Lesueur National Park
| Lesueur National Park | |
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| Nearest city | Jurien Bay |
| Area | 27,235 ha (67,300 acres)[1] |
| Established | 1992 |
| Governing body | Department of Environment and Conservation |
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Lesueur National Park is a national park straddling the boundary between the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia (Australia), 211 km north of Perth. The park was gazetted in 1992. It includes a mesa known as Mount Lesueur, and supports a highly diverse flora.
Flora
Lesueur National Park lies in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion, which is characterised by scrubby heath with a high number of plants from the Proteaceae family.
Vegetation in the park is structurally complex, with patches of woodland amongst shrublands.[2]
There are over 900 indigenous plant species in the park, many of which are endemic.[2] Rare or threatened species include the Mount Lesueur Grevillea, Forrest's Wattle, the Lesueur Hakea and the Laterite Mallee.
The park is the northern limit for Jarrah and Mountain Marri, both of which grow as mallees instead of the more usual tall tree form.
See also
References
- ^ "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Department of Environment and Conservation. 2010: 48. ISSN 1835-114X.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Management Plan:Lesueur National Park and Coomallo Nature Reserve1995 - 2005" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Land Management. 1995. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
External links
- "Lesueur National Park". Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- Desmond, Anthony; Chant, Alanna (September 2001). "A Biodiversity Audit of Western Australia's 53 Biogeographical Subregions in 2002: Geraldton Sandplain 3 (GS3 - Lesueur Sandplain subregion)" (PDF). Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
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