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Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Esperance District WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NO. 21 Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Esperance District by Gillian F. Craig David J. Coates 2001 Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983 Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983 This study was partly funded by the Endangered Species Program, Environment Australia (ESP Project No. 221). Department of Conservation and Land Management Western Australia 2001 ISSN 0816-9713 Cover illustration: Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor S.D. Hopper by Sue Patrick Editors and page preparation ........................................................................... Angie Walker, Vicki Hamley and Jill Pryde Maps .................................................................................................................... CALM Information Management Branch 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 (e.g. 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 Esperance 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 resources can be allocated to those taxa most urgently in need of attention. Priority Flora that are under consideration for declaration as rare are also 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 was accurate at 1992. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following persons are thanked for their assistance and helpful discussions: Specialist advice and, on occasions, specimen identifications were sought and promptly given by the following: R. Baker (Hakea), M.I.H. Brooker (Eucalyptus), A.P. Brown (Orchidaceae), A.R. Chapman (Leucopogon), R.J. Chinnock (Eremophila), R.S. Cowan (Acacia), R.J. Cranfield (Papilionaceae, general), M.D. Crisp (Chorizema, Daviesia), A.S. George (Dryandra), S.D. Hopper (Eucalyptus), L.A.S. Johnson (Eucalyptus), G.J. Keighery (Daviesia, Gratiola, Opercularia), N.S. Lander (Olearia), T.D. Macfarlane (Papilionaceae), N.G. Marchant (Darwinia), B.R. Maslin (Acacia), A.E. Orchard (Dampiera), M. Pieroni (Dryandra), J. Powell (Leucopogon), B.L. Rye (Rhamnaceae), M.E. Trudgen (Angasomyrtus, Baeckea), H. White (Thysanotus), and P.G. Wilson (Asteraceae, Rutaceae). CALM staff who provided assistance were: ESPERANCE - K. Tiedemann, B. Haberley, T. Florisson, S. Winton, M. Paxman, P. Bastian, R. France; WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HERBARIUM - V. Hamley, S. Curry, S. Carroll, M. Falconer, I. McPharlin, B.S. Mahon, P. Spencer, W. Hanks, C.S. Fang; WILDLIFE BRANCH - K. Atkins, M. O'Donoghue, D. Stefoni and J. Riley. Others who provided assistance include S. Grein and C.J. Robinson. Of particular assistance to this project was the Western Australian Herbarium database under the supervision of A.R. Chapman. This system allows scrutiny of rare flora collections held in PERTH, and hard-copy printouts for field and other use. iv ABBREVIATIONS Alb Albany AR Aboriginal Reserve Aug Augusta Bldr Boulder BR Bruce Rock Brktn Brookton Bsltn Busselton CALM Department of Conservation and Land Management Car Carnamah Cbk Cranbrook Cool Coolgardie Cor Corrigin Crw Coorow Degen. Degenerated Dnmk Denmark DRF Declared Rare Flora Dum Dumbleyung Dund Dundas Dwel Dwellingup Esp Esperance Ger Geraldton Gno Gnowangerup Gold Goldfields Jer Jerramungup Kal Kalgoorlie Kat Katanning Kon Kondinin LG Lake Grace Manj Manjimup Mdg Mundaring Men Menzies Mer Merredin Metro Metropolitan MRWA Main Roads W.A. MRWA Rd Res. Main Roads W.A. Road Reserve MtM Mt Marshall Mur Murray Nar Narrogin Nor Northam NP National Park NR Nature Reserve Nthn Northampton Nun Nungarin Part-dist. Part-disturbed Per Perenjori Pilb Pilbara Plgt Plantagenet Post-dist. Post-disturbance Private Private Property Rail Res. Rail Reserve Rav Ravensthorpe Rav Range Ravensthorpe Range Rd Res. Road Reserve Rd Verge Road Verge Regen. Regenerated Research Stn Research Station Seedl. Seedlings v Shire Recr. Res. Shire Recreational Reserve Shire Res. Shire Reserve Shire Rd Res. Shire Road Reserve Shire Water Res. Shire Water Reserve Tam Tammin Timber Res. Timber Reserve Tra Trayning Unvested Res. Unvested Reserve VCL Vacant Crown Land VP Victoria Plains VPF Vermin Proof Fence Wal Walpole Water Res. Water Reserve West Westonia Yil Yilgarn vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Foreword................................................................. iii Acacia sp. Esperance (M.A.Burgman 1833b)........ 74 Allocasuarina globosa ........................................... 76 Acknowledgements................................................. iv Baeckea crassifolia var. icosandra ........................ 78 Caladenia tentaculata............................................ 80 Abbreviations........................................................... v Chorizema circinale............................................... 82 Chorizema nervosum.............................................. 84 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION.......................... 1 Coleanthera coelophylla........................................ 86 Conostephium marchantiorum............................... 88 1. The Need for Management................................. 1 Conostephium uncinatum....................................... 90 2. Objective of the Program ................................... 1 Dampiera sericantha ............................................. 92 3. Rare Flora Legislation and Guidelines for GazettalDarwinia calothamnoides ms ................................ 94 3 4. CALM's Priority Flora List ................................ 5 Darwinia sp. Mt Baring (K.R.Newbey 9775) ........ 96 5. Responsibilities within the Department.............. 6 Darwinia sp. Mt Ney (M.A.Burgman & 6. The Esperance District....................................... 6 S.McNee 1274) ................................................... 98 7. Botanical History of the Esperance District ....... 8 Dicrastylis archeri ............................................... 100 Dicrastylis capitellata.......................................... 102 PART TWO: DECLARED RARE FLORA Diuris concinna.................................................... 104 IN THE ESPERANCE DISTRICT .................... 10 Dodonaea hexandra............................................. 106 Drosera salina ..................................................... 108 Extant Taxa.......................................................... 11 Drosera sp. Hatter Hill (G.J.Barrett 15.9.89) ...... 110 Adenanthos eyrei ................................................... 11 Eremophila chamaephila..................................... 112 Adenanthos ileticos................................................ 13 Eremophila compressa......................................... 114 Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor ....................... 16 Eremophila oblonga ms....................................... 116 Billardiera mollis................................................... 18 Eriostemon sp. Cascades (M.A.Burgman 1535) .. 118 Boronia revoluta.................................................... 20 Eucalyptus burgmaniana ms................................ 120 Caladenia exstans ms ............................................ 22 Eucalyptus delicata.............................................. 122 Caladenia voigtii ms.............................................. 24 Eucalyptus jimberlanica ...................................... 124 Conostylis lepidospermoides ................................. 26 Eucalyptus varia subsp. salsuginosa.................... 126 Daviesia microcarpa ............................................. 28 Eucalyptus sp. B Ravensthorpe Drummondita hassellii var. longifolia................... 30 (K.R.Newbey 9715) .......................................... 128 Eremophila denticulata subsp. denticulata ........... 32 Eutaxia sp. Hatter Hill (K.R.Newbey 6532) ........ 130 Eremophila denticulata subsp. trisulcata ms......... 34 Gonocarpus pycnostachyus ................................. 132 Eucalyptus cerasiformis......................................... 36 Gonocarpus simplex............................................. 134 Eucalyptus insularis ............................................. 38 Gratiola pedunculata........................................... 136 Eucalyptus merrickiae ........................................... 40 Grevillea phillipsiana .......................................... 138 Eucalyptus platydisca ms ...................................... 43 Gyrostemon
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