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Vegetation Type 11 Short Description: Terminalia canescens Tall Sparse Shrubland NVIS Code: S4r Plate 20: Vegetation community site V22b Area: 0.07 km 2 and 0.2% total surveyed area Survey Sites: V22b Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036 Doc Title: Appendix D – Terrestrial Biodiversity Report Plate 21. Distribution of the Vegetation Type Strata Modal growth form Mean Cover % Mean height (m) NVIS code Upper Shrub 15 (15 - 15) 0.4 (0 - 0.5) S4r Mid - - - - Ground Tussock Grass 40 (40 - 40) 0.4 (0 - 0.5) G1i NVIS Description: Terminalia canescens, Terminalia bursarina, Hakea arborescens Tall Sparse Shrubland over Alloteropsis semialata, Chrysopogon fallax, Pseudopogonatherum contortum, Schizachyrium fragile Low Open Tussock Grassland. Upper: Tall sparse shrubland of Terminalia canescens (fq 100%), Eucalyptus pruinosa (fq 100%), Terminalia bursarina (fq 100%), Terminalia volucris (fq 100%), Hakea arborescens (fq 100%), Calytrix exstipulata (fq 100%), Dolichandrone filiformis (fq 100%), Flueggea virosa (fq 100%). Mid: The mid layer was indistinct and generally graded into the Upper. Ground: Low open tussock grassland of Alloteropsis semialata (fq 100%), Chrysopogon fallax (fq 100%), Pseudopogonatherum contortum (fq 100%), Schizachyrium fragile (fq 100%), Corchorus sidoides (fq 100%). Other Species: Upper: no additional species. Mid: Helicteres cana (fq 100%), Margaritaria dubium-traceyi (fq 100%), Petalostigma banksii (fq 100%), Wrightia saligna (fq 100%). Ground: Buchnera linearis (fq 100%), Evolvulus alsinoides (fq 100%), Hybanthus enneaspermus (fq 100%), Mnesithea formosa (fq 100%),%), Thaumastochloa striata (fq 100%), Thysanotus chinensis (fq 100%), Waltheria indica (fq 100%), Zornia muriculata (fq 100%).
Landform: simple slope General Condition: No weeds or feral animals were detected on the single site (V22b) for this vegetation type. Fire impacts were moderate. Species of Conservation Significance: No species of conservation significance were encountered for this vegetation type. Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036 Doc Title: Appendix D – Terrestrial Biodiversity Report
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EcOz Environmental Services Draft E
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Document Control Record Prepared by
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5.5 Sensitive Habitats ............
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Figure 25: Notable habitat identifi
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Appendices FAUNA APPENDICES Appendi
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Figure 1: Locations for three propo
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Table 1: A summary of key informati
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• Fine scale vegetation mapping (
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Coastal Port Facilities The coastal
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“Vegetation mapping is not an exa
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• Water bodies - The waterbodies
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2.3 Groundwater Dependant Ecosystem
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Haul Road Transport Corridor Five s
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Figure 2: Map of all fauna survey l
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Bat Survey Bat species present were
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The Freshwater fish surveys were ca
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2.6 Targeted Surveys 2.6.1 Bare-rum
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Figure 3: The IUCN Red List categor
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D-3. Desktop Review 3.1 Climate The
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3.3 Sites of Conservation Significa
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3.4 Topography and Geomorphology Th
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Figure 6: Five-year fire scar map o
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3.6 Weeds Weed data was collected f
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3.7.2 Flora Records Flora surveys w
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Figure 10: Map of existing flora re
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Figure 11: Proposed site layout pla
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Table 9: Five main vegetation and l
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Veg. Type Table 10: Vegetation Type
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Figure 13: Five main vegetation typ
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4.3.2 Vegetation Condition The fire
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(note that conceptual site layout h
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It is unknown whether an increase o
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Site Photo Description F5 F6 F7 F8a
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Site Photo Description F12 F13 F14
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4.5.2 Fauna Survey Results The Wet
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• The remaining species are all l
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Figure 24: Locations of freshwater
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4.7 Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat Surv
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Figure 25: Notable habitat identifi
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Sections of the McArthur land syste
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Table 14: Land system and vegetatio
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Land System Landform Soils Vegetati
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5.3 Vegetation Surveys National Veg
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NVIS Level 3 Veg ID Description (ad
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Figure 27: Haul road (and surrounds
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5.3.1 Notable flora records Surveys
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Towns Survey - Lower Reaches Site 4
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Towns Survey - Upper Site 3 Site 4
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Table 18: Fauna site habitat descri
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diversity. The riparian zone and ad
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Figure 34: Map 1 of 4 - Haul road s
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Figure 36: Map 3 of 4 - Haul road s
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5.5.2 Rocky Sandstone Ridges Rocky
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feature the three species of freshw
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Figure 39: Land system map of the c
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Table 22: Vegetation type summaries
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6.3.2 Vegetation Condition The vege
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6.3.4 Introduced Plant Species Envi
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Site Photo Description Site 4 Site
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6.4.2 Fauna Survey Results The surv
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6.5 Sensitive Habitats None of the
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6.5.4 Melaleuca Swamp This is a rel
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Figure 46: Map of threatened and no
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SCIENTIFIC NAME Falcunculus frontat
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7.1.2 Migratory Shorebirds The Gulf
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Figure 48: Location of MLA and haul
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7.1.4 Proposed Status Changes In 20
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Table 29: Notable flora species wit
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SCIENTIFIC NAME LENTIBULARIACEAE Ut
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7.3 Sensitive Habitat 7.3.1 MLA Are
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D-9. References Aldrick, JM & Wilso
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NRETAS 2006, Threatened Species of
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Client: Western Desert Resources Lt
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Client:
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME VARANID
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME STATU S
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Table 2-3: Mammals found from MLA f
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Table 2-5: Freshwater vertebrates f
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Delma b
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Table 3-3: Mammals found from Haul
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Table 4-2: Amphibians found from Po
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Geopeli
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Page 267 and 268: Ground: Alloteropsis semialata (fq
Page 269 and 270: Ground: Portulaca bicolor (fq 75%),
Page 271 and 272: Upper: Low open woodland dominated
Page 273 and 274: mitrasacmoides (fq 50%), Panicum ef
Page 275 and 276: Ground: Murdannia graminea (fq 100%
Page 277 and 278: 25%), Jacksonia odontoclada (fq 25%
Page 279 and 280: Ground: Crotalaria montana (fq 33%)
Page 281 and 282: Carissa lanceolata (fq 25%), Dolich
Page 283: 33%), Dimeria ornithopoda (fq 33%),
Page 287 and 288: Ground: Polygala longifolia (fq 67%
Page 289 and 290: Ground: Ammannia multiflora (fq 100
Page 291 and 292: Ground: Alloteropsis semialata (fq
Page 293 and 294: cunninghamii (fq 67%), Grevillea pa
Page 295 and 296: Ground: Bulbostylis barbata (fq 67%
Page 297 and 298: Desmodium brownii (fq 20%), Desmodi
Page 299 and 300: graminea (fq 33%), Nesaea muelleri
Page 301 and 302: trifolia (fq 33%), Cyperus holoscho
Page 303 and 304: microcephala (fq 67%), Melochia cor
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