Badgingarra National Park is a national park in

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, 190 km north of

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off the

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adjacent to the town of Badgingarra. The park is in area and features high breakaway country overlooking low undulating sandplains. The park is renowned for its incredible diversity of endemic wildflowers. Mullering Brook passes through the park creating a swampy area. The area is mostly composed of low scrub with plant species such as mottlecah, smokebush, ''

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Verticordia :For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. verticor ...

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kangaroo paw Kangaroo paw is the common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are native to the south-west of Western Australia. These Rhizome, rhizomatous perennial plants are noted for their unique bird-attracting f ...

and the rare Badgingarra mallee are found throughout the area. The area is threatened by the spread of dieback. Some of the spectacular wildflowers that can be found within the park include rare species such as '' Hakea flabellifolia'', '' Strangea cynanchicarpa'' and ''

Eucalyptus pendens ''Eucalyptus pendens'', commonly known as the Badgingarra weeping mallee, is a mallee that is native to a small area on the west coast of Western Australia. Description The mallee (habit), mallee typically grows to a height of and has a slender ...

''. Many animals such as

western grey kangaroo The western grey kangaroo (''Macropus fuliginosus''), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, i ...

emu The emu (; ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is a species of flightless bird endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is the Tallest extant birds, tallest native bird. It is the only extant taxon, extant member of the genus ''Dromaius'' and the ...

bustard Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and in steppe regions. They range in length from . They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae). Bustards are ...

s and

wedgetail eagle The wedge-tailed eagle (''Aquila audax'') also known as the eaglehawk, is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north and is distributed as far south as the state of Tasmania. A ...

s also inhabit the area.

References

National parks of Western Australia Protected areas established in 1973 Shire of Dandaragan {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub