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Conservation Management Zones of Australia, Swan Coastal Plains Shrublands and Woodlands

AcknowledgementsThis project and its associated products are the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment’s Biodiversity Conservation Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of Environment (DotE), Department of Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the academic community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE; Nyree Stenekes and Robert Kancans (DoA), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson (ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.

Special thanks to CSIRO researchers Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns underpinned identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.

Image CreditsFront Cover: Jurien Bay, Lesueur National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 4: Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini) – Magnus PetersenPage 10: Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 14: Nambung National Park – Tourism Western AustraliaPage 15: Red-capped plover chick (Charadrius ruficapillus) – Benjamint444Page 16: Lesueur National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 18: Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) – Greg Harewood1: Woylie (Bettongia penicillata) – Perth ZooPage 23: Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) – Steve WilsonPage 26: Chamaescilla, Lesueur National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 27: Little Corella (Cacatua sanguine) – OystercatcherPage 31: Red featherflower, Lesueur National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.auPage 32: Yalgorup Canal, part of the Peel Yalgorup System Ramsar site – Nerida SloanePage 33: Banksia woodlands – M. OwenPage 34: Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey – M. OwenPage 35: Other shrublands, Common Smokebush (Conospermum stoechadis) – John BaasPage 36: Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey – John BaasBack Cover: Jurien Bay, Lesueur National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au

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Conservation Management Zones of Australia, Swan Coastal Plains Shrublands and Woodlands

Contents

Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ��2

Introduction ��2

Zone at a glance ��3

Population characteristics ��6

Employment, volunteering and incomes ��9

Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice ��11

Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas �� 13

Zone vegetation characteristics�� 15

Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands��17

World and National Heritage �� 18

Major National Reserve System properties �� 19

EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities �� 20

EPBC Act (1999) threatened species �� 21

EPBC Act (1999) migratory species �� 25

Threatened endemic species �� 27

Invasive species �� 29

Vegetation profiles and management recommendations �� 32

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The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities� We honour the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including Australia’s waterways, land and sea country�

Introduction The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.

The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with local action.

The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.

The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.

Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socio-economic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural resources more effectively.

The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country


Zone at a glance

Area of zone: 1,525,798 hectares

% of Australia:

1.75%126.2 people per square kilometre

Population density:

Zone population characteristics

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Zone employment characteristics

96.2%

3.8%

UnemployedEmployed

Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data


Natural Resource Management (NRM) regionsNorthern Agricultural Catchments Council Inc WA

Peel Harvey Catchment Council WA

Perth Region NRM inc WA

Major cities and towns Population

Baldavis 13,528

Bunbury 68,248

Busselton 21,429

Ellenbrook 25,549 Perth (excluding suburbs in adjacent zones) 1,565,129

Yanchep 4,236

Climate characteristics*

Mean annual temperature 17.6 Celsius

Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month 30.8 Celsius

Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month 7.6 Celsius

Mean Annual Rainfall 737.1 mm

Dominant rainfall season Winter

* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012) Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).

For future climate projections please refer to: http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/

Top five agricultural commodities Value (millions)

Vegetables for consumption $140

Nurseries and cut flowers $75

Fruit $58

Beef $49

Eggs $38Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)

$422


http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/


National Reserve System area

11%

89%

Other areaNRS area

Native Title area

Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone, it continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to Indigenous persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.

Native vegetation clearance level

39%

61%

Uncleared (ha)Cleared (ha)

Number of threatened species by class

102

23

11

73

Insects

SharksBirdsPlants Mammals

Fish

Reptiles

Crustaceans Other

12

2

1

Status of EPBC Act listed threatened species, communities and migratory species

0 17 34 51 68 85

54

82

64

15

10

1

Threatened ecologicalcommunities

Conservation dependent

Migratory species

Critically endangered species

Endangered species

Vulnerable species

Source: Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).


Population

Population by age group

19%

14%32%

22%

65 years and over40–64 years

15–24 years0–14 years 25–39 years

13%

Indigenous population by age group

39%

22%

18%

20%


15–24 years0–14 years 25–39 years

1%

Farmer and farm managers by age group

15%

3%

20%

62%


25–39 years15–24 years

Gender of farmers and farm managers

1,859

833

FemaleMale


Population characteristics


Languages spoken at home

English 78.06%

Other languages 16.30%

Not stated 5.44%

Non-English languages spoken at home*

Northern European (including Scandinavia, Celtic, Germanic, Dutch)Southern European

Eastern European

Central Asian, Turkic, Iranic and Semitic

Southern Asian, Dravidan and Indo-Ayran

South-East Asian

East Asian

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

African

Paci�c / Oceanic

Sign language

4.51% 8.28%

18.24%

0.24%1.11%

0.21%0.01%

* Please note, these �gures are based on the proportion of the population who indicated in the 2011 ABS Census that they spoke a language other than English at home.

19.65%

10.76%

18.42%

11%

7.58%

Indigenous languages spoken at home**

2%

7%

81%

Torres Strait Island Languages

Northern Desert Fringe Area Languages

Western Desert Language

Kimberley Area Languages

Other Australian Indigenous Languages

** Please note, these �gures are based on the proportion of the population who indicated in the 2011 ABS Census that they spoke an Indigenous language at home.

9%

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Education

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Highest level of educational attainment – Indigenous community

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Highest level of educational attainment – farmers and farm managers

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Natural and Physical Sciences

Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies

Health and education

Architecture, building, society and culture and creative arts

Information Technology, Management and Commerce and service industries

* Please note, this table omits quali�cations of mixed �eld, quali�cations that are not adequately described, and information relating to census respondents who have not stated their quali�cation or are not applicable (i.e. Not of age to have post-school quali�cation).



Employment

0%

10%

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50%

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70%

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90%

Employment status of general population*

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Employed

Unemployed

Not in labour force or not stated

* Please note the % �gures are relative to each of the age groupings of the population. The categories above are aggregates of the following Australian Bureau of Statistics categories: Employed = Employed full-time; Employed part-time; and Employed away from work. Unemployed = Unemployed looking for full-time work; and Unemployed looking for part-time work. Not in the Labour Force or Not Stated = Not in the Labour Force; and Not Stated. Please note the ‘not applicable’ category has been omitted from the analysis. Not applicable applies to the proportion of the population that is not of working age (e.g. 0–15 year olds and retired). ABS 2011 Census Labour Force data has been utilised for this report, as the national quarterly employment �gures are derived from a relatively small sample of the population.

Employment by industry

Agriculture, forestry and sheries

Mining

Manufacturing

Utilities, construction and transport

Health, Social Assistance, Education and training

Public administration and safety

Wholesale and retail trade

Services

Food, accommodation, arts and recreation

Unknown/not stated

5%

19%

16%

6%

14%

21%

7%9%

1%

2%

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20%

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40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Employment status of general population*

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Employed

Unemployed


* Please note the % �gures are relative to each of the age groupings of the population. The categories above are aggregates of the following Australian Bureau of Statistics categories: Employed = Employed full-time; Employed part-time; and Employed away from work. Unemployed = Unemployed looking for full-time work; and Unemployed looking for part-time work. Not in the Labour Force or Not Stated = Not in the Labour Force; and Not Stated. Please note the ‘not applicable’ category has been omitted from the analysis. Not applicable applies to the proportion of the population that is not of working age (e.g. 0–15 year olds and retired). ABS 2011 Census Labour Force data has been utilised for this report, as the national quarterly employment �gures are derived from a relatively small sample of the population.

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Employment status of Indigenous population*

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Employment, volunteering and incomes


Volunteering

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Volunteering rates

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Not stated or not applicable

Income

Total household income (% of households)*

16.7%

44.4%

12%

8.1%

18.9%

Over $104,000

Under $20,800

Not Stated/Partially Stated

$20,800–64,999 $65,000–$103,999

* Please note these �gures have been derived from the ABS Equivalised Total Household Income (HIED)Census 2011 data. ABS data categories have been aggregated for the purposes of this report. For more information see: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/statementsdwellinghied?opendocument&navpos=430

In the 2011–12 �nancial year, persons who earned $67,500 or less were eligible for Low Income Tax O�set. Human Services applied the following de�nitions of “low income” as eligibility criteria for the Low Income Supplement in the 2012–13 �nancial year: Income below $30,000 for singles, $45,000 combined for couples, or $60,000 combined for couples or singles with a dependent child.



Agricultural commodity values

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^ Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced. The value estimates in this publication are derived by the multiplication of price and quantity estimates of agricultural commodities. Price information is estimated based on the average unit value of a given commodity realised in the market place. For more information please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Lookup/7503.0Explanatory%20Notes12010-11?OpenDocument


Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM adviceAustralian farmers manage over 60% of the Australian continent and shoulder much of the burden of responsibility for maintaining and protecting Australia’s natural resource wealth. The information contained in this profile aims to assist the wider community, non-governmental organisations and government agencies to support Australia’s key environmental custodians.

Number of people employed in agriculture, �shing, forestry and downstream industries

5,306

15,501

204

79

83Forestry industry, including

production, logging, sawmillingand downstream wood and

paper product manufacturing

Fishing industry, includingproduction and downstream

seafood processingand wholesaling

Agriculture downstreamindustries, including services,

food and beverage

Agriculture industries (production)

3,823

742

Income

Total household income (% of households)*

16.7%

44.4%

12%

8.1%

18.9%

Over $104,000

Under $20,800

Not Stated/Partially Stated

$20,800–64,999 $65,000–$103,999

* Please note these �gures have been derived from the ABS Equivalised Total Household Income (HIED)Census 2011 data. ABS data categories have been aggregated for the purposes of this report. For more information see: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/statementsdwellinghied?opendocument&navpos=430

In the 2011–12 �nancial year, persons who earned $67,500 or less were eligible for Low Income Tax O�set. Human Services applied the following de�nitions of “low income” as eligibility criteria for the Low Income Supplement in the 2012–13 �nancial year: Income below $30,000 for singles, $45,000 combined for couples, or $60,000 combined for couples or singles with a dependent child.



Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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78.99%

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** The sample for the Drivers of Practice Change 2012 survey consisted of a random subsample of 1228 broadacre farm managers from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) frame. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units. For this reason, the figures presented here are indicative only.

^ This chart indicates the sources of advice utilised for native vegetation management from respondents who identified they sought advice.

For more information please refer to http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domestic-forestry/prep-for-future/drivers-practice-change.pdf

* Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012 Land Management Practices Survey (LaMPS) 2012. LaMPS collected land practices information from approximately 50,000 farm businesses across Australia. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units and Australian Agricultural Environment units. The % figures presented here are indicative only. For more information on LaMPS please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4630.0

http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domestic-forestry/prep-for-future/drivers-practice-change.pdf

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4630.0


Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas

Land tenure

Crown Land – Private – Leased

Crown Land – Public

Crown Land – Public – Leased

Crown Land – Unknown – Leased

Freehold – Public

Freehold – Unknown

No Data/Unknown

67.17%

0.83%

0.51%0.77%0.05%

22.06%

8.61%

Land use

Conservation and Natural Environments

Cropping and Horticulture

Grazing Modi�ed Pastures

Industry, Residential, Services and Mining

Production from Irrigated Agriculture and Plantations

Plantation Forestry

Other

23.25%

0.95%2.81%

37%

20.34%

10.72%

4.87%

Source: Land tenure data based on Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) categorisation of Public Sector Mapping Authority (PSMA) State Tenure 2012; Land use mapping based on Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) 2012. For more information on Australian land use and management information and classification please refer to: http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/Pages/Default.aspx

