Dart Island is an island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula . ref name Brothers et al 2001, p.606 Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref Flora and fauna Dart island contains stands of Acacia melanoxylon blackwoods , allocasuarina s and eucalypt s. European Rabbit Rabbits are present and cause browsing damage to the vegetation. ref name Brothers et al 2001, p.606 References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X Coord 43 01 S 147 50 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Taxobox image image width 220px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Hepialidae genus Abantiades species A. leucochiton binomial Abantiades leucochiton binomial authority Pfitzner, 1914 synonyms Pielus leucochiton small Pfitzner, 1914 small Abantiades leucochiton is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to Australia , where it is found in New South Wales , South Australia and Victoria Australia Victoria . ref http www.environment.gov.au biodiversity abrs online resources fauna afd taxa Abantiades leucochiton Australian Faunal Directory ref The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots of Casuarina and Allocasuarina species. References reflist Category Animals described in 1914 Category Hepialidae Hepialidae stub ... more details
Infobox protected area of Australia name Mooloolah River National Park iucn category II image caption locator x locator y nearest town or city coordinates Coord 26 43 18 S 153 04 51 E type landmark region AU QLD display inline,title area Convert 6.69 km2 sqmi 2 abbr on established 1960 visitation num visitation year managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service official site http www.derm.qld.gov.au parks mooloolah river index.html Mooloolah River National Park Mooloolah River is a national park in Queensland , Australia , 84 km north of Brisbane . It contains important wallum heath habitat heathland . Mooloolah River National Park is mostly made up of two different zones, these include alluvial flats and low undulation flats mostly found in floodplains along a section of the lower Mooloolah River . A small population of the endangered Allocasuarina emuina Emu Mountain Sheoak is located in the park. ref Cite web url http www.environment.gov.au cgi bin sprat public publicspecies.pl?taxon id 21926 title Allocasuarina emuina Emu Mountain Sheoak accessdate 8 October 2010 work Species Profile and Threats Database publisher Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ref The national park has no facilities including walking tracks. A management plan for the park was published in November 1999. ref name mp Cite web url http www.derm.qld.gov.au services resources item details.php?item id 200860 title Mooloolah River National Park management plan accessdate 8 October 2010 publisher Department of Environment and Resource Management ref It is bisected by the Sunshine Motorway . See also Portal Queensland Protected areas of Queensland References Reflist Category National Parks on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Category National parks of Queensland Category Protected areas established in 1960 Queensland national park stub es Parque Nacional R o Mooloolah ... more details
King George Island is an island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Sloping Island Group , lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula Tasman and Forestier Peninsula s. The island was once inhabited and farmed and contains the ruins of two buildings on its eastern side. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref Flora and fauna Much of the island s original vegetation has been destroyed by clearing and burning, though there are remnant stands of allocasuarina s and eucalypt s. European Rabbit Rabbits are present as well as the Metallic Skink and White s Skink . ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 42 57 S 147 49 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Tasmania geo stub ka ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Aacanthocnema regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hemiptera familia Triozidae genus Aacanthocnema genus authority Tuthill & Taylor, 1955 Aacanthocnema is a genus of lice from the jumping plant lice family Triozidae . ref name AUS Australian genera of the family Psyllidae Hemiptera Homoptera . Australian Journal of Zoology, 3 1955 227 257. Zoological Record Volume 92 ref ref Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History . external link London BM NH ref The genus is endemic to Australia, and currently contains 6 species aut Taylor et al ., 2011 . See details on Wikispecies. References reflist aut Taylor, G.S. et al . 2011 A new genus and ten new species of jumping plant lice Hemiptera Triozidae from Allocasuarina Casuarinaceae in Australia. Zootaxa , 3009 1 45. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z03009p045f.pdf Preview Wikispecies Aacanthocnema Category Psylloidea Hemiptera stub ... more details
ssp. filifolia small Randell small ssp. helmsii small Symon Randell small &ndash Blunt leaved ... form taxon qu helmsii qu title Senna form taxon helmsii accessdate 2007 12 22 work PlantNET Flora ... more details
