aste
rn li
mit
in
the
rese
rve.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e te
tnpo
ral
chan
ges
in th
e E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
(Y
ork
Gum
) -A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
JNA
TA
(Ja
m)
c(lr
nmun
ities
.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s be
en t
he s
ubje
ct o
f a s
tudy
into
tl1e
tet
npor
al c
hang
es o
f Yor
k gu
m
not l
iste
d (E
UC
AL
YP
1US
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
) -j
am (A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) co
mm
unit
ies.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t th
reat
e11e
d ec
osys
tetn
s in
no
t lis
ted
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
ined
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
t3 p
redo
min
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
mcl
udes
se
dges
, rus
hes
and
othe
r gr
ass-
like
pla
nts}
The
se g
rass
land
s ha
ve b
een
dram
atic
ally
al
ltere
d an
d ar
e po
orly
repr
ese1
1ted
in
<>o
nser
vatio
n re
serv
es.
It is
one
of t
he f
ew r
escr
ves
on w
hich
Yor
k gi
Un
(EU
CA
LY
PT
US
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
)-Ja
m (
AC
AC
IA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) w
oodl
and
occu
m.
Pag
e 7
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Cas
uari
iill
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Cha
rles
Gar
dner
Res
erve
A
I, A
3,B
l
Cla
ckli
ne N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e ab
out t
his
rese
rve
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
The
Kw
onga
n ve
geta
tion
ass
ocia
tion
s in
the
Cha
rles
Gar
dner
Res
erve
are
ric
h in
pla
nt
spec
ies.
T
he f
lori
stic
div
ersi
ty o
f the
res
erve
is
appr
oxim
atel
y 75
spe
cies
per
squ
are
kilo
met
re.
Thi
s m
akes
the
res
erve
of o
utst
andi
ng v
alue
. T
he v
eget
atio
n is
als
o di
vers
e w
ith
17 a
ssoc
iati
ons
cove
ring
the
580
ha.
The
rese
rve
has
on
e sp
ecie
s o
f Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecla
red
rare
flo
ra,
HE
MIG
EN
IA V
ISC
IDA
. T
he W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t dec
lare
d pr
iori
ty t
wo
flor
a sp
ecie
s A
CA
CIA
CA
MP
YL
OP
HY
LL
A a
nd th
e pr
iori
ty th
ree
spec
ies
CA
LO
TH
AM
NU
S B
RE
VIF
OL
IUS
an
d D
RY
AN
DR
A H
OR
RID
A a
re f
ound
her
e.
Lik
ewis
e th
e pr
iori
ty f
our
spec
ies
ST
YL
IDIU
M S
CA
BR
IDU
M a
nd
ST
YL
IDIU
M
TE
NU
ICA
RP
UM
. O
ther
flor
a in
clud
e C
RY
PT
AN
DR
A L
EU
CO
PO
GO
N w
ith
a ge
ogra
phic
ran
ge le
ss t
han
I 00
kil
omet
res
and
poo
rly
know
n.
The
poo
rly
know
n,
LE
IDO
SP
ER
MA
?L
EP
TO
PH
YL
LU
M a
nd
PL
AT
YS
AC
E C
OM
MU
TA
TA
gro
w h
ere.
V
ulne
rabl
e sp
ecie
s he
re i
nclu
de D
RY
AN
DR
A S
PE
CIO
SA
an
d M
ES
OM
EL
AE
NA
P
RE
ISS
IL
Sta
tus
not
list
ed
regi
ster
ed
The
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecla
red
rare
AC
AC
IA A
PH
YL
LA
an
d p
rior
ity
two
Reg
iste
red
spec
ies,
ST
EN
AN
TII
EM
UM
GR
AN
DIF
LO
RU
M a
re f
ound
at t
his
rese
rve.
E
RE
MA
EA
BL
AC
KW
EL
L lA
NA
has
a d
istr
ibut
ion
of l
ess
than
I 0
0 k
m a
nd
is p
oorl
y kn
own.
The
res
erve
is
also
the
nor
ther
nmos
t li
mit
ofL
OM
AN
DR
A N
UT
AN
S a
nd t
he
east
ernm
ost l
imit
of t
he d
istr
ibut
ion
ofL
OM
AN
DR
A S
PA
R T
EA
.
The
are
a is
of c
onsi
dera
ble
impo
rtan
ce b
ecau
se th
e to
pogr
aphy
ref
lect
s a
som
ewha
t co
mpl
ex g
eolo
gica
l str
uctu
re a
nd
a m
ajor
veg
etat
ion
chan
ge.
The
res
erve
is
freq
uent
ly v
isit
ed b
y lo
cal
natu
rali
st a
nd
con
serv
atio
n gr
oups
.
Pag
e 8
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Cor
rigi
n W
ater
Res
erve
and
Aer
odro
me
Res
erve
A
I, A
2, A
3, B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
se r
eser
ves
are
loca
ted
in a
shi
re w
hich
has
the
low
est p
erce
ntag
e ar
ea o
f nat
ure
rese
rve
for
any
shir
e in
the
Nar
rogi
n di
stri
ct.
The
occ
urre
nce
of a
lar
ge a
rea
of u
ncle
ared
, and
in m
any
part
s al
mos
t pri
stin
e, b
ushl
and
is r
are
and
for
this
rea
son
alon
e th
e re
serv
es a
re o
f som
e im
port
ance
in v
eget
atio
n pr
oces
ses.
T
he r
eser
ves
cont
ain
a w
ide
rang
e o
f typ
ical
whe
atbe
lt v
eget
atio
n fo
rmat
ions
in
clud
ing
woo
dlan
d, m
alle
e, m
alle
t, th
icke
t and
hea
thla
nds
and
in d
oing
so
supp
ort a
n ex
tens
ive
and
dive
rse
flor
a.
The
spe
cies
ric
hnes
s co
mpa
res
very
fav
oura
bly
wit
h ot
her
rese
rves
sur
veye
d in
the
whe
atbe
lt.
Bro
wn
mal
let (
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
AS
TR
ING
EN
S)
and
blue
mal
let (
E. G
AR
DN
ER
!) w
hich
bot
h ha
ve l
imit
ed d
istr
ibut
ions
occ
ur h
ere.
T
he h
eath
as
soci
atio
ns a
re v
ery
dive
rse.
T
he f
amil
ies
Myr
tace
ae a
nd P
rote
acea
e ar
e w
ell
repr
esen
ted
in th
e re
serv
es,
56 a
nd 4
3 sp
ecie
s re
spec
tivel
y.
A t
otal
of 4
2 fa
mil
ies
are
repr
esen
ted
in th
e re
serv
es.
GR
EV
lLL
EA
DR
Y A
ND
RO
IDE
S a
nd L
ES
CH
EN
AU
LT
IA
PU
L V
!NA
RIS
, bot
h W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n ga
zett
ed r
are
plan
ts, a
re f
ound
ther
e.
GR
EV
ILL
EA
DR
Y A
ND
RO
IDE
S w
as k
now
n pr
evio
usly
onl
y be
twee
n C
adou
x an
d B
alli
du,
I 90
km n
orth
wes
t of C
orri
gin
befo
re a
sur
vey
unde
rtak
en i
n 19
86 w
as
com
plet
ed.
It h
as l
imit
ed d
istr
ibut
ion.
A
sp
ecie
s o
f the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent
of C
onse
rvat
ion
and
Lan
d M
anag
emen
t's p
rior
ity
two
flor
a oc
cur a
t the
res
erve
s th
is
bein
g A
CA
CIA
DE
FL
EX
A
Pri
orit
y th
ree
flor
a in
clud
es D
RY
AN
DR
A F
ER
RIG
INE
A
subs
peci
es O
BL
IQU
!LO
BA
HA
KE
A B
AX
TE
R!
and
PL
AT
YS
AC
E C
OM
MU
TA
TA
ar
e al
so w
orth
not
ing
alth
ough
they
are
not
list
ed b
y th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n D
epar
tmen
t o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent
on it
s ra
re a
nd p
rior
ity
flor
a lis
t. H
AK
EA
B
AX
TE
R!
is p
oorl
y kn
own
and
info
rmat
ion
on it
s di
stri
buti
on is
ina
dequ
ate.
P
LA
TY
SA
CE
CO
MM
UT
AT
A a
lso
lack
s in
form
atio
n on
its
dis
trib
utio
n an
d is
tho
ught
to
hav
e a
geog
raph
ic r
ange
less
than
100
km
. D
RY
AN
DR
A C
YN
AR
OID
ES
is a
pri
orit
y fo
ur s
peci
es a
nd is
con
side
red
to h
ave
been
ade
quat
ely
surv
eyed
but
whi
lst r
are,
is
not
cu
rren
tly
thre
aten
ed in
Aus
tral
ia.
DO
DO
NA
EA
DIV
AR
ICA
TA
is a
the
sou
ther
nmos
t en
d o
f its
ra
nge
and
PU
LT
EN
AE
A V
ER
RU
CO
SA
var
. B
RA
CH
YP
HY
LL
A a
t the
no
rthe
rnm
ost e
nd o
f its
ran
ge i
n th
e re
serv
es.
Mal
lee
fow
l (L
EIP
OA
OC
EL
LA
TA
) ha
s be
en r
epor
ted
to o
ccur
at t
he r
eser
ves
by a
ne
ighb
ouri
ng f
arm
er.
Thi
s bi
rd is
con
side
red
vuln
erab
le a
t a n
atio
nal
leve
l. T
his
rese
rve
is t
hus
impo
rtan
t in
faun
al p
roce
sses
.
The
res
erve
s ar
e co
nsid
ered
sig
nifi
cant
in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al
syst
ems
beca
use
of t
heir
larg
e ar
ea.
Whe
n su
rvey
ed i
n 19
86 th
e re
serv
es h
ad n
ot b
een
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 9
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Cra
ig N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A1
r D
angi
n N
at&
e R
eser
ve
A2,
A3
Dat
teni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Dea
d M
ans
Sw
amp
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
burn
t in
any
part
for
tw
enty
yea
rs a
nd h
ad re
ache
d a
leve
l of m
atur
ity
whi
ch d
oes
not
occu
r in
are
as o
f whe
atbe
lt b
ushl
and.
M
alle
t sp
ecie
s ar
e ve
ry f
ire
sens
itiv
e be
ing
kill
ed
by fi
re a
nd o
nly
rege
nera
ting
fro
m s
eed.
Sta
tus
Res
erve
309
03 f
orm
s an
impo
rtan
t par
t of t
he c
orri
dors
of v
eget
atio
n w
hich
con
nect
oth
er
not l
iste
d re
serv
es a
nd u
ncle
ared
land
, thu
s fo
rmin
g a
netw
ork
suit
able
for
use
by m
igra
tory
bir
ds.
Oth
erw
ise
the
rese
rve
is t
oo d
egra
ded
to s
uppo
rt m
uch
faun
a.
Tbi
s re
serv
e ha
s qu
ite
a hi
gh d
iver
sity
of p
lant
ass
ocia
tion
s co
nsid
erin
g its
siz
e.
It fo
rms
not l
iste
d im
port
ant l
inki
ng c
orri
dors
wit
h ot
her
rem
nant
veg
etat
ion.
Tbi
s re
serv
e is
val
uabl
e as
a re
st a
rea
for
tran
sien
t fa
una
and
supp
orts
a f
ew b
irds
all
no
t lis
ted
year
. T
he w
ater
cou
rse
is s
easo
nal b
ut p
rovi
des
wat
erin
g po
ints
for
fau
na i
n w
inte
r.
The
la
nd is
low
-lyi
ng a
nd s
alt-
pron
e.
The
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
TA
AL
BA
) an
d co
nuno
n sa
ndpi
per
(TR
.!NG
A H
YP
OL
EU
CO
S),
no
t lis
ted
spec
ies
prot
ecte
d by
the
JAM
BA
& C
AM
BA
inte
rnat
iona
l agr
eem
ent,
betw
een
Aus
tral
ia
and
Japa
n, a
nd A
ustr
alia
n an
d C
hina
res
pect
ivel
y oc
cur
at th
is w
etla
nd.
Pag
e 10
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Don
golo
ckin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A2,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
All
whe
atbe
lt v
eget
atio
n fo
rmat
ions
exc
ept
for
salt
com
plex
are
pre
sent
her
e.
Tw
o in
dica
tive
pla
ce
hund
red
and
thir
ty p
lant
spe
cies
hav
e be
en r
ecor
ded
thou
gh th
e ac
tual
num
ber
of l
arge
pe
renn
ials
and
ann
uals
is p
roba
bly
abou
t 300
. T
he d
iver
sity
of p
lant
spe
cies
is
as h
igh
as
has
been
rec
orde
d fo
r an
y w
heat
belt
res
erve
s, w
ith
28 s
peci
es p
er s
quar
e ki
lom
eter
. T
he
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent c
lass
ifie
d ra
re L
EC
HE
NA
UL
TIA
PU
L V
INA
RIS
is
foun
d he
re a
long
wit
h A
ND
ER
SO
NIA
CA
RIN
AT
A c
lass
ifie
d as
pri
orit
y on
e fl
ora
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
Sim
ilar
ly D
AV
IES
!A C
RA
SS
IFO
LIA
, D
RY
AN
DR
A C
YN
AR
OID
ES
, PO
MA
DE
RR
IS B
ILO
CU
LA
RIS
and
WU
RM
BE
A
DR
UM
MO
ND
II a
ll p
rior
ity
four
spe
cies
, gro
w h
ere.
G
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
spe
cies
, D
RY
AN
DR
A V
ES
TIT
A a
nd M
EL
AL
EU
CA
CO
NF
ER
TA
are
als
o he
re.
Oth
er p
lant
s in
clud
e th
e po
orly
kno
wn
LA
SIO
PE
TA
LU
M M
ICR
OC
AR
DIU
M a
nd a
n un
desc
ribe
d,
poor
ly k
now
n B
AE
CK
EA
spe
cies
. T
he re
serv
e is
thu
s im
port
ant i
n ve
geta
tion
pr
oces
ses.
A
CA
CIA
BR
AC
HY
CL
AD
A, a
nd a
n un
desc
ribe
d B
AE
CK
EA
are
at t
he
sout
h-w
este
rn l
imit
of t
heir
ran
ge h
ere.
HA
KE
A L
AU
RIN
A i
s at
its
nort
hern
lim
it o
f its
m
nge.
Woo
dlan
d oc
cupi
es 6
0 pe
rcen
t of t
he R
eser
ve, w
hich
is a
hig
h pr
opor
tion
and
pro
babl
y ac
coun
ts f
or th
e re
lati
ve a
bund
ance
of a
rbor
eal
mam
mal
s su
ch a
s th
e br
ush-
tail
ed p
ossu
m
(IR
ICH
OS
UR
US
VU
LP
EC
UL
A)
and
the
nati
onal
ly w
lner
able
red
-tai
led
phas
coga
le (
P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
T
he b
rush
wal
laby
(M
AC
RO
PU
S I
RM
A)
decl
ared
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent h
as b
een
reco
rded
her
e.
Woo
dlan
d bi
rds
pres
ent a
t Don
golo
ckin
g, b
ut n
ow a
bsen
t fro
m m
ost o
f the
whe
atbe
lt,
incl
ude
the
wes
tern
shr
ike-
tit (
FA
LC
UN
CU
LU
S F
RO
NT
AT
US
), p
rior
ity
four
fau
na,
and
rufo
us t
ree
cree
per
(CL
IMA
CT
ER
IS R
UF
A).
The
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
gaze
tted
rar
e w
hite
-tai
led
blac
k co
ckat
oo (
CA
L Y
PT
OR
HY
NC
HU
S L
AT
ER
OS
TR
IS)
has
been
obs
erve
d he
re.
The
nu
mbe
r o
f fro
gs i
n th
is r
eser
ve i
s hi
gh a
ltho
ugh
the
dive
rsit
y o
f oth
er g
roup
s o
f ani
mal
s is
com
pam
ble
wit
h th
at o
f oth
er w
heat
belt
res
erve
s.
DE
LM
A G
RA
YII
is
at th
e so
uthe
ast
lim
it o
f its
dis
trib
utio
n an
d D
IPL
OD
AC
TY
LU
S M
AIN
! the
sou
thw
est l
imit
of i
ts
dist
ribu
tion
in
this
res
erve
.
The
rese
rve
is i
mpo
rtan
t for
the
bre
edin
g o
f the
red
-tai
led
phas
coga
le P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E
CA
LU
RA
, whi
ch is
dec
lare
d w
lner
able
by
the
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent,
the
whi
te-t
aile
d du
nnar
t, S
MIN
TH
OP
SIS
GR
AN
UL
IPE
S,
hone
y po
ssum
TA
RS
IPE
S R
OS
TR
AT
US
, py
gmy
poss
um C
ER
CA
RT
ET
US
CO
NC
INN
US
, rep
tile
s an
d bi
rds.
The
res
erve
has
con
serv
atio
n po
tent
ial f
or t
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
and
is i
mpo
rtan
t as
Pag
e II
of5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
faun
a ha
bita
t. A
bout
eig
ht p
erce
nt o
f its
tre
es a
re s
enes
cent
wit
h a
Mui
r se
nesc
ence
in
dex
of
13.8
. C
onse
quen
tly
it h
as g
ood
pote
ntia
l fo
r br
eedi
ng h
ollo
ws.
T
he r
eser
ve i
s th
us i
mpo
rtan
t in
faun
al p
roce
sses
.
In a
ll,
this
res
erve
pla
ys a
n im
port
ant r
ole
in f
auna
l an
d ve
geta
tion
pro
cess
es i
n an
en
viro
nmen
t irt
whi
ch m
uch
clea
ring
for
agr
icul
ture
has
tak
en p
lace
. It
is c
onsi
dere
d si
gnif
ican
t in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he b
iolo
gy a
nd z
ooge
ogra
phy
of
amph
ibia
ns a
nd re
ptil
es a
nd a
noth
er s
tudy
into
liza
rd a
ssem
blag
es a
nd re
serv
e si
ze a
nd
stru
ctur
e.
Oth
er s
tudi
es i
nclu
de in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s an
d b
irds
of r
eser
ves
in th
e W
heat
belt
and
int
o th
e br
eedi
ng, d
iet a
nd h
abit
at p
refe
renc
es
of t
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
(P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
D
ongo
lock
ing
Nat
ure
rese
rve
was
one
of n
ine
rese
rves
use
d as
a s
tudy
sit
e fo
r a
stud
y o
f the
eff
ect o
f fox
con
trol
on
popu
lati
ons
of t
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
.
The
res
erve
is
impo
rtan
t for
the
con
serv
atio
n o
f veg
etat
ion
asso
ciat
ions
and
pla
nt s
peci
es,
espe
cial
ly c
onsi
deri
ng th
e ex
tens
ive
clea
ring
for
agr
icul
ture
tha
t has
take
n pl
ace
in th
e su
rrou
ndin
g ar
eas.
