Survey/Project Number: |
599
Total No. of Sites:
108
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Survey/Project Name: |
Shirrocoe Management Plan Survey |
Abstract: |
Shirrocoe management plan survey contains flora data from Biological survey sites which were completed in May 2008.
The survey also collected baseline data on fauna species present. Extra effort was put into searching Sandhill Dunnart habitat for signs of presence. Permanent photopoints were erected at fauna sites. A few vegetation sites are not marked. |
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Start Date: |
05/03/2007
End Date: 31/07/2008
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Survey Type: |
Vegetation and Fauna |
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Study Area Description: |
Gently undulating topography with areas of sandy, clay flats and low dunes underlain with calcrete. The block is dominated by mallee vegetation with scattered patches of chenopod shrubland and Geijera, Senna and Dodonaea shrublands. A narrow salt lake system is located in the south eastern portion of the park. A few small patches of granite outcrop occur around the lake and a small ironstone hill is the highest feature in the park.
A rough rectangle 11km wide x 18km long. West of the southern Middleback Ranges, from Sinclair Gap south, adjacent to Iron Knight, Iron Dutchess and to south of Iron Duke. West of this line approximately 11km to the border of the Secret Rocks Heritage Area. |