taxobox image image caption regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Lawrencia genus authority Hook. subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. synonyms Selenothamnus small Melville small Lawrencia is a plant genus in the family Malvaceae . The genus is endemic to Australia . ref name NSW cite web url http plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au cgi bin NSWfl.pl?page nswfl&lvl gn&name Lawrencia title Genus Lawrencia accessdate 2009 07 21 author work PlantNET New South Wales Flora Online publisher Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia ref Species include ref name APNI cite web url http www.anbg.gov.au cgi bin apni?TAXON NAME Lawrencia title Lawrencia accessdate 2009 07 21 work Australian Plant Name Index APNI , IBIS database publisher Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra ref Lawrencia berthae small F.Muell. Melville small Showy Lawrencia ref name Corrick cite book author Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. title Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas publisher Bloomings Books location Australia year 2001 id ISBN 1876473142 ref Lawrencia buchananensis small Lander small Lawrencia chrysoderma small Lander small Lawrencia cinerea small Lander small Lawrencia densiflora small Baker f. Melville small Lawrencia diffusa small Benth. Melville small Lawrencia glomerata small Hook. small Clustered Lawrencia ref name Corrick Lawrencia helmsii small F.Muell. & Tate Lander small Dunna Dunna ref name WA FloraBase name Lawrencia id 21759 ref Lawrencia incana small J.M.Black Melville small Lawrencia repens small S.Moore Melville small Lawrencia spicata small Hook. small Salt Lawrencia Lawrencia squamata small Nees small Thorny Lawrencia ref name Corrick Lawrencia viridigrisea small Lander small References reflist Category Lawrencia es Lawrencia pt Lawrencia ... more details
taxobox regnum Plant ae image Amyema congener2.jpg unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Santalales familia Loranthaceae genus Amyema species A. congener binomial Amyema congener binomial authority Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. Philippe douard L on Van Tieghem Tiegh. Amyema congener , commonly known as the Variable mistletoe , is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic Parasitic plant hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae from eastern Australia. It is found on members of the genera Allocasuarina , Acacia and some exotic species. Franz Sieber first described this species as Loranthus congener in 1829, ref APNI name Loranthus congener id 2475 ref before Philippe douard L on Van Tieghem gave it its current binomial name in 1894. ref APNI name Amyema congener id 32977 ref It grows as shrubby plant, with either an erect or pendant drooping habit, from a tree branch or trunk. ref name floransw NSW Flora Online genus Amyema species congener author A. L. Quirico ref It is attached to the host tree by a globular woody base. ref name Ben97 cite journal last Benson first Doug coauthors McDougall, Lyn year 1997 title Ecology of Sydney plant species Part 5 Dicotyledon families Flacourtiaceae to Myrsinaceae journal Cunninghamia volume 5 issue 2 pages 330 544 url http www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au data assets pdf file 0018 73332 Cun5Ben330.pdf ref The stems and foliage are smooth. The thick leathery leaves are spear shaped lanceolate to oval or obovate and measure 4 11 cm 1.6 4.3 in in length and 1 5.5 cm 0.4 2.2 in across. Flowers can be seen at any time of year. ref name floransw The 0.8 cm 0.3 in diameter round fruit ripen over the summer December to February , and the single seed within is contained in a sticky membrane. ref name Ben97 The principal host plant of the variable mistletoe is the black sheoak Allocasuarina littoralis also forest oak Allocasuarina torulosa A. torulosa , gossamer wattle Acacia floribunda , whit ... more details
For other rivers named Severn Severn River disambiguation Infobox River river name Severn River image name image size caption origin mouth confluence with the Dumaresq River basin countries Australia length elevation mouth elevation discharge watershed The Severn River , in Queensland , is a small river that rises in the Sundown National Park which joins the Dumaresq River near the Tenterfield Creek and Glenlyon Dam road. The Dumaresq flows into the Macintyre River . The Severn river Qld is often noted as the ultimate source of the Darling River . The Severn River is one of the Border Rivers Australia Border Rivers and ought not be confused with the nearby New South Wales river of Severn River New South Wales the same name that flows directly into the Macintyre River . River Red Gum s, Allocasuarina she oaks , melaleuca s and bottlebrush es can all be found along the river. ref Rankin, Robert. 1992 Secrets of the Scenic Rim. pp 55 74. Rankin Publishers p. 19. ISBN 0 9592418 3 3 ref See also Portal Queensland List of rivers of Australia Severn River New South Wales References reflist coord 28 40 04.15 S 150 27 44.2 E type landmark region AU display title Category Rivers of Queensland Category Murray Darling basin Category Darling Downs Queensland river stub de Severn River Queensland ... more details
