BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 878          Total No. of Sites: 471
Survey/Project Name: Assessment of Red Stringybarks in Spring Gully Conservation Park - NorthernYorke
Abstract: Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha ssp. macrorhyncha) tree monitoring in Spring Gully CP commenced in 2008. Project set up by Nicola Beaton. The aim of the monitoring was to collect base line data on the extent and level of dieback of the Red Stringybark trees which had occurred following the extreme heat in March 2008 and the drought conditions over the preceding years. The Red Stringybark tree health assessment was continued the following years. Specifically tagged trees are monitored twice a year in Autumn and Spring. Trees also include SA Blue Gum. Tagged seedlings are monitored yearly to determine growth.
 
Start Date: 01/03/2008      End Date: 01/01/2020
Survey Type: Vegetation Only
   
Study Area Description: Within Spring Gully Conservation Park boundary
Objectives
         Vegetation: Refer to Abstract.
         Fauna: *** No fauna survey objectives recorded
Methodology
         Vegetation: Four North/South transects are in place as this will cover both ridges and gullies. Trees are tagged and GPS locations recorded (trees were tagged when permit was initially granted, no tagging has occurred since). Health will be assessed on amount of canopy, colour of leaves and amount of epicormic growth. Once baseline data was collected the health of trees along these transects should be undertaken twice a year in Spring and Autumn. Seedling monitoring into the project, in the form of 3 x 30 seedlings, monitor their progress and whether they establish themselves. Tags will be placed on the seedlings loosely held on with a cable tie (to allow the trees to grow). Tags should have the permit number and contact person labelled on them. Upadtes methods supplied in 2015 - There are 4 transects across the park in a North/South direction. For each transect there are a number of sites each 50m apart. At each site 4 trees within a 10m radius of the GPS point are measured. The 4 trees are indicative of the dominant overstorey tree at that location (either Red Stringybark or South Australian Blue Gum).
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Unknown :
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Northern & Yorke)