Plant species and sites of botanical significance in the southern bioregions of the Northern Territory
Matthew White ... [et al.]
White, Matthew; Albrecht, David; Duguid, Angus W.; Latz, Peter; Hamilton, Mary
E-Publications; PublicationNT; E-Books
2000-12-00
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.
Volume 1 : Significant vascular plants -- Volume 2 : Significant sites
English
Plants -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs Region; Northern Territory -- Alice Springs Region
Arid Lands Environment Centre
Alice Springs (N.T.)
2 v. : maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf.
0724527842 (v. 1); 0724527850 (v. 2)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/243744
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601270
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601264; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601266; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/601268
Volume 2, Part 2, page 314 Tanami Site: 20-1-PL1 Bluebush Hills Level of significance: undetermined Location: 20 9' S 129 39' E; ca. 25 km south of Tanami Settlement. Area: 683 km2 Map sheet: The Granites SF 52-03 Bioregion: Tanami (TAN) Tenure: Freehold - Central Desert Aboriginal land Trust (95% of site) and Mt. Frederick (No.2) Aboriginal land Trust (4% of site) Description: Diverse landscape of sandplain, prior stream channels, sandstone and chert hills and laterite rises. Taxa of Australian significance: Corynotheca asperata {3K [N]} Taxa of NT significance: Acacia maconochieana {3r}, Cleome oxalidea {3r}, Iotasperma sessilifolia {3k only known in TAN from this site}, Trianthema glossostigma {3r} Taxa of Southern NT (study area) significance: Goodenia paludicola {(apparently rare) only known in study area from this site}, Vallisneria nana {(disjunct)} Taxa of bioregional significance: none Other taxa only known in TAN bioregion (NT portion) from this site: Goodenia cycloptera {[N]} Vegetation Map Units (mapped as occurring at the site on the 1:1000,000 NT Vegetation Survey Map): Map unit 38 (7 %): Eucalyptus brevifolia (Snappy Gum) low open-woodland with Triodia pungens (Soft Spinifex) hummock grassland understorey. Map unit 76 (92 %): Triodia pungens (Soft Spinifex), Triodia schinzii (Feathertop Spinifex) hummock grassland with Acacia tall sparse-shrubland overstorey. Site: 20-1-PL2 Tanami Paleodrainage System Extension Level of significance: undetermined Location: 20 24' S 130 29' E; Central Tanami Desert Area: 360 km2 Map sheets: The Granites SF 52-03 & Tanami East SE 52-16 Bioregion: Tanami (TAN) Tenure: Freehold - Central Desert Aboriginal land Trust (100% of site) Description: This site includes an extensive paleodrainage landscape contiguous with site 20-1-3 (Tanami Paleodrainage Systems). Notes: Assumed botanical values have not been documented. Taxa of Australian significance: none Taxa of NT significance: none Taxa of Southern NT (study area) significance: none Taxa of bioregional significance: none Vegetation Map Units (mapped as occurring at the site on the 1:1000,000 NT Vegetation Survey Map): Map unit 52 (57 %): Melaleuca glomerata (Inland Teatree) open-shrubland. Map unit 76 (42 %): Triodia pungens (Soft Spinifex), Triodia schinzii (Feathertop Spinifex) hummock grassland with Acacia tall sparse-shrubland overstorey.