Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council

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List of appendices
Appendix 1 Soil landscape mapping units, with definitions and areas 101
Appendix 2 Plot-based vegetation survey – survey data form 103
Appendix 3 Plot-based vegetation survey – computer database record form 105
Appendix 4 Plot-based vegetation survey – summary of site data 106
Appendix 5 List of plant species referred to in the Byron Flora and Fauna Study or in the database 112
Appendix 6 Questionnaire sent to public after media advertisement of Byron Flora and Fauna Study 130
Appendix 7 Threatened flora species profiles and maps showing locations of records within Byron Shire 133
Appendix 8 References to other sources of information used to compile the Byron Shire Threatened
Fauna Database 194
Appendix 9 A call survey of bats of Byron Shire, NSW 197
Appendix 10 Terrestrial vertebrate species recorded in Byron Shire 205
Appendix 11 Examples of profiles of Threatened fauna species recorded in Byron Shire 213
Appendix 12 List of plant species which are known or potential environmental weeds in Byron Shire 228
Appendix 13 Notes on ecological significance of the land units delineated by ecological assessment 230
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List of tables
Table 4.1 Vegetation mapping in Byron Shire prior to current study 27
Table 4.2 Data sources used to complement the plot-based vegetation survey 35
Table 4.3 Areal extent of vegetation mapping units (including plantations and unassessed lands) 36
Table 4.4 Areal extent of vegetation associations (excluding plantations and unassessed lands) 37
Table 4.5 Areal occurrence of vegetation mapping units and associations by geology/soil type 38
Table 4.6 Old growth eucalypt forest – % of eucalypt crowns showing senescence 40
Table 4.7 Conservation status of the vegetation associations 57
Table 5.1 Definitions – TSC Act status (Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995) 63
Table 5.2 Definitions – ROTAP status (Rare or Threatened Australian Plants after Briggs and Leigh
(1996) 63
Table 5.3 Definitions – regionally significant species after Sheringham and Westaway (1995) 64
Table 5.4 Example page from Byron Shire Threatened Flora Database 66
Table 5.5 Summary of records of Rare or Threatened flora species 67
Table 5.6 Summary of characteristics of Threatened flora species of the Byron Shire 69
Table 5.7 Summary of records of TSC Act scheduled flora species 71
Table 6.1 Threatened fauna species recorded in Byron Shire and analysis of records from the Byron
Shire Threatened fauna database 79
Table 6.2 Example of Threatened vertebrate database used to produce maps of Threatened vertebrate
fauna distribution in Byron Shire 81
Table 8.1 Summary of ecological assessment 92