Indigenous Land Councils

South-West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council: http://www.noongar.org.au

Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone, it continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to Indigenous persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.

http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/Pages/Default.aspx

http://www.noongar.org.au


Local Government Areas

City Of Armadale WA

City Of Bayswater WA

City Of Belmont WA

City Of Bunbury WA

City Of Busselton WA

City Of Canning WA

City Of Cockburn WA

City Of Fremantle WA

City Of Gosnells WA

City Of Joondalup WA

City Of Kwinana WA

City Of Mandurah WA

City Of Melville WA

City Of Nedlands WA

City Of Perth WA

City Of Rockingham WA

City Of South Perth WA

City Of Stirling WA

City Of Subiaco WA

City Of Swan WA

City Of Vincent WA

City Of Wanneroo WA

Local Government Areas

Shire Of Capel WA

Shire Of Chittering WA

Shire Of Coorow WA

Shire Of Dandaragan WA

Shire Of Dardanup WA

Shire Of Gingin WA

Shire Of Harvey WA

Shire Of Kalamunda WA

Shire Of Moora WA

Shire Of Mundaring WA

Shire Of Murray WA

Shire Of Peppermint Grove WA

Shire Of Serpentine-Jarrahdale WA

Shire Of Victoria Plains WA

Shire Of Waroona WA

Town Of Bassendean WA

Town Of Cambridge WA

Town Of Claremont WA

Town Of Cottesloe WA

Town Of East Fremantle WA

Town Of Mosman Park WA

Town Of Victoria Park WA


Zone vegetation characteristics

Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVS) with >1% original distribution within zone

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Othergrasslands

Banksiawoodlands

Eucalyptusopen forest

with a shrubbyunderstorey

Eucalyptuswoodlands

with a shrubbyunderstorey

Melaleucaopen forests

and woodlands

Other Acaciatall open

shrublandsand shrublands

Othershrublands

Present day percentage of CMZ areaPre 1750 percentage of CMZ area


The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.

Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums (e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present are therefore not represented.

It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.

Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia. For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia. In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone (58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately 19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.

For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system


The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.

Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums (e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present are therefore not represented.

It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.

Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia. For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia. In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone (58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately 19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.

For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system

Nationally Important Wetlands Jurisdiction Hectares CriteriaBarraghup Swamp WA 18.76 1, 2, 3, 6Becher Point Wetlands WA 0.12 1, 6Benger Swamp WA 1,086.71 3, 4, 6Booragoon Swamp WA 29.59 1, 2, 3, 6Brixton Street Swamps WA 271.63 1, 5, 6Chandala Swamp WA 435.83 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Ellen Brook Swamps System WA 19.93 1, 3, 4, 5, 6Forrestdale Lake WA 0.12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Gibbs Road Swamp System WA 5,833.15 1, 2, 3, 6Guraga Lake WA 364.93 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Herdsman Lake WA 323.54 2, 3, 4, 6Joondalup Lake WA 563.09 1, 2, 4, 6Karakin Lakes WA 621.81 2Lake McLarty System WA 263.60 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Lake Thetis WA 1.21 1, 6Lancelin Defence Training Area WA 0.11 1, 2Loch McNess System WA 195.14 1, 3, 6McCarleys Swamp (Ludlow Swamp) WA 26.10 1, 2, 3, 6Palmer Barracks, Guildford WA 0.10 1, 2Peel-Harvey Estuary WA 3,236.91 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Perth Airport Woodland Swamps WA 192.23 1, 3, 5, 6RAAF Caversham WA 0.11 2, 3Rottnest Island Lakes WA 137.33 1, 2, 3, 6Spectacles Swamp WA 164.52 1, 2, 3, 6Swan-Canning Estuary WA 3,726.58 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Thomsons Lake WA 236.13 1, 2, 3, 4, 6Vasse-Wonnerup Wetland System WA 1,981.53 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Wannamal Lake System WA 738.69 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Yalgorup Lakes System WA 5,087.37 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Nationally important wetlands are defined according to the following criteria:1. It is a good example of a wetland type occurring within a biogeographic region in Australia.2. It is a wetland which plays an important ecological or hydrological role in the natural functioning of a major wetland system/complex.3. It is a wetland which is important as the habitat for animal taxa at a vulnerable stage in their life cycles, or provides a refuge when

adverse conditions such as drought prevail.4. The wetland supports 1% or more of the national populations of any native plant or animal taxa.5. The wetland supports native plant or animal taxa or communities which are considered endangered or vulnerable at the national level.6. The wetland is of outstanding historical or cultural significance.Please note, the above are a subset of all the Nationally Important Wetlands found within the Zone. For more information on Nationally Important Wetlands please see: http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directory-important-wetlands-australia-third-edition

Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands

For more information on Ramsar please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands

Ramsar wetlands Jurisdiction Hectares

Becher Point Wetlands WA 674 Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes WA 785 Peel-Yalgorup System WA 26,665 Vasse-Wonnerup System WA 1,114

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-information-system

http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directory-important-wetlands-australia-third-edition

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/water/water-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands


Please refer to the Australian Heritage Database for detailed information on listing criteria for these heritage values: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database

For more information on Australia’s world and national heritage please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage

World and National Heritage

Heritage values World or National Heritage type Jurisdiction Hectares % of zone

Australian Convict Sites (Fremantle Prison Buffer Zone)

