Perth as a biodiversity hotspot: linking reserves via wildlife

corridors

Hans LambersUniversity of Western Australia

Utricularia menziesii, redcoats, a bird-pollinated carnivorous plantPhoto: Hans Lambers

‘Isoflors’ for biodiversity of the southwest of WA,

home for 8,000 plant species (a third of Australia’s flora)

Hopper, S.D. & Gioia, P. 2004. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 35: 623-650.

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Greater Brixton Street Wetlands

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Tremendous plant diversity in the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands, especially Alison Baird reserve, but

why is that?

Alison Baird Reserve

Alison Baird Reserve

• At least 385 native plant species on just 35 ha• 2 Priority 1 species• 4 Priority 2 species• 14 Priority 3 species• 8 Priority 4 species• 11 Threatened plant species• 3 Threatened Ecological Communities

– Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan Coastal Plain

– Claypans of the Swan Coastal plain – Banksia Woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain

• 71 weed species

Special features of Alison Baird Reserve

Source: Cate Tauss, unpublished

Drosera glanduligera, pimpernel sundew

Photos: Hans Lambers

Petrophile linearis

Thysanotus manglesianus

Anigozanthos viridis

Calandrinia granulifera

Banksia telmatiaea Hemiandra pungens

Adenanthos cygnorum Anigozanthos humilis

Photos: Hans Lambers

Weeds are obviously a problem, but I have very few photos to show the 71 species that Cate Tauss identified

Photos: Hans Lambers

Alison Baird is just one example, but there are many reserves of great conservation value in Perth,

including Beeliar Regional Park

Photos: Fiona Smith

Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for wildlife, including threatened Carnaby’s Black

Cockatoos

Photos: Hans Lambers

Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for wildlife, including threatened Carnaby’s and Red-tailed Black Cockatoos

Photos: Hans Lambers

Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for wildlife

Photos: Hans Lambers

Stylidium brunonianumPhoto: Hans Lambers