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Classification Expert Review Panel Dominic Sivertsen (Convenor, DNR) Michael Somerville (Presenter, Hunter Councils Environment Division) Doug Binns (Presenter, Forests NSW) David Tierney (Ecologist, Wyong Shire Council) John Hunter (Consultant) Steven Griffith (Consultant and Research Fellow, University of New England, Armidale) Travis Peake (Consultant, Umwelt) Steve Bell (Consultant, Eastcoast Flora Survey) Steve Lewer (DECC) Robert Payne (Consultant, Ecological Surveys and Management) Liz Broese (Consultant, EA Systems) Andrew Paget (HCRCMA) Native Grasslands Expert Workshop Participants Michael Somerville (Facilitator, Hunter Councils Environment Division) Charles Huxtable (DECC) Surrey Jacob (Principal Research Scientist, Botanic Gardens Trust) Travis Peake (Consultant, Umwelt) Steve Lewer (DECC) Dave Russell (HCRCMA) Paul Melehan (HCRCMA) Neil Nelson (Consultant) Ross Watson (Consultant) John Benson (Senior Plant Ecologist, Botanic Gardens Trust; although unable to attend John provided valuable input prior to the workshop) Database Development Michael Somerville (Hunter Councils Environment Division) Bob Sewell (Llewes Partners) Administrative Support Meredith Laing (Director, Hunter Councils Environment Division) Michelle Avice-Demay (Director, Hunter Councils Environment Division) Samantha King (Director, Hunter Councils Environment Division) iv Additional Support The project team would also like to acknowledge and thank a number of other people and organisations who provided support and advice to various stages of this project, including: Robert and Maggie Payne: provided additional survey data and advice at their own expense Andrew Paget: provided considerable information on specific plant species and communities, and on relationships between vegetation communities John Hunter: provided advice on various aspects of the project as well as additional survey data Bob Sewell: acted as the unofficial project database expert, providing considerable advice and expertise Field assistants: various people acted as field assistants to the botanists, in particular, Adam Cavallaro and Tasman Willis, as well as a number of students from the University of New England Hunter Water Corporation: provided access to their landholdings for botanical surveys Private landholders: a number of landholders allowed botanical teams access to their properties for the purposes of carrying out surveys and for that data to be used in the current study DECC: staff from various sections provided valuable support, data and advice to this project Botanical illustrators and Botanic Gardens Trust: provide an invaluable resource to a project such as this, including assisting with species identifications, maintaining up-todate botanical resources such as PlantNET. In addition, high-quality species line drawings used in the vegetation community profiles were sourced from the BGT and produced by their staff. In particular, Catherine Wardrop and Lesley Elkin were very helpful in preparing and supplying line drawings at short notice.
Contents Acknowledgements ..............................................................iii List of abbreviations ............................................................ viii Chapter 1: IntroduCtIon to the projeCt ................................. 1 1.1 Background to the project ..................................................... 1 1.2 Project aims and objectives .................................................... 1 1.3 Structure of reporting for the project ............................................ 2 1.4 The project’s study area ....................................................... 2 1.4.1 Geographical extent ................................................... 2 1.4.2 Natural regions of the study area ....................................... 3 1.4.3 Landforms and climate of the study area ................................. 4 Chapter 2: VegetatIon of the Study area ................................ 8 2.1 Broad vegetation formations and classes. ........................................ 8 2.1.1 Rainforests ........................................................... 8 2.1.2 Wet sclerophyll forests. ................................................ 9 2.1.3 Dry sclerophyll forests. ............................................... 10 2.1.4 Grassy woodlands ................................................... 11 2.1.5 Grasslands .......................................................... 12 2.1.6 Heathlands ......................................................... 12 2.1.7 Freshwater wetlands ................................................. 13 2.1.8 Forested wetlands ................................................... 13 2.1.9 Saline wetlands. ..................................................... 14 2.2 Previous studies of the region’s vegetation. ..................................... 14 2.2.1 Major studies covering the study area .................................. 14 2.2.2 Subregional studies within the study area ............................... 16 2.2.3 Location-specific or species-specific studies within study area ............. 18 Chapter 3: MethodS of data ColleCtIon and analySIS ................ 20 3.1 Data audit and evaluation .................................................... 20 3.1.1 Background ........................................................ 20 3.1.2 Data audit objectives . ................................................ 21 3.1.3 Data collation ....................................................... 21 3.1.4 Data integration ..................................................... 21 3.1.5 Data evaluation. ..................................................... 22 3.2 Gap analysis and site selection ................................................ 22 3.2.1 Addressing minimum standards ....................................... 22 3.2.2 Three-tiered approach to gap analysis .................................. 22 3.2.3 Expert panel review of site selection .................................... 26 3.2.4 Site-selection rule set ................................................. 27 3.2.5 Landholder liaison ................................................... 27 3.3 Botanical survey methodology . ............................................... 27 3.3.1 Background ......................................................... 27 3.3.2 Botanical survey teams ............................................... 28 3.3.3 Botanical survey methods. ............................................ 28 3.3.4 Quality assurance check of the surveys ................................. 29 v
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