BIOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF KOOLAN ISLAND, WESTERN AUTRALIA 1. FLORA AND VEGETATION

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Abstract - A total of 282 plant taxa have been recorded from five major vegetation units on Koolan Island at the head of the Yampi Peninsula. This represents over a quarter of the flora recorded for the Fitzgerald Botanical District. A total of 12 new naturalised weeds were recorded from the island. The closure of the iron ore mine on Koolan Island and the removal of the town will provide opportunities to study both weed invasion and persistence and the establishment of a large permanent wetland in a sub-humid tropical environment.