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Biodiversity Assessment - Swan Coastal Plain

Natural Values

Table: The natural values within each subregion.
Natural Values Description
Dandarragan Plateau (SWA1)
Diversity

The subregion has high diversity of floral species, though this is nto as high as areas to the north and wet.

SWA1 - 1019 Medium sparse woodland; jarrah & marri

SWA11027 Mosaic: Medium open woodland, jarrah & marri, with low woodland; banksia / Medium sparse woodland; jarrah & marri

SWA11039 Shrublands; mallee with scattered York gum

SWA11015 Mosaic: Shrublands; scrub-heath on the Swan Coastal Plain 1 Shrublands; dryandra heath

SWA1 1036 Low woodland; Banksia prionotes

SWA11038 Medium open woodland., eucalypts (e2?), with low woodland; Banksia attenuata & B. menziesii

SWA11020 Mosaic: Medium forest; jarrah-marri 1 Medium woodland; marri-wandoo

SWA1 1040 Medium woodland; York gum & Casuarina obesa

Calyptorynchus latirostris

Dasyurus geoffroi

Calyptorynchus baudinii

Leiopoa ocellata

Morelia spilota imbricata

No significant refugia are recognised for the subregion

Perth (SWA2)
Diversity

there is high diversity, but compared with elsewhere (what/where) is it ?high?.

number of endemic reptiles, invertebrates and flora within the subregion. But no real/significant ?centres? of endemism in Swan Coastal Plain

large number of rare and threatened species and Ecological Communities ? see listing later in Synopsis.

There are no significant/major ?rare features? within the subregion that define or dominate the subregion(?)

tumulus springs etc

cave fauna, and tumulus spring fauna

and thrombolite communities

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