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Table 10-13: Riparian Vegetation Assessment – Pine Creek Crossing Pine Creek Date of Survey: 26/02/2012 Bank Surveyed: South Coordinate (UTM, GDA94): Zone 53, 624160E, 8270918N Aerial image of the survey location Photo Direction: North Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036 Doc Title: Appendix D – Terrestrial Biodiversity Report Map Section: Proposed Haul Road Sensitive Habitats Map Section 4 of 4 Photo from helicopter looking east Photo Direction: East Extent and Width of Patch: Approximately 6m across creek. 10m wide strip off riparian vegetation on both the west and east banks. Shallow creek crossing. Vegetation Description: Riparian vegetation throughout sandy riverbed, dominated by Melaleuca argentea in the Upper and Acacia holosericea in the Mid. Ground dominated by Chrysopogon elongatus. Seasonal flooding resulting in high impact on riparian vegetation. Weeds: None observed Vegetation Structure Survey site Upper Mid Lower Cover: 30% Height: 8 – 12 m Cover: 20% Height: 1 – 8 m Cover: 10% Height:
Table 10-14: Riparian Vegetation Assessment – Bing Bong Creek Crossing Bing Bong Creek Date of Survey: 25/02/2012 Bank Surveyed: West Coordinate (UTM, GDA94): Zone 53, 639450E, 8263826N Aerial image of the survey location Photo Direction: East Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036 Doc Title: Appendix D – Terrestrial Biodiversity Report Map Section: Proposed Haul Road Sensitive Habitats Map Section 4 of 4 Photo from helicopter looking north Photo Direction: South Extent and Width of Patch: Approximately 8m across creek. Narrow strip of riparian vegetation 5m wide located on both the west and east banks. Shallow creek crossing. Vegetation Description: Tidal creek with mangrove species present. Narrow riparian vegetation strip on both banks, dominated by Callitris intratropica in the Upper and Melaleuca acaciodes and Acacia leptocarpa in the Mid. Ground dominated by Themeda triandra and Sorghum plumosum. Weeds: None observed Vegetation Structure Upper Mid Lower Cover: 15% Height: 6 – 10 m Cover: 30% Height: 1 – 6 m Cover: 40% Height:
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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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Veg. Type Table 10: Vegetation Type
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4.3.2 Vegetation Condition The fire
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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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Figure 24: Locations of freshwater
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Sections of the McArthur land syste
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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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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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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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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 Delma b
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Table 3-3: Mammals found from Haul
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Ground: Alloteropsis semialata (fq
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Ground: Portulaca bicolor (fq 75%),
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Upper: Low open woodland dominated
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Page 287 and 288: Ground: Polygala longifolia (fq 67%
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Page 295 and 296: Ground: Bulbostylis barbata (fq 67%
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Page 299 and 300: graminea (fq 33%), Nesaea muelleri
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