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Vegetation types described for Bega Valley Shire - NSW Government

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State of the <strong>Vegetation</strong> Report <strong>for</strong> <strong>Bega</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Shire</strong><br />

Table 4: Estimated area of vegetation <strong>types</strong> and proportion in reserves (continued)<br />

<strong>Vegetation</strong> type Pre-1750<br />

extent<br />

(ha)<br />

26 Tableland Dry<br />

Shrub Forest<br />

W1 Wadbilliga Dry<br />

Shrub Forest<br />

W2 Wadbilliga<br />

Range Shrub Forest<br />

W3 Wadbilliga<br />

Heath Forest<br />

W5 Wadbilliga<br />

Gorge Dry Forest<br />

Note: Highlighted vegetation <strong>types</strong> are those <strong>for</strong> which the proportion lost to clearing has been high, or the<br />

proportion in reserves falls below the relevant target level of 15, 60 or 100 per cent depending on the rarity of<br />

or degree of threat to remaining stands (JANIS 1996). Numbers are taken from Table 3.1 in Keith and<br />

Bedward (1 998) and are derived from the CRA vegetation model and extant vegetation map. However, this<br />

state of the vegetation report shows that the CRA vegetation model and extant vegetation map may<br />

overestimate or underestimate the area of the vegetation <strong>types</strong> which it assesses in detail, and presumably<br />

there<strong>for</strong>e of others as well. The figures should not be taken as being highly accurate. For example, the<br />

proportion of vegetation <strong>types</strong> 1, 18, 20, 21 and 36 in reserves is exaggerated. Appendix 2 (p. 111) provides<br />

detailed in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> some of the highlighted vegetation <strong>types</strong>.<br />

38<br />

Extant<br />

area<br />

1997<br />

(ha)<br />

%<br />

cleared<br />

%<br />

reserved<br />

(NP, NR,<br />

FR)<br />

NP & NR<br />

(ha)<br />

Flora<br />

Reserves<br />

(ha)<br />

State<br />

Forest<br />

(ha)<br />

28 047 16 115 43 15 4 170 77 8 170 3 298<br />

27 352 27 341 0 98 26 747 0 237 205<br />

1 007 1 007 0 100 1 007 0 0 0<br />

3 085 3 085 0 99 3 060 0 0 24<br />

Private<br />

land<br />

(ha)<br />

7 748 7 239 7 71 5 461 3 930 823

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