Mogumber Nature Reserve

The Mogumber Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Australia. It is a refuge for the endangered Western Swamp Tortoise along with the Twin Swamps Nature Reserve and the Ellen Brook Nature Reserve.[2] Twin Swamps and Ellen Brook are IUCN Protected Area Management Category IV Reserves, while the Mogumber Nature Reserve is a Category Ia nature reserve.

Mogumber Nature Reserve
Western Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Mogumber Nature Reserve
Coordinates31.0701°S 116.0433°E / -31.0701; 116.0433
FootnotesCoordinates[1]
See alsoList of protected areas of
Western Australia

The vegetation is a woodland dominated by marri (Corymbia calophylla) and jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata). The rare species Darwinia carnea (Mogumber bell) occurs in the area.[3]

Amongst the fauna is a group of Carnaby's black cockatoo, attracted to tree hollows and food in the woodland.[3]

The site is associated with the Yued people of Southwest Australia, who record it as a meeting point for other groups and within the broader Moore River Mythological Waggyl site.[3]

References
  1. "Mogumber Nature Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
  2. "Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Tortoise)". Australian Government - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
  3. "Enhancing Mogumber Town Reserve as a local natural asset : NRM WA". www.nrm.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia.


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