Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council

A GREENPRINT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Table 4.5 Areal occurrence of vegetation mapping units and associations by geology/soil type
basalt metamorphic rhyolite aeolian rhyolite/bas alluvial sediments swamp beach sand water estuarine disturbed (blank) TOTAL
Rainforest (min Camphor Laurel presence) 2122.31
Rainforest 51% 8.02 0.00 1.04 0.00 1.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.19
Brush Box forest 949.05
Brush Box 162.20 468.34 182.07 5.28 59.25 9.51 59.14 0.11 0.00 0.00 1.44 1.33 0.39 949.05
Wet to moist sclerophyll forest 1897.90
Eucalyptus spp. not specified 223.53 366.18 214.16 1.54 7.69 6.42 20.02 0.63 0.00 1.87 0.00 0.26 0.16 842.45
Eucalypt spp. and/or Brush Box + Camphor Laurel 86.96 456.45 4.94 3.27 20.45 28.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 601.31
Flooded Gum 121.97 77.50 163.93 4.25 42.88 4.79 10.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 426.28
Tallowwood 0.00 21.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.18 1.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.85
Moist to dry sclerophyll forest 2782.75
Blackbutt 446.53 906.57 744.78 33.32 3.82 27.33 154.18 1.10 0.00 0.08 0.00 7.60 0.12 2325.44
Black She-oak 0.00 0.53 36.43 0.00 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.15
Coast Banksia 0.00 123.35 0.00 7.71 0.00 0.14 12.95 0.00 6.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.74
Cypress Pine 0.00 1.31 0.00 20.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.29 0.79 0.00 23.40
Eucalyptus spp. not specified 0.00 0.00 15.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.70
Forest Red Gum 0.33 14.71 0.00 49.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.39 0.33 0.00 64.87
Grey Ironbark-Pink Bloodwood 0.00 17.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.56
Mixed eucalypt spp. 2.20 16.95 0.00 0.63 0.00 1.05 32.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.44
Pink Bloodwood 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.53
Scribbly Gum 14.52 9.89 57.53 2.07 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 84.18
Scribbly Gum-Red Bloodwood 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.74
Wattle/Mixed regrowth forest and shrubland 1039.10
Mixed regrowth 317.96 289.05 195.02 11.90 167.66 5.28 37.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 1024.67
Wattle spp. > 60% +/- other species 5.54 4.75 4.12 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.43
Swamp sclerophyll forest 1754.78
Swamp sclerophyll forest 0.92 5.15 0.00 101.36 0.00 14.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.09 0.00 1.47 0.00 126.54
Mixed eucalypt spp. 1.64 0.00 0.00 106.86 0.00 70.11 6.73 0.00 0.00 10.82 2.36 0.63 0.00 199.15
Paperbark 18.65 56.17 0.00 680.63 0.00 108.28 17.30 212.43 1.07 2.86 2.56 14.97 0.13 1115.06
Swamp Mahogany/Swamp Box 0.00 18.18 0.00 84.81 0.00 24.36 3.55 0.01 0.00 1.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 132.30
Swamp Oak +/- Paperbark 0.00 8.62 0.00 84.72 0.00 60.09 0.00 10.62 0.00 5.28 7.58 4.81 0.00 181.73
Heathland/Shrubland 533.70
Wallum Banksia/Dwarf Banksia/Coast Banksia 0.04 68.56 0.00 204.05 0.00 0.44 5.06 0.00 20.72 0.10 0.00 6.23 0.00 305.18
Wallum Banksia-Scribbly Gum 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.82 0.00 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.16
Bitou Bush-Coastal Wattle-Coast Banksia 0.00 1.25 0.00 19.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.46
Coast Banksia 0.00 0.65 0.00 22.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.15 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.46
Horsetail She-oak-Coast Banksia-Bitou Bush 0.00 0.26 0.00 9.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 49.92 1.52 0.49 0.00 0.01 61.34
Teatree 0.00 0.55 1.76 39.84 0.00 0.00 3.48 0.00 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 46.10
Sedgeland-Fernland/Grassland 98.67
Sedgeland-Fernland/Grassland 0.00 5.70 0.00 85.54 0.00 0.00 1.49 2.86 0.33 2.67 0.00 0.00 0.08 98.67
Mangrove forest 96.24
Grey Mangrove/River Mangrove 0.01 0.00 0.00 8.19 0.00 11.01 0.00 0.68 0.00 13.50 26.21 0.65 0.00 60.24
Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove-Swamp Oak 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.60 0.00 6.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.97 7.39 1.00 0.00 36.00
TOTAL 6290.81 4521.87 2261.88 1697.00 957.83 715.36 531.66 228.44 100.10 67.76 50.43 41.62 32.21 17496.97
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