Hans Lambers presented at the Cockburn Community Wildlife Corridor public meeting that was held on the 12th of February 2017 at the Cockburn Wetlands Centre.

1. Perth as a biodiversity hotspot:
linking reserves via wildlife
corridors
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Utricularia menziesii, redcoats, a bird-pollinated carnivorous plant
Photo: Hans Lambers

2. ‘Isoflors’ for
biodiversity of the
southwest of WA,
home for 8,000 plant
species (a third of
Australia’s flora)
Hopper, S.D. & Gioia, P. 2004. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 35: 623-650.

3. Kings Park
Greater Brixton
Street Wetlands
Area (ha)
Plantdiversity
Tremendous plant diversity in the Greater Brixton
Street Wetlands, especially Alison Baird reserve, but
why is that?

4. Alison Baird
Reserve

5. Alison Baird
Reserve

6. • At least 385 native plant species on just 35 ha
• 2 Priority 1 species
• 4 Priority 2 species
• 14 Priority 3 species
• 8 Priority 4 species
• 11 Threatened plant species
• 3 Threatened Ecological Communities
– Shrublands and Woodlands on Muchea Limestone of the Swan
Coastal Plain
– Claypans of the Swan Coastal plain
– Banksia Woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain
• 71 weed species
Special features of Alison Baird Reserve
Source: Cate Tauss, unpublished

7. Drosera glanduligera, pimpernel sundew
Photos: Hans Lambers

8. Petrophile linearis
Thysanotus manglesianus
Anigozanthos viridis
Calandrinia granulifera
Banksia telmatiaea Hemiandra pungens
Adenanthos cygnorum Anigozanthos humilis

9. Photos: Hans Lambers

10. Weeds are obviously a problem, but I have very few photos
to show the 71 species that Cate Tauss identified
Photos: Hans Lambers

11. Alison Baird is just one example, but there are many
reserves of great conservation value in Perth,
including Beeliar Regional Park
Photos: Fiona Smith

12. Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for
wildlife, including threatened Carnaby’s Black
Cockatoos
Photos: Hans
Lambers

13. Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for wildlife,
including threatened Carnaby’s and Red-tailed Black
Cockatoos
Photos: Hans Lambers

14. Gardens and road verges can act as corridors for
wildlife
Photos: Hans Lambers

15. Stylidium brunonianum
Photo: Hans Lambers