Appendix D Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity - Environment ...

Vegetation Type 13
Short Description: Excoecaria parvifolia and Melaleuca citrolens Low Woodland.
NVIS Code: T6i
Plate 24: Vegetation community site 22b
Area: 0.3 km 2 and 0.3% total surveyed area.
Survey Sites: V22a & 122
Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd
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Plate 25. Distribution of the Vegetation Type
Strata Modal growth form Mean Cover % Mean height (m) NVIS code
Upper Tree 30 (20 - 40) 5.5 (4 - 7) T6i
Mid Shrub 13 (7 - 20) 2.5 (0.7 - 4) S4r
Ground Tussock Grass 67 (60 - 75) 0.6 (0 - 1) G2c
NVIS Description: Excoecaria parvifolia, Melaleuca citrolens +/- Eucalyptus pruinosa, Terminalia bursarina
Low Woodland over Acacia umbellata +/- Sarcostemma viminale, Terminalia volucris, Acacia gonoclada,
Carissa lanceolata Tall Sparse Shrubland over Eulalia aurea, Aristida latifolia, Chrysopogon fallax, Sorghum
plumosum, Neptunia dimorphantha Mid Tussock Grassland.
Upper: Low woodland of Excoecaria parvifolia (fq 100%), Melaleuca citrolens (fq 100%), Eucalyptus
pruinosa (fq 50%), Terminalia bursarina (fq 50%).
Mid: Tall sparse shrubland of Acacia umbellata (fq 100%), Terminalia volucris (fq 50%), Acacia
gonoclada (fq 50%), Sarcostemma viminale (fq 50%), Carissa lanceolata (fq 50%).
Ground: Mid tussock grassland of Eulalia aurea (fq 100%), Aristida latifolia (fq 100%), Chrysopogon
fallax (fq 100%), Sorghum plumosum (fq 100%), Neptunia dimorphantha (fq 100%).
Other Species:
Upper: no additional species.
Mid: Acacia galioides (fq 50%), Acacia shirleyi (fq 50%), Breynia cernua (fq 50%), Dichrostachys spicata
(fq 50%), Dodonaea lanceolata (fq 50%), Dolichandrone heterophylla (fq 50%), Ehretia saligna (fq 50%),
Flueggea virosa (fq 50%), Grewia retusifolia (fq 50%), Petalostigma banksii (fq 50%), Strychnos lucida (fq
50%), Terminalia canescens (fq 50%), Uraria lagopodioides (fq 50%), Waltheria indica (fq 50%).