Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Narrogin District
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NO. 30 DECLARED RARE AND POORLY KNOWN FLORA IN THE NARROGIN DISTRICT by Gregory S. Durell1 and Robert M. Buehrig 1Department of Conservation and Land Management Narrogin District Hough Street Narrogin WA 6312 2001 Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104 Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983 ISSN 0816-9713 Cover illustration: Stylidium sejunctus ms. by Allen Lowrie The Department of Conservation and Land Management's Recovery Plans are edited by the Western Australian Threatened Species and Communities Unit PO Box 51 Wanneroo, Western Australia 6946. Telephone: 89405 5128 Fax 89306 1066 Maps: Gregory Durell Page preparation: Michelle Boothey Final preparation by Jill Pryde ii FOREWORD Western Australian Wildlife Management Programs are a series of publications produced by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM). The programs are prepared in addition to Regional Management Plans to provide detailed information and guidance for the management and protection of certain exploited or threatened species (eg Kangaroos, Noisy Scrub-bird and Rose Mallee). This Program provides a brief description of the appearance, distribution, habitat and conservation status of flora declared as rare under the Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act (Threatened Flora) and poorly known flora (Priority Flora) in CALM's Narrogin District and makes recommendations for research and management action necessary to ensure their continued survival. By ranking the Declared Rare Flora in priority order according to these requirements, Departmental staff and other resources can be allocated to those taxa most urgently in need of attention. Priority Flora that are considered to have the greatest requirement for assessment for declaration as rare flora are also specifically dealt with, but in less detail than the Declared Rare Flora. However, the information contained in this Program should assist in the ongoing work of assessing their conservation status. This Program has been approved by the Executive Director, Department of Conservation and Land Management, the National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority and the Minister for the Environment. Approved programs are subject to modification as dictated by new findings, changes in species' status and completion of recovery actions. Information in this plan is accurate to 1996. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are indebted to the many people for their support, assistance and encouragement in the background research, field work and preparation of this document. The assistance of CALM Narrogin District staff, Peter Batt and Brian MacMahon, during field surveys was appreciated. The support of Tim Bowra in finalising this document is acknowledged. Many staff at the WA Herbarium were extremely helpful. Identification assistance was provided by Ray Cranfield, Bruce Maslin, Sue Patrick, Paul Wilson, Greg Keighery, Chang Sha Fang, Richard Cowan, Alex Chapman and Neville Marchant. Taxonomic assistance from Michael Crisp and Lyn Craven was also appreciated. The assistance by Ken Atkins and Mike O’Donoghue facilitating access to CALM records was appreciated. Special thanks to Rodney Clifton for access to Merredin District records, Sue Carroll for help accessing the WA Herbarium database, Elizabeth George for identification and advice on Verticordia, Alex George for identification and advice on Dryandra, Margaret Pieroni for information on Dryandra, Allan Lowrie for information and line drawings of Stylidium, Beng Siew Mahon for library assistance and Carol Milligan for compiling record information. Anne Coates’ guided tour of Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve was valuable. The formatting and editing assistance of Michelle Boothey and Sharon Hann is appreciated. iv ABBREVIATIONS USED CALM - Reserve vested with the Executive Director of CALM CAM - Camping Reserve CBH - Cooperative Bulk Handling Reserve GRS - Shire Gravel Reserve NP - National Park NR - Nature Reserve PP - Private Property REC - Recreation Reserve RVM - Main Roads Road Verge RVS - Shire Road Verge RWR - Westrail Reserve SF - State Forest SR - Shire Reserve (other) TBR - Timber Reserve TRS - Trig Station TWS - Town Site VCL - Vacant Crown Land WAR - Water Reserve COM - Common Reserve v CONTENTS Page Leucopogon marginatus...................................... 68 FOREWORD ........................................................ iii Myriophyllum petraeum...................................... 70 Pultenaea pauciflora........................................... 72 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................. iv Rhizanthella gardneri.......................................... 75 ABBREVIATIONS USED .................................... v Thelymitra stellata .............................................. 78 Thomasia montana.............................................. 80 CONTENTS .......................................................... vi Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION........................... 1 fimbrilepis......................................................... 83 Verticordia staminosa subsp. 1. The Need for Management.............................. 1 cylindracea var. cylindracea ............................ 86 2. Objective of the Program ................................ 3 PART THREE: PRIORITY FLORA IN 3. Rare Flora Legislation and Guidelines for THE NARROGIN DISTRICT ........................... 88 Gazettal ........................................................... 3 4. CALM’s Priority Flora List............................. 4 A. PRIORITY ONE TAXA................................. 89 Acacia brachypoda ............................................. 90 5. Responsibilities within the Department........... 6 Acacia caesariata................................................ 92 6. The Narrogin District ...................................... 7 Acacia lanei......................................................... 94 Acacia sclerophylla var. teretiuscula .................. 96 6.1 Climate.................................................... 8 Acacia tetraneura ms. ......................................... 98 6.2 Geology, Landforms and Soil ................. 8 Caladenia caesarea subsp. transiens ms.................................................... 100 6.3 Vegetation............................................... 8 Conospermum scaposum................................... 102 7. Botanical History of the Narrogin Cryptandra intonsa ........................................... 104 District............................................................. 9 Dampiera scaevolina ........................................ 106 Eremophila adenotricha.................................... 108 8. Using Geological Information as a tool Eucalyptus loxophleba x wandoo...................... 110 for Threatened Flora Surveys ........................ 11 Eucalyptus myriadena subsp. parviflora........... 112 PART TWO: DECLARED RARE FLORA Eucalyptus subangusta subsp. virescens........... 114 IN THE NARROGIN DISTRICT ..................... 13 Grevillea lullfitzii .............................................. 116 Grevillea marriottii ........................................... 118 DECLARED RARE FLORA Jacksonia quairading ms. ................................. 120 Extant Taxa Microcorys cephalantha.................................... 122 Allocasuarina fibrosa ........................................ 15 Muelleranthus crenulatus.................................. 124 Allocasuarina tortiramula ................................. 17 Neofuscelia scabrosina ..................................... 126 Banksia cuneata ................................................. 19 Paraparmelia sammyi ....................................... 128 Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla ............ 22 Paraparmelia sargentii ..................................... 130 Boronia revoluta ................................................ 24 Stylidium rhipidium........................................... 132 Caladenia hoffmanii ms. …................................ 26 Stylidium sejunctus ms. ..................................... 134 Calectasia arnoldii ms. ...................................... 28 Symonanthus bancroftii..................................... 136 Conostylis rogeri................................................. 31 Verticordia multiflora subsp. solox................... 138 Conostylis seorsiflora subsp. Xanthoparmelia nashii...................................... 140 trichophylla...................................................... 33 Darwinia carnea................................................. 35 Eremophila caerulea subsp. merrallii ................ 37 Eremophila inflata B. PRIORITY TWO TAXA .............................. 142 (now Calamophoreus inflatus)......................... 40 Eremophila racemosa......................................... 42 Acacia alocophylla subsp. Eremophila veneta ms......................................... 44 compressa ms. ................................................ 143 Eremophila verticillata ....................................... 46 Acacia arcuatilis ms.......................................... 145 Eucalyptus olivacea ms....................................... 48 Acacia asepala ms............................................. 147 Eucalyptus steedmanii ........................................ 50 Acacia campylophylla ....................................... 149 Grevillea dryandroides subsp. hirsuta................ 52 Acacia castanostegia ms. .................................. 151 Grevillea involucrata.........................................