Conservation Management Zones of Australia
South Western Australia Mallee Woodlands
Prepared by the Department of the Environment
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and associated products are the result of a collaboration between the Biodiversity Conservation
Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were
provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of the Environment (DotE), Department of
Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the academic
community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks
Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE, Nyree Stenekes and Robert
Kancans (ABARES), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson
(ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the
World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.
Special thanks to CSIRO staff Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns enabled
identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.
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Contents
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ................................................................ 4
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4
Zone at a glance .......................................................................................................................... 5
Population characteristics ............................................................................................................ 9
Employment, volunteering and incomes .................................................................................... 14
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice .................. 16
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas ............................................. 19
Zone vegetation characteristics ................................................................................................. 21
Major National Reserve System properties................................................................................ 22
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities ............................................................... 23
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species ........................................................................................ 23
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species .......................................................................................... 26
Threatened endemic species ..................................................................................................... 27
Invasive species ........................................................................................................................ 29
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations ........................................................... 30
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country
The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past
and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We honour the deep
spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including
Australia’s waterways, land and sea country.
Introduction
The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological
and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will
assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report
on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with
local action.
The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and
socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge
and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about
regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.
The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or
governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental
assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.
Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socioeconomic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to
engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural
resources more effectively.
The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic
landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain
only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In
future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.
.
Zone at a glance
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM) REGIONS
South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc
WA
Rangelands Natural Resource Management Coordinating Group
WA
TOP FIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
VALUE (MILLIONS)
Cereals for grain
$281
Oilseeds
$106
Wool
$31
Lamb
$29
Beef
$24
Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)
$497
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS*
Mean annual temperature
16.0 Celsius
Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month
28.9 Celsius
Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month
5.0 Celsius
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS*
Mean Annual Rainfall
351.2 mm
Dominant rainfall season
Winter
* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of
rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012)
Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of
Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces
version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).
For future climate projections please refer to: http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Native Title area
Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone, it
continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to Indigenous
persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.
Source: Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National
Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
Population characteristics
Population
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME
English
91.91%
Other languages
3.55%
Not stated
3.99%
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Education
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Employment, volunteering and incomes
Employment
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Volunteering
Income
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and
sources of NRM advice
Australian farmers manage over 60% of the Australian continent and shoulder much of the burden of responsibility
for maintaining and protecting Australia’s natural resource wealth. The information contained in this profile aims to
assist the wider community, non-governmental organisations and government agencies to support Australia’s key
environmental custodians.
Agricultural commodity values
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice
* Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012 Land Management Practices Survey
(LaMPS) 2012. LaMPS collected land practices information from approximately 50,000 farm businesses
across Australia. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area
2 units and Australian Agricultural Environment units. The % figures presented here are indicative only.
For more information on LaMPS please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4630.0
** The sample for the Drivers of Practice Change 2012 survey consisted of a random subsample of 1228
broadacre farm managers from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) frame.
The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units. For this
reason, the figures presented here are indicative only.
^ This chart indicates the sources of advice utilised for native vegetation management from respondents
who identified they sought advice.
For more information please refer to http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domesticforestry/prep-for-future/drivers-
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government
Areas
Source: Land tenure data based on Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) categorisation of Public Sector Mapping
Authority (PSMA) State Tenure 2012; Land use mapping based on Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program
(ACLUMP) 2012. For more information on Australian land use and management information and classification please refer to:
http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/
INDIGENOUS LAND COUNCILS
Ngaanyatjarra Council: http://www.ngaanyatjarra.org.au
Goldfields Land and Sea Council: http://www.glsc.com.au
Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone,
it continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to
Indigenous persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Shire Of Lake Grace
WA
Shire Of Ravensthorpe
WA
Shire Of Dundas
WA
Shire Of Esperance
WA
Zone vegetation characteristics
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification
system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and
distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.
Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation
distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation
mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types
across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums
(e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type
occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present
are therefore not represented.
It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is
of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on
vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.
Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater
discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia.
For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia.
In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass
understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone
(58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical
Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately
19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only
provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.
