Targeted Vegetation Survey of Floodplains and Lower Slopes on the ...

CCA08 Far North Coast <strong>Targeted</strong> <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Survey</strong>
Tables
Table 2(i) Compatible Data Sets .............................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Table 2(ii) Supporting Information Data Sets .................................................................................................................................................................................8
Table 2(iii) <strong>Vegetation</strong> Formations .........................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Table 2(iv) Deposition Environment ....................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Table 2(v) Sites by strata - geology ....................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Table 2(vi) L<strong>and</strong>form Relief Class .........................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Table 3(i) Most commonly recorded species <strong>of</strong> plant in the study area. ..................................................................................................................13
Table 3(ii) Most commonly recorded exotic species recorded in the study area. ..............................................................................................13
Table 3(iii) Primary, secondary <strong>and</strong> tertiary floristic groups differentiated by hierarchical
agglomerative clustering <strong>of</strong> full floristic data (species <strong>and</strong> relative abundance). ......................................................................................15
Table 3(iv) Summary <strong>of</strong> primary groups <strong>and</strong> the assemblages that fall within each resulting from expert assessment ..........18
Table 3(v) <strong>Vegetation</strong> communities ..................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Table 3(vi) Endangered Ecological Communities represented in communities identified in this survey
<strong>of</strong> the Far North Coast <strong>of</strong> NSW. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Table 3(vii) Plant species <strong>of</strong> conservation significance recorded in the FNC study area. ...............................................................................27
Table 3(viii) Species <strong>of</strong> Conservation Significiance, the communities in which they were recorded,
<strong>and</strong> the habitat in which they occur. ......................................................................................................................................................................................30
Table 4(i) Communities not known to be reserved. ...............................................................................................................................................................45
Table 4(ii) Poorly conserved communities. .................................................................................................................................................................................46
Table 4(iii) Communities with a fair level <strong>of</strong> conservation in reserves. ......................................................................................................................48
Table 4(iv) Communities that are adequately reserved in the study area. ..............................................................................................................49
Figures
Figure 1. The study area. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Figure 3.1. Location <strong>of</strong> study sites within the FNC study area. ........................................................................................................................................14
Figure 3.2. Dendrogram <strong>of</strong> 62 vegetation groups from classification <strong>of</strong> 346 sites .............................................................................................17
Figure 3.3. Locations <strong>of</strong> records <strong>of</strong> species <strong>of</strong> conservation significance threatened species from the
present survey <strong>of</strong> the FNC study area. ....................................................................................................................................................................................29
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