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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 />

LMC-MCR-001-PC/RE Page 24

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