Refugia for biological diversity in arid and semi-arid Australia
Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 4
S.R. Morton, J. Short and R.D. Barker, with an Appendix by G.F. Griffin and G. Pearce
Biodiversity Unit
Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1995
4. Foci of biological diversity in Western Australia (continued)
4.16. Hampton
Area
11,670 km².
Primary land-use
Sheep grazing, conservation reserves, crown land.
National Parks and Nature Reserves
Nuytsland Nature Reserve.
Management problems
No information.
ANZECC-listed species
Birds: Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata (V) are recorded (Blakers et al. 1984).
Species that are regionally endemic
The skinks Ctenotus brooksi euclae, Pseudemoia baudini, Lerista arenicola and L. picturata baynesi are endemic to the Region (McKenzie et al. 1987; Cogger 1992).
Relict populations
No information.
Other significant populations
An undescribed subspecies of quandong Santalum acuminatum has been recorded (McKenzie et al. 1987). The rare plant Phlegmatospermum richardsii is recorded (Leigh et al. 1984, p. 177).
Wetland sites
None listed.
Refugia
None identified.