Snake Island is a small, low lying island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Betsey Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the Derwent River Tasmania Derwent River . ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref Flora and fauna Trees on the island include allocasuarina s and eucalypt s. Pacific Gull s have attempted to breed there. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 43 10 S 147 17 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Taxobox image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Hepialidae genus Aenetus species A. tegulatus binomial Aenetus tegulatus binomial authority Pagenstecher, 1888 synonyms Hepialus tegulatus small Pagenstecher, 1888 small Hepialus rosatus small Pagenstecher, 1888 small Hepialus cyanochlora small Lower, 1894 small Hepialus thermistis small Lower, 1894 small Charagia walsinghami small Olliff, 1895 small Aenetus tegulatus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from south eastern Papua New Guinea , the Northern Territory and Queensland . ref http www.environment.gov.au biodiversity abrs online resources fauna afd taxa Aenetus tegulatus Australian Faunal Directory ref The wingspan is about 40 mm for females and males are smaller. Adult males have mottled fawn forewings and pale green hindwings. Females have bright green forewings and pink hindwings. ref http lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au hepi tegulat.html Australian Insects ref Young larvae feed on dead leaves. Older larvae bore in the stems of saplings of various plants, including Allocasuarina littoralis and Glochidion disparides . References reflist Category Animals described in 1888 Category Hepialidae Hepialidae stub ... more details
Rodondo Island is a granite island, ringed by steep cliffs up to 200 m high, with an area of 106 hectare ha and a high point of 350 m, in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Rodondo Group, lying in northern Bass Strait only 10 km south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia Victoria , and so being the northernmost point of Tasmanian territory. It is a nature reserve with a breeding colony of over one million Short tailed Shearwater s. ref Citation title Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan url http www.parks.tas.gov.au file.aspx?id 6388 publisher Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment. Tasmania date October 2000 accessdate 2012 02 04 ref The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant navigator James Grant on 9 December 1800 from the survey brig HMS Lady Nelson 1798 6 and named from its resemblance to that rock, well known to all seamen in the West Indies , ref cite book last Grant first James authorlink James Grant navigator title The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty s vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales url http books.google.com books?id PZAvAAAAMAAJ accessdate 25 January 2012 year 1803 page 76 publisher Printed by C. Roworth for T. Egerton isbn 978 0 7243 0036 5 ref presumably Redonda coord 16 56 10 N 62 20 40 W display inline between the islands of Montserrat and Nevis . ref name Worcester1823 cite book author Joseph Emerson Worcester title A geographical dictionary or universal gazetteer, ancient and modern url http books.google.com books?id vXM9AAAAYAAJ&pg PA419 accessdate 26 January 2012 year 1823 publisher Cummings & Hilliard page 419 ref Flora and fauna Rodondo s vegetation communities include Disphyma herbfield , Stipa tussock grassland tussock grassland , Poa Poa poiformis tussock grassland, Melaleuca armillaris low closed forest, Allocasuarina Allocasuarina verticillata low open forest, ... more details
Image Allocasuarina littoralis.jpg thumb center Allocasuarina littoralis center Image Blandfordia grandiflora Minchen.jpg thumb center Blandfordia grandiflora center Edward William Minchen Minchin 25 June 1852 1913 was an Australia n botanical artist. Minchen was born in Middle Swan , Perth, Western Australia , the son of James Minchen and Elizabeth Fisher, and had a fairly checkered career pursuing jobs at sea, trades, an attempt at the stage and the National Art Gallery. He ended up working as a lithographer in New South Wales for the Lands Department, the Survey Office and the Government Printer. He often collaborated with Henry Baron 1863 ? , a lithographic artist who joined the Government Printer in 1891. Family Elizabeth Fisher 1834 , daughter of William Fisher 1803 1878 and Elizabeth Witt Wittle 1808 , at 17, married James Minchin 24 June 1821, Petersfield, Hampshire 26 May 1901, Mooroopna , Victoria , son of James Minchin 1799 1837 and Elizabeth Tewlett, on 24 August 1851 at Middle Swan . James, a carpenter, was the brother of Hester Esther Minchin 20 August 1828 Petersfield, Hampshire 11 September 1900 South Australia , who had married Elizabeth s brother, Samuel Fisher. James and Elizabeth produced three sons Edward William Minchin born in 1852 James Henry 1854 1855 James Walter born 1856. Elizabeth Fisher had arrived at the Swan River Colony from London with her parents on board the http members.iinet.net.au perthdps shipping success.htm Success on 22 March 1843. James had arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle from Portsmouth with his parents on board the http members.iinet.net.au perthdps shipping wa 0011.htm Caroline on 12 October 1829. James and his family went to Victoria Australia Victoria some time in the 1850s, where James worked as a carpenter and wheelwright. ref http www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com 3011.htm Elizabeth Fisher bot generated title at www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com ref ref http www.chaucery.com genealogy dyGed.cgi ... more details
