Local Government
Denmark
Region
Great Southern
409 Illsley Drive Denmark
Lot 409, Reserve 18340
Denmark
Great Southern
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Jun 2011 | Considerable Significance | |
The area supports a highly diverse range of fungi (Criterion A.3). The uncommon chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii), has been sighted in the area and nesting sites for the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also occur (Criterion B.1). These values were assessed on a regional basis as part of a study of National Estate Values in the Southern Forests Region, south- west Western Australia. King Karri with understorey of large casuarinas and peppermints. Many ferns, some in high branches of casuarinas. Rich in season with wood attacking and litter inhabiting fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi fruiting under favourable humid conditions. The Chuditch and Peregrine Falcon have been reported in the area.
Primary Karri forest in pristine condition.
This is the only area of Karri forest in the Shire of Denmark not to have been logged since European settlement. This area has not carried fire since 1937.
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| CALM;"Draft Report" | |||
| Australian Heritage Commission & CALM; "National Estate Values in the southern forest region of South West WA". | 1992 | ||
| P Christianson & I Abbott; "Impact of fire on Eucalypt forest ecosystem of south Western Australia: a critical review in Australian Forestry". p 52, 103-121 | 1989 |
Landscape
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