Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District by Susan J Patrick JOURNAL Western Austral;<,;, wildlife managtm:::;·-.t program 2001 Wildlife Management Program No 26 DEPARTMENT OF 0 Conservation AND LAND MANAGEMENT Conserving the nature of WA WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NO. 26 Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District by Susan J. Patrick 2001 Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre W A 6983 Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre W A 6983 ©Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia 200 I ISSN 0816-9713 Cover illustration: Verticordia spicata subsp. squamosa by Margaret Pieroni Editors ............................................................................................. Angie Walker and Jill Pryde Page preparation ..................................................................................................... Angie Walker Maps ........................................................................................ CALM Land Information Branch 11 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 Geraldton 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 taxa most urgently in need of attention. Priority Flora that are under consideration for declaration are also dealt with, but to a lesser extent than the Declared Rare Flora. 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 Conservation Commission 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 1998. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Foreword .......................................................... iii Menke a draboides ............................................. 72 Phlegmatospermum drummondii ...................... 74 Acknowledgements ......................................... viii Plectrachne bromoides ..................................... 76 Pterostylis sp. Northampton Abbreviations .................................................... ix (S.D.Hopper 3349) ....................................... 78 Stylidium coroniforme ....................................... 80 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .................... 1 Verticordia spicata subsp. squamosa ................ 82 Wurmbea tubulosa ............................................ 84 I. The Need for Management.. ......................... I 2. Objective of the Program .............................. 1 B. Presumed Extinct Taxa ............................. 87 3. Rare Flora Legislation and Hydatella leptogyne .......................................... 87 Guidelines for Gazettal.. .......................... 3 Pseudanthus nematophorus .............................. 89 4. CALM's Priority Species List.. ..................... 5 5. Responsibilities within the PART THREE: PRIORITY FLORA Department .............................................. 6 IN THE GERALDTON DISTRICT .............. 91 6. The Geraldton District.. ................................ 6 6.1 Climate ................................................. 7 A. Priority One Taxa ..................................... 92 6.2 Geology, Landforms and Soils ............. 7 Acacia ampliata .. .............................................. 92 6.3 Vegetation ............................................ 9 AcaCia cerastes ................................................. 94 7. Botanical History of the Geraldton Acacia congesta subsp. clifioniana ................... 96 District ................................................... 12 Acaciajlabellifolia ............................................ 98 Acacia imitans ................................................. IOO PART TWO: DECLARED RARE FLORA Acacia inceana subsp. conformis .................... I02 IN THE GERALDTON DISTRICT ............. 13 Acacia lanceolata ........................................... 104 Acacia lineolata subsp. multilineata .............. .1 06 A. Extant Taxa ............................................... 14 Acacia megacephala ....................................... 108 Beyeria lepidopetala ........................................ 14 Acacia nigripilosa subsp.latifolia .................. 110 Caladenia bryceana subsp. cracens ms ........... 16 Acacia nodiflora ............................................. 112 Caladenia elegans ms ...................................... 18 Acacia pelophila ............................................. 114 Caladenia hoffmanii ms ................................... 20 Acacia pterocaulon ......................................... 116 Caladenia wanosa ............................................ 22 Acacia unguicula ............................................ 118 Chorizema humile ............................................ 25 Allocasuarina tessellata .................................. I20 Conostylis dielsii subsp. teres .......................... 27 Alyxia tetanifolia ............................................. 122 Conostylis micrantha ....................................... 29 Angianthus uniflorus ....................................... 124 Darwinia masonii ............................................. 31 Atriplex muelleri ............................................. 126 Daviesia speciosa ...... ....................................... 33 Baeckea sp. Billeranga Hills Drakaea concolor ms ....................................... 3 5 (M.E.Trudgen 2206) .................................. 128 Drakonorchis barbarella ms ............................ 37 Baeckea sp. Bunjil (B.R.Maslin 5067)............ 130 Drummondita ericoides .................................... 39 Baeckea sp. East Yuna 41 Eremophila microtheca .................................... (R.Spjut & C.Edson 7077) ......................... 132 43 Eremophila nivea ............................................. Baeckea sp. London Bridge Eremophila viscida ........................................... 45 (M.E.Trudgen 5393) .................................. 134 Eucalyptus beardiana ....................................... 4 7 Baeckea sp. Mount Barloweerie Eucalyptus blaxellii .......................................... 49 (J.Z.Weber 5079) ....................................... 136 Eucalyptus crucis subsp. praecipua ................. 51 Baeckea sp. Paynes Find (S.Patrick 1095) ...... 138 Eucalyptus cuprea ............................................ 53 Baeckea sp. Perenjori (J.W.Green 1516) ........ 140 Eucalyptus synandra ........................................ 55 Baeckea sp. Sandstone Glyceria drummondii ....................................... 57 (C.A.Gardner s.n. 26.0ct.l963) ................. 142 Grevillea christineae ........................................ 59 Baeckea sp. Walkaway (A.S.George 11249) .. 144 Grevillea inconspicua ...................................... 61 Banksia elegans Fraser Road variant Halosarcia bulbosa .......................................... 64 (A.C.Bums 27) ........................................... 146 Hypocalymma longifolium ............................... 66 Calytrix verruculosa ....................................... 148 Lechenaultia chlorantha .................................. 68 Chamelaucium oenanthum ms ........................ 150 Leucopogon marginatus ................................... 70 Chamelaucium rep ens ms ............................... 152 lV Chamelaucium sp. Ya1goo Persoonia brachystylis ................................. ... 251 (Y. Chadwick 1816) ................................... 154 Persoonia kararae .......................................... 253 Dithyrostegia gracilis ..................................... 156 Persoonia papillosa . ....................................... 255 Eremophila rostrata ms ................................. 158 Persoonia pentasticha ..................................... 257 Eriostemon nutans ..... ..................................... 160 Pityrodia axillaris ........................................... 259 Erymophyllum hemisphaericum ..................... 162 Pityrodia canaliculata .................................... 261 Eucalyptus macrocarpa x pyriformis ............. 164 Pityrodia viscida ............................................. 263 Eucalyptus sargentii subsp.fallens ................ 166 Prostanthera pedicellata ................................. 265 Frankenia bracteata ....................................... 168 Prostanthera scutata ....................................... 267 Gastrolobium propinquum ............................. 170 Ptilotus beardii ..............................................