File Redcappedrobinlostandcold.jpg thumb right 250px alt Adult male Red capped Robin perched on a branch The IBA is an important site for Red capped Robins in the Sydney region The Richmond Woodlands comprise some 329 km sup 2 sup of eucalypt woodland remnants close to Richmond, New South Wales Richmond , New South Wales , Australia . They lie at the foot of the Blue Mountains New South Wales Blue Mountains on the north western fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area. Description The Important Bird Area IBA boundary is defined by patches of habitat suitable for endangered Regent Honeyeater s and Swift Parrot s, centred on the woodlands between the Agnes Banks, New South Wales Agnes Banks , Windsor Downs, New South Wales Windsor Downs and Castlereagh Nature Reserve s, and extending south to Penrith, New South Wales Penrith and north east to encompass Scheyville National Park . It is adjacent to the forested hills of the Greater Blue Mountains Area Greater Blue Mountains IBA . ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Richmond Woodlands. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 28 09 2011. ref Flora and fauna Plants The woodlands are dominated by an overstorey of Eucalyptus moluccana Coastal Grey Box , Eucalyptus crebra Narrow leaved Ironbark and Eucalyptus tereticornis Forest Red Gum . Other trees include Eucalyptus sclerophylla Scribbly Gum , Angophora bakeri Narrow leaved Apple and the endangered Allocasuarina glareicola . There is an understorey of Bursaria spinosa Sweet Bursaria , Pultenaea violacea and Allocasuarina littoralis Black Sheoak , with groundcover of Themeda australis Kangaroo Grass , Echinopogan caespitosus , Astrida vagans , Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass and Cymbopogon refractus Barbed wire Grass . ref name bli Birds The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it regularly supports significant numbers of Regent Honeyeaters and Swift Parrots, as well as many other woodland bird sp ... more details
commonly known as eyebright are found only in Tasman National Park. ref name pws The rare Allocasuarina ... cite web url http www.dpiw.tas.gov.au inter.nsf Attachments SROS 6VH35M FILE Allocasuarina 20crassa.pdf title Allocasuarina crassa accessdate 2011 11 03 work Threatened Flora of Tasmania first last ... more details
Image Tasman Island, c.1987 iii .jpg thumb 250px right The Island c.1987 File TasmanIsland2.jpg thumb 250px right Showing lighthouse and keepers cottages Tasman Island is an oval island, with an area of 1.2 km sup 2 sup , in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula , and is in the Tasman National Park . It is a plateau surrounded by steep diabase dolerite cliffs, with its highest point 300 m above mean sea level asl and an average plateau height of 280 m asl. It is the site of the Tasman Island Lighthouse and weather station , which has been automated since 1976 and unmanned since 1977. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name LOA Flora and fauna Plants The island was once thickly forested. The forest has largely disappeared as a result of cutting the trees for firewood and of intense wildfire fires . ref name LOA cite loa TAS Tasman 20Island Tasman Island Lighthouse ref When the lighthouse was manned the keepers kept livestock , including cattle , sheep and draft horse draught horses , and maintained grassland for their grazing. Areas of grassland remain along with other vegetation communities of Heath habitat heath y scrubland scrub , regenerating scrub, Casuarinaceae sheoak woodland , Cyperaceae sedgeland and coast al mosaic. An important plant present is the rare Cape Pillar Sheoak Allocasuarina crassa . ref name TIS ref name tft cite web url http www.dpiw.tas.gov.au inter.nsf Attachments SROS 6VH35M FILE Allocasuarina 20crassa.pdf title Allocasuarina crassa accessdate 2011 11 03 work Threatened Flora of Tasmania first last publisher Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania date ref Birds File Fairy Prion with egg.jpg thumb right 250px alt Fairy Prion in nestin ... more details
Museum date 2003 accessdate 12 February 2007 ref The rare Allocasuarina portuensis Nielsen Park She ... Allocasuarina portuensis Recovery Plan publisher NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service date 2000 ... Allocasuarina cultivated, Nielsen Park.JPG cultivated She oak at Nielsen Park File East0039.jpg Greycliffe ... more details