For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-informationsystem
Major National Reserve System properties
MAJOR NATIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Name
Property type
IUCN
category
Jurisdiction
Hectares
% of zone
Dundas
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
416,665
12.20
Nuytsland
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
281,409
8.24
Cape Arid
National Park
II
WA
114,941
3.36
Peak Charles
National Park
II
WA
39,953
1.17
Unnamed WA33113
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
8,860
0.26
Kau Rock
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
8,550
0.25
Beaumont
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
7,083
0.21
Unnamed WA41934
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
6,760
0.20
Truslove Townsite
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
6,081
0.18
Griffiths
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
5,415
0.16
Kau Rock
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
4,731
0.14
Burdett South
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
3,768
0.11
Muntz
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
3,498
0.10
Beaumont
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
2,481
0.07
Beaumont
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,751
0.05
Neredup
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,709
0.05
Clyde Hill
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,670
0.05
Kau Rock
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,485
0.04
Mount Ridley
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,417
0.04
Bishops
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,403
0.04
THE IUCN CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Ia Strict Nature Reserve
Ib Wilderness Area
II National Park
III Natural Monument or Feature
IUCN protected area management categories classify
protected areas according to their management
objectives. The categories are recognised by international
bodies such as the United Nations and are utilised by
many national governments, including the Australian
Government, as the global standard for defining and
recording protected areas.
IV Habitat/Species Management Area
V Protected Landscape/ Seascape
VI Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
Please refer to the IUCN website for further explanation:
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/
For more information on Australia’s National Reserve System please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system
Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database 2012.
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities
THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
Name
Listing status
% of total
distribution*
% of zone**
Proteaceae Dominated Kwongkan Shrublands of the Southeast Coastal
Floristic Province of Western Australia
Endangered
16.22
5.63
* % of the total national distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution
of the Threatened Ecological Community that is found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area describes the proportion of the zone that the Threatened Ecological Community
is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given Threatened Ecological Community above does not imply that
the Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone.
Rather, the % of the TEC’s total distribution (*) within the zone is an indication of its importance to that zone
in terms of conservation efforts. The % of the zone (**) indicates how rare, or difficult the ecological community may
be to find within the zone.
The threatened ecological communities above are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which is the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation. For
more information, please refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species
THREATENED MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Dibbler
Parantechinus apicalis
Endangered
0.56
0.24
Red-tailed Phascogale
Phascogale calura
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Chuditch, Western Quoll
Dasyurus geoffroii
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Australian Sea-lion
Neophoca cinerea
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Cape Barren Goose (south-western), Recherche
Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
grisea
Vulnerable
30.25
11.67
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo,
Short-billed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Endangered
4.6
29.73
Western Ground Parrot, Kyloring
Pezoporus flaviventris
Critically
Endangered
3.02
0.36
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Vulnerable
2.43
75.94
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Endangered
0.31
3.40
Slender-billed Thornbill (western)
Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
Vulnerable
0.05
0.75
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea exulans exulans
Endangered
n/a
n/a
THREATENED BIRDS
THREATENED BIRDS
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans (sensu lato)
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
impavida
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea exulans antipodensis
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
epomophora
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche cauta steadi
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta cauta
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
THREATENED REPTILES
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Grey Nurse Shark (west coast population)
Carcharias taurus
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus maccoyii
Conservation
Dependent
n/a
n/a
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Milky Emu Bush
Eremophila lactea
Endangered
100
2.46
Peak Charles Drummondita
Drummondita longifolia
Vulnerable
100
0.34
Salt Myoporum
Myoporum turbinatum
Endangered
99.97
1.33
Toolinna Adenanthos
Adenanthos eyrei
Endangered
99.9
5.30
Goblet Mallee
Eucalyptus merrickiae
Vulnerable
92.23
15.85
Barrens Wedding Bush
Ricinocarpos trichophorus
Endangered
38.07
20.20
OTHER THREATENED FAUNA
THREATENED FLORA
THREATENED FLORA
Cumquat Eremophila
Eremophila denticulata subsp.
