Southern Cross Operations Annual Environmental Report 2008 - 2009
Southern Cross Operations Annual Environmental Report 2008 - 2009
Southern Cross Operations Annual Environmental Report 2008 - 2009
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<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Report</strong><strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Operations</strong>Flora and Vegetation SurveysA number of biological surveys were undertaken during the reporting period tosupplement previous surveys and fill spatial gaps in areas likely to be subject to futuremining and exploration activities.The following flora and vegetation surveys were conducted during the review period:• Axehandle Achilles Vegetation Survey• Edwards Find Vegetation Survey• Kurrajong Vegetation SurveyMapping of vegetation communities and priority flora are provided in Figure 7-5 toFigure 7-7. From these recent flora and vegetation surveys and past flora surveys, twoDeclared Rare Flora and 21 Priority Flora species are known to occur in the <strong>Southern</strong><strong>Cross</strong> region (Table 7-6).49