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2 unusual facts about Esperance Plains


Esperance Plains

Since Version 6.1, Esperance Plains is divided into two subregions, Fitzgerald and Recherche.

The first biogeographical regionalisation of Western Australia, that of Ludwig Diels in 1906, included a region named "Eyre" that roughly encompassed the present-day Esperance Plains and Mallee regions.


Actinodium cunninghamii

A common name, Albany Daisy, indicates its distribution in Southwest Australia, occurring inland from the southern coast near Albany and on the Esperance Plains to the Fitzgerald River.

Dryandra ser. Plumosae

In addition, all three are restricted to western parts of the Esperance Plains region of Western Australia, between the Stirling Range and the Fitzgerald River region.

Pelargonium drummondii

The plant is found along granitic coastal regions and inland granitic inselbergs of Southwest Australia, east of the Esperance Plains to the western most point at Cape Naturaliste.


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