trisulcata
Endangered
23.28
13.75
Little Kangaroo Paw,
Two-coloured Kangaroo Paw,
Small Two-colour Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos bicolor
subsp. minor
Endangered
18.26
14.93
Sedge Conostylis
Conostylis lepidospermoides
Endangered
11.72
1.43
Lake Varley Grevillea
Grevillea involucrata
Endangered
3.04
1.75
Northcliffe Kennedia
Kennedia glabrata
Vulnerable
0.06
0.01
Underground Orchid,
Western Australian Underground Orchid
Rhizanthella gardneri
Endangered
0.04
0.04
Saltmat
Roycea pycnophylloides
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Whorled Eremophila
Eremophila verticillata
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Lake King Eremophila
Eremophila subteretifolia
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Hook-leaf Isopogon
Isopogon uncinatus
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Prickly Honeysuckle
Lambertia echinata subsp.
echinata
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
None
Centrolepis caespitosa
Endangered
May be
present
May be
present
Fitzgerald Eremophila
Eremophila denticulata subsp.
denticulata
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
The above species are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.
Please note that the list of threatened flora species is not comprehensive. The flora listed here have a
significant proportion of their total national distribution within the zone. For more information please refer
to: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species or the Species Profiles and Threats
Database http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavida
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Double-banded Plover
Charadrius bicinctus
Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Flesh-footed Shearwater, Fleshy-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Great Egret, White Egret
Ardea alba
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Greater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Grey-tailed Tattler
Heteroscelus brevipes
Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank
Tringa stagnatilis
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Northern Royal
Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
Oriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel
Charadrius veredus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Red Knot, Knot
Calidris canutus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta (sensu stricto)
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora (sensu stricto)
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea dabbenena
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
(sensu lato)
White-bellied
Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-capped
Albatross
Thalassarche steadi
OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES
Common name
Scientific name
Bryde’s Whale
Balaenoptera edeni
Dusky Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Killer Whale, Orca
Orcinus orca
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Porbeagle, Mackerel Shark
Lamna nasus
Pygmy Right Whale
Caperea marginata
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species
Threatened endemic species
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Taxonomic
group
Scientific name
Reservation status
EPBC Act status
IUCN status
Plants
Eremophila lactea
Unreserved
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Adenanthos eyrei
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Drummondita longifolia
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Concentrations of unreserved endemic species
The colour grids and numbers are an indication of the location and number of endemic species that have all their
known range outside of the National Reserve System. Concentrations of unreserved endemic species may be
useful focal areas for private land conservation efforts.
Endemism analyses were provided by the Australian Government Department of Environment Australian Natural
Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). The ANHAT database has been compiled from specimens and site records
held in state agency wildlife atlases, museum collections, and the work of individual researchers. For more
information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australiannatural-heritage-assessment-tool
Invasive species
INVASIVE MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Rabbit, European Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
0.62
100.00
Red Fox, Fox
Vulpes vulpes
0.55
100.00
Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat
Felis catus
0.44
100.00
House Mouse
Mus musculus
0.56
58.17
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
0.26
19.33
Dromedary, Camel
Camelus dromedarius
0.18
17.84
Pig
Sus scrofa
0.17
17.42
Horse
Equus caballus
0.04
1.85
Feral deer species in Australia
Feral deer
0.08
0.91
Black Rat, Ship Rat
Rattus rattus
May be present
May be
present
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
0.7
44.10
Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon
Columba livia
0.53
39.29
Laughing Turtle-dove, Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
1.31
11.88
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.03
0.63
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Ward’s Weed
Carrichtera annua
2.87
99.92
Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper,
Smilax, Florist’s Smilax, Smilax Asparagus
Asparagus asparagoides
0.77
18.61
Prickly Pears
Opuntia spp.
0.11
1.17
Athel Pine, Athel Tree, Tamarisk, Athel Tamarisk,
Athel Tamarix, Desert Tamarisk, Flowering
Cypress, Salt Cedar
Tamarix aphylla
0.04
0.83
OTHER INVASIVE FAUNA
INVASIVE FLORA
* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given invasive species above does not imply that the
species is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. The % of the zone area (**)
indicates how common or rare the species may be within the zone.
