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Plant species and sites of botanical significance in the southern bioregions of the Northern Territory

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Title

Plant species and sites of botanical significance in the southern bioregions of the Northern Territory

Other title

Matthew White ... [et al.]

Creator

White, Matthew; Albrecht, David; Duguid, Angus W.; Latz, Peter; Hamilton, Mary

Collection

E-Publications; PublicationNT; E-Books

Date

2000-12-00

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).; This report provides a benchmark for the conservation status of botanical values in the southern, predominantly arid part of the Northern Territory. It will have many and varied uses, providing information about conservation values to land holders and managers as well as government departments and conservation groups.

Table of contents

Volume 1 : Significant vascular plants -- Volume 2 : Significant sites

Language

English

Subject

Plants -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs Region; Northern Territory -- Alice Springs Region

Publisher name

Arid Lands Environment Centre

Place of publication

Alice Springs (N.T.)

Format

2 v. : maps ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf.

ISBN

0724527842 (v. 1); 0724527850 (v. 2)

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/243744

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601270

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601264; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601266; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601268

Page content

Volume 2, Part 2, page 240 Mitchell Grass Downs 8.4 SITES OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE IN THE NT PORTION OF THE MITCHELL GRASS DOWNS BIOREGION Site: 19-5-PL1 Alroy Downs Gidgee Level of significance: undetermined Location: 19 20' S 135 56' E; West of Alroy Downs Homestead. Area: only mapped as point location Map sheet: Alroy SE 53-15 Bioregion: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) Tenure: Pastoral Lease - Alroy Downs Pastoral Lease Description: This area has been identified as supporting interesting Gidgee communities. Notes: This area has a diversity of geologies and pedologies within a limited area including travertine, detrital laterite, pistolitic ironstone and chert, sand, gravel, and red and black clays. Further survey in this area is warranted. Taxa of Australian significance: none Taxa of NT significance: none Taxa of Southern NT (study area) significance: none Taxa of bioregional significance: none 8.5 WATERHOLES OF BOTANICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE NT PORTION OF THE MITCHELL GRASS DOWNS BIOREGION Brunette Downs Homestead Waterhole Significance: national Included within Brunette Creek Waterholes site of significance, site no. 18-5-1 Reference coordinates (decimal degrees of latitude and longitude): -18.6333 , 135.93333 Significant plant taxa: Iotasperma sessilifolia {3k}, Mukia A90788 Tobermorey Station {3V}, Nymphaea immutabilis subsp. immutabilis {3v}, Rumex crystallinus {3r} James River Waterhole Significance: bioregional Included within James River Waterholes site of significance, site no. 20-6-2 Reference coordinates (decimal degrees of latitude and longitude): -20 , 137.5 Significant plant taxa: Nymphaea immutabilis subsp. immutabilis {3v} Lake Nash Waterhole Significance: bioregional Included within Georgina River site of significance, site no. 20-6-1 Reference coordinates (decimal degrees of latitude and longitude): -20.9 , 137.9 Significant plant taxa: Commelina tricarinata {3k}, Corchorus pascuorum {3k}, Iotasperma sessilifolia {3k}