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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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