For more information on invasive species please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations
Vegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from
the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and
NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.
The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological
Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of
management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring
and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.
Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey vegetation profile
86.06% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus salmonophloia; Eucalyptus flocktoniae; Eucalyptus oleosa; Eucalyptus dundasii; Eucalyptus
transcontinentalis; Eucalyptus occidentalis; Eucalyptus torquata; Eucalyptus salubris; Eucalyptus le souefii;
Eucalyptus clelandii; Melaleuca uncinata; Melaleuca pauperiflora; Eremophila scoparia; Eremophila glabra;
Eremophila oldfieldii; Eremophila calorhabdos; Grevillea oncogyne; Helichrysum adnatum; shrub.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATIO
N
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATIO
N
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Manage grazing
practices and
avoid highintensity set
stocking.
Facilitate natural
regeneration
through fencing
and stock
management.
Avoid fertiliser drift
from adjacent
crops and
pastures.
Undertake
regeneration
where recruitment
of over and
understorey
species does not
occur. Please see
advice from your
local Natural
Resource
Management
region and
Gondwana Link
for advice on
rehabilitation
activities.
If fallen timber has
been removed
from remnants,
replace with
coarse woody
debris (such as
untreated railway
sleepers) as this
provides habitat
for wildlife.
Monitor and
manage weeds in
remnants and
surrounding
agricultural lands.
Protect from
firewood
harvesting.
Use mosaic
burning
techniques.
Target mosaic
burns at different
age classes of
vegetation to
maintain age
diversity between,
and within,
remnant patches.
Undertake fox and Manage
rabbit baiting, and underlying causes
feral cat trapping. of dieback. For
Ensure foxes and example, manage
over-population of
rabbits are
leaf eating insects
managed
simultaneously to (often found in
adjacent
avoid foxes
agricultural lands
switching
predation to native or weed infested
sites).
species or
Protect paddock
trees in areas
adjacent to
remnants.
Discourage broadscale burning for
agricultural
purposes in
Malleefowl
habitat.
Avoid clearing
roadsides for
firebreaks.
Maintain and
protect mature
trees as it can
take 150–180
years for tree
hollows to
develop. Hollows
provide shelter
and breeding
habitat for
mammals and
birds.
If few or no hollow
bearing trees are
present within
remnants, provide
nesting boxes.
Monitor these
regularly for
invasive birds and
feral honey bees.
Ensure fencing is
wildlife friendly –
no electric
fencing, and no
barbed wire.
See http://www.
dpaw.wa.gov.au/
getinvolved/wildlifere
habilitationandcourses for
more information
on wildlife
rehabilitation.
increases in rabbit
populations.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey vegetation profile
79.66% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus tetragona; Eucalyptus redunca; Eucalyptus eremophila; Eucalyptus incrassata; Eucalyptus socialis;
Eucalyptus leptopoda; Lambertia inermis; Banksia media; Conostephium roei; Melaleuca spathulata; Andersonia
parvifolia; Grevillea sp.; Hakea sp.; Calytrix decandra; Daviesia juncea; shrub; forb.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
REHABILITATION FIRE
WILDLIFE
AGRICULTURAL
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
PRACTICE
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake of
conservation agreements
and covenants on private
land. Please refer to
http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au
for information on
covenanting and private
land conservation.
Exclude stock
from remnants to
enable
regeneration of
over and
understorey
species.
Actively manage
weeds when
undertaking
restoration
activities to
ensure weeds
do not compete
for soil moisture
with vulnerable
native
replantings.
Control foxes
and rabbits
simultaneously,
to avoid foxes
switching to
predation on
native species or
increases in
rabbit
populations.
Stabilise and maintain
water table levels by
retaining and replanting
native vegetation.
Close or fence artificial
sources of water in
conservation
reserves.
Protect, and where
appropriate, fence
important wildlife habitat
including
for Malleefowl.
Create
windbreaks with
mallee species to
reduce the
impacts of soil
erosion.
Reduce tillage in
zones around
remnants.
Avoid creating
new access
tracks and roads
through
remnants.
Undertake
restoration where
there are few
mature overstorey
species.
