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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

Site: 24-4-6 Camel Creek Level of significance: bioregional Location: 24 30' S 134 4' E; Old Rodinga railway siding Area: 175 km2 Map sheet: Rodinga SG 53-02 Bioregion: Finke (FIN) Tenure: Pastoral Lease - Maryvale Station (71% of site) and Deepwell (28% of site) Description: The catchment of Camel Creek. Notes: Interesting occurrences of uncommon chenopods, particularly Pachycornia triandra. Further survey of this area is warranted. Criteria satisfied: B1 b1 ii) Taxa of Australian significance: none Taxa of NT significance: Pachycornia triandra {3r} Taxa of Southern NT (study area) significance: none Taxa of bioregional significance: none Other taxa only known in FIN bioregion (NT portion) from this site: Hibiscus brachysiphonius Vegetation Map Units (mapped as occurring at the site on the 1:1000,000 NT Vegetation Survey Map): Map unit 83 (1 < %): Triodia basedowii (Hard Spinifex) or Triodia pungens (Soft Spinifex) hummock grassland with Eucalyptus gamophylla (Blue Mallee), Acacia tall sparse-shrubland overstorey. Map unit 73 (99 %): Acacia tetragonophylla (Dead Finish), Acacia kempeana (Witchetty Bush) sparse-shrubland with herb/grassland understorey. %U %U 24-4-6 Rodinga Vernas Gap Bore N AMG Zone53 2430' 2430' 13400' 13400' 400000 400000 410000 410000 7280000 7280000 7290000 7290000 7300000 7300000 Volume 2, Part 2, page 123 Finke