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Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve
Dragon Rocks is a 322 km2 nature reserve in the south-east of the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), wheatbelt region of Western Australia, some 310 km east-south-east of Perth, Western Australia, Perth. It is surrounded by farmland. It is listed on Australia's Register of the National Estate as an area significant for rare species of plants and animals.Australian Heritage Database. Flora and fauna The reserve contains 28 different vegetation associations, including heaths, woodlands, low forests, mallee (habit), mallee and kwongan. The large number of plant community, plant communitiess form a complex mosaic characteristic of wheatbelt vegetation, including vegetation communities occurring on laterite. Sixteen 16 plants, including 13 eucalypts, are endemic either to the wheatbelt region or to Western Australia. The rare Grevillea involucrata, Lake Varley grevillea is found in the reserve. Frog species found in the reserve include Günther's toadlet and the Litoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevillea Involucrata
''Grevillea involucrata'', also known as Lake Varley grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an openly-branched, prostrate or low-lying shrub with divided leaves with parallel, oblong to linear lobes, and pink flowers with a pinkish-red Style (botany), style. Description ''Grevillea intricata'' is an openly-branched, prostrate to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of and up to wide. Its leaves are long, wide and divided with parallel oblong to linear lobes long and wide. The edges of the leaflets are rolled under, enclosing most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or threes in leaf axils or on the ends of branches on a rachis long, the Gynoecium#Pistils, pistil long. The flowers are pale to dark pink with a reddish-pink style. Flowering occurs from June to October and the fruit is a hairy, oblong to elliptic Follicle (fruit), follicle long. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
