Burma Road Nature Reserve

Burma Road Nature Reserve is a conservation area in the City of Greater Geraldton local government area of Western Australia.[1] It lies 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Geraldton and 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Walkaway. It is a C-class reserve and covers an area of 6,889.5 hectares (17,024 acres) It is predominantly kwongan scrub-heath, typical of the Tathra Vegetation system of Beard and Burns. Almost all the native vegetation within a 20 km (12 mi) radius of the reserve has been cleared. There is only 11% of native vegetation remaining in the area (1256.6 km2), of which most is within the reserve.

References
  1. "Burma Road Nature Reserve". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  • Franks, Andrew; Branigan, Simon; Smith, Bayden (2006). Flora survey : Burma Road Nature Reserve. Perth: Environmental Services Unit, Greening Australia (WA).
  • Foulds, Bill; McMillan, Peter (1988). Burma Road Reserve report 1988: An ecological study of Burma Road Reserve, Greenough Shire, Western Australia. Perth: Western Australian College of Advanced Education. 6563629.

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