List of threatened ecological communities of Western Australia
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This is a list of threatened ecological communities of Western Australia
, as approved by the state Minister for the Environment
in December 2006.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, as approved by the state Minister for the Environment
Minister for the Environment
The Minister for the Environment may refer to:*Department of the Environment *The Minister in charge of the Ministry for the Environment...
in December 2006.
- Banksia attenuata woodland over species rich dense shrublands
- Perched wetlands of the Wheatbelt region with extensive stands of living Swamp Sheoak (Casuarina obesa) and Paperbark (Melaleuca strobophylla) across the lake floor
- Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain Ironstones (Busselton area)
- Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the southern Swan Coastal Plain
- Stromatolite like freshwater microbialite community of coastal brackish lakes
- Stromatolite like microbialite community of coastal freshwater lakes
- Communities of Tumulus Springs (Organic Mound Springs, Swan Coastal Plain)
- Shrublands and woodlands of the eastern side of the Swan Coastal Plain
- Perth to Gingin Ironstone Association
- Shrublands and woodlands on Muchea Limestone
- Rimstone Pools and Cave Structures Formed by Microbial Activity on Marine Shorelines
- Callitris preissii (or Melaleuca lanceolata) forests and woodlands, Swan Coastal Plain
- Shrublands on calcareous silts of the Swan Coastal Plain
- Southern wet shrublands, Swan Coastal Plain