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Declared Rare Flora. Two declared rare species are listed

for the reserve, Verticordia fimbrilepis ssp fimbrilepis and a

variant of Dryandra ionthocarpa (currently under review).

The latter record extends that species range by approxi-

mately 240 km (former distribution just south of the

Stirling Range). Both these species have the IUCN rank-

ing of critically endangered.

Priority species. Five priority species have been identi-

fied, and along with the other rare flora this reaffirms the

high conservation value of the reserve.

Acacia anarthros. Priority 3. This species is known from

more than a dozen small remnants and the Jingaring

Nature Reserve find represents one of the larger

populations with secure conservation tenure. This

population, and another slightly north near Lake

Mears, are the only outliers from the known major

populations centred around Calingiri, approximately

160 km away.

Anigozanthos bicolor ssp exstans. Priority 3. Scattered

populations of this species are found from Meckering

to south of Pingelly, and appear to be associated with

open woodland areas. So far, less than 5 plants have

been discovered in the reserve, all in the typical wood-

land habitat.

Calothamnus brevifolius. Priority 3. Its distribution is a rela-

tively wide area from Marchagee (north) to Tammin

and Corrigin (east) and to the Brookton area (south).

The large Jingaring population is significant com-

pared to the other smaller roadside remnants.

Calytrix  sp (Jingaring). Priority 2. Recently, this taxa has

been recognised as distinct from Calytrix asperula whose

populations are all distributed near the south coast.

There are only three populations of Calytrix  sp

(Jingaring) now recognized, on the reserve, at

Aldersyde, and over 100 km eastwards near

Narembeen. It is doubtful whether this last popula-

tion still exists as the original collection was made in

1929 prior to significant land clearing there.

Dryandra lindleyana ssp agricola. Priority 1. A number of

scattered populations are known over a relatively

small area from east of Brookton to Kondinin. There

are thousands of individual plants in the reserve,

making this one of the largest populations.