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4 grassland (+/- very open woodland)

18 grassland and very open woodland legend

Tussock and closed-tussock grasslands (various species) +/- very open woodland

WT C 7.1.2 Salt meadow/ herbfield on coastal lowland hyper-saline alluvial soils

7.1.2 tidally inundated heavy soils 4 18

LANDFORM flat, intertidal; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with Sporobolus virginicus; NOTES Not mapped separately. Mapped in mosaic with 429; GEOLOGY SOIL dark mud

WT E 7.3.1 Sedgeland (Cyperus spp., Eleocharis dulcis, Baumea spp., Scleria poiformis) and grassland (Ischaemum villosum, Imperata cylindrica, Cynodon dactylon) freshwater swamp of seasonally inundated coastal lowlands

7.3.1x E plains 4 18

LANDFORM flat, adjacent to saltpans; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with Themeda triandra; NOTES Doesn't fit within 7.3.1. Definite new RE. Listed as 7.2.4 in Kemp, Morgan and Cumming, but I consider it to be in landzone 2; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam

EIU 9.3.10 Mountain coolibah (Eucalyptus orgadophila), black tea tree (Melaleuca bracteata) woodland-low open woodland and springs on black soil plains

9.3.10x1 plains 4 18

LANDFORM flat; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland to very open woodland with Eucalyptus dallachiana, E. erythrophoia +/- E. crebra +/- E. brownii +/- E. coolibah +/- Melaleuca bracteata; NOTES (Gethin Morgan says landzone 3, but most closely matches this landzone 8 RE) (or 9.8.5 if different landzone is acceptable and description is broadened); GEOLOGY SOIL AB Qr, Tb, Qrm over NB. Black or dark brown cracking clay

9.3.10x2 plains 4 18

LANDFORM depressions and broad flat impeded drainage lines; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland / ephemeral swampland with scattered Melaleuca bracteata; NOTES Should be new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa over basalt and metasediments

EIU 9.3.11 Lakes and seasonally flooded depressions on basalts

9.3.11 ~ C plains 4 18

LANDFORM swamps in and near GBW; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland / sedgeland, ephemeral wetlands/lakes fringed by Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. coolibah +/- Melaleuca bracteata; GEOLOGY SOIL QL, Qa , TQ

EIU 9.8.1 Ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) woodland on red soil plains and rocky rises

9.8.1x1 basalt plains 4 18

LANDFORM long narrow feature / low rise; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with scattered trees to very open woodland with Eucalyptus crebra, E. erythrophloia and E. dallachiana; NOTES presume same veg and soil as 133 but cannot be interpreted as landzone 3; GEOLOGY SOIL TBF/Qa, NB

9.8.1x3 basalt plains 4 18

LANDFORM flat; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Very open woodland / grassland mosaic with Eucalyptus orgadophila, E.
erythrophloia, E. crebra and E. dallachiana; GEOLOGY SOIL AB

9.8.1x4 basalt plains 4 18

LANDFORM basalt outliers to GBW; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland to very open grassy woodland with Melinis repens, Heteropogon contortus, Eucalyptus tessellaris, E. dallachiana and Pleiogynium timorense; GEOLOGY SOIL TBF - rocky basalt, not cracking clay

BBN 11.1.1 Sporobolus virginicus grassland on marine clay plains

11.1.1 tidally inundated heavy soils 4 18

LANDFORM flat - top of intertidal and other coastal saline grasslands; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with Sporobolus virginicus; GEOLOGY SOIL clay / mud

BBN 11.3.31 Ophiuros exaltatus, Dichanthium spp. grassland on alluvial plains

11.3. 31x ~ C plains 4 18

LANDFORM flats to very gentle slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland +/- emergent trees. With Heteropogon contortus, Themeda triandra +/- Bothriochloa sp +/- Eulalia aurea +/- Imperata cylindrica. +/- Grevillea striata +/- Eucalyptus tessellaris +/- E. dallachiana; GEOLOGY SOIL pale to brown clay / loam

BBN C 11.12.16 Acacia spp. low woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills

11.12.16x4 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 4 18

LANDFORM coastal headlands and islands; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with scattered shrubs to low very open scrub; GEOLOGY SOIL rhyolite, granite

11.12.16x5 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 4 18

LANDFORM rocky slopes and headlands; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland with scattered shrubs or trees or very open shrubland / low woodland with Triodia stenostachya, Heteropogon contortus, H. triticeus, Cymbopogon bombycinus, C. ambiguus +/- Cochlospermum gillivraei +/- Araucaria cunninghamii +/- Eucalyptus dallachiana +/- E. tessellaris; GEOLOGY SOIL MIG

 

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