South West Botanical Province - Proteaceae for the AW1 in particular the genera Grevillea, Hakea, Verticordia, Eucalyptus and Acacia, and Dryandra and the Asteraceae.

Transitional Rainfall Zone - -Acacia and Verticordia, Lhotskya, Eriostemon, Wehlia, Baeckia, Melaleuca, Chamelaucium, Micromyrtus and Thryptomene.

Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura)

Mallee eucalypts and Melaleuca for oil production.

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale l. lateralis)

Granite outcrops - important as seasonal resources and temporary refge for fauna of surrounding habitats

Yorkrakine Rock pools. Rock Pools

Gypsum dunes Gypsum Dunes - Plant species are generally unique to each IBRA Region and often smaller scales; several DRF and Priority flora species are restricted to gypsiferous habitats, and at least 80 species are likely to be gypsiphyllic.

Durakoppin Nature Reserve High species richness and local endemism of mygalomorph trapdoor spiders. 23 species from 6 families and 12 genera, including several relictual species of ?wet? Gondwanan (Mesozoic/Tertiary) heritage.

Eucalyptus woodlands ? high floristic diversity (Table 4;Yates et al. 2000), they contain a high proportion of Declared Rare Flora (around 25%) (Yates et al. 2000; Hopper et al. 1990);

South West Botanical Province (includes AW2) ? high species richness and endemicity; Proteaceae (632 spp, 99% endemic; 16 genera, 5 endemic) (Cowling & Lamont 1998);

Transitional Rainfall Zone (equivalent to the Mallee, Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains IBRA Regions); this zone contains the most species-rich areas, including the lateritic uplands of the western edge of the wheatbelt

Mallee eucalypts and Melaleuca for oil production

Western Brush Wallaby (Macropus irma)

Pingelly (Boyagin-Tutanning Reserves)

Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura)

- Acacia and Verticordia (Hopper et al. 1996)

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale l. lateralis)

Toolibin Lake

Granite outcrops ?important as seasonal resources and temporary refuge for fauna of surrounding habitats

Phascogale tapoatafa

Dryandra Woodland ? support extant populations of several Critical Weight Range

Wongan Hills greenstone belt and associated laterite-capped mesas. The Wongan Hills Area is significant in maintaining ecological processes in the wheat belt region of south-western Australia.

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

- Lhotskya, Eriostemon, Wehlia, Baeckia, Melaleuca, Chamelaucium, Micromyrtus and Thryptomene (Hopper, 1979)