| Survey/Project Number: | 56 Total No. of Sites: 23 |
| Survey/Project Name: | Happy Valley District Council |
| Abstract: | This project aims to conduct a biological survey between 1992 and 1994 for the Happy Valley District Council, near Adelaide, South Australia, to obtain a regional view of native vegetation in the study area; supplementary to existing information from the survey of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges (Department of Environment and Planning, 1986), with additional survey sites. |
| Start Date: | 06/11/1992 End Date: 23/12/1994 |
| Survey Type: | Vegetation Only |
| Study Area Description: | Ridges and narrow gullies of the spine of the Mount Lofty Ranges, foothills escarpment and undulating plateau. Rainfall 600-1150mm pa. Vegetation mainly sclerophyll open forest, woodland and low woodland, with some more open grassy woodland. City of Happy Valley, City of Mitcham and District Council of Stirling. |
| Objectives | |||
| Vegetation: | To obtain a regional view of native vegetation in study area, supplementary to existing information from the survey of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges (Dept Environment and Planning, 1986) with additional survey sites. | ||
| Fauna: | *** No fauna survey objectives recorded | ||
| Methodology | |||
| Vegetation: | Complete list of plant species per 10 x 10m quadrat using Braun/Blanquet cover abundance scores as in Muir table provided by Dept Housing and Urban Development. Standard Dept Housing and Urban Development datasheet modified to include comments on weed distribution. | ||
| Fauna: | *** No vertebrate methodology recorded | ||
| Data Distribution Rules: | Public Dataset |
| Project Basis: |
Vegetation
:
Reference dataset - records from published reference, study or misc dataset. NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Vegetation : Baseline Survey of flora and/or fauna - Standard Biol Survey of SA survey methodology not used. |
| Information Authority: | Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:S&C Div) - Biological Survey and Monitoring |