T
he e
xcep
tion
ally
goo
d co
ndit
ion
of t
he r
eser
ve a
dds
to i
ts
cons
erva
tion
val
ue a
s m
any
of t
he re
serv
es i
n th
e w
heat
belt
are
hig
hly
degr
aded
.
Sta
tus
Pag
e 12
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2
Val
ues
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Reg
iona
l A
sses
smen
t o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Dra
gon
Roc
ks N
atur
e A
rea
AI,
A2,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
are
a di
spla
ys a
n un
usua
lly
high
div
ersi
ty o
f flo
ra w
ith 5
76 id
entif
ied
plan
t spe
cies
re
gist
ered
in
clud
ing
43 d
iffe
rent
AC
AC
IA s
peci
es, 2
8 E
UC
AL
YPT
US
spec
ies,
27
ME
LA
LE
UC
A
spec
ies,
20
HA
KE
A s
peci
es,
18 V
ER
TIC
OR
DIA
spe
cies
, 16
DA
VIE
SIA
spe
cies
, 16
G
RE
VIL
LE
A s
peci
es,
14 S
TY
LID
IUM
spe
cies
, 10
LE
PID
OS
PE
RM
A s
peci
es,
10
LE
UC
OP
OG
ON
spe
cies
and
9 C
AL
AD
EN
IA s
peci
es.
The
re a
re 2
8 di
ffer
ent m
appe
d an
d de
scri
bed
vege
tatio
n as
soci
atio
ns i
nclu
ding
hea
ths,
woo
dlan
ds,
low
for
ests
, m
alle
e,
kwon
gan
and
lithi
c co
mpl
exes
. T
he la
rge
num
ber
of p
lant
ass
ocia
tions
for
m a
com
plex
m
osai
c, w
hich
is c
hara
cter
istic
ofW
heat
belt
veg
etat
ion.
The
Dra
gon
Roc
ks a
rea
is
sign
ific
ant a
s a
larg
e re
mna
nt o
f Whe
atbe
lt ve
geta
tion.
It
is a
lso
a ve
ry g
ood
repr
esen
tativ
e o
f hig
h la
ndsc
ape
late
rite
veg
etat
ion
of t
hat p
art o
f the
whe
atbe
lt. E
ight
of
the
reco
rded
pla
nt s
peci
es a
re g
azet
ted
as r
are
plan
ts.
The
y ar
e A
LL
OC
ASU
AR
INA
T
OR
TIR
AM
UL
A, H
offi
nan'
s Sp
ider
Orc
hid
(CA
LA
DE
NIA
HO
FFM
AN
II),
C
AL
EC
TA
SIA
spp
. (K
. Dix
on 8
6), S
pira
l-le
aved
DA
VIE
S lA
(DA
VIE
SIA
SPI
RA
LIS
),
EU
CA
LY
PTU
S O
LIV
AC
EA
, Lak
e V
arle
y G
revi
llea
(GR
EV
ILL
EA
IN
VO
LU
CR
AT
A),
P
alla
rup
Gre
ville
a (G
. PR
OS
1RA
TA
) an
d S
andp
lain
Sun
Orc
hid
(TH
EL
YM
I1R
A
PSA
MM
OPH
ILA
). A
noth
er f
ourte
en o
f the
pla
nt s
peci
es a
re c
onsi
dere
d by
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent,
in W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
, as
pri
ority
ta
xa.
The
se in
clud
e: V
ER
TIC
OR
DIA
GR
AC
ILIS
, V
ER
TIC
OR
DIA
MU
LT
IFL
OR
A,
EU
CA
LY
PTU
S M
ICR
OSC
HE
MA
, GR
EV
ILL
EA
WIT
TW
ER
!, M
EL
AL
EU
CA
FI
SSU
RA
TA
, PE
RS
OO
NIA
HA
KE
IFO
RM
IS, P
IME
LE
A G
RA
NIT
ICO
LA
, G
AST
RO
LO
BIU
M D
EN
SIFO
LIU
M, A
CA
CIA
NE
WB
EY
I, A
CA
CIA
SE
D !F
OL
IA
SUSS
P. P
UL
VIN
AT
A, D
AV
IES
IA P
UR
PU
RA
SC
EN
S,
ME
LA
LE
UC
A
PO
L Y
CH
EPH
AL
A,
STY
LID
IUM
NE
GL
EC
TU
M, M
EL
AL
EU
CA
FIS
SUR
A T
A V
. M
UL
TIF
LO
RA
sub
sp. M
UL
TIF
LO
RA
and
V.
INT
EG
RA
. T
he p
oorl
y kn
own
EU
CA
LY
PTU
S O
RN
AT
A is
rep
orte
d he
re.
The
res
erve
als
o su
ppor
ts l
imit
of r
ange
flo
ra, n
amel
y A
CR
OT
RIC
HE
PA
TU
LA
and
B
AN
KS
IA E
LD
ER
IAN
A (
wes
tern
), E
UC
AL
YPT
US
CA
PIL
LO
SA s
sp.
POL
YC
LA
DA
, G
RE
VIL
LE
A P
ET
RO
PHIL
OID
ES,
KU
NZ
EA
PU
LC
HE
LL
A,
VE
RT
ICO
RD
IA
GR
AC
ILIS
, and
XA
NT
IIO
RR
HO
EA
NA
NA
(sou
ther
n lim
it);
CA
LO
TH
AM
NU
S H
UE
GE
LII
EU
CA
LY
PTU
S IN
CR
ASS
AT
A, G
OO
DE
NIA
SC
API
GE
RA
, HA
KE
A
CR
ASS
IFO
LIA
, HA
KE
A C
OR
YM
BO
SA a
nd V
ER
TIC
OR
DIA
HA
BA
NT
IIA
(nor
ther
n lim
it).
The
res
erve
is
also
sig
nifi
cant
bec
ause
it c
onta
ins
the
Red
-tai
led
phas
coga
le
(PH
ASC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A)
whi
ch is
dec
lare
d vu
lner
able
at a
nat
iona
l le
vel.
The
Page
13
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2
Val
ues
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Reg
iona
l A
sses
smen
t o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Dru
mm
ond
Nat
ure Re~;erve
Bl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
wes
tern
mou
se (
PS
EU
DO
MY
S O
CC
IDE
NT
AL
IS)
is a
lso
pres
ent a
nd w
as o
nly
rem
oved
fr
om t
he W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n ga
zett
ed r
are
spec
ies
list
in
1998
. It
is n
ow d
ecla
red
prio
rity
fou
r fa
una.
W
ith
both
rare
flo
ra a
nd f
auna
and
exc
elle
nt f
auna
l ha
bita
t the
res
erve
is
als
o im
port
ant f
or f
lora
l an
d fa
Wlll
l pr
oces
ses.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts la
rge
area
.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he b
iolo
gy a
nd z
ooge
ogra
phy
of
amph
ibia
ns a
nd r
epti
les.
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t th
reat
ened
eco
syst
ems
in
not l
iste
d A
ustr
alia
due
to w
ides
prea
d ag
ricu
ltur
al d
evel
opm
ent.
Gra
ssy
woo
dlan
ds a
re d
efm
ed a
s a
woo
dlan
d w
here
the
unde
rsto
rey
cons
ists
pre
dom
inan
tly
of g
rass
spe
cies
(al
so in
clud
es
sedg
es, r
ushe
s an
d ot
her
gras
s-li
ke p
lant
s).
The
se g
rass
land
hav
e be
en d
ram
atic
ally
al
tere
d an
d ar
e po
orly
repr
esen
ted
in c
onse
rvat
ion
rese
rves
. It
is o
ne o
f the
few
res
erve
s o
n w
hich
Yor
k gu
m (
EU
CA
L Y
PIU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
· A
CU
MJN
AT
A)-
wan
doo
(EU
CA
LY
PT
US
W A
ND
OO
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
The
ve
geta
tion
is i
n ve
ry g
ood
cond
itio
n,
Pag
e 14
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
sse:
d as
par
t of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
!lla
nt
Thr
esho
ld M
et
Val
ues
Sta
tus
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----
D!y
andr
a Fo
re:>
t A
1, A
3,
Bl,
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Tw
elve
dis
tinc
t veg
etat
ion
asso
ciat
ions
occ
ur i
n th
e D
!yan
dra
woo
dlan
d re
mna
nts,
whi
ch
regi
ster
ed
are
amon
gst t
he l
arge
st a
nd
mos
t div
erse
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
and
is t
hus
of m
ajor
co
nser
vati
on s
igni
fica
nce.
T
he r
emna
nts
are
in g
ood
cond
itio
n.
It s
uppo
rts
tem
pera
te g
rass
y v.
arui
oo (
EU
CA
L Y
PT
IJS
W A
ND
OO
) w
oodl
and,
one
of
the
mos
t thr
eate
ned
ecos
yste
ms
in A
ustr
alia
due
to w
ides
prea
d ag
ricu
ltur
al d
evel
opm
ent.
G
rass
) w
oodl
ands
are
def
ined
;~s
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
ts
pred
omin
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
inc
lude
s se
dges
, ru
shes
and
oth
er g
rass
-lik
e pl
ants
).
The
se g
rass
land
hav
e be
en d
ram
atic
ally
alt
ered
and
are
poo
rly
repr
esen
ted
in c
onse
rvat
ion
rese
rves
. It
is o
me
of t
he f
ew r
eser
ves
on w
hich
wan
d<X
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
Six
spe
cies
of T
he W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nril
ent's
pri
orit
y tw
o fl
ora
occu
r he
re.
The
se
are
AC
AC
IA D
EF
LE
XA
, AN
DE
RS
ON
IA B
IFID
A, D
RY
AN
DR
A C
YN
AR
OID
ES
, D
RY
P.N
DR
A S
UB
PIN
NA
ID'I
DA
vat
SU
BP
INN
AT
IFID
A, G
RE
VIL
LE
A C
RO
WL
EY
! an
d P
ER
SO
ON
IA H
P..K
EIF
OR
MIS
. T
hree
pri
orit
y th
ree
spec
ies
occu
r in
the
fore
st,
nam
ely,
AC
AC
IA S
E.M
ITR
UIL
AT
A, D
RY
AN
DR
A S
UB
PIN
NA
TIF
IDA
, an
d T
YS
AN
OT
US
TE
NU
IS.
Eig
ht p
rior
ity
four
flo
ra s
peci
es a
lso
occu
r; D
AR
WIN
IA
TII
Ylv
!OID
ES
ssp
nov
, DA
RW
INIA
sp.
DR
Y A
ND
RA
(afT
. V
ES
TIT
A),
D
RY
AN
DR
EN
SIS
(m
s), C
AL
AD
EN
IA IN
TE
GR
A,
EU
CA
L Y
PT
IJS
LA
TE
NS
, H
EM
IGE
NIA
? P
LA
TY
PH
YL
LA
, HIB
BE
RT
IA M
ON
TA
NA
, NE
MC
IA S
TIP
UL
AR
IS
and
RlN
ZIA
CR
AS
Sll
'OL
IA.
The
for
est
is t
hus
impo
rtan
t in
vege
tati
on p
roce
sses
.
The
for
est
supp
orts
thn,
-e s
peci
es o
f mat
nmal
s w
hich
are
dec
lare
d vu
lner
able
at a
nat
iona
l le
vel.
The
se a
re t
he n
umba
t (M
YR
ME
CO
BIU
S F
AS
CIA
TU
S),
chu
ditc
h (D
AS
YU
RU
S
GE
OF
'FR
OII
), a
nd r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
(P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
T
wo
spec
ies
of
bird
s ar
e al
so v
ulne
rabl
e at
a n
atio
nal
leve
l, th
e m
alle
e fo
wl
(LE
IPO
A O
CE
LL
AT
A)
and
sh
ort-
bill
ed b
lack
coc
kato
o (C
AL
YP
TO
RH
YN
CH
US
LA
TIR
OS
TR
lS).
T
wo
spec
ies
are
SJX
>eia
lly p
rote
cted
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
gove
rnm
ent,
the
per
egri
ne f
alco
n (F
AL
CO
PE
RE
GR
lNU
S)
and
car
pet p
ytho
n (1
v10R
EL
IA S
PIL
OT
A I
MB
RIC
AT
A).
T
he
fore
st i
s th
us i
mpo
rtan
t in
faun
al p
roce
sses
.
The
for
est i
s co
nsid
ered
sig
nifi
,::an
t in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
The
for
est
has
been
the
subj
ec1;
of a
stu
dy o
f the
woy
lie
(BE
TT
ON
GIA
PE
NIC
ILL
AT
A)
abou
t for
agin
g an
d s
oil w
ater
r·ep
elle
ncy
and
wat
er in
filt
rati
on.
Stu
dies
on
term
ites
, li
tter
Pag
e 15
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
h.re
shof
td M
et
Val
ues
Sta
tus
----
----
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----
----
----
----
Dul
bell
ing
Nat
ure
Res•
':TV
e
Eas
t Y
ork
raki
ne Natur~ R
eser
ve
Cl
Em
u H
ill R
eser
ve
26 J
une,
200
0
and
gro
und-
surf
ace
arth
ropo
ds a
nd a
rbor
eal
spid
ers
and
the
infl
uenc
e o
f ftr
e on
in
vert
ebra
tes
have
als
o be
en c
ondu
cted
her
e. T
ite r
eser
ve i
s th
e 5i
te o
f a s
tudy
into
the
de
clin
e an
d s
ubse
quen
t rec
over
y of
the
nurn
bat.
Ani
mal
s fr
om D
ryan
dra
have
bee
n us
ed
to r
esto
ck B
oyag
in N
atur
e R
estn
-ve.
T
he f
orag
ing
prof
tle
of a
wan
doo
woo
dlan
d av
ifau
na
in e
arly
spr
ing
has
also
bee
n st
11di
ed h
ere.
Dry
andr
a F
ores
t was
one
of n
ine
rese
rves
use
d fo
r a
stud
y of
tht~
eff
ect o
f fox
con
trol
on
popu
lati
ons
of t
he r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
. A
com
pari
son
of t
he v
erte
brat
e fa
una
of s
elec
ted
mal
let p
lant
atio
ns a
nd
nat
ural
veg
etat
ion
com
mun
itie
s ha
s be
en c
arri
ed o
ut h
erf'.
The
for
est
is e
>.te
nsiv
ely
use
d b
y to
uris
ts a
nd
vis
itor
s fo
r re
crea
tion
an
d b
y un
ivt:
rsit
y,
scho
ol a
nd n
atur
alis
ts g
roup
s as
a v
enue
for
eco
logi
cal
fiel
d st
udie
s.
The
res
erve
has
sub
stw
1tia
l st
w1d
s o
f woo
dlan
d w
hich
pro
vide
abu
ndan
t ne
st s
ites
for
bi
rds.
no
t li
sted
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
.s be
en th
e su
bjec
t of s
tudi
es i
nto
chan
ging
avi
faun
a as
a r
esul
t of
no1
list
ed
frag
men
tati
on o
f nat
ive
vege
tati
on a
nd
liz
ard
asse
mbl
age
and
rese
rve
size
and
str
uctu
re.
Oth
er s
tudi
es i
nclu
de in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s an
d b
irds
of
rese
rves
in th
e W
heat
belt
.
The
res
erve
has
hea
th w
ith
cons
erva
tion
val
ue.
The
woo
dlan
d pr
ovid
es h
abit
at f
or a
few
no
1 li
sted
sp
ecie
s o
f bir
ds.
The
bus
hlan
d is
im
port
ant t
o no
mad
ic s
peci
es o
f bir
ds a
nd
as
tem
pora
ry
rest
ing
and
fee:
iing
sit
es.
Pag
e 16
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent o
f the
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Em
u R
ock
A2
,Bl
Gle
nluc
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Gor
ge R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l,C
l
Gra
ham
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
Gun
dari
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
res
enre
con
tain
s G
RE
VIL
LE
A W
IIT
WE
RI
a pr
iori
ty tw
o sp
ecie
s ga
zett
ed b
y th
e no
t lis
ted
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent.
T
he r
eser
ve i
s co
nsid
ered
sig
nifi
cant
in m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sys
tem
s be
caus
e o
f its
la
rge
area
.
This
res
erve
is
impo
rtan
t bec
ause
it c
onta
ins
a le
ast o
ne a
ssem
blag
e o
f pla
nts
unco
mm
on
not
list
ed
else
whe
re (
CA
LL
IST
EM
ON
PH
OE
NIC
EU
S th
icke
t).
Add
itio
nall
y, i
t is
clos
e to
Mts
. S
tirl
ing
and
Car
olin
e, b
oth
of w
hich
are
im
port
ant R
eser
ves
know
n to
con
tain
inte
rest
ing
or u
nusu
al a
ssem
blag
es o
f pla
nts
and
ani
mal
s.
Thu
s, t
hese
res
erve
s to
geth
er w
ith
othe
rs
near
by (
incl
udin
g R
eser
ve 1
1024
) fo
rm a
gro
up o
f res
erve
s w
hich
may
wel
l re
pres
ent a
n ar
ea o
f unu
sual
flo
ral
and
faun
al a
ssem
blag
e.
This
res
erve
has
tem
pera
te g
rass
y w
oodl
and,
one
of t
he m
ost
thre
aten
ed e
cosy
stem
s in
no
t lis
ted
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
ined
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
ts p
redo
min
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
inc
lude
s se
dges
, rus
hes
and
othe
r gr
ass-
like
pla
nts)
. T
hese
gra
ssla
nds
have
bee
n dr
amat
ical
ly
alte
red
and
are
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed in
con
serv
atio
n re
serv
es.
It is
one
of t
he f
ew r
eser
ves
on w
hich
Yor
k G
um (
EU
CA
L Y
PfU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
For
est o
ver
gras
s oc
curs
. G
ener
ally
the
vege
tati
on is
in
good
con
diti
on.
The
rese
rve
has
been
sub
ject
to a
stu
dy in
vest
igat
ing
the
tem
pora
l ch
ange
s in
Yor
k gu
m
(EU
CA
L Y
PfU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)-
jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) co
mm
unit
ies.
The
res
erve
has
val
ue fo
r th
e co
nser
vati
on o
f flo
ra a
nd f
auna
typ
ical
of t
he a
rea
and
is i
n go
od c
ondi
tion
.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts la
rge
area
.
not l
iste
d
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s a
fair
ly d
iver
se v
eget
atio
n an
d is
of g
reat
val
ue i
n a
shir
e w
here
larg
e no
t lis
ted
rese
rves
, and
rese
nres
wit
h ve
geta
tion
oth
er t
han
salt
com
plex
, are
sca
rce.
It
has
im
port
ant e
xam
ples
of e
coto
nes,
con
tain
s ne
st h
ollo
ws
and
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
site
for
tr
ansi
ent b
irds
.
