Jarrah Forest

Jarrah Forest
Southwest Australia woodlands
Jarrah Forest; Southwest Australia woodlands
	Jarrah Forest near Pemberton in 2008
	The IBRA regions, with Jarrah Forest in red
Ecology
Realm	Australasian
Biome	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders	List Esperance mallee (Mallee bioregion); Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands (Warren bioregion); Southwest Australia savanna (Avon Wheatbelt bioregion),; Swan Coastal Plain Shrublands and Woodlands; Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain;
Geography
Area	46,150 km2 (17,820 sq mi)
Country	Australia
state	Western Australia
Coordinates	33.491°S 117.028°E
Conservation
Protected	12.86%

Jarrah Forest, also known as the Southwest Australia woodlands, is an interim Australian bioregion and ecoregion located in the south west of Western Australia. The name of the bioregion refers to the region's dominant plant community, jarrah forest – a tall, open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata).

Jarrah Forest is recognised globally as a significant hotspot of plant biodiversity and endemism, and is also managed for land uses such as water, timber and mineral production, recreation, and conservation.

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