Australian Natural Resources Atlas

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Biodiversity Assessment - Naracoorte Coastal Plain

Natural Values

Table: The natural values within each subregion.
Natural Values Description
Bridgewater (NCP1)
Endemism

Eucalyptus "Carpenters Rocks" (Carpenters Rocks manna gum)

Chionogentias clelandii

Caladenia richardsiorum (Little Dip spider-orchid)

Ewens Pygmy Perch. - Listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act.

Prasophyllum litorale (coast leek-orchid)

Ixodia achillaeoides ssp. arenicola (sand ixodia)

Douglas Point Conservation Park conserves the only reserved population of the nationally vulnerable plant species, Ixodia achillaeoides ssp. arenicola (sand ixodia)

Canunda National Park/Canunda Conservation Reserve. A large contiguous stretch of vegetation providing habitat for the Rufous Bristlebird, Olive Whistler, Swamp Antechinus and Swamp Skink

Swamp Antechinus Endangered in SA

Piccaninnie Ponds. Included in the directory of important wetlands in Australia

Lake Frome (Canunda Conservation Reserve) and Mullins Swamp. Included in the directory of important wetlands in Australia

Glenelg Plain (NCP2)
Endemism

Mellblom's Spider-orchid (Caladenia hastata)

Limestone Spider-orchid (Caladenia calcicola

Dergholm Guinea-flower (Hibbertia humifusa ssp. debilis Toelken)

Lucindale (NCP3)
 

Large Bentwing-Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii undescribed sub species)

Magpie Goose re-introduced to Bool Lagoon from the Northern Territory

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