Bush Blitz on Karara, Lochada and Kadji Kadji Pastoral Leases and Charles Darwin Reserve, Western Australia
Bush Blitz on Karara, Lochada and Kadji Kadji Pastoral Leases and Charles Darwin Reserve, Western Australia Vascular Plants Report to Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra Terry D. Macfarlane, Melinda S. Trudgen, Michael Hislop and Kevin R. Thiele Western Australian Herbarium, Science Division, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia. February 2010 Cover picture: View of plain with varied vegetation associations mainly dominated by Acacia , with prominent ridges and hills in the distance. View from Mungada Ridge, September 2009. (Photo T.D. Macfarlane). 2 Bush Blitz on Karara, Lochada and Kadji Kadji Pastoral Leases and Charles Darwin Reserve, Western Australia Terry D. Macfarlane, Melinda S. Trudgen, Michael Hislop and Kevin R. Thiele Western Australian Herbarium, Science Division, Department of Environment and Conservation, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983 Summary The botanical results of a biological survey of the reserve properties Karara, Lochada and Kadji Kadji and Charles Darwin Reserve during September 2009 are reported. Significant numbers of taxa were added to the records of each property, with the following numbers of vascular plant taxa on each (with percentage increase as a result of the survey collections): Karara 429 (+ 9%), Lochada 159 (+ 96%), Kadji Kadji 176 (+ 44%) and Charles Darwin Reserve 462 (+ 19%). Three species believed new to science were discovered in the genera Abutilon , Thysanotus and
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