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Table 18: Fauna site habitat descriptions – Cox River haul road surveys<br />
Towns Survey – Cox River<br />
Site 1<br />
Site 2<br />
Site 3<br />
Site 4<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Corymbia ferruginea<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Rocky s<strong>and</strong>stone ridge<br />
with outcropping<br />
Soil: Brown shallow earth soils<br />
Habitat Notes: Rock crevices,<br />
rock faces, high seed resources,<br />
high vegetation cover, moderate<br />
leaf litter, 100m from permanent<br />
creek<br />
Impacts: Minor impact from cattle<br />
in saddles<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Callitris<br />
intratropica<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Swamp depression,<br />
ephemeral<br />
Soil: brown to yellow clay<br />
Habitat Notes: hollows common,<br />
vegetation cover, no water close<br />
by, high grass cover,<br />
Impacts: none identified<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Eucalyptus tetrodonta <strong>and</strong><br />
Corymbia ferruginea Mid Open<br />
Woodl<strong>and</strong>, hummock grass<br />
understorey<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Slightly undulating<br />
plains<br />
Soil: brown loamy s<strong>and</strong> with minor<br />
gravel<br />
Habitat Notes: fallen logs scarce,<br />
patchy mid story cover, low leaf<br />
litter, tree hollows scarce,<br />
Impacts: none identified<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Melaleuca woodl<strong>and</strong>, +/-<br />
Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa,<br />
Eucalyptus camaldulensis<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Riparian Zone (minor<br />
watercourse), a tributary of Cox<br />
River.<br />
Soil: Gravel, plus course river<br />
s<strong>and</strong><br />
Habitat Notes: Flowing water<br />
present about 1m maximum depth<br />
Impacts: Feral pigs, horses<br />
U1: Petalostigma pubescens,<br />
Erythrophleum chlorostachys Owenia<br />
vernicosa, Corymbia ferruginea <strong>and</strong><br />
Eucalyptus tetrodonta (35 %cover, 6-8m<br />
height)<br />
M1: Wrightia saligna <strong>and</strong> Calytrix<br />
exstipulata (6% cover, 0.5-6m height)<br />
G1: Bulbostylis barbata, Tacca<br />
leontopetaloides, Merremia incisa,<br />
Spermacoce sp., Corchorus sidoides,<br />
Portulaca filifolia, Gonocarpus<br />
leptothecus, Setaria surgens, Bonamia<br />
pannosa, <strong>and</strong> Glycine tomentella Vigna<br />
lanceolata var. filiformis (70% cover, 0-<br />
0.5m height).<br />
U1: Melaleuca citrolens, Callitris<br />
intratropica, Grevillea striata,<br />
Petalostigma pubescens, Eucalyptus<br />
microtheca <strong>and</strong> Hakea arborescens (35<br />
%cover, 6-8m height)<br />
M1: Melaleuca citrolens, Grevillea striata,<br />
Calytrix exstipulata, Carissa lanceolata,<br />
Ehretia saligna <strong>and</strong> Brachychiton<br />
diversifolius (6% cover, 0.5-6m height)<br />
G1: Tacca leontopetaloides, Breynia<br />
cernua, Sorghum plumosum <strong>and</strong> Triodia<br />
sp. (70% cover, 0-0.5m height).<br />
U1: Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Corymbia<br />
ferruginea, Corymbia terminalis <strong>and</strong><br />
Alphitonia excelsa (35 %cover, 6-8m<br />
height)<br />
M1: Petalostigma pubescens, Bossiaea<br />
bossiaeoides <strong>and</strong> Brachychiton<br />
paradoxus, (6% cover, 0.5-6m height)<br />
G1: Evolvulus alsinoides, Merremia<br />
incisa, Spermacoce sp. <strong>and</strong> Grass<br />
sp. (70% cover, 0-0.5m height).<br />
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