Pag
e 17
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Gun
dari
ng L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Hig
h bur
y N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Hin
es H
ill N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Hot
ham
Riv
er N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
Ibis
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sha
rp-t
aile
d sa
ndpi
per
(CA
LID
RlS
AC
UM
JNA
TA
), g
reat
egr
et (
EG
RE
TT
A A
LB
A),
co
mm
on s
andp
iper
(T
RlN
GA
HY
PO
LE
UC
OS
) an
d gr
eens
hank
(T
RlN
GA
N
EB
UL
AR
lA),
all
pro
tect
ed b
y th
e in
tern
atio
nal J
AM
BA
& C
AM
BA
agr
eem
ents
be
twee
n A
ustr
alia
and
Jap
an a
nd b
etw
een
Aus
tral
ian
and
Chi
na r
espe
ctiv
ely
have
bee
n re
cord
ed h
ere.
A D
AM
PIE
RA
and
a L
EP
YR
OD
IA o
f unc
erta
in a
ffin
itie
s w
ere
coll
ecte
d he
re i
n 19
79.
The
res
erve
is i
n ve
ry g
ood
cond
itio
n co
nsid
erin
g it
s pr
oxim
ity
to a
tow
nsit
e an
d so
me
dist
urba
nce.
It
is q
uite
ric
h in
flor
n an
d fa
una
and
is a
val
uabl
e re
stin
g si
te f
or t
rans
ient
fa
una.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
an
impo
rtan
t wil
dlif
e re
fuge
.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
indi
cati
ve p
lace
not l
iste
d
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t thr
eate
ned
ecos
yste
ms
in
not l
iste
d A
ustr
alia
due
to w
ides
prea
d ag
ricu
ltur
al d
evel
opm
ent.
Gra
ssy
woo
dlan
ds a
re d
efm
ed a
s a
woo
dlan
d w
here
the
unde
rsto
rey
cons
ists
pre
dom
inan
tly
of g
rass
spe
cies
(al
so in
clud
es
sedg
es, r
ushe
s an
d ot
her
gras
s-li
ke p
lant
s).
The
se g
rass
land
s ha
ve b
een
dram
atic
ally
al
tere
d an
d ar
e po
orly
rep
rese
nted
in c
onse
rvat
ion
rese
rves
. It
is o
ne o
f the
few
res
erve
s on
whi
ch w
ando
o (E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S W
AN
DO
O)
woo
dlan
d oc
curs
.
A h
igh
num
ber
of w
ater
bird
s ha
ve b
een
reco
rded
her
e in
clud
ing
the
JAM
BA
& C
AM
BA
no
t lis
ted
prot
ecte
d gr
eat e
gret
(E
GR
ET
TA
AL
BA
) , a
nd th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t ga
zett
ed p
rior
ity
four
fre
ckle
d du
ck (
ST
ICT
ON
ET
T A
NA
EV
OS
A).
Pag
e 18
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Jenn
aber
ring
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Jila
kin
Roc
k A
I
Jing
arin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Jita
rnin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Jura
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Kar
lgar
in H
ill N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl?
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Thi
s re
serv
e is
of v
alue
in a
shi
re w
here
a l
arge
per
cent
age
of r
eser
ved
land
is s
alt
affe
cted
. N
est h
ollo
ws
are
pres
ent a
nd th
e re
serv
e is
im
port
ant a
s a
rest
ing
plac
e fo
r tr
ansi
ent b
irds
.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
Jila
kin
Roc
k fe
atur
es a
bio
geog
raph
ical
ly s
igni
fica
nt s
tand
of j
arra
h E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S
not
list
ed
MA
RG
INA
TA
abo
ut 1
15 k
rn e
ast o
f the
nea
rest
jarr
ah fo
rest
. T
he s
tand
repr
esen
ts a
re
lict
of f
orm
erly
wid
er d
istr
ibut
ion.
In
198
1, 1
29 i
ndiv
idua
ls w
ere
loca
ted,
of w
hich
43
%h
ad b
een
kill
ed b
y fi
re i
n 19
67.
The
lar
gest
tree
s in
the
stan
d w
ere
150
em in
dia
met
er.
The
res
erve
has
flo
rist
ical
ly r
ich
heat
h an
d an
are
a o
f woo
dlan
d. I
t is
a va
luab
le
cons
erva
tion
rese
rve.
The
res
erve
has
a f
airl
y di
vers
e ve
geta
tion.
It
con
tain
s ne
st h
ollo
ws
and
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
site
for
tra
nsie
nt b
irds
.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
abou
t thi
s re
serv
e di
d no
t ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
The
res
erve
sup
port
s a
wid
e va
riet
y o
f ass
ocia
tion
s, p
lant
spe
cies
and
hab
itat
type
s.
The
re
not l
iste
d is
a s
lim
pos
sibi
lity
that
this
res
erve
may
sup
port
a p
opul
atio
n o
f the
nat
iona
lly
vuln
erab
le
num
bat
(MY
RM
EC
OB
IDS
FA
SC
IAT
US
).
Pag
e 19
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t
Kob
erbi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Kok
erbi
n H
ill
Kon
dini
n S
alt M
arsh
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Koo
lber
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Kui
in N
atur
e R
eser
ve
26 J
une,
200
0
Thr
esho
ld M
et
Cl
Cl
A2
,Bl
Val
ues
Thi
s re
serv
e ca
rrie
d a
popu
lati
on o
f roc
k w
alla
by (
PE
1RO
GA
LE
LA
TE
RA
LIS
) un
til
1969
-70.
A
stu
dy f
ocus
ed o
n fo
x co
ntro
l an
d ro
ck-w
alla
by p
opul
atio
n dy
nam
ics
has
been
con
duct
ed a
t thi
s pl
ace.
Thi
s ar
ea p
rovi
des
exce
llen
t hab
itat
for
bird
s an
d m
amm
als,
but
is u
sed
as a
rec
reat
ion
site
by
the
Bru
ce R
ock
Shi
re C
ounc
il.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s gy
psum
dun
es a
nd p
opul
atio
ns o
fRO
YC
EA
PY
CN
OP
HY
LL
OID
ES
, de
clar
ed r
are
flor
a b
y th
e G
over
nmen
t of W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
. F
RA
NK
EN
IA
DR
UM
MO
ND
II a
nd S
AR
CO
CO
RN
IA G
LO
BO
SA
, pr
iori
ty th
ree
spec
ies,
occ
ur h
ere.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 20
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s of
rerr
man
t veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Kun
nnin
in R
eser
ve
Kw
olyi
n H
ill
A1
,Bl
Kw
olyi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A1
,Bl
Lak
e H
urls
tone
Res
erve
Sys
tem
A
1,A
3,B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Ofl
ittl
e va
lue
on it
s ow
n.
Its
valu
e co
uld
be e
nhan
ced
by in
clud
ing
Wat
er R
eser
voir
Site
no
t lis
ted
No.
127
12 w
hich
has
mor
e lu
sh v
eget
atio
n an
d m
ore
abun
dant
bir
dlif
e.
How
ever
, li
ttle
is
know
n ab
out t
he W
ater
Res
ervo
ir S
ite.
Thi
s be
com
es a
n im
port
ant r
eser
ve w
hen
take
n to
geth
er w
ith
rese
rve
3096
9. It
supp
orts
no
t lis
ted
seve
ral s
peci
es o
f res
iden
t bir
ds a
s w
ell a
s ac
ting
as
a re
stin
g ar
ea f
or m
igra
tory
spe
cies
. T
he r
eser
ve a
cts
as a
sui
tabl
e ha
bita
t for
a s
mal
l pop
ulat
ion
of t
he e
uro
MA
CR
OP
US
R
OB
US
TIJ
S w
hich
are
rep
orte
d to
mov
e ba
ck a
nd f
orth
fro
m h
ere
to K
oker
bin
Hil
l.
The
JA
MB
A a
nd C
AM
BA
pro
tect
ed g
reen
shan
k (1
RIN
GA
NE
BU
LA
RIA
) oc
curs
at t
he
not l
iste
d re
serv
e.
Tw
o pl
ant c
omm
unit
ies
at th
is r
eser
ve s
yste
m a
re o
f sig
nifi
canc
e.
A s
tand
of d
ryan
dra
not
list
ed
heat
h (G
) w
hich
is r
elat
ivel
y sm
all
in a
rea
occu
rs o
n th
e w
este
rn b
ound
ary
of r
eser
ve
A17
927.
T
he c
omm
unit
y is
rel
ativ
ely
rich
in
num
bers
of s
peci
es p
er u
nit a
rea
and
cont
ains
man
y th
at d
o no
t occ
ur i
n ot
her p
arts
of t
he r
eser
ve.
One
of t
hese
spe
cies
is
EU
CA
L Y
PfU
S s
p. n
ov 2
. w
hich
is p
roba
bly
a ne
w ta
xon.
T
here
is a
lso
an u
nusu
al s
and
heat
h gr
owin
g o
n th
e ae
olia
n du
ne n
ear
the
sout
hern
edg
e o
f Lak
e H
urls
tone
. M
any
of
the
spec
ies
here
do
not o
ccur
els
ewhe
re o
n th
e re
serv
e an
d on
e o
f the
m, C
AL
YT
RlX
sp.
is
pro
babl
y a
new
spe
cies
req
uiri
ng ta
xono
mic
rev
iew
. A
CA
CIA
RE
PA
ND
A a
pri
orit
y th
ree
flor
a sp
ecie
s de
clar
ed b
y th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t is
fou
nd a
t the
rese
rve.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
Pag
e 21
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Lak
e K
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Res
erve
394
22li
es o
n gy
psum
dnn
es a
nd h
as t
he W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t's
prio
rity
two
spec
ies
HA
EG
IEL
A T
A1E
I an
d A
ST
AR
1EA
CL
AV
IFO
LIA
. A
noth
er
spec
ies,
HY
DR
OC
OT
YL
E H
EX
APT
ER
A is
kn
own
from
onl
y th
ree
coll
ecti
ons
at L
ake
Kin
g an
d is
lis
ted
as p
rior
ity
one
flor
a by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
gove
rnm
ent.
ER
ICH
SE
NIA
UN
CIN
AT
A is
a p
oorl
y kn
own
spec
ies
and
the
rese
rved
pop
ulat
ion
is
poor
ly k
now
n.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 22
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2, A
3, B
l, C
l
26 J
une,
200
0
"al
oes
Sta
tus
The
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
catc
lune
nt h
as b
een
larg
ely
clea
red
for
agri
cult
ure
and
the
lake
has
a
regi
ster
ed
long
his
tory
of s
econ
dary
sal
iniz
atio
n.
The
wat
ers
of L
ake
Too
libi
n ar
e co
mpl
etel
y fr
esh,
ho
wev
er, a
nd u
naff
ecte
d by
sal
inity
. It
is t
here
fore
reg
arde
d as
an
impo
rtan
t hab
itat
for
fl
ora
and
faun
a, p
arti
cula
rly
wat
erfo
wl
and
for
wet
land
pro
cess
es.
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
is t
he o
nly
rem
aini
ng e
xam
ple
in s
outh
-wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia o
f a w
etla
nd w
ith
exte
nsiv
e th
icke
ts o
f liv
ing
CA
SU
AR
INA
OB
ES
A.
The
Yor
k gu
m/j
am
woo
dlan
ds a
nd s
alm
on g
um/g
imle
t woo
dlan
ds s
urro
undi
ng L
ake
Too
libi
n ar
e o
f ve
ry g
reat
impo
rtan
ce b
ecau
se o
f the
ext
ent o
f cle
arin
g o
f the
se a
ssoc
iati
ons.
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
is t
he m
ost s
igni
fica
nt w
etla
nd in
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Whe
atbe
lt f
or
wat
erbi
rds.
It h
as t
he h
ighe
st n
umbe
r o
f wat
erbi
rd s
peci
es r
ecor
ded
at a
ny in
land
wet
land
in
the
sout
h-w
est a
nd h
as t
he h
ighe
st n
umbe
r o
f bre
edin
g sp
ecie
s kn
own
at a
ny w
etla
nd
in W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
, wit
h tw
enty
-fou
r sp
ecie
s re
cord
ed a
s br
eedi
ng h
ere
over
the
past
tw
enty
yea
rs. It
is p
arti
cula
rly
impo
rtan
t as
a br
eedi
ng a
rea
for
the
frec
kled
duc
k (S
TIC
TO
NE
TIA
NA
EV
OS
A)
, the
gre
at c
orm
oran
t (P
HA
LA
CR
OC
OR
AX
CA
RB
O),
li
ttle
bla
ck c
orm
oran
t (P
HA
LA
CR
OC
OR
AX
SU
LC
IRO
ST
RIS
) , l
ittl
e pi
ed c
orm
oran
t (P
HA
LA
CR
OC
OR
AX
ME
LA
NO
LE
UC
OS
), p
acif
ic h
eron
(A
RD
EA
PA
CIF
ICA
), g
reat
eg
ret (
EG
RE
TIA
AL
BA
), r
ufou
s ni
ght h
eron
(N
YC
TIC
OR
AX
CA
LE
DO
NIC
US
),
yell
ow b
ille
d sp
oonb
ill
(PL
AT
AL
EA
FL
A V
IPE
S),
blu
e bi
lled
duc
k (O
XY
UR
A
AU
ST
RA
LIS
) an
d gr
eat g
rebe
(P
OD
ICE
PS
CR
IST
AT
US
). B
ecau
se o
f ext
ensi
ve c
lear
ing
for
agri
cult
ure
and
resu
ltan
t wat
erlo
ggin
g an
d sa
lini
ty,
fres
hwat
er w
etla
nd e
cosy
stem
s an
d w
oodl
ands
suc
h as
occ
ur a
t Lak
e T
ooli
bin
are
now
unc
omm
on.
As
men
tion
ed e
arli
er th
e fr
eckl
ed d
uck
has
been
reco
rded
her
e an
d th
is s
peci
es w
as
gaze
tted
rar
e by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent u
ntil
199
7. It
is n
ow p
rior
ity
four
fa
una.
T
his
spec
ies
was
als
o fo
und
at n
earb
y L
ake
Wal
byri
ng d
urin
g th
e so
uth-
wes
t w
ater
bird
sur
vey.
In
add
itio
n th
e JA
MB
A p
rote
cted
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
IA A
LB
A)
was
fo
und
here
. T
he fr
eckl
ed d
uck
was
rep
orte
d in
larg
e nu
mbe
rs a
t Lak
e T
ooli
bin
duri
ng th
e S
outh
-wes
t Wat
erbi
rd S
tudy
alo
ng w
ith
the
JAM
BA
and
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
IA A
LB
A),
gre
ensh
ank
(TR
ING
A N
EB
UL
AR
IA)
and
the
JAM
BA
pro
tect
ed
orie
ntal
plo
ver
(CH
AR
AD
RIU
S V
ER
ED
US
).
Lak
e T
ooli
bin
has
been
the
subj
ect o
f a s
tudy
on
the
effe
cts
of s
alin
ity
and
wat
erlo
ggin
g on
the
vege
tati
on o
f the
lak
e an
d a
num
ber
of s
tudi
es o
n in
vest
igat
ing
the
wat
er q
uali
ty
and
hydr
olog
y o
f the
are
a.
The
fau
na o
f the
are
a ha
s al
so b
een
mon
itor
ed.
A r
ecov
ery
Pag
e 23
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Lak
e T
ower
rinn
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l,C
l
Lan
sdel
l's P
rope
rty
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
plan
has
bee
n de
sign
ed to
red
uce
sali
niza
tion
and
a g
roun
d w
ater
pum
ping
sys
tem
has
be
en in
stal
led
at L
ake
Too
libin
. T
he r
ecov
ery
plan
aim
s to
ens
ure
the
long
-ter
m
mai
nten
ance
ofT
ooli
bin
Lak
e an
d it
s su
rrou
ndin
g na
ture
res
erve
s as
a h
ealt
hy a
nd
resi
lien
t fre
shw
ater
eco
syst
em, s
uita
ble
for
cont
inue
d w
ater
bird
usa
ge a
t cur
rent
hig
h le
vels
. T
he L
ake
Too
libi
n ar
ea is
an
impo
rtan
t res
earc
h si
te f
or s
tudi
es o
n w
ater
bird
ec
olog
y, t
he e
ffec
ts o
f sal
init
y an
d w
ater
logg
ing
on f
resh
wat
er e
cosy
stem
s an
d th
e re
habi
lita
tion
of s
uch
syst
ems.
It is
pos
sibl
e th
at c
ultu
ral v
alue
s, b
oth
indi
geno
us a
nd n
on-i
ndig
enou
s, o
f Nat
iona
l E
stat
e si
gnif
ican
ce m
ay e
xist
in th
is p
lace
. A
s ye
t, th
e A
ustr
alia
n H
erit
age
Com
mis
sion
ha
s no
t ide
ntif
ied,
doc
umen
ted
or a
sses
sed
thes
e va
lues
.
Sta
tus
Bec
ause
the
lake
hol
ds w
ater
per
man
entl
y it
is i
mpo
rtan
t as
a dr
ough
t ref
uge
for
not l
iste
d w
ater
bird
s.
How
ever
, the
re h
as b
een
a pr
onou
nced
dec
line
in
the
frin
ging
rus
h an
d tr
ee
vege
tati
on w
hich
is v
ital
for
wat
erbi
rd h
abit
at.
The
wat
er q
uali
ty in
the
lake
is d
ecli
ning
. T
here
has
bee
n a
grad
ual i
ncre
ase
in s
alin
ity,
turb
idit
y an
d od
our.
T
his
has
lead
to a
st
udy
of t
he w
ater
qua
lity
and
dec
line
of t
he l
ake.
Tow
erri
nnin
g L
ake
supp
orts
35
spec
ies
of w
ater
bird
s an
d ha
s be
en s
how
n to
su
ppor
t up
to 8
09 i
ndiv
idua
l wat
erbi
rds
at o
ne t
ime
in M
ay 1
983.
Thi
s is
a m
oder
ate
num
ber
for
the
wet
land
s o
f the
sou
th-w
est o
f Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia.
The
res
erve
als
o su
ppor
ts a
hig
h nu
mbe
r o
f bre
edin
g w
ater
bird
spe
cies
. It
is a
n im
port
ant r
eser
ve f
or t
he b
lue-
bill
ed d
uck
(OX
YD
RA
AU
ST
RA
LIS
) an
d th
e m
usk
duck
(B
IZIU
RA
LO
BA
TA
) in
ter
ms
of
num
bers
of d
ucks
cou
nted
at t
he la
ke.
A c
ount
of 3
70 b
lue-
bill
ed d
ucks
in
July
I 9
83
was
exc
eede
d on
ly b
y P
eel
Inle
t Nat
ure
Res
erve
. T
he n
umbe
rs o
f mus
k du
cks
at th
e la
ke
in M
ay 1
983
only
exc
eede
d by
num
bers
cou
nted
at
War
den
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve d
urin
g th
e S
outh
-wes
t Wat
erbi
rd S
tudy
. T
he g
reat
egr
et (
EG
RE
TT
A A
LB
A)
and
com
mon
sa
ndpi
per
(TR
ING
A H
YP
OL
EU
CO
S),
bot
h pr
otec
ted
unde
r th
e JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A
inte
rnat
iona
l agr
eem
ents
, hav
e be
en re
cord
ed a
t thi
s w
etla
nd.
