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Delta<br />
<strong>Mangrove</strong> <strong>Cove</strong> Management Plan<br />
Table 3 - Biodiversity information<br />
Total species 46<br />
Plant species exotic to Australia 15<br />
Native plant species exotic to Southern Lofty 1<br />
Species indigenous to Southern Lofty 30<br />
Exotics as percentage of biodiversity 35%<br />
Species of conservation significance 5<br />
Species of conservation interest 4<br />
The plant associations currently present at the sampled locations on the site are detailed in the<br />
following table.<br />
Table 4 - Vegetation associations<br />
Location Easting Northing Description<br />
1 270955 6140526 Avicennia marina woodland and adjacent planted embankment<br />
2 270967 6140547 Planted sandy mounds<br />
3 270986 6140544 Low marsh dominated by Suaeda australis with some Sarcocornia<br />
quinqueflora<br />
4 271034 6140527 Corner of fish pontoon, with Avicennia marina woodland and adjacent<br />
low marsh dominated by Suaeda australis with some Sarcocornia<br />
quinqueflora<br />
5 270907 6140522 Railway embankment, filled embankment and planted sandy mound,<br />
dominated by Nitraria billardierei and Atriplex cinerea<br />
6 270921 6140538 Planted sandy mounds<br />
7 270974 6140595 Planted sandy mounds<br />
8 270996 6140641 Grits-topped boat ramp with occasional weedy forbs<br />
8 270985 6140570 Planted sandy mounds<br />
Between the sampled locations the ground was virtually bare, with scanty amounts of Galenia<br />
secunda and the remains of some smaller grasses (Critesion murinum) being the only plants<br />
surviving the very dry summer. The current distribution of vegetation on the site is shown in<br />
Figure 10.<br />
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