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Table 16: Fauna site habitat descriptions – Lower Towns haul road surveys<br />
Towns Survey – Lower Reaches<br />
Site 1<br />
Site 2<br />
Site 3<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Eucalyptus tectifica <strong>and</strong><br />
Corymbia confertiflora open<br />
woodl<strong>and</strong> overtopping<br />
Heteropogon contortus in the<br />
ground stratum<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />
Soil: Deep light brown s<strong>and</strong>y soil<br />
Habitat Notes: Moderate leaf<br />
litter (18% cover) <strong>and</strong> a low level<br />
of fallen logs <strong>and</strong> tree hollows<br />
Impacts: Low level pig damage<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Corymbia polycarpa open<br />
woodl<strong>and</strong> overtopping<br />
Heteropogon contortus in the<br />
ground stratum<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />
Soil: Deep dark brown s<strong>and</strong>y soil<br />
Habitat Notes: Deep leaf litter<br />
(75% cover) with a moderate<br />
level of fallen logs<br />
Impacts: Moderate level pig<br />
damage<br />
Vegetation Description:<br />
Melaleuca citrolens <strong>and</strong><br />
Melaleuca viridiflora low open<br />
woodl<strong>and</strong> overtopping Acacia<br />
nuperrima in the ground stratum<br />
L<strong>and</strong>form: Flood-out<br />
Soil: Deep light brown s<strong>and</strong>y soil<br />
Habitat Notes: Shallow leaf litter<br />
(10% cover) with a low level of<br />
fallen logs <strong>and</strong> tree hollows<br />
Impacts: None surveyed<br />
U1: Eucalyptus tectifica <strong>and</strong><br />
Corymbia confertiflora (6 %cover, 8-<br />
12m height)<br />
M1: Eucalyptus tectifica, Corymbia<br />
confertiflora, Bossiaea<br />
bossiaeoides, Melaleuca viridiflora,<br />
Hakea arborescens, Acacia difficilis,<br />
Planchonia careya, Brachychiton<br />
diversifolius, Strychnos lucida,<br />
Exocarpos latifolius, Diospyros<br />
humilis (65% cover, 0.5-8m height)<br />
G1: Heteropogon contortus,<br />
Melaleuca citrolens, Cassytha<br />
filiformis, Jasminum molle (80%<br />
cover, 0-0.5m height).<br />
U1: Corymbia polycarpa (12<br />
%cover, 8-12m height)<br />
M1: Pouteria sericea, Bossiaea<br />
bossiaeoides, Corymbia<br />
polycarpa, Diospyros humilis,<br />
Strychnos lucida, Ehretia<br />
saligna, Flueggea virosa subsp.<br />
melanthesoides, Brachychiton<br />
paradoxus, Alphitonia excelsa,<br />
Acacia difficilis, Acacia platycarpa,<br />
Melaleuca viridiflora, Margaritaria<br />
dubium-traceyi, (60% cover, 0.5-8m<br />
height)<br />
G1: Heteropogon contortus, Grass<br />
sp., Cassytha filiformis, Abrus<br />
precatorius subsp. precatorius (20%<br />
cover, 0-0.5m height).<br />
U1: Melaleuca citrolens, Melaleuca<br />
viridiflora <strong>and</strong> Excoecaria parvifolia,<br />
(12 %cover, 3-6m height)<br />
M1: Hakea arborescens, Melaleuca<br />
citrolens, Acacia holosericea, Acacia<br />
hammondii, Corymbia confertiflora,<br />
Flueggea virosa, Premna<br />
acuminata, Grewia retusifolia,<br />
Waltheria indica, Marsdenia<br />
australis <strong>and</strong> Acacia leptocarpa (6%<br />
cover, 1-3m height)<br />
G1: Acacia nuperrima, Sorghum<br />
plumosum, Helicteres cana,<br />
Chrysopogon fallax (70% cover, 0-<br />
1m height).<br />
Client: Western Desert Resources Ltd Page 95 of 150<br />
Doc No. DW120004-C0302-EIA-R-0036<br />
Doc Title: <strong>Appendix</strong> D – <strong>Terrestrial</strong> <strong>Biodiversity</strong> Technical Report
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