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environment.gov.au 3 Adenanthos, Banksia, Grevillea, Hakea, Isopogon and Lambertia Banksia alliacea B. armata B. cirsioides B. media B. nutans B. obovata B. sessilis B. speciosa B. tenuis Hakea cucculata H. corymbosa H. denticulata H. drupacea H. ferruginea H. obliqua H. pandanicarpa H. victoria Lambertia inermis Beaufortia empetrifolia Xanthorrhoea platyphylla Melaleuca striata Daviesia glossosema Gastrolobium luteifolium Scaevola macrophylla Why is the Proteaceae Dominated Kwongkan Shrubland ecological community important? Phytophthora cinnamomi

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Adenanthos, Banksia, Grevillea, Hakea, Isopogon and Lambertia

– Banksia alliacea

– B. armata

– B. cirsioides

– B. media

– B. nutans

– B. obovata

– B. sessilis

– B. speciosa

– B. tenuis

– Hakea cucculata

– H. corymbosa

– H. denticulata

– H. drupacea

– H. ferruginea

– H. obliqua

– H. pandanicarpa

– H. victoria

– Lambertia inermis

– Beaufortia empetrifolia

– Xanthorrhoea platyphylla

– Melaleuca striata

Daviesia glossosema Gastrolobium luteifolium Scaevola macrophylla

Why is the Proteaceae Dominated Kwongkan Shrubland ecological community important?

Phytophthora cinnamomi

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Why does it need national protection?

Banksia speciosa

conservation advice

What are the benefits of listing an ecological community as nationally threatened?

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conservation advice

What does the listing mean for landholders?

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Phytophthora

Have activities previously been referred under the EPBC Act for this area?

Where can I get further information?

www.environment.gov.au/topics/threatened-species-ecological-communities

www.environment.gov.au/topics/environment-protection

www.nrm.gov.au/

1800 803 [email protected]

[email protected]

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2014.

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