Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

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Appendix A2. Map Legend – Land Zones 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 202
Legend - Land Zones of the Torres Strait Islands Land Zone Land Zone 1 E. Estuarine muds including saline and brackish alluvium. Land Zone 2 D. Coastal dunes, cheniers, calcareous beach sands (including atolls), beach ridges and associated swales. Land Zone 3 A. Alluvial plains, alluvial fans, terraces and fluvial sediments. Land Zone 5 AS. Residual sandy plains and sandy terraces L. Exposed duricrust T. Remnant colluvial surfaces. Land Zone 8 B. Basalt escarpments and terraces V. Volcanic cones formed on ash and scoria Land Zone 12 G. Granite hillslopes and footslopes including boulder talus and colluvium. GD. Diorite hills and knolls MG. Metamorphosed granitoid rocks including hornfels R. Acid volcanic hillslopes and footslopes including rhyolites and dacites. Client Scale Legend- Land Zones of the Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait Regional Authority 3D Environmental Vegetation Assessment & Mapping Specialists P. O. Box 959 Kenmore, Qld 4069 Phone: (07) 3411 9072; (07) 3878 4344 Mobile: 0404 577 285; 0409 426 916 www.3denvironmental.com.au File Path C:\3D Environmental\ Drawn By DG Checked DS Torres\3d_TS_Maps_legend.mxd Date 28/08/08 A3
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Vegetation Communities and Regional
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Acknowledgments This project was fu
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5.2.6 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.7 (New
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1. Introduction Three (3)d Environm
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Waral Kawa (Deliverance) Is. ARAFUR
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Photograph 1. A deflation scar in t
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3. Methods 3.1 Desktop Literature R
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Plant taxonomy and distributional d
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Table 5. Site survey effort in Stag
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Legend Quaternary Ugar (Stephens) I
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TORRES 0 5 10 15 20 N O T E : S Kil
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3.4 Field Survey Procedure The exec
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Queensland’s Vegetation Managemen
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3.6 Scale of Survey In vegetation s
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cover on both satellite formats cre
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structural variations have been dif
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Vegetation Community Description se
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Vegetation Community Description Ge
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Regional Ecosystem Component Vegeta
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Regional Ecosystem 3.3.14b 7fs 3.3.
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Regional Ecosystem 3.12.20 3.12.21a
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5.1.3 Land Zone 3 Difficulties with
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corestones above the surface of wha
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Zone classification more robust. Th
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The mapping of VC24a as a complex r
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Photograph 11. Mangrove woodland do
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also forms a component of VC26b, ma
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Eleocharis dulcis often with an eva
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Photograph 20. The broken canopy ty
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of Heritiera littoralis, Xylocarpus
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Acacia crassicarpa woodland (RE3.2.
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Photograph 29. Open forest with dom
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5.2.11 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.5 Des
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Vegetation Community 14t/16c: This
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Photograph 39. Maximum development
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5.2.14 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.8 Pho
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5.2.15 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.10c D
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are similarly sparse, dominated by
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are also mapped on Badu Island wher
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community where it is mapped as com
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5.2.23 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.27 De
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5.2.26 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.5c De
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Photograph 61. Tall notophyll fores
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5.2.29 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.9 Des
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glauca, Rhodamnia macrocarpa, Sterc
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occurs on drainage swamps, it has b
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5.2.35 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.20c P
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5.2.37 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.27 Ph
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Photograph 85. Shrubland dominated
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Photograph 88. Low woodland/shrubla
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RE is supported, which provides som
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Photograph 99. Maximum development
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5.2.47 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.70 (N
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not differentiated from the broader
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Photograph 106. Vegetation Communit
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5.2.52 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.19a D
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That this community is marginal to
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Photograph 117. Grassland community
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Vegetation Community 2j: Vegetation
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Pandanus sp, contribute roughly equ
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distinctive structural components.
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canopy species in most locations, a
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Photograph 131. Lighter coloured cr
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5.2.63 Regional Ecosystem 3.12.13 P
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Photograph 137. Low rise in acid vo
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exposed to prevailing trade winds a
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Photograph 142. Vine Thicket Commun
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Vegetation Community 2x: A represen
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5.2.69 Regional Ecosystem 3.12.29 P
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The extensive mosaic of grassland a
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Photograph 155. Shrubland community
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Page 173 and 174: Vegetation Community 5u: Similar to
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Page 177 and 178: RE: Native Regrowth Communities: Na
Page 179 and 180: 5.5 Other Classifications Areas Rep
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Page 183 and 184: clarksoniana, Eucalyptus brassiana
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Page 187 and 188: Species Island Ipomoea hederifolia
Page 189 and 190: Table 16. Summary of survey records
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Page 193 and 194: Photograph 187. Regrowth mangrove s
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Page 197 and 198: 10. Bibliography Abrahams, H., Mulv
Page 199 and 200: Galloway, R. W. and E. Löffler (19
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Page 203 and 204: Client Scale Legend Evergreen vine
Page 205 and 206: Melaleuca dominant open forests Cli
Page 207: Legend Successional vine forest com
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