Western Australia is renowned for its unique plants, algae and fungi, from the forests of our south-west to the vast meadows of seagrass offshore, and the boab trees of the Kimberley.
The south-west of Western Australia is one of the world's 34 biodiversity ‘hotspots’, with some of the richest and most unique reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth.
There are about 13,000 species of plants in Western Australia, of which 3,000 are yet to be formally named.
Parks and Wildlife has a key role in protecting our native plants through the management of lands and waters reserved under the Conservation and Land Management Act, a range of conservation initiatives operating on other lands, and the protection of threatened species and ecological communities.
You need a licence to take part or all of any native plant.
The following guidelines have been developed to assist in the design and implementation of vegetation monitoring projects.
Techniques for mapping weed distribution and cover in bushland and wetlands2.57 MB
The Native Vegetation Condition Assessment and Monitoring Manual for Western Australia4.08 MB