Lesueur National Park National Heritage listing Lesueur National Park was included in the National Heritage List on 6 May 2016 for its outstanding diversity of native plant species, including many plants which are unique to the local area. Lesueur National Park is located in the south-west of Western Australia, around 220 kilometres north of Perth, near the towns of Green Head and Jurien Bay. Lesueur National Park supports a rich variety of native plants, with more than 900 species found within the park’s 27,235 hectares. This includes nine plants found nowhere else in the world and 111 plants found only in the local region. The national park is particularly rich in plants from the Proteaceae family, including Banksias, Hakeas, Dryandras, Grevilleas and Isopogons. Plants have also evolved different mechanisms to cope It is also rich in species from other plant families such as with low water availability and regeneration from fire. Fabaceae (peas), Myrtaceae (myrtles), Haemodoraceae (bloodworts), Stylidiaceae (trigger plants) and Droseraceae The dominant vegetation of the national park is low (sundews). shrubland, often referred to as ‘kwongan’. The national park also contains woodlands along creeks and in low lying areas. High plant diversity is due to an unusually large range of geology and topography in the national park. The national park supports a wide variety of birds, reptiles, mammals and insects. The woodlands of the national park Poor soils are another reason for the park’s rich diversity, are one of the few remaining breeding habitats in the local which have resulted in plants evolving different mechanisms region for the endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo. to acquire and use available nutrients. Key threats to the national park are the spread of These mechanisms include: trapping and consuming insects, Phytophthora dieback disease and impacts from specialised root structures, and symbiotic relationships with climate change, including altered fire regimes. soil bacteria or fungi. Photos: © Copyright Department of the Environment HER159.0416 environment.gov.au National Heritage listing National Heritage listing recognises the outstanding significance of Lesueur National Park to Australia. Lesueur National Park is included in the National Heritage List along with Stirling Range National Park, Porongurup National Park and Fitzgerald River National Park. These national parks, located in the internationally recognised ‘biodiversity hotspot’ of south-west Western Australia, are among the most important reserves for plant conservation in Australia. Lesueur National Park is the 105th place included in the National Heritage List. For more information go to: www.environment.gov.au/heritage © Commonwealth of Australia, 2016. This fact sheet is licensed by Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment. Photos: © Copyright Department of the Environment environment.gov.au.