Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

The Swan complex is described as fringing woodland of Eucalyptus rudis – Melaleuca
rhaphiophylla with localised occurrence of low open forests of Casuarina obesa and
Melaleuca cuticularis.
Both the Guildford and Swan complexes are regionally rare with less than 10%
protection in Bush Forever sites across the Perth Metropolitan Region (Bush Forever:
Volume 1 Policies, Principles and Processes, 2000).
The Guildford complex is also locally rare with less than 30% protection of the
original extent of this vegetation. However, the remaining extent of this vegetation
complex is protected within National Park and Bush Forever and the presence of
LNAs is limited (refer to Table 11).
Locally, the Swan vegetation complex is well protected with nearly 100% of the
original extent protected within the Shire. As with the Guildford complex, the
presence of LNA containing the Swan vegetation complex is limited and so there is
little opportunity to further preserve this complex (refers to Table 11).
The Cooke vegetation complex is associated with the uplands of the Darling Plateau.
The Cooke vegetation complex is not regionally or locally rare with 64.2% protection
in the National Park and 35.4% retention in State Forest. This complex is also not
present to a great extent within LNAs (refer to Table 11).
Box 10: Preferred Target for the Guildford, Swan and Cooke Vegetation Complexes
Retain existing protected areas of the Guildford, Swan and Cooke
vegetation complexes by working co-operatively with DEC and other State
Government departments to ensure that identified threatening processes
are addressed and the conservation of biodiversity values is maintained.
9.4 Helena 1, Helena 2, Murray 1, Murray 2 and Dwellingup 2
Vegetation Complexes
Helena 1, Helena 2, Murray 1 and Murray 2 vegetation complexes are all associated
with the valleys of the Darling Plateau. The Dwellingup 2 vegetation complex is
associated with the uplands of the Darling Plateau.
These vegetation complexes are not considered to be locally or regionally rare, all
having greater than 30% protection within the Conservation Estate.
Large portions of LNAs in the Shire are retained for each of these complexes. The
Shire could look at protecting these LNAs should any opportunity arise. This
information is summarised in Table 13 and has been used to draft the target
detailed in Box 11.
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