Thi
s re
mna
nt h
as n
o si
gnif
ican
t flo
ra v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 24
of 5
8
·~--~·····
·········
······~·-·-·······
·· --
--~
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Lit
tle
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Mau
blar
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3,B
l
Mea
rs L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Mec
keri
ng F
ault
Sca
rp
AI
26JW
ie,2
000
Val
ues
Sta
tus
ST
YL
IDIU
M R
HIP
IDIU
M a
pla
nt s
peci
es
clas
sifi
ed a
s pr
iori
ty o
ne b
y th
e W
este
rn
not l
iste
d A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t and
the
JAM
B A
& C
AM
BA
pro
tect
ed g
reat
egr
et (
EG
RE
TT
A
AL
BA
) oc
cur
at th
is l
ake.
T
his
rese
rve
is c
onsi
dere
d im
port
ant i
n ec
osys
tem
pro
cess
es
and
natu
ral
syst
ems
beca
use
of i
ts la
rge
area
.
The
res
erve
has
div
erse
pla
nt a
ssoc
iati
ons
and
habi
tat t
ypes
and
is a
lso
rich
in p
lant
no
t lis
ted
spec
ies.
It i
s al
so i
n go
od c
ondi
tion.
The
JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
red
-nec
ked
stin
t (C
AL
IDR
IS R
UF
ICO
LL
IS)
is f
ound
no
t lis
ted
at th
is w
etla
nd, a
s is
the
frec
kled
duc
k (S
TIC
TO
NE
TT
A N
AE
VO
SA
) ga
zett
ed r
are
Wlti
l 19
97 b
y th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t and
now
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
aWla
. T
he h
oode
d pl
over
(T
HIN
OR
NIS
RU
BR
ICO
LL
IS)
also
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
has
bee
n re
cord
ed h
ere.
Thi
s ea
rthq
uake
faul
t lin
e is
an
exce
llen
t exa
mpl
e o
f the
res
ults
of e
arth
mov
emen
ts w
hich
in
dica
tive
pla
ce
dam
aged
Mec
keri
ng to
wns
ite
in 1
969.
Pag
e 25
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Mee
naar
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Mer
redi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Mok
ami
Spr
ings
26 J
une,
20
00
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Alt
houg
h sm
all a
nd
som
ewha
t deg
rade
d, M
eena
ar N
atur
e R
eser
ve i
s im
port
ant f
or a
no
t li
sted
nu
mbe
r o
f rea
sons
. It
is t
he o
nly
natu
re r
eser
ve i
n th
e Y
ork-
Nor
thar
n ar
ea w
hich
sup
port
s a
sign
ific
ant a
rea
of Y
ork
gu
m (
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
) w
oodl
and.
Y
ork
gum
is
poo
rly
repr
esen
ted
on
nat
ure
rese
rves
. T
he s
andp
lain
com
mun
itie
s on
the
rese
rve
are
also
poo
rly
repr
esen
ted
on
con
serv
atio
n re
serv
es.
Thi
s is
the
onl
y na
ture
res
erve
in
the
Shi
res
of N
orth
am a
nd
Yor
k w
hich
has
a r
elat
ivel
y la
rge
area
of s
andp
lain
. T
his
asso
ciat
ion
beco
mes
mor
e do
min
ant t
owar
ds t
he e
ast o
f the
tw
o sh
ires
an
d is
typ
ical
of
muc
h o
f the
Whe
atbe
lt.
Mee
naar
Nat
ure
Res
erve
has
not
bee
n bu
rnt
for
man
y ye
ars
and
anci
ent
gras
s tr
ees
on
the
rese
rve
stan
d 2-
3 m
in h
eigh
t wit
h le
aves
rea
chin
g th
e gr
ound
.
DA
VIE
SIA
MIC
RO
PH
YL
LA
a p
rior
ity
four
flo
ra s
peci
es a
s cl
assi
fied
by
the
Wes
tern
A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t gro
ws
here
.
Of a
to
tal o
f 61
bird
spe
cies
rec
orde
d in
this
res
erve
, 18
of t
hese
hav
e no
t be
en
reco
rded
at
the
othe
r nat
ure
rese
rves
in
the
Nor
tham
-Yor
k ar
ea.
Alt
houg
h M
eena
ar is
sm
all
it is
use
d fo
r ne
stin
g by
at l
east
17
spec
ies
of b
irds
.
The
hea
th p
rovi
des
a fo
od s
ourc
e fo
r bi
rds
and
an
attr
acti
ve d
ispl
ay o
f wil
dflo
wer
s in
the
spri
ng m
onth
s.
Res
erve
194
76 is
ofl
ow
div
ersi
ty a
t fo
rmat
ion
and
ass
ocia
tion
lev
els,
bu
t is
fair
ly r
ich
in
no
t li
sted
pl
ant
spec
ies.
T
he i
sola
tion
of t
he r
eser
ve m
akes
it a
sig
nifi
cant
fee
ding
and
res
ting
pla
ce
for
mig
rato
ry b
ird
spec
ies.
T
he r
eser
ve r
epre
sent
s a
vege
tati
on ty
pe l
arge
ly c
lear
ed i
n th
e re
gion
.
Pri
mar
ily
a sa
mph
ire
area
, bu
t thi
s re
serv
e do
es h
ave
cons
ider
able
trac
ts o
f n
ot l
iste
d M
EL
AL
EU
CA
scr
ub a
nd
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
woo
dlan
d. It
sup
port
s a
size
able
pop
ulat
ion
of
resi
dent
bir
ds a
nd a
cts
as a
res
ting
are
a fo
r m
igra
tory
spe
cies
. It
is r
elat
ivel
y un
dist
urbe
d ex
cept
for
som
e ru
bbis
h du
mpe
d in
one
cor
ner.
Pag
e 26
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Mok
ine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
I, A
3, B
!, C
!
Moo
radl
Ulg
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
!
26 J
lUle
, 20
00
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s a
popu
lati
on o
f AC
AC
IA A
PH
YL
LA
gaz
ette
d ra
re f
lora
by
the
Wes
tern
no
t li
sted
A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t.
In a
ddit
ion,
AC
AC
IA C
AM
PY
LO
PH
YL
LA
Wes
tern
A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t dec
lare
d pr
iori
ty tw
o sp
ecie
s, o
ccur
s he
re.
HIB
BE
RT
IA
MO
NT
AN
A w
hich
is g
eogr
aphi
call
y re
stri
cted
an
d a
gaz
ette
d pr
iori
ty f
our
spec
ies
and
th
e po
orly
kno
wn
LO
MA
ND
RA
Nl.I
T A
NS
are
folU
ld h
ere.
T
he r
eser
ve is
the
ea
ster
nmos
t lim
it o
fLO
MA
ND
RA
SP
AR
TE
A.
The
num
erou
s ro
cky
outc
rops
pro
vide
ha
bita
t for
man
y re
ptil
e sp
ecie
s w
ith
both
dra
gons
an
d g
ecko
s w
ell
repr
esen
ted.
D
ead
gras
stre
es p
rovi
de f
avou
rabl
e ha
bita
t for
rep
tile
s, p
arti
cula
rly
race
hors
e go
anna
s.
The
ric
h lU
lder
stor
ey o
f the
pow
derb
ark
wan
doo
prov
ides
a r
elia
ble
sour
ce o
f pol
len
and
nec
tar
for
num
erou
s bi
rds
and
mam
mal
s.
The
sea
sona
l st
ream
s w
hich
for
m a
sys
tem
of p
ools
at
the
nort
hern
end
of t
he r
eser
ve s
uppo
rt a
t le
ast f
our
frog
spe
cies
. S
trea
ms
reta
inin
g fr
eshw
ater
int
o th
e su
mm
er m
onth
s ar
e ra
rely
folU
ld o
n na
ture
res
erve
s.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s be
en th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he t
empo
ral
chan
ges
in t
he Y
ork
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) co
mm
lUlit
ies
on th
e re
serv
e.
The
res
erve
pro
vide
s a
sam
ple
of t
he w
ildl
ife,
bot
h fl
ora
and
falU
la,
wit
hin
the
tran
siti
on
not
list
ed
zone
bet
wee
n th
e fo
rest
ed l
and
of t
he D
arli
ng R
ange
to th
e w
est a
nd
woo
dlan
d in
the
low
er ra
infa
ll a
reas
to
the
east
. Th
e ve
geta
tion
an
d la
ndfo
rms
are
clos
ely
alli
ed to
tho
se
folU
ld o
n th
e ea
ster
n ed
ge o
f the
Dar
ling
Ran
ge,
bu
t spe
cies
on
the
rese
rve
indi
cate
tha
t it
is
inf
luen
ced
by p
roxi
mit
y to
the
Whe
atbe
lt.
The
se s
peci
es i
nclu
de ja
m (
AC
AC
IA
AC
UM
INA
TA
), s
heoa
k (A
LL
OC
AS
UA
RIN
A H
UE
GE
LIA
NA
), r
ed-c
appe
d ro
bin
(PE
TR
OIC
A G
OO
DE
NO
VII
) an
d ja
cky
win
ter
(MIC
RO
EC
A L
EU
CO
PH
AE
A),
al
thou
gh n
one
of t
hese
spe
cies
are
at t
heir
mos
t wes
tern
lim
it o
n th
e re
serv
e.
GR
EV
ILL
EA
CIR
SII
FO
LIA
, a W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n go
vern
men
t pri
orit
y fo
ur f
lora
spe
cies
oc
curs
her
e, a
s do
es E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S D
EC
UR
VA
whi
ch is
reg
iona
lly
lUlc
omm
on.
The
eu
caly
pt is
als
o a
sout
hern
out
lier
of t
he n
orth
ern
popu
lati
on o
f the
spe
cies
, b
ut m
ore
sout
hern
pop
ulat
ions
occ
ur a
t Hop
etol
Ul,
K.a
lgan
an
d e
ast o
f Cra
nbro
ok.
The
res
erve
pro
vide
s ha
bita
t for
res
iden
t, n
omad
ic a
nd m
igra
tory
bir
ds.
Pag
e 27
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Al,
A2
,Bl
Moo
rani
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve a
nd W
ater
Res
erve
148
87
Moo
rum
bine
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2
Mor
tloc
k R
iver
Eas
t Nat
ure
Res
erve
Mou
lien
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Mou
rnuc
king
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
re a
re s
pect
acul
ar d
ispl
ays
of w
ildf
low
ers
here
dur
ing
spri
ng.
The
Woy
lie
(BE
TIO
NG
IA P
EN
ICIL
LA
TA
), u
ntil
rec
entl
y ga
zett
ed r
are
in W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
, ha
s be
en r
epor
ted
at th
e re
serv
e. It
is n
ow p
rior
ity
4 fa
una.
T
here
are
nes
t hol
low
s fo
r bi
rds
and
the
rese
rve
is i
mpo
rtan
t as
a re
stin
g si
te f
or tr
ansi
ent b
irds
.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
sm
all a
nd c
onta
ins
woo
dlan
d on
ly.
It is
poo
r in
nes
t ho
llow
s, b
ut is
a
valu
able
res
ting
pla
ce f
or t
rans
ient
fau
na.
The
und
erst
orey
is m
ostl
y go
ne p
roba
bly
as a
re
sult
of g
razi
ng a
nd g
rass
now
pro
hibi
ts m
uch
of t
he n
ativ
e pl
ant r
egen
erat
ion.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
of l
ittl
e va
lue
in it
self
bei
ng o
f poo
r ha
bita
t div
ersi
ty a
nd p
art o
f a m
uch
la
rger
sim
ilar
dra
inag
e sy
stem
. T
he m
an-m
ade
pond
s on
the
rese
rve
are
impo
rtan
t for
bi
rdli
fe.
Alt
houg
h of
litt
le v
alue
in
itse
lf th
e re
serv
e is
im
port
ant i
n al
low
ing
salt
eff
ecte
d la
nd to
re
mai
n un
dist
urbe
d.
It c
onta
ins
som
e un
usua
l as
sem
blag
es o
f pla
nts
on r
aise
d m
ound
s.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
no't
list
ed
not l
iste
d
Thi
s re
serv
e is
one
of t
he b
est i
n th
e K
elle
rber
rin
Shi
re a
nd c
onta
ins
an in
tere
stin
g no
t lis
ted
asse
mbl
age
of p
lant
s an
d m
any
mJi
mal
s.
The
re is
a w
ide
rang
e o
f hab
itat
s on
the
rese
rve.
T
he E
RE
MA
EA
thic
ket a
nd th
e m
alle
e as
soci
atio
n on
the
ridg
es o
f the
res
erve
are
bot
h en
dang
ered
.
Pag
e 28
of 5
8
J '"~
'"~···
··~'"'
'''''-
·-MWk,
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Mt
Sti
rlin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Al,
A2
, A
3, B
l, C
Mt.
Cra
rnph
ome
Res
erve
Mun
geru
ngcu
ttin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
TE
1RA
TII
EC
AD
EL
TO
IDE
A, h
as a
dis
trib
utio
n le
ss t
han
100
krn
and
is l
iste
d as
rar
e by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
enun
ent.
A
CA
CIA
CO
W A
NIA
NA
, a p
lant
spe
cies
ga
zett
ed p
rior
ity
two
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent o
ccur
s he
re,
as d
oes
the
prio
rity
four
spe
cies
GA
ST
RO
LO
BIU
M
CA
LL
IST
AC
HY
S.
A n
umbe
r o
f eco
tone
are
as a
dd to
the
dive
rsit
y o
f the
veg
etat
ion.
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent's
ga
zett
ed
prio
rity
fou
r br
ush-
tail
ed r
ock
wal
laby
(P
ET
RO
GA
LE
LA
TE
RA
LIS
) is
pr
esen
t in
this
re
serv
e.
It is
als
o th
e so
uthe
rn r
ange
lim
it o
f the
eur
o (M
AC
RO
PU
S R
OB
US
TU
S).
'Thi
s re
serv
e is
of g
reat
val
ue a
s a
nest
ing
and
feed
ing
site
for
res
iden
t and
tran
sien
t bir
d sp
ecie
s. I
t is
mos
t sig
nifi
cant
in a
n ar
ea w
here
muc
h o
f the
ori
gina
l hab
itat
has
lon
g si
nce
been
turn
ed in
to f
arm
land
. W
ith
mix
ed e
ucal
yptu
s w
oodl
and,
cas
uari
na d
omin
ated
th
icke
ts a
nd th
e ro
cky
hill
, the
res
erve
pro
vide
s a
vari
ety
of h
abit
ats
suit
able
for
bir
ds,
mam
mal
s an
d re
ptil
es.
No
sm
all m
amm
al t
rapp
ing
has
been
con
duct
ed a
t th
is r
eser
ve
but p
ossi
bly
Das
yuri
ds c
ould
be
expe
cted
to o
ccur
her
e.
A s
tudy
foc
used
on
fox
con
trol
and
roc
k-w
alla
by p
opul
atio
n dy
nam
ics
has
been
co
nduc
ted
here
.
'Thi
s re
serv
e is
the
pla
ce w
here
two
spec
ies
of f
rog
PS
EU
DO
PH
R Y
NE
GU
EN
TII
ER
I an
d P
SE
UD
OP
HR
YN
E O
CC
IDE
NT
AL
IS w
ere
firs
t sh
own
to c
o-ha
bit (
sym
patr
y).
Pre
viou
sly
both
spe
cies
had
bee
n re
cord
ed a
t dif
fere
nt p
lace
s, b
ut n
ot to
geth
er.
Bec
ause
of t
he i
sola
tion
of t
his
rese
rve
it is
a c
riti
call
y im
port
ant s
ite
for
mig
rato
ry b
irds
.
Sta
tus
regi
ster
ed
not l
iste
d
'Thi
s re
serv
e co
ntai
ns n
est h
ollo
ws
and
is o
f im
port
ance
as
a re
stin
g si
te f
or t
rans
ient
no
t lis
ted
bird
s. I
t is
thus
im
port
ant i
n fa
unal
pro
cess
es.
The
res
erve
act
s as
a l
inki
ng c
orri
dor
betw
een
othe
r pie
ces
of v
eget
atio
n w
hich
wou
ld o
ther
wis
e be
com
plet
ely
isol
ated
. T
he
rese
rve
is c
onsi
dere
d si
gnif
ican
t in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms.
T
his
is b
ecau
se d
eep-
root
ed v
eget
atio
n as
sist
s to
low
er th
e sa
lt -l
aden
wat
er ta
ble
thro
ugh
tran
spir
atio
n.
Pag
e 29
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
( co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Nal
lian
Nat
ure
Res
erve
C
l
Nan
geen
an N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
,Cl
'
Nom
ans-
boka
n L
akes
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Non
alli
ng a
nd
Whi
tew
ater
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s be
en th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy i
nto
the
tem
pora
l ch
ange
s in
the
Yor
k g
um
no
t li
sted
(E
UC
AL
YP
TIJ
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)-
jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) co
mm
unit
ies
on th
e re
serv
e.
Res
erve
245
32 is
of c
onsi
dera
ble
scie
ntif
ic i
mpo
rtan
ce a
s th
e ty
pe l
ocal
ity
of s
ome
not
list
ed
terr
estr
ial m
ollu
scs.
T
hese
are
BO
TH
RIE
MB
RY
ON
SE
DG
EW
ICK
I, W
ES
TR
AL
AO
MA
A
PR
ICA
, W
ES
TR
AL
AO
MA
EX
PIC
TA
an
d T
HE
MA
PU
P A
BE
LT
IAN
A.
Alt
houg
h th
e un
ders
tore
y o
f the
res
erve
is
quit
e di
stur
bed
and
som
e ar
eas
clea
red,
the
re i
s st
ill
a go
od s
tand
of w
oodl
and
pres
ent.
It is
im
port
ant a
s a
rest
ing
and
fee
ding
sit
e fo
r bi
rds.
T
he re
serv
e is
qui
te s
peci
es r
ich
for
its
area
, 0.
53 s
peci
es/ h
a.
The
JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
spe
cies
red
-nec
ked
stin
t (C
AL
IDR
IS R
UF
ICO
LL
IS)
not
list
ed
and
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
TA
AL
BA
) ha
ve b
een
reco
rded
at
the
rese
rve.
T
he f
reck
led
duck
(S
TIC
TO
NE
TIA
NA
EV
OS
A),
gaz
ette
d ra
re b
y th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t un
til
1997
, an
d n
ow
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
has
bee
n re
cord
ed h
ere.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
not
list
ed
The
JA
MB
A a
nd
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
spe
cies
the
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
T A
AL
BA
), r
ed
neck
ed s
tint
(C
AL
IDR
IS R
UF
ICO
LL
IS)
and
litt
le c
urle
w (
NU
ME
NIU
S M
INU
TU
S)
are
foun
d at
the
wet
land
. T
he C
AM
BA
pro
tect
ed g
loss
y ib
is (
PL
EG
AD
IS F
AL
CIN
EL
LU
S)
has
also
bee
n re
cord
ed h
ere.
