Biodiversity Assessment - Swan Coastal Plain

Riparian Zones

Table: Riparian Zones: their average condition, trend and threatening processes for each subregion.
Reliability assessment	Condition	Trend	Threatening processes	Threatening processes notes
Dandarragan Plateau (SWA1)
Qualitative	Degraded (Recovery unlikely in medium term)	Declining	Broad scale vegetation clearing	No data
			Changed hydrology - other	Increased flow
			Changed hydrology - salinity	No data
			Exotic weeds	Castor Oil bush, .wild oats and Victorian tea tree
			Feral animals	foxes, rabbits and goats.
			Grazing pressure	No data
			Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants	No data
Perth (SWA2)
Anecdotal	Fair (Recovery requires significant intervention)	Declining	Broad scale vegetation clearing	No data
			Changed hydrology - other	No data
			Changed hydrology - salinity	No data
			Exotic weeds	No data
			Feral animals	No data
			Grazing pressure	No data
			Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants	No data

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