Appendix D Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity - Environment ...
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L<strong>and</strong> System L<strong>and</strong>form Soils Vegetation Occurrence<br />
Tac Coolibah<br />
Taf Frog<br />
Tam McArthur<br />
Tcn Nathan<br />
Tcw Wearyan<br />
Tol Littoral<br />
Tor Rosie<br />
Level to gently undulating<br />
plains on unconsolidated<br />
transported materials,<br />
rarely sedentary<br />
Broad s<strong>and</strong>y floodplains,<br />
terraces <strong>and</strong> lower colluvial<br />
slopes<br />
Broad or narrow fluvial<br />
corridors conducting<br />
regional drainage across<br />
various l<strong>and</strong> systems<br />
towards the coast<br />
Pediments <strong>and</strong> side slopes<br />
of broad valleys on detritus<br />
<strong>and</strong> argillaceous sediments<br />
Gently undulating plains<br />
<strong>and</strong> pediplains on<br />
transported material or<br />
argillaceous sediments<br />
Tidal mud flats with<br />
channels <strong>and</strong> estuaries<br />
Almost level plains on old<br />
sea-floor deposits with<br />
regular dune swale<br />
systems or isolated s<strong>and</strong><br />
dunes, in a sub-coastal<br />
orientation<br />
Grey <strong>and</strong> brown clays,<br />
minor black earths<br />
Deep siliceous <strong>and</strong><br />
earthy s<strong>and</strong>s, s<strong>and</strong>y<br />
yellow earths <strong>and</strong><br />
s<strong>and</strong>y solodic soils<br />
Grey <strong>and</strong> brown clays,<br />
red <strong>and</strong> yellow earths<br />
<strong>and</strong> siliceous s<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Yellow earths, siliceous<br />
s<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> brown clays<br />
Yellow podzolics <strong>and</strong><br />
solodic soils<br />
Laterite sheets<br />
commonly exposed,<br />
undifferentiated marine<br />
deposits<br />
Earthy s<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
yellow podzolic soils<br />
Tall open grassl<strong>and</strong> of Chrysopogon fallax<br />
<strong>and</strong> Eulalia aurea with some E. microtheca<br />
<strong>and</strong> E. pruinosa<br />
Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of E. tectifica, C.<br />
terminalis <strong>and</strong> Erythrophleum<br />
chlorostachys with some C. bella on s<strong>and</strong>y<br />
floodplains<br />
Mid-high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of C. terminalis<br />
<strong>and</strong> E. microtheca with some C. bella <strong>and</strong><br />
C. polycarpa. Tall fringing riparian<br />
vegetation often includes Melaleuca spp.<br />
Mid high open woodl<strong>and</strong> of C. terminalis<br />
<strong>and</strong> Erythrophleum chlorostachys with<br />
some Bauhinia cunninghamii <strong>and</strong><br />
Melaleuca citrolens<br />
Mid-high woodl<strong>and</strong>s of Melaleuca citrolens<br />
Mostly bare areas with isolated clumps of<br />
Melaleuca acacioides <strong>and</strong> halophitic forbs<br />
with fringing mangroves along shoreline<br />
<strong>and</strong> tidal waterways<br />
Tall open woodl<strong>and</strong> of E. tetrodonta with<br />
Melaleuca viridiflora <strong>and</strong> Asteromyrtus<br />
symphyocarpa on low lying areas<br />
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Around Cox River crossing <strong>and</strong><br />
west of Yiyintyi Range<br />
West of Limmen Bight River<br />
crossing <strong>and</strong> west of Rosie Creek<br />
crossing<br />
Distance &<br />
clearing area<br />
along Haul Rd<br />
(km) (ha)<br />
6.5 32.5<br />
6.2 31<br />
At all river <strong>and</strong> creek crossings 15.6 78<br />
Only on east side of Limmen Bight<br />
River crossing<br />
East <strong>and</strong> west of Cox River<br />
crossing<br />
2 10<br />
4.6 23<br />
Only at Bing Bong 0.5 2.5<br />
Common between Yiyintyi Range<br />
<strong>and</strong> Bing Bong Creek<br />
20.3 101.5
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