T
his
was
the
only
wet
land
that
was
fou
nd to
sup
port
the
litt
le c
urle
w d
urin
g th
e S
outh
-wes
t Wat
erbi
rd S
urve
y. It
was
als
o fo
und
to s
uppo
rt th
e hi
ghes
t num
ber
of r
ed-k
need
dot
tere
l (E
RY
TII
RO
GO
NY
S C
INC
TU
S)
for
any
lake
su
rvey
ed.
It s
uppo
rts
the
frec
kled
duc
k (S
TIC
TO
NE
TT
A N
AE
VO
SA
) ga
zett
ed r
are
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent u
ntil
199
7 n
ow
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
. T
he h
oode
d pl
over
(fH
INO
RN
IS R
UB
RIC
OL
LIS
) a
prio
rity
fo
ur s
peci
es h
as a
lso
been
rec
orde
d he
re.
The
res
erve
mai
ntai
ns w
etla
nd p
roce
sses
in
an
area
gre
atly
cle
ared
for
agr
icul
ture
.
Pag
e 30
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Noo
mbl
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Noo
ndee
ning
Hil
l A
2,B
l,C
l
Noo
nyin
g L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Nor
pa N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Bl
Nor
th J
itar
ning
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
are
a is
low
lyin
g an
d sa
lt p
rone
. T
he w
oodl
and
prov
ides
abu
ndan
t ne
st s
ites.
The
Noo
ndee
ning
HiJ
J di
spla
ys e
xcel
lent
exp
osur
es o
f a v
arie
ty o
f typ
ical
roc
ks o
f the
P
reca
mbr
ian
Jim
perd
ing
Met
amor
phic
Bel
t. T
he a
rea
is a
n im
port
ant t
each
ing
site
use
d by
geo
logy
stu
dent
s in
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia, e
spec
iall
y va
luab
le f
or i
ts g
ood
rock
exp
osur
e an
d co
mpl
ex g
eolo
gy.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt i
n m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sys
tem
s be
caus
e o
f its
lar
ge a
rea.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
indi
cati
ve p
lace
Thi
s re
serv
e is
par
tly
degr
aded
and
dis
turb
ed, b
ut it
sti
ll f
orm
s an
impo
rtan
t sa
nctu
ary
for
not l
iste
d se
vera
l sp
ecie
s o
f bir
ds,
part
icul
arly
wat
erbi
rds
duri
ng th
e w
inte
r m
onth
s.
The
res
erve
su
ppor
ts a
n in
tere
stin
g as
sem
blag
e o
f pla
nts.
Res
erve
205
04 i
s in
exc
elle
nt c
ondi
tion
, lit
tle
dist
urbe
d an
d is
a g
ood
repr
esen
tati
ve a
rea
of A
LL
OC
AS
UA
RIN
A A
CT
IV A
LV
IS s
hrub
land
, a f
orm
atio
n po
orly
rep
rese
nted
el
sew
here
in
the
regi
on.
The
veg
etat
ion
is d
iver
se a
nd r
ich
in p
lant
spe
cies
. It
con
tain
s so
me
nest
hol
low
s an
d is
o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
site
for
tra
nsie
nt b
irds
.
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 31
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Nor
th K
alga
rin
Nat
ure
Res
en>e
A
2, A
3, B
l, C
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Thi
s re
seJV
e is
rep
orte
d to
hav
e fo
ur p
lant
spe
cies
lis
ted
as r
are
or e
ndan
gere
d or
of
part
icul
ar in
tere
st, a
ltho
ugh
the
iden
tity
of t
hese
is
not g
iven
. It
is t
he t
ype
loca
lity
for
a
BA
EC
KE
A, a
CH
AM
EL
AU
CIU
M a
nd a
HA
KE
A.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
als
o si
gnif
ican
t bec
ause
it
has
dive
rse
and
rare
fau
na.
The
re a
re a
t lea
st 1
3 na
tive
mam
mal
, 85
bir
d, 4
fro
g an
d 29
rep
tile
spe
cies
in
the
rese
JVe.
The
wes
tern
nat
ive
cat
(DA
SY
UR
US
GE
OF
FR
OII
), th
e re
d-ta
iled
pha
scog
ale
(PH
AS
CO
GA
LE
CA
LU
RA
),
and
mal
lee
fow
l (L
EIP
OA
OC
EL
LA
TA
) al
l na
tion
ally
thre
aten
ed f
auna
occ
ur a
nd b
reed
he
re.
The
wes
tern
mou
se (
PS
EU
DO
MY
S O
CC
IDE
NT
AL
IS)
was
als
o re
cord
ed a
nd th
is
spec
ies
was
onl
y re
mov
ed f
rom
the
gaze
tted
rar
e sp
ecie
s li
st i
n 19
98.
It is
now
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
. O
ther
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
occ
urri
ng h
ere
are
the
wes
tern
bru
sh w
alla
by
(MA
CR
OP
US
IR
MA
) an
d th
e w
este
rn ro
sell
a (P
LA
TY
CE
RC
US
IC
TE
RO
TIS
).
The
ca
rpet
pyt
hon
(MO
RE
LIA
SP
ILO
TA
IM
BR
ICA
TA
), w
hich
is d
ecla
red
spec
iall
y pr
otec
ted
faun
a by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
has
also
bee
n fo
und
here
. O
ther
fa
una
that
hav
e re
stri
cted
dis
trib
utio
n or
are
inf
requ
entl
y re
cord
ed i
n th
e w
heat
belt
in
clud
e w
hite
-tai
led
dunn
art (
SM
INT
HO
PS
IS G
RA
NU
LIP
ES
), c
hest
nut q
uail
-thr
ush
(ClN
CL
OS
OM
A C
AS
TA
NO
TU
M)
and
pain
ted
butt
on q
uail
, (T
UR
NIX
VA
RIA
).
The
res
erve
is
rela
tive
ly l
arge
and
it p
lays
an
impo
rtan
t rol
e in
fau
nal,
vege
tati
on a
nd
ecos
yste
m p
roce
sses
in
an e
nvir
onm
ent i
n w
hich
muc
h cl
eari
ng fo
r ag
ricu
ltur
e ha
s ta
ken
plac
e.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e bi
olog
y an
d zo
ogeo
grap
hy o
f am
phib
ians
and
rep
tile
s an
d an
othe
r in
to l
izar
d as
sem
blag
es a
nd re
sen>
e si
ze a
nd
stru
ctur
e.
Oth
ers
stud
ies
incl
ude
inve
stig
atio
ns i
nto
the
cons
erva
tion
val
ue f
or m
amm
als
and
bird
s o
f res
en>e
s in
the
whe
atbe
lt.
Ano
ther
stu
dy w
as i
nto
the
bree
ding
, di
et a
nd
habi
tat p
refe
renc
es o
fPH
AS
CO
GA
LE
CA
LU
RA
.
Sta
tus
regi
ster
ed
Pag
e 32
of 5
8
J ···
····~·
~·····
·····-
"'·'*,
l '''" /"'"
'"'"' ' ~
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(con
td)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Nor
th T
arin
Roc
k N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
,Bl,
Cl
Nor
th W
oyer
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
Ove
rheu
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Pan
tapi
n N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A2
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
nat
iona
lly
vuln
erab
le m
alle
e fo
wl
(LE
IPO
A O
CE
LL
AT
A)
and
nati
onal
ly
not l
iste
d en
dang
ered
sho
rt-b
ille
d bl
ack
cock
atoo
(C
AL
YP
TO
RH
YN
CH
US
LA
TIR
.OST
RIS
) oc
cur
at th
e re
serv
e.
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Dep
artm
ent o
f Con
serv
atio
n an
d L
and
Man
agem
ent
prio
rity
two
faun
a in
clud
e th
e w
este
rn r
osel
la (
PL
AT
Y C
ER
CU
S I
CT
ER
OT
IS)
and
prio
rity
fou
r fa
una
the
tam
mar
(M
AC
RO
PU
S E
UG
EN
JI)
and
wes
tern
bru
sh w
alla
by
(MA
CR
OP
US
IR
MA
).
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e bi
olog
y an
d zo
ogeo
grap
hy o
f am
phib
ians
and
rep
tile
s an
d an
othe
r in
to li
zard
ass
embl
ages
and
rese
rve
size
and
st
ruct
ure.
O
ther
s st
udie
s in
clud
e in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s an
d bi
rds
of r
eser
ves
in t
he W
heat
belt
. It
is i
mpo
rtan
t in
vege
tati
on a
nd e
cosy
stem
pr
oces
ses
in a
n ar
ea w
here
muc
h cl
eari
ng f
or a
gric
ultu
re h
as ta
ken
plac
e.
It is
sig
nifi
cant
in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of t
he r
eser
ve's
la
rge
area
.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
in
exce
llen
t con
diti
on a
nd s
uppo
rts
valu
able
sta
nds
of w
oodl
and,
som
e no
t lis
ted
area
s w
ith
a ri
ch u
nder
stor
ey.
The
rese
rve
is p
roba
bly
wel
l us
ed b
y bi
rds
in th
e br
eedi
ng
seas
on.
Ther
e is
lit
tle
hum
an d
istu
rban
ce a
nd th
e re
serv
e is
iso
late
d, i
ncre
asin
g its
val
ue
for
tran
sien
t fau
na.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
Thi
s re
serv
e m
ay b
e th
e no
rthe
rnm
ost l
imit
of A
CA
CIA
GL
AU
CO
PT
ER
A.
It fo
rms
impo
rtan
t lin
king
cor
rido
rs w
ith
othe
r rem
nant
veg
etat
ion.
not l
iste
d
not
list
ed
Pag
e 33
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Pap
er B
ark
Nat
ure
Res
erve
I
A2,
A3
Pap
er B
ark
Nat
ure
Res
erve
2
A2,
A3
Par
keye
rrin
g L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
I
Pet
erca
rrin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Pik
arin
g H
ill
Res
erve
B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Of g
reat
val
ue.
Div
erse
veg
etat
ion
and
eco
tone
s pr
ovid
e nu
mer
ous
habi
tats
for
fau
na.
not
list
ed
Sup
port
s a
larg
e nu
mbe
r o
f res
iden
t an
d m
igra
tory
bir
d sp
ecie
s.
The
res
erve
has
im
port
ance
as
an e
xam
ple
of b
ushl
and
whi
ch h
as n
ot b
een
burn
t fo
r m
any
year
s.
Of g
reat
val
ue.
Div
erse
veg
etat
ion
and
pro
vide
s nu
mer
ous
habi
tats
for
fau
na.
Sup
port
s a
not
list
ed
larg
e nu
mbe
r o
f res
iden
t an
d m
igra
tory
bir
d sp
ecie
s.
The
res
erve
has
im
port
ance
as
an
exam
ple
of b
ushl
and
whi
ch h
as n
ot b
een
burn
t for
man
y ye
ars.
The
JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
EIT
A A
LB
A)
occu
rs a
t th
is l
ake.
no
t li
sted
Res
erve
200
95 p
rovi
des
a va
luab
le r
esti
ng p
lace
an
d n
esti
ng a
rea
for
bird
s.
BA
NK
SIA
PR
ION
OT
ES
gro
ws
in u
nusu
al s
oils
her
e. It
is f
ound
on
sha
llow
gra
nite
de
rive
d sa
ndy
clay
s w
ith
abun
dant
sup
plie
s o
f wat
er f
rom
run
off o
f rai
n fr
om t
he g
rani
te
outc
rop.
N
orm
ally
this
ban
ksia
gro
ws
in d
eep
wel
l dr
aine
d ye
llow
san
ds.
The
res
erve
has
a g
nanu
na h
ole
whi
ch lo
cal
lege
nd s
ugge
sts
has
sign
ific
ance
to
the
abor
igin
als.
As
the
rese
rve
supp
orts
woo
dlan
ds a
nd
den
se th
icke
ts i
t is
impo
rtan
t as
a re
st a
rea
for
mig
rati
ng b
irds
.
na't
list
ed
not
list
ed
Pag
e 34
of 5
8
J '"',
~.=-
,J>~<<+«<>M,>*A++,«<Abmd
J<J ,,,,,c>><AD<,«
<h&
"'U
+D
X<
>A
hbJA
%,
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Pik
arin
g W
est N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Pri
vate
pro
pert
y, s
outh
ofP
opan
yinn
ing
Bl
Qua
irad
ing
Spr
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
B
l
Que
reki
n R
ock
Rem
nant
C
l
Red
Lak
e N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
res
erve
is
smal
l in
are
a, b
ut q
uite
div
erse
in
asso
ciat
ions
and
ric
h in
pla
nt s
peci
es.
It
not
list
ed
cont
ains
nes
t hol
low
s an
d is
val
uabl
e as
a r
esti
ng s
ite
for
tran
sien
t bir
ds.
Thi
s pr
oper
ty h
as t
empe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t th
reat
ened
eco
syst
ems
in
not
list
ed
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t.
Gra
ssy
woo
dlan
ds a
re d
efin
ed a
s a
woo
dlan
d w
here
the
und
erst
orey
con
sist
s pr
edom
inan
tly
of g
rass
spe
cies
(al
so i
nclu
des
sedg
es,
rush
es a
nd
oth
er g
rass
-lik
e pl
ants
).
The
se g
rass
land
s ha
ve b
een
dram
atic
ally
al
tere
d an
d a
re p
oorl
y re
pres
ente
d in
con
serv
atio
n re
serv
es.
It is
one
of t
he f
ew r
eser
ves
on
whi
ch w
ando
o (E
UC
AL
YP
1US
W A
NIX
X>
) -
salm
on g
um (
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
S
AL
MO
NO
PH
LO
IA)-
jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
The
sal
mon
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
1US
SA
LM
ON
OP
HL
OIA
) w
oodl
and
on t
his
rese
rve
is o
f no
t li
sted
gr
eat v
alue
as
this
ass
ocia
tion
is p
oorly
repr
esen
ted
in th
e W
heat
belt
. T
he r
eser
ve
cont
ains
nes
t hol
low
s an
d is
of v
alue
as
a re
stin
g si
te fo
r tr
ansi
ent
bird
s.
A s
tudy
foc
used
on
fox
con
trol
and
roc
k-w
alla
by p
opul
atio
n dy
nam
ics
has
been
pr
ivat
e pr
oper
ty
cond
ucte
d at
this
pla
ce.
The
gim
let (
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
SA
LU
BR
IS)
woo
dlan
d on
this
res
erve
is
rela
tive
ly i
ntac
t no
t li
sted
an
d li
ttle
dis
turb
ed.
A B
AE
CK
EA
an
d H
AK
EA
of u
ncer
tain
aff
init
ies
wer
e co
llec
ted
here
. S
ome
old
tree
s co
ntai
n ne
st h
ollo
ws
used
by
bird
s.
The
y pr
ovid
e us
eful
roo
stin
g an
d f
eedi
ng a
reas
for
tra
nsie
nt a
nd
mig
rato
ry b
irds
. T
he l
ake
supp
orts
wat
erfo
wl
mos
t of
the
year
as
the
wat
er is
usu
ally
pre
sent
eve
n in
the
dry
seas
on.
Pag
e 35
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
107
19
A3
,Bl
Res
erve
110
24
A2
Res
erve
13 2
17
Res
erve
135
65
A3
Res
erve
135
94
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e co
ntai
ns a
sm
all b
ut q
uite
goo
d st
and
of s
alm
on g
um (
EU
CA
L Y
PT
IJS
no
t lis
ted
SA
LM
ON
OP
HL
OIA
) w
oodl
and,
an
asso
ciat
ion
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed i
n th
e W
heat
belt
. A
ltho
ugh
smal
l in
siz
e, t
he r
eser
ve i
s qu
ite
rich
in
plan
t spe
cies
and
is a
goo
d ne
stin
g si
te
for
bird
s. It
is p
roba
bly
impo
rtan
t as
a "s
tepp
ing
ston
e" o
f veg
etat
ion
for
mig
rato
ry b
irds
, pa
rtic
ular
ly a
s ot
her w
oodl
and
is f
uirl
y sc
arce
in
the
area
.
The
mar
gins
of a
sal
t com
plex
adj
acen
t to
this
res
erve
for
m a
bel
t of v
eget
atio
n w
hich
no
t lis
ted
conn
ects
ind
irec
tly
to M
ts C
arol
ine
and
Sti
rlin
g an
d R
eser
ves
2511
2 an
d 26
266.
M
ts
Car
olin
e an
d S
tirl
ing
cont
ain
unus
ual a
ssem
blag
es o
f pla
nts
and
faun
a.
Res
erve
132
17 i
s va
luab
le i
n sl
owin
g fu
rthe
r sa
lt e
ncro
achm
ent o
nto
adja
cent
far
mla
nd
and
is u
sefu
l as
a w
ind
brea
k. I
n it
s pr
esen
t for
m i
t is
util
ized
by
som
e fa
una
and
is o
f va
lue
as a
res
t sit
e an
d ne
stin
g ar
ea.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
in
exce
llen
t con
diti
on a
nd v
ery
dive
rse
in i
ts v
eget
atio
n.
Woo
dlan
ds,
mal
lee
and
shru
blan
d ar
e al
l re
pres
ente
d by
fai
rly
larg
e ar
eas
and
have
qui
te a
hig
h nu
mbe
r o
f pla
nt s
peci
es.
The
veg
etat
ion
is t
ypic
al o
f the
whe
atbe
lt (
Avo
n B
otan
ical
Dis
tric
t) a
ltho
ugh
it li
es i
n th
e C
oolg
ardi
e B
otan
ical
Dis
tric
t and
the
Sou
th-w
este
rn B
otan
ical
Dis
tric
ts.
The
woo
dlan
d ar
ea h
as s
ome
indi
cati
on o
fEre
mae
an s
peci
es a
nd s
truc
ture
. R
eser
ve 1
3565
app
ears
in
fact
to
be v
ery
clos
e to
the
tran
siti
on f
rom
the
A vo
n to
Coo
lgar
die
dist
rict
s an
d is
of
inte
rest
bot
anic
ally
for
this
rea
son.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
d be
en th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he t
empo
ral
chan
ges
in t
he Y
ork
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
TIJ
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) co
mm
unit
ies.
not
list
ed
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 36
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
llre
shol
d M
et
Val
ues
Sta
tus
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
--.. --
--~--------------------------------------..
----~
----
----
----
----
--~-
----
·---
----
----
-~--
----
----
--~-
----
----
----
----
-R
eser
ve 1
4521
!!
Res
erve
146
94
A2
Res
erve
151
99
Res
erve
158
55
A3
,Bl
Res
erve
162
8:8
Res
erve
174
21!)
26 J
une,
200
0'
Thi
s re
serv
e sh
ould
be
trea
ted
alon
g V
lith
Kok
erbi
n H
ill R
eser
ve N
o. 1
1043
. T
he
stat
emen
t of s
igni
fica
nce
for
mse
rve
1104
3 sh
ould
be
appl
ied
to r
eser
ve 1
4520
.
