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In Western Australia, old growth forests are found only in the South West. The more northerly of these forests are mainly jarrah and marri, and as rainfall increases to the south the composition changes to mainly karri, marri and tingle.


Comprehensive Regional Assessment map South West Region old-growth forest. CALM January 1998. NOTE: Independant research indicates that this map does not show the full extent of old growth forest.
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Satellite image December 1998, produced by the Department of Land Administration, WA. The green area in the bottom left of the image shows the extent of forest cover.
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produced with the assistance of former Greens (WA) Senator Dee Margetts and WAFA. Send us an email!