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6.4 Fauna Surveys<br />

6.4.1 Habitat Descriptions of Fauna Sites<br />

Habitat description summaries <strong>and</strong> photos for each fauna site are included in Table 23 <strong>and</strong> site locations are<br />

mapped in Figure 41. More detail in relation to vegetation community descriptions <strong>and</strong> structure is provided<br />

in Section 6.2.<br />

Table 23: Fauna site habitat descriptions – port facility surveys<br />

Site Photo Description<br />

Site 1<br />

Site 2<br />

Site 3<br />

Vegetation Description: Melaleuca viridiflora low open<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong> over Heteropogon triticeus<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Flat Plain<br />

Soil: S<strong>and</strong>y Loam with clay<br />

Habitat Notes: low level of flowering plants, high grass<br />

cover, small hollows (reptiles), no mistletoe, small termite<br />

mounds common, low amount of leaf litter.<br />

Vegetation Description: Callitris intratropica over<br />

Heteropogon triticeus<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Slight Rise<br />

Soil: S<strong>and</strong>y Loams<br />

Habitat Notes: Minor cattle impact, fire scars present but<br />

low impact, good level of fallen logs, low leaf litter, high<br />

canopy cover, not many flowering plants.<br />

Vegetation Description: Melaleuca viridiflora <strong>and</strong><br />

Corymbia polycarpa over Chrysopogon fallax. Isolated<br />

Eucalyptus bella<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Flat Plain<br />

Soil: Deep S<strong>and</strong>y Loam, some surface clay<br />

Habitat Notes: High cattle impact due to proximity to<br />

cattle stockyard, no hollows, Raptor nests (Sparrowhawk)<br />

in Eucalyptus bella, low termite mounds common.<br />

Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Page 123 of 150<br />

Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036<br />

Doc Title: <strong>Appendix</strong> D – <strong>Terrestrial</strong> <strong>Biodiversity</strong> Technical Report

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