Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

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Table of Contents Executive Summary...................................................................................... i Acknowledgments....................................................................................... ii Table of Contents ........................................................................................iii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Study Area Description....................................................................................1 1.1.1 Study Location and Context...................................................................................1 1.1.2 Climate ......................................................................................................................2 1.1.3 Geology and Geomorphology ...............................................................................2 2. Aims and Scope..................................................................................... 6 3. Methods .................................................................................................. 7 3.1 Desktop Literature Review..............................................................................7 3.2 Image Base Compilation and Aerial Photograph Analysis ........................9 3.3 Site Locations...................................................................................................10 3.4 Field Survey Procedure..................................................................................17 3.5 Classification of Land and Vegetation.........................................................18 3.5.1 Non-Rainforest Vegetation...................................................................................19 3.5.2 Classification of Rainforest Vegetation...............................................................19 3.5.3 Classification of Remnant/Non-Remnant Vegetation .....................................20 3.6 Scale of Survey.................................................................................................21 3.7 Image Interpretation and Attribution Method ...........................................21 3.8 Pre-clearing Vegetation Method...................................................................21 3.9 Digital Processing and Accuracy..................................................................22 3.10 Limitations and Constraints ..........................................................................22 4.0 Results – Field Analysis ..................................................................... 24 4.1 Classification of Land and Vegetation.........................................................24 4.1.1 Land Zones .............................................................................................................24 4.1.2 Vegetation Communities ......................................................................................24 4.1.3 Regional Ecosystems .............................................................................................34 5.0 Results Analysis and Discussion ...................................................... 40 5.1 Clarifications on the Classification of Land Zones in the Study Area ....40 5.1.1 Land Zone 1............................................................................................................40 5.1.2 Land Zone 2............................................................................................................40 5.1.3 Land Zone 3............................................................................................................41 5.1.4 Land Zone 5............................................................................................................42 5.1.5 Land Zone 7............................................................................................................45 5.1.6 Land Zone 8............................................................................................................45 5.1.7 Land Zone 12..........................................................................................................45 5.2 Regional Ecosystem Descriptions and Rationale for Classification ........46 5.2.1 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.1......................................................................................46 5.2.2 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.2......................................................................................48 5.2.3 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.4......................................................................................50 5.2.4 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.5......................................................................................50 5.2.5 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.6......................................................................................51 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 iii
5.2.6 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.7 (New RE)....................................................................52 5.2.7 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.2a....................................................................................54 5.2.8 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.2b....................................................................................56 5.2.9 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.3......................................................................................58 5.2.10 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.4......................................................................................60 5.2.11 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.5......................................................................................63 5.2.12 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.6......................................................................................66 5.2.13 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.7......................................................................................68 5.2.14 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.8......................................................................................69 5.2.15 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.10c ..................................................................................71 5.2.17 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.14....................................................................................71 5.2.18 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.15....................................................................................72 5.2.19 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.19....................................................................................74 5.2.20 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.24....................................................................................76 5.2.21 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.25....................................................................................76 5.2.22 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.26....................................................................................78 5.2.23 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.27....................................................................................79 5.2.24 Regional Ecosystem 3.2.28....................................................................................79 5.2.26 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.5c ....................................................................................81 5.2.27 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.6......................................................................................81 5.2.28 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.7......................................................................................84 5.2.29 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.9......................................................................................85 5.2.30 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.10....................................................................................87 5.2.31 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.12....................................................................................90 5.2.32 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.13....................................................................................90 5.2.33 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.14....................................................................................91 5.2.34 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.17b..................................................................................92 5.2.35 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.20c ..................................................................................93 5.2.36 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.22....................................................................................94 5.2.37 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.27....................................................................................95 5.2.38 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.28....................................................................................97 5.2.39 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.42....................................................................................98 5.2.40 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.48b................................................................................102 5.2.41 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.51..................................................................................103 5.2.42 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.57..................................................................................103 5.2.43 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.62..................................................................................105 5.2.44 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.63..................................................................................107 5.2.45 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.68 (New RE)................................................................108 5.2.46 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.69 (New RE)................................................................110 5.2.47 Regional Ecosystem 3.3.70 (New RE)................................................................111 5.2.48 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.5....................................................................................112 5.2.49 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.8c ..................................................................................112 5.2.50 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.15..................................................................................113 5.2.51 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.17a................................................................................116 5.2.52 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.19a................................................................................117 5.2.53 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.23x1..............................................................................117 5.2.54 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.29..................................................................................119 5.2.55 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.32 (New RE)................................................................119 5.2.56 Regional Ecosystem 3.7.1x1b..............................................................................120 5.2.57 Regional Ecosystem 3.8.4b..................................................................................121 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 iv
Page 1 and 2: Vegetation Communities and Regional
Page 3: Acknowledgments This project was fu
Page 7 and 8: 1. Introduction Three (3)d Environm
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Page 15 and 16: Plant taxonomy and distributional d
Page 17 and 18: Table 5. Site survey effort in Stag
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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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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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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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5.2.37 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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extent of this community greatly re
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Photograph 161. Bare pavements with
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Vegetation Community 2h: This commu
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idgelines, Acacia polystachya may f
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It is envisaged, as is the general
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Photograph 170. Evergreen notophyll
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This habitat is unique in the natio
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canopy forms a poorly defined strat
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Vegetation Community 5u: Similar to
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5.3 Retrospective Classifications L
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RE: Native Regrowth Communities: Na
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5.5 Other Classifications Areas Rep
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Regional Ecosystem Pre-clearing Are
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clarksoniana, Eucalyptus brassiana
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This includes 196 (15%) naturalised
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Species Island Ipomoea hederifolia
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Table 16. Summary of survey records
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Species Known Distribution Survey R
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Photograph 187. Regrowth mangrove s
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Saibai Island grasslands and other
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10. Bibliography Abrahams, H., Mulv
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Galloway, R. W. and E. Löffler (19
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University, Darwin, Australia. 13-1
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Client Scale Legend Evergreen vine
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Melaleuca dominant open forests Cli
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Legend Successional vine forest com
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