What Edgbaston protects
Bustards in native grasslands at Edgbaston. Photo Wayne Lawler/EcoPix.
Edgbaston protects plants that are found nowhere else. Some of (such as the endangered Tall Pipewort) are completely new to science. It also protects Aloe Pipewort (endangered), Blue Devil (endangered), Regal Bassia (vulnerable), Watermilfoil and Spring grass.
Animals: Red-finned Blue-eye (endangered fish), Edgbaston Goby (vulnerable fish), Squatter Pigeon, Brolga, Australian Bustard, Black-headed Python.
Vegetation communities: Artesian springs community (endangered), Spinifex hummock grassland, Cane grass grassland, Mitchell grass grassland, Microcybe wattle shrubland.