World Cultural WA 25.73 0.002

Fremantle Prison (former) National Historic WA 7.16 0.0005

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage


Major National Reserve System properties

Major National Reserve System properties

Name Property type IUCN category Jurisdiction Hectares % of zone

Nambung National Park II WA 19,285 1.26

Moore River National Park II WA 17,241 1.13

Yalgorup National Park II WA 13,060 0.86

Watheroo National Park II WA 11,036 0.72

Wanagarren Nature Reserve IA WA 10,983 0.72

Yeal Nature Reserve IA WA 10,912 0.72

Southern Beekeepers Nature Reserve IA WA 10,866 0.71

Boonanarring Nature Reserve IA WA 9,168 0.60

Nilgen Nature Reserve IA WA 5,504 0.36

Namming Nature Reserve IA WA 5,290 0.35

Moore River Nature Reserve IA WA 4,731 0.31

Beekeepers Nature Reserve IA WA 3,763 0.25

Lesueur National Park II WA 3,687 0.24


Yanchep National Park II WA 2,877 0.19

Unnamed WA49994 Conservation Park II WA 2,773 0.18

Drovers Cave National Park II WA 2,564 0.17

Austin Bay Nature Reserve IA WA 1,658 0.11


Unnamed WA44081 Nature Reserve IA WA 1,429 0.09

The IUCN categories are as follows:

Ia Strict Nature Reserve IUCN protected area management categories classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The categories are recognised by international bodies such as the United Nations and are utilised by many national governments, including the Australian Government, as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas.

Ib Wilderness Area

II National Park

III Natural Monument or Feature

IV Habitat/Species Management Area

V Protected Landscape/ Seascape

VI Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources

Please refer to the IUCN website for further explanation: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

For more information on Australia’s National Reserve System please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system

Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database 2012.

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system


EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communitiesThreatened ecological communities

Name Listing status % of total distribution* % of zone**

Thrombolite (microbialite) Community of a Coastal Brackish Lake (Lake Clifton)

Critically Endangered 100 0.14

Thrombolite (microbial) community of coastal freshwater lakes of the Swan Coastal Plain (Lake Richmond) Endangered 100 0.01

Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 100 0.05Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 100 0.04

Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the southern Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 100 0.47

Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 100 0.07

Shrublands and Woodlands on Perth to Gingin ironstone (Perth to Gingin ironstone association) of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 100 0.04

Corymbia calophylla – Xanthorrhoea preissii woodlands and shrublands of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 99.91 0.10

Corymbia calophylla – Kingia australis woodlands on heavy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 97 0.06

Claypans of the Swan Coastal Plain Critically Endangered 94.8 0.54

Shrublands and Woodlands of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain Endangered 77.02 0.02

Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain ironstones Endangered 63.24 0.01

* % of the total national distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the Threatened Ecological Community that is found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area describes the proportion of the zone that the Threatened Ecological Community is likely or known to occur in.

It should be noted that the identification of any given Threatened Ecological Community above does not imply that the Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. Rather, the % of the TEC’s total distribution (*) within the zone is an indication of its importance to that zone in terms of conservation efforts. The % of the zone (**) indicates how rare, or difficult the ecological community may be to find within the zone.

The threatened ecological communities above are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which is the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation. For more information, please refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities


EPBC Act (1999) threatened species

Threatened mammals

Common name Scientific name Status % of total distribution*

% of zone**

Woylie Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi Endangered 24.29 17.23

Dibbler Parantechinus apicalis Endangered 6.77 73.25

Western Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis Vulnerable 0.01 0.01

Chuditch, Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Burrowing Bettong (Shark Bay), Boodie Bettongia lesueur lesueur Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis lateralis Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Quokka Setonix brachyurus Vulnerable May be present

May be present

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Endangered n/a n/a

Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis Endangered n/a n/a

Australian Sea-lion Neophoca cinerea Vulnerable n/a n/a

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Vulnerable n/a n/a


Threatened birds


% of zone**

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, Short-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris Endangered 8.05 30.08

Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis Endangered 6.8 98.33

Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus Endangered 1.36 5.13

Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora sanfordi Endangered 0.43 29.95

Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea exulans amsterdamensis Endangered 0.23 2.99

Tristan Albatross Diomedea exulans exulans Endangered 0.2 4.87

Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus Endangered 0.01 1.92Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii Vulnerable 0.01 1.92

Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis nereis Vulnerable 0.01 1.92

Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata Vulnerable 0.01 1.74

White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta steadi Vulnerable n/a n/a

Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora epomophora Vulnerable n/a n/a

Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta cauta Vulnerable n/a n/a

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri Vulnerable n/a n/a

Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii naso Vulnerable n/a n/a

Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli Vulnerable n/a n/a

Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Vulnerable n/a n/a

Slender-billed Thornbill (western) Acanthiza iredalei iredalei Vulnerable n/a n/a

Campbell Albatross Thalassarche melanophris impavida Vulnerable n/a n/a

Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea Vulnerable n/a n/a

Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (sensu lato) Vulnerable n/a n/a

Australian Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris melanops Vulnerable n/a n/a

Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Vulnerable n/a n/a

* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species that is found within the zone.

** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.

The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.

Threatened reptiles

Common Name Scientific name Status % of total distribution*

% of zone**

Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina Critically Endangered 100 0.01

Lancelin Island Skink Ctenotus lancelini Vulnerable 99.7 0.0007Jurien Bay Skink, Jurien Bay Rock-skink Liopholis pulchra longicauda Vulnerable 99.32 0.004Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta Endangered 0.01 2.25Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea Endangered 0.01 2.06Flatback Turtle Natator depressus Vulnerable 0.01 2.25Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Vulnerable 0.01 2.25


Other threatened fauna


% of zone**

a short-tongued bee Leioproctus douglasiellus Critically Endangered 100 0.02

A native bee Neopasiphae simplicior Critically Endangered 100 0.02

Dunsborough Burrowing Crayfish Engaewa reducta Critically Endangered 20.59 0.09

Shield-backed Trapdoor Spider, Black Rugose Trapdoor Spider Idiosoma nigrum Vulnerable May be

presentMay be present

Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Vulnerable n/a n/a

Grey Nurse Shark (west coast population) Carcharias taurus (west coast population) Vulnerable n/a n/a

Whale Shark Rhincodon typus Vulnerable n/a n/a


Threatened flora

Common Name Scientific name Status % of total distribution*

% of zone**

Limestone Pea Chorizema varium Endangered 100 0.11Baby Blue Orchid, Blue Babe-in-the-cradle Orchid, Blue Babe-in-a-cradle

Epiblema grandiflorum var. cyaneum Endangered 100 0.01

One-sexed Hydatella Hydatella dioica Endangered 100 0.14Bussell’s Spider-orchid Caladenia busselliana Endangered 100 0.11

Tufted Plumed Featherflower Verticordia plumosa var. ananeotes Endangered 100 0.01

Swamp Starflower Calytrix breviseta subsp. breviseta Endangered 100 0.19Narrow-petalled Featherflower, Mundijong Featherflower

Verticordia plumosa var. pleiobotrya Endangered 100 0.28

Yanchep Mallee, Wabling Hill Mallee Eucalyptus argutifolia Vulnerable 100 0.96Beaked Lepidosperma Lepidosperma rostratum Endangered 99.97 10.21Dwellingup Synaphea Synaphea stenoloba Endangered 99.71 3.96Glossy-leafed Hammer-orchid, Praying Virgin Drakaea elastica Endangered 99.51 28.61

Curved-leaf Grevillea Grevillea curviloba subsp. curviloba Endangered 99.28 1.34

Dwarf Green Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos viridis subsp. terraspectans Vulnerable 99.28 13.85

McCutcheon’s Grevillea Grevillea maccutcheonii Endangered 98.84 0.30

Gingin Wax Chamelaucium sp. Gingin (N.G.Marchant 6) Endangered 96.79 1.51

Royce’s Waxflower Chamelaucium sp. C Coast Plain (R.D.Royce 4872) Vulnerable 96.73 2.91

Narrow curved-leaf Grevillea Grevillea curviloba subsp. incurva Endangered 92.02 2.84

Laterite Petrophile Petrophile latericola Endangered 91.7 1.06Keighery’s Macarthuria Macarthuria keigheryi Endangered 89.15 3.16Vasse Featherflower Verticordia plumosa var. vassensis Endangered 88.89 0.01Slender Andersonia Andersonia gracilis Endangered 87.87 8.60Wavy-leaved Smokebush Conospermum undulatum Vulnerable 80.2 0.64King Spider-orchid, Grand Spider-orchid, Rusty Spider-orchid Caladenia huegelii Endangered 77.22 26.70

Purdie’s Donkey-orchid Diuris purdiei Endangered 76.19 11.14Summer Honeypot Banksia mimica Endangered 75.43 1.17Dandaragan Mallee, Mount Misery Mallee Eucalyptus dolorosa Endangered 71.13 4.71

Western Prickly Honeysuckle Lambertia echinata subsp. occidentalis Endangered 68.6 0.19

Southern Tetraria Tetraria australiensis Vulnerable 67.68 0.59Ironstone Grevillea Grevillea elongata Vulnerable 59.68 0.15Butterfly-leaved Gastrolobium Gastrolobium papilio Endangered 53.5 0.09Badgingarra Box Eucalyptus absita Endangered 53.33 5.18Dwarf Pea Ptychosema pusillum Vulnerable 52.26 0.37

* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species that is found within the zone.

** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in. The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.

The above species are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.

Please note that the list of threatened flora species is not comprehensive. The flora listed here have a significant proportion of their total national distribution within the zone. For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species or the Species Profiles and Threats Database http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl


EPBC Act (1999) migratory species

Migratory birds

Common name Scientific name

Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus

Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Cattle Egret Ardea ibisCommon Greenshank, Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Common Noddy Anous stolidus

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus

Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensisFlesh-footed Shearwater, Fleshy-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes

Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificusGreat Egret, White Egret Ardea alba

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostrisGreater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipesIndian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus

Little Curlew, Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus

Migratory birds

Common name Scientific nameMarsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank Tringa stagnatilis

Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halliNorthern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato)

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

Red Knot, Knot Calidris canutus

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons

Sanderling Calidris alba

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminataShy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta (sensu stricto)

Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteusSouthern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora (sensu stricto)

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena

Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (sensu lato)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopusWhite-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola


Other migratory species

Common name Scientific name

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus

Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni

Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Flatback Turtle Natator depressus

Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias

Green Turtle Chelonia mydas

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae

Killer Whale, Orca Orcinus orca

Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

Porbeagle, Mackerel Shark Lamna nasus

Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata

Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis

Whale Shark Rhincodon typus

For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species


Threatened endemic species

Threatened endemic species

Taxonomic group Scientific name Reservation status EPBC Act status IUCN statusAnts, bees and wasps Leioproctus douglasiellus Recorded in reserves Critically

Endangered n/a

Plants Caladenia busselliana Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Macarthuria keigheryi Recorded in reserves Endangered n/a

Plants Chorizema varium Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Gastrolobium papilio Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Chamelaucium chamelaucium sp. c coastal plain Recorded in reserves Vulnerable n/a

Plants Eucalyptus dolorosa Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Trithuria occidentalis Recorded in reserves Endangered n/a