Res
erve
146
94 is
fai
rly
vari
ed in
veg
etat
ion
asso
ciat
ions
and
hab
itat
type
s. It
wn
tain
s ne
st h
ollo
ws
and
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
it::g
pla
ce f
or t
rans
ient
bir
ds.
It p
rovi
des
impo
rtan
t li
nkin
g co
rrid
<Jrs
wit
h ot
her
rem
nant
veg
etat
io1\
.
Thi
s re
serv
e i:s
of l
ittl
e va
lue.
It
is s
mal
l an
d h
as b
een
badl
y ch
tmag
ed.
How
ever
it d
oes
act a
s a
refu
ge f
or s
ome
bird
s an
d ga
lahs
are
kno
wn
to n
est i
n .1
hol
low
euc
alyp
tus.
Thi
s is
one
of t
he m
ore
valu
able
nat
um re
serv
('S o
f the
Nar
rog
b S
hire
. It
has
eK
!rem
ely
rich
hea
ths
and
a w
ide
vari
ety
of h
abit
ats
in a
:!m
all
area
, riv
alle
d on
ly b
y su
ch
outs
tand
ing
rese
rves
at T
utam
ting
. H
AK
EA
BA
XT
ER
!, f
ound
her
e, [
s po
orly
kno
wn.
C
AL
OT
IIA
MN
US
PL
AN
IFO
LIU
S i
s al
so p
oorl
y kn
own
and
its
geog
raph
ical
ran
ge is
le
ss t
han
100
km.
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e o
n th
is p
lace
did
nol
i ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
Not
sig
nifi
cant
in
man
y w
ays
but
a u~~ful r
esti
ng s
ite
for
bird
s.
not
list
ed
not
list
ed
no
t lis
ted
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not
list
ed
Pag
e 37
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
oft
he
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
178
24
Res
erve
184
44
Res
erve
186
4
Res
erve
191
19
A3
Res
erve
191
38
A3
,Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
res
erve
has
bee
n ba
dly
dam
aged
by
hum
an m
isus
e an
d is
bey
ond
repa
ir.
It is
too
no
t lis
ted
smal
l to
be o
f any
val
ue.
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot i
ndic
ate
sign
ific
ant v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
The
res
erve
is i
n go
od c
ondi
tion
and
the
nort
hern
par
t is
part
icul
arly
littl
e di
stur
bed.
T
he
not l
iste
d w
oodl
ands
are
val
uabl
e as
nes
t site
s an
d re
stin
g ar
eas
for
tran
sien
t bir
d sp
ecie
s.
Man
y un
ders
tore
y pl
ants
ref
lect
a t
rans
itio
nal c
hara
cter
bet
wee
n fo
rest
blo
ck a
nd w
heat
belt
and
ar
e o
f bio
geog
raph
ical
inte
rest
. T
he r
eser
ve is
of c
onsi
dera
ble
cons
erva
tion
val
ue.
Res
erve
191
I 9
is i
sola
ted
and
in g
ood
cond
ition
. T
he o
nly
acce
ss i
s th
roug
h no
't li
sted
ne
ighb
ouri
ng f
arm
land
. T
he re
serv
e ha
s va
ried
veg
etat
ion
for
its s
ize
and
is r
ich
in p
lant
sp
ecie
s.
Nes
t hol
low
s ar
e pr
esen
t in
woo
dlan
d ar
eas
and
cons
eque
ntly
the
rese
rve
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
and
bree
ding
sit
e fo
r re
side
nt, t
rans
ient
and
mig
rato
ry b
irds
. It
is t
hus
impo
rtan
t in
fau
nal
proc
esse
s.
The
re a
re a
hig
h di
vers
ity
of p
lant
ass
ocia
tion
s an
d sp
ecie
s co
nsid
erin
g th
e sm
all
size
of
the
rese
rve.
It
is a
n im
port
ant
site
for
rest
ing
bird
s as
the
res
erve
is i
sola
ted
from
oth
er
bush
land
.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e te
mpo
ral c
hang
es i
n th
e Y
ork
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)-
jam
(AC
AC
IA A
CU
MIN
AT
A)
woo
dlan
d on
the
rese
rve.
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 38
of 5
8
J M~~¥HM,
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
208
78
A3
Res
erve
227
5
Res
erve
229
06
Res
erve
229
67
Res
erve
231
37
Res
erve
233
66
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
res
erve
is
in g
ood
cond
itio
n an
d is
lit
tle
dist
urbe
d.
The
re a
re v
alua
ble
area
s o
f w
oodl
and
pres
ent a
nd th
e un
ders
tore
y is
fai
rly
rich
. T
he r
eser
ve i
s va
luab
le a
s a
rest
ing
plac
e fo
r tr
ansi
ent f
auna
an
d p
rovi
des
som
e ne
st h
ollo
ws.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
Mos
t of t
his
rese
rve
is b
adly
sal
t aff
ecte
d an
d o
flit
tle
use.
F
our
spec
ies
of b
irds
wer
e no
t lis
ted
note
d in
the
rese
rve
and
it m
ay s
till
be
of v
alue
as
a re
stin
g pl
ace
for
bird
s.
Of l
ittl
e us
e fo
r na
ture
con
serv
atio
n, th
is r
eser
ve d
oes
prov
ide
a re
stin
g ar
ea f
or t
rans
ient
no
t lis
ted
bird
spe
cies
.
The
res
erve
is
of v
alue
for
flo
ra c
onse
rvat
ion
and
tree
s co
ntai
n ne
st h
ollo
ws
and
so is
of
not l
iste
d va
lue
as a
res
ting
an
d fe
edin
g si
te fo
r bi
rds.
It
is t
hus
impo
rtan
t in
vege
tati
on a
nd f
auna
l pr
oces
ses.
Thi
s re
serv
e h
ad b
een
clea
red
and
was
und
er c
rop
whe
n su
rvey
ed in
197
8.
not
list
ed
The
info
rmat
ion
abou
t thi
s re
serv
e di
d no
t ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
Pag
e 39
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
236
37
Res
erve
240
97
Res
erve
241
79
Res
erve
258
72
Res
erve
259
79
Bl
Res
erve
266
61
Bl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
onl
y va
lue
in th
is r
eser
ve is
the
mat
ure
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
woo
dlan
d.
Sto
ck g
razi
ng h
as
not
list
ed
dest
roye
d th
e un
ders
tore
y.
For
its
size
the
res
erve
sup
port
s a
very
lar
ge n
umbe
r o
f euc
alyp
tus
spec
ies.
It
pro
vide
s no
t li
sted
go
od s
helt
er a
nd
foo
d fo
r bi
rds.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
abou
t thi
s re
serv
e di
d no
t in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not
list
ed
Res
erve
258
72 s
uppo
rts
an in
tere
stin
g as
sem
blag
e o
f pla
nts
and
is a
sig
nifi
cant
no
t li
sted
co
nser
vati
on a
rea.
Thi
s re
serv
e li
es o
n gy
psum
dun
es a
nd
has
a p
opul
atio
n of
HY
DR
OC
OT
YL
E
not
list
ed
HE
XA
PT
ER
A,
know
n on
ly f
rom
thr
ee c
olle
ctio
ns a
t Lak
e K
ing
and
gaze
tted
pri
orit
y on
e fl
ora
by th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t.
Alt
houg
h th
is r
eser
ve h
as e
phem
era!
wee
ds o
n w
et a
reas
adj
acen
t to
the
gra
nite
roc
k, i
t is
not
list
ed
in e
xcel
lent
con
diti
on.
Pag
e 40
of
58
.~ '1
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
266
69
A3
Res
erve
268
97
Res
erve
276
39
A3
Res
erve
276
44
A3
Res
erve
280
47
Res
erve
283
19
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
res
erve
is i
n ve
ry g
ood
cond
itio
n co
nsid
erin
g it
s pr
oxim
ity
to a
tow
nsit
e an
d so
me
dist
urba
nce.
It
is q
uite
ric
h in
flor
a an
d fa
una
and
is a
val
uabl
e re
stin
g si
te f
or t
rans
ient
faun
a.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
The
tree
s in
the
rese
rve
prov
ide
nest
hol
low
s an
d a
rest
ing
plac
e fo
r tr
ansi
ent
bird
s.
In th
e no
t lis
ted
long
term
, how
ever
, th
e re
serv
e is
ofl
ittl
e va
lue.
T
he s
alt c
reek
and
the
natu
re o
f the
re
serv
e su
gges
t the
lan
d is
sal
t-pr
one
and
any
clea
ring
is l
ikel
y to
be
detr
imen
tal.
The
res
erve
sup
port
s a
wid
e va
riet
y o
f veg
etat
ion
form
atio
ns,
asso
ciat
ions
and
spe
cies
. It
not l
iste
d
is p
roba
bly
of c
onsi
dera
ble
valu
e to
fau
na.
Res
erve
276
44 h
as a
var
ied
vege
tati
on a
nd is
rel
ativ
ely
rich
in
plan
t sp
ecie
s pr
ovid
ing
a no
t lis
ted
vari
ety
of h
abit
ats
for
faun
a.
It is
thus
im
port
ant i
n ve
geta
tion
and
fau
nal
proc
esse
s. N
est
holl
ows
are
pres
ent i
n th
e tr
ees
and
the
rese
rve
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
and
feed
ing
plac
e
for
sede
ntar
y an
d tr
ansi
ent b
irds
.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
abou
t thi
s re
serv
e di
d no
t ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
The
res
erve
is v
alua
ble
for
soil
con
serv
atio
n in
sal
t lan
d.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
abou
t no
t lis
ted
this
res
erve
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
Pag
e 41
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
oft
he
Cen
tral
Whe
atbe
lt (
cont
d)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
287
15
Res
erve
289
40
A2
,A3
,Bl
Res
erve
293
13
A2,
A3,
Bl,
Cl
Res
erve
295
89
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
res
erve
is
valu
able
as
a re
stin
g si
te f
or m
igra
tory
bir
ds.
not l
iste
d
Res
erve
289
40 i
s in
exc
elle
nt c
ondi
tion
and
has
vir
tual
ly n
o di
stur
banc
e fr
om h
uman
s or
no
t lis
ted
exot
ic f
auna
. It
car
ries
a w
ide
vari
ety
of v
eget
atio
n ty
pes
and
henc
e ha
bita
t typ
es f
or
faun
a.
Its
fair
ly l
arge
are
a, d
iver
sity
mak
e it
a va
luab
le c
onse
rvat
ion
reso
urce
. T
he
rese
rve
supp
orts
the
mal
lee
fow
l (L
EIP
OA
OC
EL
LA
TA
) de
clar
ed v
ulne
rabl
e at
a
nati
onal
leve
l.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt in
mai
ntai
ning
exi
stin
g pr
oces
ses
or n
atur
al s
yste
ms
beca
use
of i
ts la
rge
area
.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
in
exce
llen
t con
diti
on a
nd s
uppo
rts
one
of t
he l
arge
st a
nd le
ast d
istu
rbed
no
t lis
ted
area
s o
f woo
dlan
d in
the
whe
atbe
lt.
The
pre
senc
e o
f jar
rah,
mar
ri,
wan
doo
and
jam
su
gges
ts th
e re
serv
e is
in
the
tran
siti
on z
one
betw
een
the
jarr
ah fo
rest
blo
ck a
nd th
e W
heat
belt
. It
is t
here
fore
of i
nter
est b
ioge
ogra
phic
ally
. T
he r
ichn
ess
of t
he u
nder
stor
ey
and
geol
ogic
al a
nd to
pogr
aphi
c va
riat
ion
sugg
est t
hat t
he r
eser
ve s
houl
d be
qui
te r
ich
in
faun
a.
The
wes
tern
bru
sh w
alla
by (
MA
CR
OP
US
IR
MA
), W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n D
epar
tmen
t of C
onse
rvat
ion
and
Lan
d M
anag
emen
t pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
has
bee
n re
cord
ed
here
.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s be
en th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he te
mpo
ral
chan
ges
in t
he Y
ork
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
JNA
TA
) co
mm
unit
ies
on th
e re
serv
e.
Res
erve
295
89 i
s di
stur
bed
by c
attl
e an
d ot
her
hum
an in
flue
nces
, but
sup
port
s an
ex
trem
ely
rich
bir
d co
mm
unit
y, c
onsi
deri
ng it
s si
ze.
not
list
ed
Pag
e 42
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
oftl
he C
entr
al W
heat
bdt
(con
td)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Res
erve
299
06
Res
erve
302
99
Res
erve
303
24
Res
erve
310
91
Res
erve
342
95
A3
R·~s
erve
AJ3
594
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Lit
tle
is k
now
n ab
out t
his
rese
rve.
TI1e
mai
n va
lue
of t
he r
eser
ve li
es ;i
n so
il c
onse
rvat
ion
and
prev
enti
on o
f sa!
.t er
;cro
achm
ent.
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
Pub
lish
ed in
fonn
atio
ll o
n t:h
e re
serv
e ap
pear
s to
indi
cate
it h
as n
o gr
eat
sign
ific
ance
.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Tiu
s re
serv
e su
ppor
ts a
n e~cellent
repr
eseJ
!tta
tive
area
of s
hrub
land
and
hea
th.
It is
ric
h in
no
t lis
ted
plan
t spe
cies
and
pro
babl
y al
so r
ich
in f
auna
whi
ch fa
vour
:; th
ese
habi
tats
.
R·~serve A
J359
4 is
in
exce
llen
t con
diti
on !l
lld li
ttle
dis
turb
ed.
Its
isol
atio
n m
akes
it a
si
gnif
ican
t res
ting
an
d fe
edin
g si
te f
or m
igra
tory
bir
ds.
A d
am o
n th
e si
te p
rovi
des
an
impo
rtan
t wat
er p
oint
for
wil
dlif
e, a
s it
is w
ell
surr
ound
ed b
y tr
ees.
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 43
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f ren
1nan
t veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
( co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Ros
e R
oad
Res
erve
A
3
Sal
e's
Roc
k R
emna
nt
Cl
Scr
iven
ers
Roc
k H
ole
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
Sea
groa
tt N
atur
e R
eser
ve &
Res
erve
259
79
A2
,Bl
Sew
ell R
ook
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
res
erve
has
a d
iver
se v
eget
atio
n pr
ovid
ing
num
erou
s ha
bita
ts f
or f
auna
. T
he r
eser
ve
is i
sola
ted
and
sup
port
s a
larg
e nu
mbe
r o
f res
iden
t and
tran
sien
t bi
rd s
peci
es.
A s
tudy
focu
sed
on f
ox c
ontr
ol a
nd r
ock-
wal
laby
pop
ulat
ion
dyna
mic
s ha
s be
en
cond
ucte
d at
this
pla
ce.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
Div
erse
flo
ra o
ccur
s in
this
res
erve
, bot
h fl
oris
tica
lly
and
stru
ctur
ally
. T
he g
rani
te
not l
iste
d ou
tcro
ps a
nd w
ater
cour
ses
have
cre
ated
an
extr
emel
y m
osai
c ve
geta
tion
pro
vidi
ng m
ay
faun
al h
abit
ats
and
ecot
ones
.
Goo
d st
ands
of w
oodl
and
are
pres
erve
d he
re a
nd s
ever
al o
ther
type
s o
f veg
etat
ion
not l
iste
d re
pres
ente
d.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
im
port
ant a
s a
rest
ing
plac
e fo
r bi
rds
incl
udin
g w
ater
fow
l. T
he c
omm
on s
andp
iper
(T
RIN
GA
HY
PO
LE
UC
OS
) pr
otec
ted
by J
AM
BA
and
CA
MB
A
is f
ound
her
e.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt i
n m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sys
tem
s be
caus
e o
f its
lar
ge a
rea.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
iso
late
d an
d su
ppor
ts d
iver
se p
lant
ass
ocia
tion
s in
clud
ing
woo
dlan
ds a
nd
not l
iste
d he
ath.
Nes
t hol
low
s ar
e pr
esen
t in
woo
dlan
d ar
eas
and
the
rese
rve
is i
mpo
rtan
t as
a re
stin
g an
d br
eedi
ng s
ite
for
tran
sien
t and
mig
rato
ry b
irds
. It
is r
ich
in p
lant
spe
cies
.
Pag
e 44
··~
~~-
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Sha
ckle
ton
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Sor
ense
ns N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
Sou
th B
adja
ling
Nat
ure
Res
erve
C
l
Sou
th K
ulin
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
3
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
abou
t thi
s re
serv
e di
d no
t in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not
list
ed
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s ex
cell
ent r
epre
sent
ativ
e ar
eas
of t
wo
type
s o
f hea
th a
s w
ell
as m
alle
e an
d no
t li
sted
w
oodl
and.
It
is a
lso
quit
e ri
ch i
n p
lant
spe
cies
, man
y b
eing
rep
rese
nted
in
the
heat
h.
As
the
rese
rve
is i
sola
ted
it is
of c
onsi
dera
ble
impo
rtan
ce to
tra
nsie
nt b
irds
as
a re
stin
g an
d f
eedi
ng s
ite.
The
res
erve
is
cons
ider
ed s
igni
fica
nt i
n m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s o
r na
tura
l sy
stem
s.
Thi
s is
bec
ause
dee
p-ro
oted
veg
etat
ion
assi
sts
to l
ower
the
salt
-lad
en w
ater
ta
ble
thro
ugh
tran
spir
atio
n.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he b
iolo
gy a
nd
zoo
geog
raph
y o
f am
phib
ians
an
d re
ptil
es.
The
res
erve
, al
thou
gh s
mal
l in
size
, is
quit
e di
vers
e in
pla
nt a
ssoc
iati
ons
and
hab
itat
ty
pes.
It
is o
f val
ue a
s a
rest
ing
site
for
tra
nsie
nt b
irds
.
not
list
ed
not
list
ed
Pag
e 45
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
St R
onan
s N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AI,
A2,
A3,
Cl
StR
on
ans
Wel
l, Y
ork
Bl
Taa
rbli
n L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Stat
us
Alt
houg
h sm
all i
n ar
ea th
is n
atur
e re
serv
e su
ppor
ts a
div
ersi
ty o
f veg
etat
ion
type
s.
Pla
nt
not l
iste
d co
mm
unit
ies
rang
e fr
om p
owde
rbar
k w
oodl
and
on th
e pl
atea
u th
roug
h to
mix
ed
woo
dlan
ds o
f mar
ri, w
ando
o, j
am a
nd a
lloc
asua
rina
. S
tand
s o
f wan
doo
occu
r in
the
vall
eys
and
allo
casu
arin
a fr
inge
are
as o
f out
crop
ping
gra
nite
. T
his
rese
rve
is c
onsi
dere
d im
port
ant f
or s
ucce
ssio
n be
caus
e it
has
not
bee
n bu
rnt f
or m
any
year
s.
