VEGETATION OF WEST BENDERING NATURE RESERVE

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract: The vegetation of West Bendering Reserve conforms to that found throughout the Avon Botanical District. It has all the major vegetation formlJ.tion types of the wheatbelt represented, except salt complex. This reserve has the major formations much more equitably distributed (in terms of area) than does the neighbouring Bendering Reserve even though the latter is about 3 to 4 times larger. It has 27 distinct associations, averaging 1.69 associations per square km. One' hundred and eighty-seven species of plants were recorded including Santalum spicatum (sandalwood) a species now scarce in the wheatbelt. A contrived index of abundance of senescent trees is presented. Data from West Bendering Reserve is compared with and contrasted to that of Bendering Reserve.