The whole South Coast region falls within the important and globally significant South West Biodiversity Hotspot which covers the whole of South-West Western Australia. National Parks and Reserves feature throughout the region ranging from the impressive and towering wet sclerophyll Karri and Tingle forests in the west, to the stunning Banksia woodlands and coastal heath of the Cape Arid National Park in the East.
Banksia coccinea is a small shrub or tree endemic to South West Western Australia. It is distributed along the coastal fringe of Walpole to Esperance, and inland to the Stirling Ranges National Park. It can grow up to 8 metres.
Eucalyptus ficifolia (Red-flowering Gum)
Eucalyptus ficifolia is native to a very small area of South Coastal Western Australia, East of Mt Frankland and Walpole. It can grow from 2-10 metres.
Eucalyptus sepulcralis (Weeping Gum)
Eucalyptus sepulcralis is a mallee growing from 3-8 metres tall. It is known only at and near the eastern end of the Fitzgerald Range National Park on lateritic sandplains and low hills.
Isopogon latifolius
A small to medium sized shrub found in the Stirling Range National Park on rocky slopes and summits of hills. They grow to a size of 0.9-3 metres.
Darwinia meeboldii (Cranbrook Bell)
A small to medium shrub endemic to the South West of Western Australia. It grows between 0.5-3 Metres. It occurs on hill slopes of the Stirling Range National Park.
Pimelia physodes (Quaalup Bell)
Pimelia physodes is a small erect shrub of about 1 metre. It is found around the Fitzgerald Biosphere Region on sand often with gravel or rocks.
Banksia coccinea (Scarlet Banksia, Albany Banksia)