Plants Lepidosperma rostratum Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Grevillea calliantha Unreserved Endangered n/a

Plants Grevillea maccutcheonii Recorded in reserves Endangered n/a

Plants Petrophile latericola Unreserved Endangered n/a

Reptiles Pseudemydura umbrina Recorded in reserves Critically Endangered

Critically Endangered

Reptiles Ctenotus lancelini Unreserved Vulnerable Vulnerable


Swan Coastal Plain shrublandsand woodlands CMZ

Concentrations of unreservedendemic species

Australian Natural HeritageAssessment Tool

Data Sources: - All biodiversity data have been derived from the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool, which includes species location records from Australian museums, Australian herbaria, Birds Australia, CSIRO,state and territory governments and other sources.- Weighted endemism / richness scores are calculated for all species within a specified group with the exception of vascular plants (includes only 75 families) and vertebrates (does not include fish species).For a full list of taxa included in ANHAT see www.environment.gov.au/heritage/index.html

- Drainage and waterbodies have been derived from the GeoscienceAustralia GEODATA TOPO 10M 2002 - Locality data have been derived from the Geoscience AustraliaGEODATA TOPO 10M 2002 data layer

Caveat: While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy andcompleteness, no guarantee is given, nor responsibility taken by theCommonwealth for errors or omissions and the Commonwealth doesnot accept responsibility in respect of any information or advice givenin relation to, or as a consequence of, anything contained herein.

Produced by: The Department of the Environment. © Commonwealth of Australia 2008

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Concentration of endemics1

2 - 4

5 - 8

9 - 13

14 - 15

Swan Coastal Plain shrublands and woodlands

CMZ Boundaries

Parks and Reserves

The colour grids and numbers are an indication of the location and number of endemic species that have all their known range outside of the National Reserve System. Concentrations of unreserved endemic species may be useful focal areas for private land conservation efforts.

Endemism analyses were provided by the Australian Government Department of Environment Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). The ANHAT database has been compiled from specimens and site records held in state agency wildlife atlases, museum collections, and the work of individual researchers. For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-natural-heritage-assessment-tool

Concentrations of unreserved endemic species

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-natural-heritage-assessment-tool


Invasive species

Invasive mammals

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone**

Rabbit, European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 0.28 99.87

Red Fox, Fox Vulpes vulpes 0.25 99.79

Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat Felis catus 0.2 99.79

Black Rat, Ship Rat Rattus rattus 1.14 82.97

House Mouse Mus musculus 0.36 82.91

Domestic Dog Canis lupus familiaris 0.37 60.29

Pig Sus scrofa 0.21 48.06

Feral deer species in Australia Feral deer 1.07 26.87

Domestic Cattle Bos taurus 0.24 26.46Northern Palm Squirrel, Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii 38.96 20.71

Brown Rat, Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus 1.5 18.74

Goat Capra hircus 0.09 12.20

Other invasive fauna

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone**

Laughing Turtle-dove, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 4.91 99.99

Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon Columba livia 0.6 99.99

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1.67 77.40

Spotted Turtle-Dove Streptopelia chinensis 1.14 62.09

Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 0.43 60.34

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 2.08 37.78

House Sparrow Passer domesticus 0.2 37.78

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 0.35 20.71

Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus 1.27 18.74

Common Myna, Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis 0.55 18.74Flowerpot Blind Snake, Brahminy Blind Snake, Cacing Besi Ramphotyphlops braminus 2.72 10.16

Common Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 0.14 8.58

Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 0.27 0.12

Indian Peafowl, Peacock Pavo cristatus 0.26 0.12

* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.


Invasive flora

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone** Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper, Smilax, Florist’s Smilax, Smilax Asparagus Asparagus asparagoides 1.85 99.79

Bitou Bush, Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera 1.98 73.25

Buffel-grass, Black Buffel-grass Cenchrus ciliaris 0.32 73.25

Para Grass Brachiaria mutica 6.46 73.25Radiata Pine Monterey Pine, Insignis Pine, Wilding Pine Pinus radiata 2.45 73.25

Olive, Common Olive Olea europaea 7.73 73.25

Broom Genista sp. X Genista monspessulana 4.23 73.25

Blackberry, European Blackberry Rubus fruticosus aggregate 1.16 63.11Athel Pine, Athel Tree, Tamarisk, Athel Tamarisk, Athel Tamarix, Desert Tamarisk, Flowering Cypress, Salt Cedar

Tamarix aphylla 1.07 49.49

Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana, Large-leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red Flowered Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage, White Sage, Wild Sage

Lantana camara 1 30.95

Willows except Weeping Willow, Pussy Willow and Sterile Pussy Willow

Salix spp. except S.babylonica, S.x calodendron & S.x reichardtii

0.66 28.29

African Boxthorn, Boxthorn Lycium ferocissimum 0.75 25.95

Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera 1.18 24.55

Salvinia, Giant Salvinia, Aquarium Watermoss, Kariba Weed Salvinia molesta 1.04 20.71

Flax-leaved Broom, Mediterranean Broom, Flax Broom Genista linifolia 4.56 12.21

Madeira Vine, Jalap, Lamb’s-tail, Mignonette Vine, Anredera, Gulf Madeiravine, Heartleaf Madeiravine, Potato Vine

Anredera cordifolia 1.72 10.50

Climbing Asparagus-fern Asparagus plumosus 2.73 5.81

Climbing Asparagus-fern, Ferny Asparagus Protasparagus plumosus 2.73 5.81Asparagus Fern, Ground Asparagus, Basket Fern, Sprengi’s Fern, Bushy Asparagus, Emerald Asparagus

Asparagus aethiopicus 2.8 5.67

Prickly Pears Opuntia spp. 0.18 4.43Silver Nightshade, Silver-leaved Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Silver-leaf Nightshade, Tomato Weed, White Nightshade, Bull-nettle, Prairie-berry, Satansbos, Silver-leaf Bitter-apple, Silverleaf-nettle, Trompillo

Solanum elaeagnifolium 0.39 3.83

Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile Lily Eichhornia crassipes 0.62 3.82


Invasive flora

Common name Scientific name % of total distribution* % of zone** Bridal Veil, Bridal Veil Creeper, Pale Berry Asparagus Fern, Asparagus Fern, South African Creeper

Asparagus declinatus 9.56 3.60

Delta Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Slender Arrowhead Sagittaria platyphylla 0.59 3.25

Montpellier Broom, Cape Broom, Canary Broom, Common Broom, French Broom, Soft Broom

Genista monspessulana 0.32 3.13

Ward’s Weed Carrichtera annua May be present Maybe present

* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.

** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.

It should be noted that the identification of any given invasive species above does not imply that the species is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. The % of the zone area (**) indicates how common or rare the species may be within the zone.

For more information on invasive species please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species

http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species


Vegetation profiles and management recommendationsVegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.

The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.


Vegetation profiles and management recommendationsVegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.

The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.

Banksia woodlands vegetation profile

Protection Sustainable Agricultural Practice

Rehabilitation Fire Management

Wildlife Management

Weed Management

Feral Animal Management

Disease Management

Ensure only authorised vehicle access for operational purposes. Otherwise, restrict access to pedestrians only and ban trail bike and BMX riding within remnants.

Avoid changes to groundwater levels and water quality by maintaining and replanting native vegetation in lands adjacent to remnants.

Exclude stock.

Minimise spray drift from adjacent agricultural lands.

Minimise ground and surface water extraction.

Undertake revegetation where there is no evidence of regeneration. Ensure seed and tubestock are locally sourced and attempt to replicate the vegetation structure and diversity of local, high quality remnants on similar soils and aspect.

Fire intervals should be a minimum of ten years apart. Use mosaic burning techniques, applied in a variety of seasons and intensities. Retain a range of vegetation age classes throughout the mosaic.

Ensure that fire regimes take account of the lifecycles of obligate seeders with long juvenile periods. Fire should not occur more frequently than twice the juvenile life stage of the slowest maturing species.

Areas that have been recently burnt should be monitored for weeds.

Manage Phytophthora outbreaks as this affects food sources for wildlife, particularly honey possums and other small marsupials.

Many species are pollinated by marsupials.

Manage Weeds including Victorian tea-tree, Watsonia, Bulbillifera, African Lovegrass and Veltgrass.

Phosphorus negatively impacts on the regeneration capacity of native vegetation and encourages proliferation of weeds.

Actively manage cats, rabbits and foxes.

Undertake fox and rabbit management simultaneously to avoid foxes switching to predation on native species, or increases in rabbit populations.

Manage native herbivores to prevent overgrazing.

Maintain strict hygiene protocols to avoid spreading Phytophthora by vehicle tyres, earthmoving machinery and boots.

Treat dieback with phosphite in early Summer, and repeat 4–5 weeks later. Sites should be treated for a wide area around an infected site.

Remove all parts of badly affected plants, including as much of the root system as possible.

Manage public access to control the spread of dieback.

52.72%Remaining

Change in extent

Pres

ent d

ay

Pre-

1750

37.5%

19.8%

Commonly found species within this communityBanksia attenuata; Banksia ilicifolia; Banksia prionotes; Banksia menziesii; Dryandra sp.; Eucalyptus todtiana; Lepidosperma drummondii; Actinostrobus arenarius; Adenanthos cygnorum; Allocasuarina humilis; Jacksonia furcellata; shrub; grass-tree; Anigozanthos humilis; Conostylis aculeata; Eremaea fimbriata; forb; shrub; grass-tree; cycad.

Management recommendations


Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile

16.19%Remaining

Change in extent

Pres

ent d

ay

Pre-

1750

31.4%

5.1%

Commonly found species within this communityCorymbia calophylla; Eucalyptus gomphocephala; Eucalyptus marginata; Eucalyptus loxophleba; Eucalyptus salmonophloia; Eucalyptus wandoo; Banksia attenuata; Banksia grandis; Acacia cyanophylla; Dryandra sessilis; Hakea cristata; Acacia pulchella; Dryandra nivea; Hibbertia hypericoides; Dodonaea aptera; Acacia dilatata; Allocasuarina humilis; Calothamnus quadrifidus; shrub; cycad; grass-tree.



Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Encourage uptake of conservation agreements and covenants on private land. See: http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au for information on covenants and private land conservation.

Ban firewood harvesting.

Protect paddock trees.

Fence, and exclude stock from remnants.

Maintain native vegetation remnants and paddock trees as this provides protection against dryland salinity.

Fence paddock trees. If no saplings appear after fencing and stock exclusion, replant paddock trees with tubestock from locally sourced seed.

Use shade cloth to construct artificial paddock shade and prevent stock camping under trees.

Minimise ground and surface water extraction.

Overstorey eucalypt species may not regenerate if sites have been previously grazed. Sites that have retained mosses and lichens are more likely to regenerate naturally.

Undertake revegetation where no natural regeneration occurs. Ensure seed and tubestock are locally sourced and attempt to replicate the structure and diversity of local, high quality remnants on similar soils and aspect.

Monitor and actively manage weed species in rehabilitation sites.

Reduce the incidence and extent of wildfire by undertaking mosaic burning and maintaining diversity of vegetation age classes in unburnt patches.

Maintain existing fire-breaks with a minimum of soil disturbance, using herbicides or mowing wherever possible.

