''Lepidosperma bungalbin'' is a rare species of sedge endemic to one mountain range in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
It was described in 1995 by
RusselL L. Barrett.
''Lepidosperma bungalbin'' is found exclusively on hillsides in the banded ironstone
Helena and Aurora Range
The Helena and Aurora Range or Bungalbin is a range of mountains and hills in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, north-east of Southern Cross and north-east of Koolyanobbing within the Shire of Yilgarn. The range is the l ...
in Western Australia, an area in danger of potential
mining operations
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...
. The species is accordingly classified as
conservation priority one in Western Australia. It survives in its rocky habitat owing to
water runoff from occasional precipitation.
''Lepidosperma bungalbin'' grows between in height, with bright green to yellow leaves.
References
Flora of Western Australia
bungalbin
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