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Table 10-9: Riparian Vegetation Assessment – Limmen River Crossing (west bank)<br />

Limmen Bight River West Bank<br />

Date of Survey: 23/02/2012 Bank Surveyed: West<br />

Coordinate (UTM, GDA94): Zone 53,<br />

543205E, 8293244N<br />

Aerial image of the survey location<br />

Photo Direction: East<br />

Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd<br />

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

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

Map Section: Proposed Haul Road Sensitive<br />

Habitats Map Section 2 of 4<br />

Photo from helicopter looking north<br />

Photo Direction: West<br />

Extent <strong>and</strong> Width of Patch: Approximately 80m across river. 30m wide riparian vegetation corridor on the<br />

west bank dissected by a backwater channel. Deep river crossing.<br />

Vegetation Description: River bank fringed by Upper Melaleuca leucadendra <strong>and</strong> Casuarina<br />

cunninghamiana. Backwater channel fringed by Mid Melaleuca acaciodes. River edge fringed by Mid<br />

Melaleuca leucadendra <strong>and</strong> Casuarina cunninghamiana. Ground strongly dominated by Enteropogon<br />

minutus. Seasonal flooding resulting in high impact on riparian vegetation.<br />

Weeds: None surveyed<br />

Vegetation Structure<br />

Survey site<br />

Upper Mid Lower<br />

Cover: 20% Height: 6 – 10 m Cover: 40% Height: 0.3 – 5m Cover: 80% Height:

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