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Land Resources of Auvergne Station

Details:

Title

Land Resources of Auvergne Station

Other title

A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District

Creator

Napier, Diane; Edmeades, Bart; Lynch, Brian; McGregor, Robert; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Editor

Hill, J.V.

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Jul-18

Date

2018-06-30

Location

Auvergne Station; NT Portion 2676; Victoria River Downs; Victoria River District

Description

This report for Auvergne Station is a supplement to Land Resources of the Victoria River District (2012) and completes the land resource assessment of the district which covers 24 properties and approximately 78 760 km² of pastoral land. Land unit mapping at 1:100 000 describes the landforms, soils and vegetation in the district.

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)

Table of contents

Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous mapping; 3. Survey methodology and data collection; 4. Lithology; 5. Landform; 6. Soil; 7. Soil physical and chemical characteristics; 8. Vegetation; 9. Land evaluation; 10. Soil erosion; 11. Land unit descriptions; 12. References; Appendices 1 - 12.

Language

English

Subject

Soils -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Land use -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Geology -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; land resource assessment; land units; soil landscapes; vegetation communities

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Palmerston

Series

Jul-18

Format

204 pages ; colour photographs, maps, figures, tables ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781743501498

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=E3F20A909A8123ADE040CD9B21446CC0; http://hdl.handle.net/10070/245323 [Land resources of the Victoria River District]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/300258

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/378762

Page content

Land Resources of Auvergne Station A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District 42 Melaleuca minutifolia/Mixed species low woodland with Sorghum bulbosum/ stipoideum/Themeda triandra tall grassland. Land units: 5c3V, 5g10A, 6c8A Stratum Growth form Cover (cover range) % Av Height (height range) m Upper Tree 35 (20-70) 5 (4.5-6) Mid Shrub 3.5 (0-10) 1.2 Ground Tussock Grass 69 (50-70) 0.5 (0.4-0.8) Melaleuca minutifolia is dominant often with individuals or a mix of individuals including Terminalia platyptera, Eucalyptus pruinosa and/or Excoecaria parvifolia. The most common structural formation is low open forest, although low woodland and low closed forest can occur. The mid stratum is absent or consists of sparse individuals including Melaleuca minutifolia, Cochlospermum fraseri, Dolichandrone filiformis, Grevillea striata and Lysiphyllum cunninghamii. Common species in the ground stratum, amongst others, include the grasses Sorghum bulbosum/ stipoideum, Sehima nervosum, Eriachne obtusa, the herbs Goodenia coronopifolia, G. byrnesii, Ipomoea eriocarpa and Neptunia dimorpha and the sedges Rhynchospora affinis and Fimbristylis schultzii. Melaleuca sericea low woodland with Sorghum bulbosum/Triodia pungens grassland understorey. Land units: 5h3A, 6h1A Stratum Growth form Cover (cover range) % Av Height (height range) m Upper Tree 38.5 (20-65) 4.4 (3.1-5.5) Mid Shrub 3.7 (0-10) 1.4 Ground Tussock Grass 71 (60-80) 0.6 (0.3-1) Melaleuca sericea is dominant in the upper stratum. Other species which may occur include Cochlospermum fraseri and/or Melaleuca minutifolia. The sparse mid stratum may include overstorey species and/or Terminalia canescens or Calytrix exstipulata. Common ground layer grasses include Sorghum bulbosum/stipoideum, Triodia bitextura, Sehima nervosum or Eriachne obtusa. Common herbs include Spermacoce breviflora, Buchnera linearis and Goodenia coronopifolia.