Thi
s re
serv
e al
ong
wit
h C
lack
line
and
Wam
byn
Nat
ure
Res
erve
s is
the
nor
ther
n li
mit
of
LO
MA
ND
RA
NU
TA
NS
. It
is a
lso
the
mos
t eas
tern
lim
it o
fLO
MA
ND
RA
SP
AR
TE
A
whi
ch is
als
o fo
und
near
by a
t Cla
ckli
ne, W
amby
n an
d M
okin
e N
atur
e R
eser
ves.
The
div
ersi
ty o
f pla
nt c
omm
unit
ies
ensu
re p
lent
iful
sup
ply
of n
ecta
r is
ava
ilab
le a
ll y
ear.
T
his
supp
orts
at
leas
t 10
spe
cies
ofh
oney
eate
r, a
nd th
e w
este
rn p
igm
y-po
ssum
(C
ER
CA
RT
ET
US
CO
NC
!NN
US
).
Mur
doch
Uni
vers
ity
has
cond
ucte
d st
udie
s o
f the
flo
ra a
nd f
auna
at
the
rese
rve
prov
idin
g a
fum
bas
is f
or f
utur
e m
anag
emen
t.
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t th
reat
ened
eco
syst
ems
in
not·
list
ed
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
med
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
ts p
redo
min
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
incl
udes
se
dges
, rus
hes
and
othe
r gr
ass-
like
pla
nts)
. T
hese
gra
ssla
nds
have
bee
n dr
amat
ical
ly
alte
red
and
are
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed i
n c
onse
rvat
ion
rese
rves
. It
is o
ne o
f the
few
res
erve
s on
whi
ch w
ando
o (E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S W
AN
DO
O)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent c
lass
ifie
d pr
iori
ty 4
spe
cies
DA
RW
INIA
TH
YM
OID
ES
A
ND
CA
LO
TII
AM
NU
S R
UP
ES
TR
IS g
row
her
e.
The
JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A p
rote
cted
red-
neck
ed s
tint
(C
AL
IDR
IS R
UF
ICO
LL
IS)
and
shar
p-ta
iled
san
dpip
er (
CA
LID
RIS
AC
UM
INA
TA
) oc
cur
at th
is r
eser
ve.
The
fre
ckle
d du
ck (
ST
ICT
ON
ET
IA N
AE
VO
SA
), r
epor
ted
at th
is r
eser
ve, w
as g
azet
ted
rare
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent u
ntil
199
7.
Thi
s du
ck is
now
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
in
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia.
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 46
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Tam
min
Rai
lway
Dar
n N
atu
re R
eser
ve
Tar
in R
ock
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l, C
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Tbi
s re
serv
e is
one
of t
he b
est i
ii th
e vi
cini
ty a
nd h
as g
reat
con
serv
atio
n va
lue.
It
is o
f re
ason
able
siz
e an
d s
uppo
rts
a go
od v
arie
ty o
f pla
nt a
ssoc
iati
on ty
pes
and
spe
cies
. It
is
impo
rtan
t for
bir
ds a
nd
par
ticu
larl
y m
igra
tory
spe
cies
, su
ch a
s th
e be
e-ea
ter
(ME
RO
PS
OR
NA
TU
S).
Sta
tus
no
t lis
ted
Rar
e fl
ora
incl
udin
g A
CA
CIA
DE
PR
ES
SA
occ
ur h
ere.
D
RY
AN
OR
A F
OL
IOS
ISS
IMA
, re
gist
ered
GA
ST
RO
LO
BIU
M D
EN
SIF
OL
IUM
, G
AS
TR
OL
OB
IUM
RIG
IDU
M, D
A V
IES
IA
TO
RT
UO
SA
an
d J
AC
KS
ON
IA T
AR
INE
NS
IS,
all
decl
ared
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent p
rior
ity
two
pla
nt
spec
ies
are
repo
rted
. B
OR
ON
IA P
EN
ICIL
LA
TA
a
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent d
ecla
red
a pr
iori
ty th
ree
spec
ies,
gr
ows
here
. T
hey
have
b
een
cla
ssif
ied
prio
rity
flor
a by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent.
C
AL
OT
HA
MN
US
P
LA
NIF
OL
IUS
a s
peci
es o
f pla
nt w
hich
has
a d
istr
ibut
ion
of l
ess
than
I 0
0 k
rn i
s re
port
ed.
Oth
er s
peci
es i
nclu
de th
e w
este
rn m
ouse
(P
SE
UD
OM
YS
OC
CID
EN
TA
LIS
) ga
zett
ed r
are
by th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t un
til
1998
an
d n
ow p
rior
ity
four
fa
una.
T
he ta
rnrn
ar w
alla
by (
MA
CR
OP
US
EU
GE
NII
) an
d w
este
rn b
rush
wal
laby
(MA
CR
OP
US
lR
MA
) al
so p
rior
ity
four
fau
na a
re a
lso
here
. Th
is re
serv
e is
thu
s im
port
ant i
n f
auna
l, v
eget
atio
n an
d ec
osys
tem
pro
cess
es i
n a
n a
rea
whe
re m
uch
cle
arin
g fo
r ag
ricu
ltur
e h
as t
aken
pla
ce.
Bir
ds i
nclu
de t
he M
alle
e fo
wl
(LE
IPO
A O
CE
LL
AT
A)
decl
ared
vul
nera
ble
faun
a at
a n
atio
nal
leve
l an
d th
e w
este
rn r
osel
la (
PL
AT
YC
ER
CU
S
ICT
ER
OT
IS)
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent p
rior
ity
two
fau
na a
nd
squ
are-
tail
ed k
ite
(LO
PH
OIC
TIN
IA I
SU
RA
), W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t pri
orit
y fo
ur f
auna
.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e bi
olog
y an
d z
ooge
ogra
phy
of
amph
ibia
ns a
nd
rep
tile
s an
d a
noth
er in
to l
izar
d as
sem
blag
es a
nd
res
erve
siz
e an
d
stru
ctur
e.
Ano
ther
stu
dy in
clud
es in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s
of r
eser
ves
in th
e W
heat
belt
.
Th
e re
serv
e is
con
side
red
sign
ific
ant i
n m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sys
tem
s
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
Pag
e 47
of
58
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
The
Ove
ns (
2023
) B
I,C
l
Thr
osse
ll N
atur
e R
eser
ve
B1
26 J
IUle
, 200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Till
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, o
ne o
f the
mos
t thr
eate
ned
ecos
yste
ms
in
not
list
ed
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
wid
espr
ead
agri
cult
ural
dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
med
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e W
lder
stor
ey c
onsi
sts
pred
omin
antl
y o
f gra
ss s
peci
es (
also
inc
lude
s se
dges
, rus
hes
and
othe
r gr
ass-
like
pla
nts)
. T
hese
gra
ssla
nds
have
bee
n dr
amat
ical
ly
alte
red
and
are
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed i
n co
nser
vati
on re
serv
es.
It is
one
of t
he f
ew r
eser
ves
on w
hich
Yor
k gu
m (
EU
CA
L Y
PTIJ
S L
OX
OP
HL
EB
A)
-jam
(A
CA
CIA
AC
UM
INA
TA
) w
oodl
and
occu
rs.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e te
mpo
ral
chan
ges
of
Yor
k gu
m
(EU
CA
L Y
PT
IJS
LO
XO
PH
LE
BA
)-ja
m (
AC
AC
IA A
CU
MIN
AT
A)
com
miU
litie
s.
The
woo
dlan
d an
d op
en w
oodl
and
on th
is n
atur
e re
serv
e pr
ovid
e re
fuge
and
nes
ting
sit
es
not l
iste
d fo
r nu
mer
ous
bird
spe
cies
. M
any
of t
hese
spe
cies
sur
vive
mos
t of t
he y
ear
in th
e cl
eare
d w
heat
belt
hab
itat
, onl
y re
quir
ing
tree
s as
an
occa
sion
al r
efug
e an
d fo
r ne
stin
g.
The
m
atur
e tr
ees
prov
ide
holl
ows
for
nest
ing
for
som
e sp
ecie
s.
Till
s re
serv
e is
the
onl
y re
serv
e in
the
Yor
k -N
orth
am a
rea
on w
hich
sal
mon
gum
(E
UC
AL
YP
TIJ
S S
AL
MO
NO
PH
LO
IA)
occu
rs.
Con
sequ
entl
y th
e re
serv
e is
of g
reat
va
lue
beca
use
of t
he s
tand
s o
f the
se tr
ees.
Pag
e 48
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Tut
anni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A2,
A3,
BJ,
CJ
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Thi
s re
serv
e ha
s te
mpe
rate
gra
ssy
woo
dlan
d, s
peci
fica
lly w
ando
o w
oodl
and
at it
s re
gist
ered
w
este
rn e
nd.
Thi
s is
one
of t
he m
ost t
hrea
tene
d ec
osys
tem
s in
Aus
tral
ia d
ue to
w
ides
prea
d ag
ricu
ltura
l dev
elop
men
t. G
rass
y w
oodl
ands
are
def
ined
as
a w
oodl
and
whe
re th
e un
ders
tore
y co
nsis
ts p
redo
min
antly
of g
rass
spe
cies
(al
so in
clud
es s
edge
s,
rush
es a
nd o
ther
gra
ss-l
ike
plan
ts).
The
se g
rass
land
s ha
ve b
een
dram
atic
ally
alte
red
and
are
poor
ly r
epre
sent
ed in
con
serv
atio
n re
serv
es.
The
res
erve
has
div
erse
flo
ra a
nd fa
una,
man
y pl
ants
end
emic
ot r
are.
ST
YL
IDIU
M
CO
AT
ESI
AN
UM
a W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t lis
ted
prio
rity
two
spec
ies
and
CH
OR
.IZA
ND
RA
MU
LT
IAR
TIC
UL
AT
A,
JAC
KSO
NIA
EPI
PHY
LL
UM
, ST
EN
AN
TH
EM
UM
TR
IDE
NT
A T
UM
and
TE
TR
A T
HE
CA
RE
TR
OR
SA,
all p
rior
ity
thre
e sp
ecie
s, o
ccur
in th
e re
serv
e.
CA
LA
DE
NIA
IN
TE
GR
A, D
RY
AN
OR
A
CY
NA
RO
IDE
S, S
TY
LID
IUM
EX
PE
Dff
iON
IS,
POM
AD
ER
RIS
BIL
OC
UL
AR
IS a
nd
STY
LID
IUM
TE
NU
ICA
RPU
M h
ave
been
reco
rded
her
e, a
ll ar
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
oven
trne
nt p
rior
ity fo
ur f
lora
. C
AL
OT
HA
MN
US
PLA
NIF
OL
IUS,
DR
Y A
NO
RA
C
YN
AR
OID
ES,
ME
LA
LE
UC
A C
ON
FER
TA
and
ST
YL
IDIU
M T
EN
UIC
AR
PUM
are
ge
ogra
phic
ally
res
tric
ted
in d
istr
ibut
ion.
D
RY
AN
OR
A P
RO
TE
OID
ES
has
a ge
ogra
phic
ra
nge
of le
ss th
an I
00 k
rn a
nd is
poo
rly k
now
n.
Ano
ther
poo
rly
know
n sp
ecie
s,
EU
CA
LY
PTU
S O
RN
AT
A, a
lso
grow
s he
re.
The
res
erve
is i
mpo
rtan
t for
fau
nal
and
vege
tatio
n pr
oces
ses
in a
n en
viro
nmen
t whe
re m
uch
clea
ring
for
agri
cultu
re h
as t
aken
pl
ace.
It
is g
ener
ally
in g
ood
cond
ition
.
The
res
erve
is h
isto
rica
lly im
port
ant a
s it
is c
lose
to a
reas
in
whi
ch e
arly
Bri
tish
Mus
eum
fa
una
colle
ctio
ns w
ere
mad
e. I
t con
tain
s en
dang
ered
spe
cies
hab
itat
with
spe
cies
in
clud
ing
the
natio
nally
vul
nera
ble
num
bat (
MY
RM
EC
OB
IUS
FASC
IA IU
S)
and
red
taile
d ph
asco
gale
(PH
ASC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
The
res
erve
has
als
o be
en th
e si
te o
f a s
tudy
into
the
bree
ding
, pop
ulat
ion
dyna
mic
s an
d ha
bita
t rel
atio
nshi
ps o
f the
long
-tai
led
dunn
art (
SMIN
TII
OPS
IS D
OL
ICH
UR
A)
publ
ishe
d in
199
7.
Det
aile
d st
udie
s ha
ve b
een
cond
ucte
d on
PSE
UD
OC
HE
IRU
S O
CC
IDE
NT
AL
IS th
e w
este
rn r
ingt
ail
poss
um h
ere
and
at o
ther
site
s in
the
sout
h-w
est o
f W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
. A
noth
er s
tudy
inve
stig
ated
the
vege
tatio
n co
mm
uniti
es o
n di
ffer
ing
soil
type
s an
d di
ffer
ent f
ire h
isto
ries
and
was
pub
lishe
d in
198
3.
Oth
er s
tudi
es in
clud
e th
ose
rela
ting
to th
e im
pact
of f
ire o
n fa
una
incl
udin
g in
vert
ebra
tes
and
the
red-
taile
d ph
asco
gale
(PH
ASC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
Tut
anni
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve w
as o
ne o
f nin
e re
serv
es u
sed
for
a st
udy
of th
e ef
fect
off
ox c
ontro
l on
pop
ulat
ions
of t
he r
ed-t
aile
d
Page
49
of 58
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Ulv
a N
atur
e R
eser
ve
Wam
byn
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
l,B
l
Wan
djag
ill N
atur
e R
eser
ve
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
phas
coga
le.
The
res
erve
it i
s co
nsid
ered
sig
nifi
cant
in m
aint
aini
ng e
xist
ing
proc
esse
s or
nat
ural
sy
stem
s be
caus
e it
s la
rge
area
.
Res
erve
248
35 i
s in
exc
elle
nt c
ondi
tion
and
sup
port
s si
zeab
le s
tand
s o
f woo
dlan
d an
d tw
o sh
rubl
and
asso
ciat
ions
. It
is s
igni
fica
nt a
s a
refu
ge f
or f
auna
and
a g
ood
repr
esen
tati
ve o
f shr
ub la
nd i
n th
e ar
ea.
Thi
s re
serv
e ca
rrie
s ex
tens
ive
stan
ds o
fpow
derb
arlc
(E
UC
AL
YP
TU
S A
CC
ED
EN
S)
man
y o
f whi
ch p
rovi
de n
est h
ollo
ws
for
bird
s an
d sm
all
mam
mal
s.
The
sm
all
area
s o
f he
ath
in th
e ce
ntre
of t
he r
eser
ve, t
he g
rani
te o
utcr
ops
and
stan
ding
dea
d bl
ackb
oys
are
rich
in
rept
ile
spec
ies.
T
he r
eser
ve a
lso
supp
orts
lar
ge n
umbe
rs o
f ech
idna
s (f
AC
HY
GL
OS
SU
S A
CU
LE
AT
US
).
Thi
s is
the
onl
y na
ture
res
erve
in
the
Shi
res
of
Yor
k an
d N
orth
am s
how
n to
sup
port
the
echi
dna
duri
ng a
sur
vey
in 1
986.
Thi
s re
serv
e, a
long
wit
h C
lack
line
and
St R
onan
s N
atur
e R
eser
ves,
is
the
nort
hern
lim
it
ofL
OM
AN
DR
A N
liT
AN
S w
hich
is p
oorl
y kn
own.
It
is
also
the
mos
t eas
tern
lim
it o
f L
OM
AN
DR
A S
PA
R T
EA
whi
ch is
als
o fo
und
near
by a
t Cla
ckli
ne,
St R
onan
s an
d M
okin
e N
atur
e R
eser
ves.
In
add
itio
n W
amby
n N
atur
e re
serv
e is
the
mos
t nor
th-e
aste
rly
lim
it o
f SC
HO
EN
US
SE
SQ
UIS
PIC
UL
US
.
Impo
rtan
t as
a re
stin
g pl
ace
for
bird
s, i
t is
also
a s
igni
fica
nt f
eedi
ng a
rea
for
wat
erfo
wl.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 50
of 5
8
~
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
War
deri
ng L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
2,B
l
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0125
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0187
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
0644
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1029
B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
War
deri
ng L
ake
supp
orts
a m
oder
ate
num
ber
of s
peci
es o
f wat
erbi
rds,
a h
igh
num
ber
of
not l
iste
d br
eedi
ng s
peci
es a
nd a
hig
h nu
mbe
r o
f ind
ivid
ual
wat
erbi
rds.
It
is a
n im
port
ant r
eser
ve
for
the
bree
ding
of t
he li
ttle
pie
d co
rmor
ant (
PH
AL
AC
RO
CO
RA
X M
EL
AN
OL
EU
CO
S).
1
bis
spe
cies
has
bee
n fo
und
bree
ding
at o
nly
nine
oth
er re
serv
es i
n th
e so
uth-
wes
t of
Aus
tral
ia.
Mor
e th
an 1
000
wat
erbi
rds
can
use
the
lake
in a
utum
n.
The
gre
ensh
ank
(IR
ING
A N
EB
UL
AR
IA),
gre
at e
gret
(E
GR
ET
I A A
LB
A)
and
com
mon
san
dpip
er
(IR
ING
A H
YP
OL
EU
CO
S),
spe
cies
pro
tect
ed b
y th
e JA
MB
A &
CA
MB
A a
gree
men
ts,
use
this
lak
e. 1
bis
rese
rve
is c
onsi
dere
d im
port
ant f
or w
etla
nd p
roce
sses
.
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on th
is p
lace
did
not
ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
The
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent's
gaz
ette
d pr
iori
ty f
our
flor
a A
CA
CIA
M
ER
RIC
KA
E h
as b
een
foun
d on
this
res
erve
.
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 51
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
( co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
V
alue
s S
tatu
s
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1222
T
he i
nfor
mat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
153
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not
list
ed
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
1649
T
he in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
2363
T
he in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
on th
is p
lace
did
not
ind
icat
e si
gnif
ican
t val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3035
and
150
27
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
no
t li
sted
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3172
T
he i
nfor
mat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ilC d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
26 J
une,
200
0 P
age
52 o
f 58
·~
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3176
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3327
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3502
B
l
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
3536
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
4014
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
4171
B
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e o
n th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e o
n th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
AC
AC
IA M
ER
RIC
KA
E, a
spe
cies
dec
lare
d pr
iori
ty f
our
flor
a by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
not l
iste
d
Gov
ernm
ent,
occu
rs o
n th
is r
eser
ve.
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e o
n th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
DA
VIE
SIA
"O
XY
LO
BIU
M",
a W
estc
m A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t ga
zett
ed p
rior
ity
flor
a sp
ecie
s, h
as b
een
foun
d on
this
res
erve
.
