Appendix D Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity - Environment ...

Corymbia polycarpa Mid Woodland (Vegetation type 21) associated with a seepage in the south-eastern
ridges flowing towards the Magaranyi Creek. This seepage may be prone to flowing all year round in good
Wet seasons. The seepage was initially thought to be a potential spring (as the water was still flowing in
October 2011, a particularly wet year) but water quality and ground water depths suggest a shallower more
ephemeral source. The vegetation associated with the seepage has been mapped as an individual
vegetation type for the area but the floristics are not considerably different from Vegetation type 6 Corymbia
polycarpa and Erythrophleum chlorostachys occurring at the base of the rocky ridges. Mining will alter the
hydrology and most certainly eliminate this vegetation type (type 21).
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