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== Wildlife == The sandplains support dense stands of [[banksia]]s (''[[Banksia speciosa]]'' and ''[[Banksia pulchella]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,107/Itemid,755// |work=Park Finder |title=Cape Le Grand National Park |year=2007 |access-date=13 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707051956/http://www.naturebase.net/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,107/Itemid,755/ |archive-date=7 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other flora that can be found around the park include species of ''[[Melaleuca]]'', ''[[Grevillea]]'', [[sheoak]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cometravelaustralia.com.au/cape_le_grand.php |work=Come Travel Australia |title=Cape Le Grand National Park - Western Australia |year=2007 |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014232737/http://cometravelaustralia.com.au/cape_le_grand.php |archive-date=14 October 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> [[Nuytsia floribunda|Christmas tree]] and [[Xanthorrhoea|grass tree]]s. Wildflower blooms peak in the austral spring, lasting until October and species such as blue china orchid ''[[Cyanicula gemmata]]'', ''[[Diuris corymbosa]]'', ''[[Hakea laurina]]'', ''[[Thysanotus sparteus]]'' and ''[[Thelymitra macrophylla]]'' are represented within the park. Fauna that are commonly found within the park include [[bandicoot]]s, [[honey possum|pygmy honey possum]]s, [[ring tailed possum]]s, [[quenda]] and [[western grey kangaroo]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wildflowerswa.com/NR/rdonlyres/D25D71E3-5D89-448B-80B1-12318899B641/0/EsperanceTrail.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051424/http://www.wildflowerswa.com/NR/rdonlyres/D25D71E3-5D89-448B-80B1-12318899B641/0/EsperanceTrail.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=live |title=Esperance Trail Map |year=2009 |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> Some of the [[relict species]] with [[gondwana]]n links that are found within the park include species of [[legless lizard]], like the common scaly-foot ''[[Pygopus lepidopodus]]'', and ''[[Delma fraseri]]'', ''[[Delma australis]]'' and ''[[Aprasia striolata]]''. The ancient, although non-gondwanan, blind snake ''[[Ramphotyphlops australis]]'' is also found within the park. Endemic frogs found within the area include the quacking frog ''[[Crinia georgiana]]'', the banjo frog ''[[Limnodynastes dorsalis]]'' and the humming frog ''[[Neobatrachus pelobatoides]]''.
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