Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Moora District
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NO. 28 Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Moora District by Susan J. Patrick Andrew P. Brown Illustrations by Felicity Behan Amanda Lin Susan Patrick Margaret Pieroni John Rainbird Donna (Terrington) Jones Greg Keighery 2001 Published by the 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 Department of Conservation and Land Management Western Australia 2001 ISSN 0816-9713 Cover illustration: Verticordia albida A.S. George by Margaret Pieroni Editors...........................................................................................................................Angie Walker and Jill Pryde Page preparation.................................................................................................................................. Angie Walker 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 the 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 Moora District and makes recommendations for research and management action necessary to ensure their continued survival. By ranking the Declared Rare Flora in priority order for 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 to a lesser extent than the Declared Rare Flora. However, the information available should assist in the ongoing work of assessment of 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 the Plan was accurate at August 1994. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Foreword ......................................................... iii Eucalyptus johnsoniana....................................78 Eucalyptus lateritica.........................................81 Acknowledgements ......................................... viii Eucalyptus leprophloia.....................................83 Eucalyptus pruiniramis.....................................85 Abbreviations.................................................... ix Eucalyptus rhodantha var. petiolaris................87 Eucalyptus rhodantha var. rhodantha ..............89 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .................... 1 Eucalyptus suberea...........................................92 Gastrolobium appressum..................................94 1. The Need for Management........................... 1 Gastrolobium hamulosum.................................97 2. Objective of the Program.............................. 1 Grevillea batrachioides ....................................99 3. Rare Flora Legislation and Grevillea calliantha ........................................101 Guidelines for Gazettal............................ 3 Grevillea christineae.......................................103 4. CALM's Priority Flora List........................... 5 Grevillea pythara............................................105 5. Responsibilities within the Hakea megalosperma .....................................107 Department .............................................. 6 Hemiandra gardneri .......................................110 6. The Moora District ....................................... 6 Hemiandra sp. Watheroo (S.Hancocks 4) ......113 6.1 Climate................................................. 7 Hensmania chapmanii ....................................116 6.2 Geology, Landforms and Soils............. 7 Leucopogon obtectus ......................................118 6.3 Vegetation............................................ 8 Paracaleana dixonii ms..................................121 7. Botanical History of the Moora Ptychosema pusillum ......................................123 District..................................................... 9 Restio chaunocoleus .......................................125 Spirogardnera rubescens................................128 PART TWO: DECLARED RARE Stawellia dimorphantha..................................131 FLORA IN THE MOORA DISTRICT ........ 11 Stylidium scabridum .......................................133 Thelymitra stellata ..........................................135 A. Extant Taxa............................................ 12 Verticordia albida...........................................137 Acacia forrestiana............................................ 12 Wurmbea tubulosa..........................................139 Acacia vassalii ................................................. 15 Acacia sp. Dandaragan B. Presumed Extinct Taxa........................142 (S.van Leeuwen 269)................................... 18 Calothamnus accedens ...................................142 Anigozanthos humilis subsp. chrysanthus........ 21 Lasiopetalum rotundifolium............................144 Anigozanthus viridis subsp. terraspectans ....... 24 Leucopogon marginatus .................................146 Asterolasia drummondii................................... 27 Menkea draboides...........................................148 Banksia tricuspis.............................................. 30 Platysace dissecta...........................................150 Calectasia arnoldii ms ..................................... 34 Chamelaucium griffinii ms............................... 36 PART THREE: PRIORITY FLORA Conostylis micrantha ....................................... 38 IN THE MOORA DISTRICT......................152 Darwinia acerosa............................................. 40 Darwinia carnea .............................................. 42 A. Priority One Taxa.................................153 Daviesia bursarioides ...................................... 44 Acacia carens..................................................153 Daviesia speciosa............................................. 47 Acacia chapmanii subsp. australis ms............155 Drakaea elastica .............................................. 49 Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa ms...157 Drakonorchis drakeoides ms ........................... 51 Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana ms ...........159 Dryandra mimica ............................................. 54 Acacia flabellifolia..........................................161 Dryandra serratuloides subsp. perissa ............ 56 Acacia lanceolata ms......................................163 Dryandra serratuloides subsp. serratuloides... 58 Acacia nodiflora .............................................165 Eremophila microtheca.................................... 60 Acacia vittata ms ............................................167 Eremophila nivea............................................. 62 Andersonia longifolia .....................................169 Eucalyptus absita............................................. 65 Arnocrinum gracillimum.................................171 Eucalyptus argutifolia...................................... 68 Chorizema humile...........................................173 Eucalyptus balanites ........................................ 70 Conospermum densiflorum Eucalyptus crispata.......................................... 72 subsp. unicephalatum ................................175 Eucalyptus dolorosa......................................... 74 Conospermum scaposum ................................177 Eucalyptus impensa ......................................... 76 Conostylis dielsii subsp. teres .........................179 iv Dampiera tephrea .......................................... 181 Thomasia formosa ..........................................287 Darwinia chapmaniana ms............................ 183 Thomasia tenuivestita .....................................289 Darwinia sp. Carnamah Thomasia sp. New Norcia (Cayser s.n. (J.Coleby-Williams 148) ........................... 185 Nov. 1918).................................................291 Daviesia pteroclada ....................................... 187 Thomasia sp. Green Hill (S.Paust 1322).........293 Diuris tinkeri ms ............................................ 189 Thysanotus vernalis ........................................295 Drosera marchantii subsp. prophylla ............ 191 Verticordia argentea.......................................297 Dryandra borealis subsp. elatior ................... 193 Verticordia bifimbriata...................................299 Dryandra fraseri var. oxycedra...................... 195 Verticordia comosa.........................................301 Dryandra kippistiana var. paenepeccata ....... 197 Verticordia dasystylis