Use mosaic
burning
techniques.
Target mosaic
burns at
different age
Choose mallee
species that occur classes of
vegetation to
on similar soils
and slope aspect. maintain age
Match the relative diversity
between, and
abundance of
different species of within, remnant
patches.
intact remnant
patches.
Manage and
create wildlife
corridors between
remnant patches
with wide strips of
native vegetation.
Create buffer
zones around
remnants by
revegetating
previously cleared
lands with mallee
and ground storey
species.
Discourage
broad-scale
burning for
agricultural
purposes in
Malleefowl
habitat.
Avoid clearing
roadsides for
firebreaks.
Manage native
grazing animals.
Erect signs
warning drivers
that Malleefowl
may be on the
road.
A 1-metre radius
weed free buffer
should be
maintained
around native
woody plants.
Use spot control
to maintain this.
Apply herbicides
to actively
growing weeds
and avoid spray
drift.
Do not leave
areas of bare
ground to avoid
wind and water
erosion of soils.
Retain some
weed cover and
stagger removal
and replacement
with
native grasses.
All herbivore
populations
should be
closely
monitored and
excluded from
revegetation
sites. Livestock,
deer, rabbits and
kangaroos
should be
managed to
avoid the
destruction of
young seedlings.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Mallee with an open shrubby understorey vegetation profile
55.38% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus eremophila; Eucalyptus oleosa; Eucalyptus gracilis; Eucalyptus forrestiana; Eucalyptus calycogona;
Eucalyptus conglobata; Eucalyptus uncinata; Melaleuca pungens; Melaleuca cliffortioides; Melaleuca scabra;
Maireana sedifolia; Acacia ancistrophylla; Melaleuca acuminata; Eremophila calorhabdos; Halgania integerrima;
Microcybe multiflora; Pimelea imbricata; Triodia sp.; chenopod shrub; hummock grass; tussock grass.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
REHABILITATION FIRE
WILDLIFE
AGRICULTURAL
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
PRACTICE
Encourage uptake of
conservation agreements
and covenants on private
land. Please refer to
http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au
for information on
covenanting and private
land
conservation.
Exclude stock
from remnants to
enable
regeneration of
over and
understorey
species.
Stabilise and maintain
water table levels by
retaining and replanting
native vegetation.
Close or fence artificial
sources of water in
conservation
reserves.
Protect, and where
appropriate, fence
important wildlife habitat
including for Malleefowl.
Create
windbreaks with
mallee species to
reduce the
impacts of soil
erosion.
Reduce tillage in
zones around
remnants.
Avoid creating
new access
tracks and roads
through
remnants.
Undertake
restoration where
there are few
mature overstorey
species.
Use mosaic
burning
techniques.
Target mosaic
burns at
different age
Choose mallee
species that occur classes of
vegetation to
on similar soils
and slope aspect. maintain age
Match the relative diversity
between, and
abundance of
different species of within, remnant
patches.
intact remnant
patches.
Manage and
create wildlife
corridors between
remnant patches
with wide strips of
native vegetation.
Create buffer
zones around
remnants by
revegetating
previously cleared
lands with mallee
and ground storey
species.
Discourage
broad-scale
burning
for agricultural
purposes in
Malleefowl
habitat.
Avoid clearing
roadsides for
firebreaks.
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Control
aggressive
perennial grass
Erect signs
where needed to species.
warn drivers that Actively manage
Malleefowl may weeds when
be on the road.
undertaking
restoration
activities to
ensure weeds
do not compete
for soil moisture
with vulnerable
native
replantings.
Control foxes
and rabbits
simultaneously,
to avoid foxes
switching to
predation on
native species or
increases in
rabbit
populations.
Manage native
grazing animals.
Apply herbicides
to actively
growing weeds
and avoid spray
drift.
Avoid wind and
water erosion of
soils. Retain
some weed
cover and
stagger removal
and replacement
with native
grasses.
All herbivore
populations
should be
closely
monitored and
excluded from
revegetation
sites. Livestock,
deer, rabbits and
kangaroos
should be
managed to
avoid the
destruction of
young seedlings.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT