Appendix A - Flora and Fauna Survey - Grange Resources

4. Survey Results
4.1 Vegetation
4.1.1 Vegetation Types
A total of 12 vegetation types were identified within the Study Area, including a highly modified
vegetation type. The vegetation types were described using Keighery’s (1994) vegetation structural
classes (adapted from Muir (1977) and Aplin (1979) in Government of Western Australia, 2000). An
asterisk indicates introduced (weed) plant species. The vegetation types are mapped in Figure 2,
(Appendix A) and summarised below:
V1: Very Open Shrub Mallee of Eucalyptus decipiens subsp. adesmophloia and Eucalyptus occidentalis
over Tall Open Shrubland of Acacia subcaerulea Open Shrubland of Hakea trifurcata, Hakea denticulata
and Beaufortia empetrifolia over Low Open Shrubland of Astartea aspera, Isopogon longifolius, Hovea
trisperma, Petrophile squamata subsp. squamata, Comesperma virgatum and Chorizema glycinifolium
over Closed Sedgeland of Anarthria laevis and Lepidosperma striatum.
V2: Low Open Woodland of Corymbia calophylla and Eucalyptus angulosa over Tree Mallee to Low
Open Woodland of Eucalyptus staeri over Tall Open Shrubland to Closed Tall Scrub of Banksia
attenuata, Banksia baxteri, Hakea laurina, Hakea ferruginea, Lambertia inermis, Lambertia sp.,
Adenanthos cuneatus, Allocasuarina scleroclada and Taxandria spathulata over Open Shrubland to
Open Heath of Melaleuca striata, Leucopogon crassiflorus, Calothamnus quadrifidus, Beaufortia
empetrifolia, Hibbertia cunninghamii and Agonis theiformis over Low Shrubland to Open Low Heath of
Petrophile teretifolia, Melaleuca thymoides, Lysinema ciliatum, Banksia nutans, Hakea marginata, Hakea
ceratophylla and Banksia repens over mixed *pasture grasses over Very Open Herbland of Lomandra
sp. and *pasture grasses and Very Open Sedgeland to Sedgeland of Desmocladus fasciculatus, Caustis
dioica, Anarthria scabra and Anarthria prolifera.
V3: Very Open Tree Mallee of Eucalyptus occidentalis over Tall Open Shrubland of Hakea laurina and
Conothamnus aureus over Shrubland of Goodenia pterigosperma, Taxandria spathulata, Daviesia
incrassata, Acacia subcaerulea and Coleanthera myrtoides over Closed Low Heath of Melaleuca
rigidifolia, Melaleuca suberosa, Allocasuarina microstachya and Beaufortia micrantha subsp. micrantha
over Very Open Grassland of Neurachne sp. and mixed Very Open Herbland and Sedgeland of
Schoenus subfascicularis, Anarthria laevis, Desmocladus fasciculatus and Schoenus sp.
V4: Tall Open Shrubland of Spyridium globulosum over Open Shrubland of Acacia cyclops over Open
Low Heath of Thryptomene saxicola, Gompholobium tomentosum, Kennedia microphylla and Kennedia
prostrata over mixed *pasture grasses and mixed Herbland dominated by Patersonia occidentalis and
Sedgeland of Desmocladus flexuosus.
V5: Shrub Mallee of Eucalyptus angulosa over Tall Shrubland of Spyridium globulosum over Shrubland
of *Lessertia frutescens, Leucopogon elegans subsp. elegans and Leucopogon obovatus over Low Open
Shrubland of Kennedia coccinea over Grassland of *Bromus sp. and Very Open Sedgeland of
Desmocladus flexuosus.
V6: Cleared Paddocks with occasional Eucalyptus sp. over *pasture weeds or Agroforestry plantations.
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