Taxobox image image caption regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Flowering plant Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Droseraceae genus Drosera subgenus Drosera subg. Ergaleium Ergaleium sectio Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza Erythrorhiza species D. schmutzii binomial Drosera schmutzii binomial authority Allen Lowrie Lowrie & John Godfrey Conran Conran Drosera schmutzii is a perennial plant perennial tuber ous species in the genus Drosera that is native to New South Wales , South Australia , and Victoria Australia Victoria . It grows in a rosette botany rosette 3 to 4 cm in diameter with green to red leaves. It is entirely endemism endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia and occurs mostly in the northern and eastern areas. It grows in sandy clay with laterite soils in open areas amongst Allocasuarina muelleriana and often in the presence of Stylidium tepperianum . It flowers from June to September. ref name Lowrie & Conran 2008 Lowrie, A, and J. G. Conran. 2008. http www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au data assets pdf file 0018 95400 Tel122147Low.pdf A review of Drosera whittakeri s. lat. Droseraceae and description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia . Telopea , 12 2 147 165. ref It was first discovered in September 2002 by Father Erwin Schmutz, for whom the species is named. It was also collected and informally described by C. Clayton in 2003. It was then grown in cultivation for several years while further specimens were examined and finally formally described by Allen Lowrie and John Godfrey Conran in 2008. It differs from Drosera whittakeri by its very narrow eglandular Petiole botany petiole s, semi erect leaves, and presence of a few whorled leaves separated from the main basal rosette of leaves. ref name Lowrie & Conran 2008 See also List of Drosera species List of Drosera species References Reflist Category Carnivorous plants of Australia Category Caryophyllales of Australia Category Drosera sc ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2012 Use Australian English date January 2012 italic title taxobox name Prostrate Cone Bush image Isopogon prostratus Mt Tomah.jpg image width 280px regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Isopogon species I. prostratus binomial Isopogon prostratus binomial authority McGill. Isopogon prostratus or the Prostate Cone Bush is a rare prostrate shrub found in south eastern Australia . Usually seen as a heath plant, or in dry open eucalyptus woodland. Often exposed to wind, frost, snow, sun and rain. Soils are usually sandy. Older plants tend to have significant rootstock or lignotuber s. It grows from the Newnes, New South Wales Newnes Plateau , west of Sydney . And on the Great Dividing Range tablelands south to Fernbank, Victoria Fernbank in the state of Victoria Australia Victoria . It may be seen growing at the summits of Budawang Range Mount Budawang and Big Badja . ref cite web title Isopogon prostratus work Australian National Botanic Gardens, retrieved 14 December 2010 url http www.anbg.gov.au abrs online resources flora stddisplay.xsql?pnid 2129 ref It is often seen in association with Allocasuarina nana . Attractive yellow flowers form in spring and summer. ref cite web title Isopogon prostratus work PlantNET NSW Flora Online, retrieved 14 December 2010 url http plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au cgi bin NSWfl.pl?page nswfl&lvl sp&name Isopogon prostratus New South Wales Flora online ref References reflist Category Flora of New South Wales Category Flora of Victoria Australia Category Isopogon prostratus proteaceae stub Australia eudicot stub ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 File Leipoa ocellata.jpg thumb right 250px The IBA is important for Malleefowl conservation Holleton Important Bird Area is a tract of land in the eastern Wheatbelt Western Australia wheatbelt region of south western Western Australia about 290 km east of Perth, Western Australia Perth . Description The 322 km sup 2 sup site represents one of the largest areas of continuous Acacia and Allocasuarina shrubland s left within the wheatbelt. It also contains eucalypt woodland s. The area has cool winters and hot dry summers, with an annual rainfall of about 300 mm. ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Holleton. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 08 07 2011. ref Birds It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because it contains habitat for the Vulnerable species vulnerable Malleefowl as well four bird species restricted to the Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands mallee and south western biome , the Blue breasted Fairywren , Rufous Treecreeper , Western Yellow Robin and Purple gaped Honeyeater . ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Holleton accessdate 2011 07 08 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref References reflist coord 31 51 04 S 118 58 16 E display title region AU WA type landmark Category Wheatbelt Western Australia Category Important Bird Areas of Western Australia WesternAustralia geo stub ... more details
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