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Table 14: L<strong>and</strong> system <strong>and</strong> vegetation descriptions along the haul road route<br />

L<strong>and</strong> System L<strong>and</strong>form Soils Vegetation Occurrence<br />

Ald Downs<br />

Alh<br />

Horse<br />

Creek<br />

Alo October<br />

Als Seigal<br />

Alt Tawarrila<br />

Asb Bukalara<br />

Aso O’Keefe<br />

Gently undulating plains<br />

<strong>and</strong> rises on mainly finegrained<br />

s<strong>and</strong>stones<br />

Gently undulating plains on<br />

s<strong>and</strong>stone with deep s<strong>and</strong>y<br />

soils <strong>and</strong> isolated swampy<br />

depressions<br />

Very rocky gently<br />

undulating rises on<br />

massive s<strong>and</strong>stones<br />

Gently undulating to<br />

undulating rises with<br />

abundant, often linear<br />

rocky outcrops <strong>and</strong> shallow<br />

s<strong>and</strong>y soils<br />

Undulating rises to low hills<br />

with some rocky outcrops<br />

on s<strong>and</strong>stone<br />

Rugged rocky plateaux <strong>and</strong><br />

steep, linear ridges on<br />

massive s<strong>and</strong>stones<br />

Broad breached anticlines<br />

<strong>and</strong> dissected structural<br />

plateaux on subhorizontally<br />

bedded<br />

s<strong>and</strong>stones of the Roper<br />

Group with s<strong>and</strong>stone<br />

columns<br />

S<strong>and</strong>y yellow earths<br />

<strong>and</strong> siliceous s<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Siliceous s<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />

earthy s<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Lithosols<br />

Lithosols, minor<br />

siliceous <strong>and</strong> earthy<br />

s<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Lithosols <strong>and</strong> siliceous<br />

s<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Lithosols <strong>and</strong> shallow<br />

siliceous s<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Shallow siliceous s<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Mid-high woodl<strong>and</strong> of Melaleuca viridiflora<br />

with P<strong>and</strong>anus spiralis <strong>and</strong> C. polycarpa<br />

Tall open woodl<strong>and</strong> of E. tetrodonta,<br />

Callitris intratropica, E. miniata <strong>and</strong> C.<br />

ferruginea. Corymbia polycarpa <strong>and</strong><br />

Melaleuca viridiflora occur on wetter areas<br />

Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of C.<br />

dichromophloia<br />

Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of E. miniata, E.<br />

tetrodonta <strong>and</strong> C. ferruginea with C.<br />

dichromophloia <strong>and</strong> E. leucophloia<br />

Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of C. phoenicea<br />

with C. polycarpa on lower slopes<br />

Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of Corymbia<br />

dichromophloia with E. miniata, E.<br />

tetrodonta <strong>and</strong> E. leucophloia<br />

Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of E. miniata, E.<br />

tetrodonta <strong>and</strong> C. ferruginea<br />

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

Two small occurrences near road,<br />

but not on road, in area around<br />

Cox River<br />

Common between the Limmen<br />

Bight River <strong>and</strong> Rosie Creek<br />

One small occurrence where road<br />

crosses Yiyintyi Range<br />

Common between Project Area<br />

<strong>and</strong> Cox River<br />

One small occurrence west of<br />

Rosie Creek crossing<br />

Between Project Area <strong>and</strong> Cox<br />

River <strong>and</strong> also around Limmen<br />

Bight River<br />

Occurs south of Limmen Bight<br />

River crossing, but not on actual<br />

road<br />

Distance &<br />

clearing area<br />

along Haul Rd<br />

(km) (ha)<br />

0 0<br />

26.7 133.5<br />

1.3 6.5<br />

13.2 66<br />

1.8 9<br />

8.4 42<br />

1.3 6.5

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