Add coarse woody debris (such as untreated railway sleepers) into sites where fallen timber has been removed.

Maintain and protect hollow-bearing trees. If few or no mature hollow bearing trees are present within remnants, provide nesting boxes for mammals and birds. Monitor regularly for invasive species.

Ensure fencing is wildlife fencing. No electric fencing and no barbed wire.

See http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/get-involved/wildlife-rehabilitation-and-courses for more information.

Maintain strict hygiene protocols to avoid weed spread.

Avoid adverse impacts of chemicals or other mechanisms to manage weeds on native vegetation.

Actively manage cats, rabbits and foxes.

Undertake fox and rabbit management simultaneously to avoid foxes switching to predation on native species, or increases in rabbit populations.

Manage native herbivores to prevent overgrazing.



Remove all parts of affected plants, including as much of the root system as possible.



http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au


http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/get-involved/wildlife-rehabilitation-and-courses




Other shrublands vegetation profile

42.96%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityDryandra bipinnatifida; Agonis flexuosa; Dryandra carlinoides; Hakea auriculata; Dryandra shuttleworthiana; Calothamnus quadrifidus; Acacia heteroclita; Acacia rostellifera; Acacia saligna; Acacia decipiens; Acacia cochlearis; Acanthocarpus preissii; Lepidosperma gladiatum; Banksia sp.; Conospermum stoechadis; Lechenaultia linarioides; Hibbertia hypericoides; Burchardia umbellata; Calectasia cyanea; Scaevola crassifolia; Spinifex longifolius; shrub; forb.

Change in extent

Pres

ent d

ay

Pre-

1750

11.1%

4.8%



Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Purchase remnants into reservation.

Encourage uptake of conservation agreements and covenants on private land. See: http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au for information on covenants and private land conservation.

Create buffer zones and fence remnants.

Protect groundwater levels and water quality through maintaining and replanting native vegetation in adjacent lands.

Exclude stock where possible.

Use rotational grazing if sites must be grazed.

Protect soils from wind and water erosion by maintaining native ground cover.

Undertake revegetation where no natural regeneration occurs. Ensure seed and tubestock are locally sourced and attempt to replicate the structure and diversity of local, high quality remnants on similar soils and aspect.

Develop and implement appropriate fire management plans. Please seek advice from your local NRM organisation on appropriate regimes.

Too frequent and/or intense fires can damage the capacity of vegetation to regenerate and the health of fauna populations.

Manage highly flammable weeds and monitor for weeds after fire disturbance.

Maintain existing fire breaks with a minimum of soil disturbance, using herbicides or mowing wherever possible.

Monitor and manage native herbivores to prevent overgrazing.

Bridal creeper, Mediterranean Turnip, Freesia, Guildford Grass and cape weed can be major environmental weeds in this type of vegetation.

Maintain strict hygiene protocols to avoid weed spread, including when maintaining firebreaks, horse riding, cycling and bush walking.

Actively manage foxes, cats, rabbits and pigs.

Undertake fox and rabbit management simultaneously to avoid foxes switching to predation on native species, or rabbit population increases


Treat dieback with phosphite in early Summer, and repeat 4-5 weeks later. Sites should be treated for a wide area around an infected site.







Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile

22.71%Remaining

Commonly found species within this communityEucalyptus marginata; Eucalyptus rudis; Corymbia calophylla; Melaleuca rhaphiophylla; Agonis flexuosa; Dryandra sessilis; Allocasuarina fraseriana; Acacia urophylla; Bossiaea aquifolium; Hakea cyclocarpa; Hakea undulata; Macrozamia riedlei; Patersonia rudis; Styphelia tenuiflora; cycad; forb; shrub.

Change in extent

Pres

ent d

ay

Pre-

1750

7.7%

1.8%



Wildlife Management

Weed Management


Disease Management

Protect remnants from clearing.

Protect from bore water extraction. Falling water tables are a key threat to the health of forest systems in Western Australia.

Protect hollow-bearing trees.

Protect standing dead trees and fallen timber.

Buffer remnants adjacent to agricultural lands with native vegetation.

Minimise spray drift from adjacent agricultural lands.

Maintain native vegetation remnants and paddock trees as this provides protection against dryland salinity.

Fence paddock trees and exclude stock. If no saplings appear after fencing and stock exclusion, then replant with tubestock from locally sourced seed.

If remnants show little evidence of regeneration, revegetate with locally sourced seed.

The ALCOA bauxite mine rehabilitation sites provide excellent examples of Jarrah Forest rehabilitation. See http://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/info_page/mining_rehab.asp

For more information on rehabilitating forest sites, please contact your local Natural Resource Management region.

Too frequent and intense fires can impact negatively on plants that have long juvenile phases or are slow to set seed.

Ensure remnants are monitored closely for weeds after planned fire or wildfire.

If fallen timber has been removed from remnants, replace with coarse woody debris (such as untreated railway sleepers). Fallen timber provides habitat for wildlife.

Maintain and protect mature trees as it can take 150-180 years for tree hollows to develop. Hollows provide shelter and breeding habitat for mammals and birds.

If few or no mature hollow bearing trees are present within remnants, provide nesting boxes. Monitor regularly for invasive birds and feral honey bees.

Ensure fencing is wildlife fencing – no electric fencing, and no barbed wire.

See http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/get-involved/wildlife-rehabilitation-and-courses for more information on wildlife rehabilitation.

Manage Bridal Creeper and Blackberry.

Actively manage foxes, cats, rabbits and pigs.

Undertake fox and rabbit management simultaneously to avoid foxes switching to predation on native species, or rabbit population increases.






http://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/info_page/mining_rehab.asp








Notes

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0915