Survey/Project Number: |
107
Total No. of Sites:
307
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Survey/Project Name: |
North-Western Eyre Peninsula |
Abstract: |
This project aims to conduct a survey in 1999 to collect data on the vegetation communities of north-western Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, to enable the classification and mapping on the floristic composition and structure of the vegetation groups of the area.
AIMS: The survey focus was on forest, mallee and woodland communities, and other types of communities such as shrublands and grasslands that may be under represented.
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Start Date: |
16/04/1999
End Date: 22/10/1999
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Survey Type: |
Vegetation Only |
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Study Area Description: |
The study area encompasses the region from Streaky Bay in the north west, across to Pinkawilline CP in north east, south to just west of Hincks CP in the south east and west to the coast near Lake Hamilton in the south west. The southern & central regions are dominated by an undulating sheet calcrete plain with shallow soils. In the north eastern region of the study area occur large fields of mainly NW - SE longitudinal, silicious (quartz) dunes. The region also contains some Isolated granite outcrops such as Mt Wudinna, Pildappa Rock & Ucontichie Hill. In general the vegetation is dominated by mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities with smaller areas of sheoak and native pine woodlands and broombush shrublands.
The study area encompasses the region from Streaky Bay in the north west, across to Pinkawilline CP in north east, south to just west of Hincks CP in the south east and west to the coast near Lake Hamilton in the south west. |