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
not l
iste
d
Pag
e 53
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
V
alue
s S
tatu
s
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
5668
T
he i
nfor
mat
ion
avai
labl
e on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Wat
er R
eser
ve 1
6582
T
he in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
on th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
Wat
er R
eser
ve 2
44
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Wat
er R
eser
ve 2
5002
T
he in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
on
this
pla
ce d
id n
ot in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not l
iste
d
Wat
er R
eser
ve 3
5598
T
he in
form
atio
n av
aila
ble
on t
his
plac
e di
d no
t in
dica
te s
igni
fica
nt v
alue
s.
not
list
ed
Wat
er R
eser
ve 5
314
The
inf
orm
atio
n av
aila
ble
on th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
cant
val
ues.
no
t lis
ted
26 J
une,
200
0 P
age
54 o
f 58
~-A
ppen
dix
2.
Val
ues
of r
emna
nt v
eget
atio
n as
sess
ed a
s pa
rt o
f the
Reg
iona
l Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
Wat
er R
eser
ve 9
448
Wav
e R
ock
BI
Whi
te L
ake
Nat
ure
Res
erve
(Q
uong
unne
rund
ing
Nat
ure
B I
Res
erve
)
Wia
lkut
ting
Nat
ure
Res
erve
Win
dmil
l Hil
l Rai
lway
Cut
ting
B
l,C
l
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
The
info
rmat
ion
avai
labl
e o
n th
is p
lace
did
not
indi
cate
sig
nifi
can,
t val
ues.
Insu
ffic
ient
inf
orm
atio
n w
as g
athe
red
on th
e fl
ora
and
finm
a o
f Wav
e R
ock.
It
is
sign
ific
ant b
ecau
se o
f a g
rani
te r
nona
dnoc
k w
ith
side
s un
derc
ut d
ue to
ero
sion
. T
his
pres
ents
a b
eaut
iful
wav
e-li
ke p
rofi
le w
hich
is a
bout
12
m h
igh
on th
e no
rthe
rn f
ace.
Sta
tus
not l
iste
d
indi
cati
ve p
lace
The
fre
ckle
d du
ck (
ST
ICT
ON
EIT
A N
AE
VO
SA
), h
as b
een
reco
rded
at t
he w
etla
nd.
Thi
s no
t li
sted
du
ck w
as g
azet
ted
rare
by
the
Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent u
ntil
199
7 an
d i
s no
w
prio
rity
fou
r fa
una.
T
he J
AM
B A
& C
AM
BA
pro
tect
ed r
ed-n
ecke
d st
int (
CA
LID
RIS
R
UF
ICO
LL
IS),
sha
rp-t
aile
d sa
ndpi
per
(CA
LID
RIS
AC
UM
INA
TA
), c
urle
w s
andp
iper
(C
AL
IDR
IS F
ER
RU
GIN
EA
) an
d gr
eens
hank
(IR
ING
A N
EB
UL
AR
IA)
wer
e al
so
reco
rded
. It
is t
here
fore
im
port
ant a
s a
rest
ing
area
an
d h
abit
at f
or m
igra
tory
wad
ers.
The
res
erve
is
impo
rtan
t as
a re
stin
g pl
ace
for
bird
s an
d fo
r pr
ovid
ing
refu
ge f
or t
he
not
list
ed
resi
dent
Whe
atbe
lt s
peci
es.
The
res
erve
is q
uite
hab
itat
-<ii
vers
e co
nsid
erin
g it
s si
ze.
The
ru
noff
are
as p
rovi
ding
ref
uges
for
fro
gs a
nd
aqu
atic
inv
erte
brat
es.
A s
peci
es o
f euc
alyp
t te
ntat
ivel
y id
enti
fied
as
EU
CA
LY
PT
US
WE
BS
TE
RIA
NA
may
be
an u
ndes
crib
ed
spec
ies.
The
sit
e is
an
impo
rtan
t geo
logi
cal r
esea
rch
site
pro
vidi
ng e
xcel
lent
exp
osur
es o
f the
ro
cks
of t
he A
rcha
ean
Jim
perd
ing
Met
amor
phic
Bel
t, i
nclu
ding
cro
ss-b
edde
d qu
artz
ite
whi
ch c
onta
ins
zirc
ons
date
d at
3 3
40 m
illi
on y
ears
.
It is
use
d re
gula
rly
as a
tea
chin
g lo
cali
ty f
or u
nive
rsit
y ge
olog
y st
uden
ts i
n P
erth
. It
fe
atur
ed a
s an
exc
ursi
on s
ite
used
on
fi.e
ld t
rips
ass
ocia
ted
wit
h In
tern
atio
nal A
rcha
ean
Sym
posi
a he
ld i
n P
erth
in
198
0 an
d 19
90.
indi
cati
ve p
lace
Pag
e 55
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
V
alue
s S
tatu
s
Wog
erli
n H
ill R
eser
ve
Lit
tle
is k
now
n o
f the
sig
nifi
canc
e o
f thi
s re
serv
e.
not l
iste
d
Wul
yali
ng N
atur
e R
eser
ve
AC
AC
IA A
CU
MIN
AT
A a
nd A
CA
CIA
MIC
RO
BO
TR
YA
flow
er a
bund
antl
y on
the
not l
iste
d re
serv
e an
d ar
e an
impo
rtan
t foo
d so
urce
for
hon
eyea
ters
. T
he m
any
smal
l w
ater
cour
ses
on th
e re
serv
e pr
ovid
e re
fuge
for
fro
gs a
nd a
wat
er s
uppl
y fo
r m
amm
als
and
bird
s.
Yan
dini
llin
g N
atur
e R
eser
ve
A3
The
res
erve
is
fair
ly r
ich
in a
ssoc
iati
ons
and
plan
t spe
cies
. no
t lis
ted
Yar
ding
Nat
ure
Res
erve
N
o v
alue
s ar
e re
cord
ed f
or t
his
rese
rve.
no
t lis
ted
Y en
yeni
ng L
akes
(B
ever
ley
Lak
es N
atur
e R
eser
ve)
A2
,Bl
Red
-nec
ked
stin
t (C
AL
IDR
IS R
UF
ICO
LL
IS),
sha
rp-t
aile
d sa
ndpi
per
(CA
LID
RIS
no
t lis
ted
AC
UM
INA
TA
) , c
omm
on s
andp
iper
(T
RIN
GA
HY
PO
LE
UC
OS
) , c
urle
w s
andp
iper
(C
AL
IDR
IS F
ER
RU
GIN
EA
) an
d gr
eens
hank
(T
RIN
GA
NE
BU
LA
RIA
) al
l pr
otec
ted
by
the
JAM
BA
& C
AM
BA
inte
rnat
iona
l ag
reem
ents
, ha
ve b
een
reco
rded
at t
hese
wet
land
s.
The
hoo
ded
plov
er (
TH
INO
RN
IS R
UB
RIC
OL
LIS
), p
rior
ity
four
fau
na i
s al
so f
ound
he
re.
The
y ar
e im
port
ant h
abit
at fo
r m
igra
tory
bir
ds.
Thi
s re
serv
e is
im
port
ant in
ec
osys
tem
pro
cess
es a
nd n
atur
al s
ystc
rns
beca
use
of i
ts l
arge
are
a.
26 J
une,
200
0 P
age
56 o
f 58
~
~,,
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nan
t T
hres
hold
Met
Yil
geri
n R
ock
Y o
rnan
ing
Nat
ure
Res
erve
A
I, A
l, A
3,
Bl,
Cl
Y o
ting
Tow
n R
eser
ve
Cl
26 J
une,
200
0
Val
ues
Sta
tus
Pot
enti
ally
a g
ood
rese
rve,
but
pas
t hu
man
usa
ge h
as t
o so
me
exte
nt i
mpa
cted
on
the
area
no
t li
sted
ad
vers
ely.
Thi
s re
serv
e su
ppor
ts t
he W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t's
prio
rity
thre
e fl
ora
spec
ies
not
list
ed
CR
YP
TA
ND
RA
PO
L Y
CL
AD
A a
nd
pri
orit
y fo
ur f
lora
DA
VIE
SIA
OX
YL
OB
IUM
. A
di
sjun
ct p
opul
atio
n o
fNU
YT
SIA
FL
OR
IBU
ND
A is
als
o fo
und.
T
here
is h
igh
vege
tati
on
dive
rsit
y an
d th
ere
are
impo
rtan
t eco
tone
s in
this
res
erve
.
It h
as b
een
the
subj
ect o
f a f
auna
stu
dy w
hich
fou
nd V
AR
AN
US
TR
IST
IS i
s at
the
sout
hern
mos
t li
mit
of i
ts r
ange
her
e. T
he r
eser
ve h
as d
iver
se f
auna
and
has
the
pot
enti
al
to h
elp
cons
erve
a b
reed
ing
popu
lati
on o
f the
nat
iona
lly
vuln
erab
le r
ed-t
aile
d ph
asco
gale
(P
HA
SC
OG
AL
E C
AL
UR
A).
The
per
egri
ne f
alco
n (F
AL
CO
PE
RE
GR
INU
S)
spec
iall
y pr
otec
ted
by th
e W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
n go
vern
men
t, h
as b
een
reco
rded
her
e.
In g
ener
al,
the
rese
rve
prov
ides
exc
elle
nt h
abit
at fo
r m
igra
tory
an
d s
eden
tary
fau
na.
The
re a
re n
umer
ous
bree
ding
hol
low
s in
the
tree
s in
the
rese
rve,
wit
h a
high
Mu
ir tr
ee s
enes
cenc
e in
dex
of
13.8
.
The
res
erve
was
the
sit
e o
f a s
tudy
into
the
diet
, ha
bita
t pre
fere
nces
, re
prod
ucti
on a
nd
life
hi
stor
y in
PH
AS
CO
GA
LE
CA
LU
RA
. T
he r
eser
ve h
as a
lso
been
the
sub
ject
of a
stu
dy
into
the
biol
ogy
and
zoo
geog
raph
y o
f am
phib
ians
an
d r
epti
les
and
ano
ther
into
liz
ard
asse
mbl
ages
an
d re
serv
e si
ze a
nd s
truc
ture
. O
ther
s st
udie
s in
clud
e in
vest
igat
ions
int
o th
e co
nser
vati
on v
alue
for
mam
mal
s an
d bi
rds
of r
eser
ves
in th
e W
heat
belt
.
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to t
he b
iolo
gy a
nd z
ooge
ogra
phy
of
amph
ibia
ns a
nd r
epti
les
and
ano
ther
stu
dy in
to l
izar
d as
sem
blag
es a
nd r
eser
ve s
ize
and
st
ruct
ure.
O
ther
stu
dies
inc
lude
inve
stig
atio
ns i
nto
the
cons
erva
tion
val
ue f
or m
amm
als
and
bir
ds o
f res
erve
s in
the
Whe
atbe
lt.
not
list
ed
Pag
e 57
of 5
8
App
endi
x 2.
V
alue
s o
f rem
nant
veg
etat
ion
asse
ssed
as
part
of t
he R
egio
nal
Ass
essm
ent
of t
he C
entr
al W
heat
belt
(co
ntd)
Rem
nant
T
hres
hold
Met
V
alue
s S
tatu
s
Yot
ing
Wat
er R
eser
ve
CI
The
res
erve
has
bee
n th
e su
bjec
t of a
stu
dy in
to th
e bi
olog
y an
d zo
ogeo
grap
hy o
f no
t lis
ted
amph
ibia
ns a
nd r
epti
les
and
anot
her
irito
liz
ard
asse
mbl
ages
and
rese
rve
size
and
st
ruct
ure.
O
ther
stu
dies
inc
lude
inve
stig
atio
ns in
to t
he c
onse
rvat
ion
valu
e fo
r m
amm
als
and
bird
s o
f res
erve
s in
the
Whe
atbe
lt.
26 J
une,
200
0 P
age
58 o
f 58
.~
3. Information sources consulted during the Regional Assessment of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia ·
Appendix 3. Information sources for this project.
Attribute Criteria Data Source
Disturbance A.l, A.2, A.3, Published"reports (those mentioned under flora and B.l,D.l fauna).
Fauna species A.l, A.2, A.3, Published reports (Abensperg Traun and Smith, B.l, D.l 1993; Arnold et al., 1994; Blakers et al., 1984;
Bradley, 1997; Butler, 1972; Cale, 1990; Chambers, 1979; Chapman and Dell, 1977; Chapman and Dell, 1978; Chapman and Dell, 1985; Chapman et al., 1978; Coates, 1990a; Coates, 1990b; Coates, 1990c; Coates, 1990d; Coates, 1990e; Dell, 1977; Dell, 1978; Dell and I
Harold, 1979; Friend, 1993; Friend et al., 1997; Friend, 1990; Friend and Scanlon, 1995; Friend et al., 1994; Friend et al., 1992; Friend et al., 1995; Friend et al., 1993; Garkaklis et al., 1998; Graham, 1988; Harold and Dell, 1979; Jaensch et al., 1988; Job, 1969; Jones et al., 1994a; Jones et al., 1994b; Kinnearetal., 1998; Kitchener, 1981; Kitchener, 1982; Kitchener and Chapman, 1977; Kitchener and Chapman, 1978; Kitchener et al., 1977; Kitchener et al., 1980a; Kitchener et al., 1980b; Kitchener et al., 1982; Lobry de Bruyn and Conacher, 1994; Lobry de Bruyn and Conacher, 1995; Lovell, 1977a; Lovell, 1977b; Lovell, 1978; Main, 1996; Majer, 1985; Moore and Williams, 1986; Morris and Kitchener, 1979; Muir, 1978a; Muir, 1978b; Muir, 1978c; Muir, 1978d; Muir, 1978e; Muir, 1979a; Muir, 1979b; Muir, 1979c; Muir, 1979d; Muir, 1979e; Muir, 1979f; Muir, 1979g; Muir, 1979h; Muir, 1979i; Muir, 1979j; Muir, 1979k; Muir et al., 1978; Ninox Wildlife Consulting, 1991; Orell and Morris, 1994; Recher and Davis, 1998; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Smith, 1998; Start et al., 1995; Storr et al., 1981; Storr et al., 1983; Storr et al., 1986; Storr et al., 1990; Tyler et al., 1984; van Schagen et al., 1992; Wallace and Moore, 1985; Williams, 1980; Williams, undated) Dell, 1980; Dell and Johnstone, 1976; Kitchener and Chapman, 1976)
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Appendix 3. Information sources for this project (contd)
Attribute Criteria Data Source
Gondwanic flora and A.l, A.2, B.l Published reports (Hopper et al., 1996; Hopper and fauna Western Australia Department of Conservation and
Land Management, 1993; Main, 1996).
Flora species (rare A.l, A.3, B.l CALM rare flora database, published reports (Briggs endemic) and Leigh, 1995).
Geomorphology A.l, A.2, B.l, Published reports (Bradbury, 1993; Carter, 1987; D.l Joyce, 1995;Perrigo, 1991a;Perrigo, 1991b)
Landforms A.3, A.2, A.3, Published reports (see references for fauna and D.l vegetation this table).
Soil A.3, D.l Published reports, see fauna and vegetation reports.
Vegetation A.2, A.3, B.l, Western Australian Herbarium for identification of D.l unidentified flora. Published reports (Abbott, 1984;
Beard, ; Beard, 1981; Beard and Hnatiuk, 1981; Briggs and Leigh, 1995; Brown and Hopkins, 1983; Burgman, 1985; Butler, 1972; Chambers, 1979; Chapman et al., 1978; Coates, 1990a; Coates, 1990b; Coates, 1990c; Coates, 1990d; Coates, 1990e; Coates, 1990f; Coates, 1992; Coates, 1993; Coates and Napier, 1986; Coates, 1987; Dames & Moore, 1985; E. M. Mattiske & Associates, 1986; E. M. Mattiske & Associates, 1992a; E. M. Mattiske & Associates, 1992b; E. M. Mattiske & Associates, 1993; Farrington et al., 1994; Friend, 1993; Friend et al., 1995; Froend et al., 1987; Froend and McComb, 1991; Froend and Storey, 1996; George and Hnatiuk, 1978; George et al., 1995; George et al., 1986; George and McFarlane, 1993; Grein, 1994; Grein, 1995; Gunness and Volunteers of the Bushland Plant Survey Project, 1998; Halse et al., 1993; Kelly and Coates, 1995; Lambeck and Wallace, 1993; Lovell, 1977b; Lovell, 1978; Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd., 1995a; Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd., 1995b; Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd., 1995c; Mattiske Consulting Pty. Ltd., 1995d; Mcintosh, 1991; Moore and Williams, 1986; Muir, 1977a; Muir, 1977b; Muir, 1978a; Muir, 1978b; Muir, 1978c; Muir, 1978d; Muir, 1978e; Muir, 1978f; Muir,
2
1979a; Muir, 1979b; Muir, 1979c; Muir, 1979d; Muir, 1979e; Muir, 1979f; Muir, 1979g; Muir, 1979h; Muir, 1979i; Muir, 1979j; Muir, 1979k; Muir, 19791; Napier, undated; Napier and Coates, 1986; Napier et al., undated; Newby and Newby, 1992; Norton et al., 1995; Porter and Dunlop, '
1984; van Schagen et al., 1992; Wallace and Moore, 1985;Weaving, 1994a;Weaving, 1994b; Weaving. 1995; Weaving and Grein, 1994; Williams, 1980; Williams, undated; Yates et al., 1994).
Wetlands A.l, A.2, A.3, Museum of Western Australia databases, published D.l reports (Jaensch et al., 1988).
3
4. List of experts contacted concerning the natural environment values of the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia
Appendix 4. List of experts contacted concerning the natural environmental values in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia
Name Institution Expertise
Atkins, K. Department of Conservation and Rare and priority flora Land Management
Caron, s. Department of Conservation and Flora Land Management
Collis, S. Department of Conservation and Vesting and purpose of reserves Land Management
Cowan,M. Museum of Western Australia Fauna
Davis, J. Murdoch University Wetland and stream ecology
Dell,J. Museum of Western Australia Birds and fauna
Gunness, A. Wildflower Society Flora
Hamilton-Brown, S. Department of Conservation and Threatened ecological Land Management communities
Harvey,J. Department of Conservation and Conservation significance of Land Management vegetation communities
Hopkins, A. Department of Conservation and Flora Land Management
Huismann, J. Murdoch University Fauna
Keighery, G. Department of Conservation and Flora Land Management
Kenneally, K. Department of Conservation and Flora Land Management
Lambeck,R. CSIRO Fauna
M~er, J. Curtin University of Technology Invertebrates -
Maior,G. Water and Rivers Commission Rivers and streams
Marchant, N. Department of Conservation and Unidentified flora Land Management
McKenzie, N. Department of Conservation and Fauna Land Management
McNamara, K. Museum of Western Australia Gondwanan fauna
Muir, B. Consultant Ecosystem processes, flora and fauna
Pettitt, L. Wheatbelt Aboriginal Aboriginal significance Corporation
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Appendix 4. List of experts contacted concerning the natural environmental values in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia (contd)
Name Institution Expertise
Riley, J. Department of Conservation and Rare and priority flora Land Management
Smith, R. Water and Rivers Commission Rivers and streams
Wooller, R. Murdoch University Birds and fauna
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