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A Natural Regions Map for Tasmania CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by University of Tasmania Open Access Repository Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Sociery o/Tasmania, Volume 122(2),1988 47 A NATURAL REGIONS MAP FOR TASMANIA by A. E. Orchard (with two text·figures) ORCHARD, A. E., 1989 (31 :x): A natural regions map for Tasmania. Pap. Pmc. R. Soc. 122(2): 4751 ISSN 00&0--4703. Tasmanian Herbarium, G.P.O. Box 252C. Hobart, Australia 7001. Tasmania has been divided into 13 regions for the purpose of mapping plant distribution. Eleven of these regions are large ecogeographic zones, the other two being defined to accommodalc historic and administrative requirements of the Tasmanian Herbarium. The boundaries of all regions are defined on natural features, principally rivers and a Ititudinal contours. The region names are being routinely added to labeL; of specimens in the Tasmanian Herbarium. Very similar regions are recognised in a scheme being used by other agencies in Tasmania for nature conservation purposes, and the differences between the two schemes are discussed. Key Words: ecogeographic regions, Tasmania, Tasmanian Herbarium, INTRODUCTION Undefined vernacular descriptors (east coast, midlands, Western Tiers, central plateau, Botanical regions, based on a range of southwest) have been used informally to describe criteria, bave been defined for most Australian more or less natural regions in Tasmania for many states (see Barlow 1984 for a summary). Most years. Davies (1964) produced a map of the six schemes have been developed state herbaria, main contemporary vegetation types in Tasmania where they are found to be particularly useful for (see also Jackson 1965), and Kirkpatrick & internal collection management purposes. Many Dickinson (1984) provided a much more detailed authors also use these schemes as convenient and map which recognised 49 different communities. more or less natural frameworks within which to Mosley (1974) produced a map of 12 "floristic describe plant distribution, particularly in zones", which subsequently formed the basis for taxonomic revisions and considerations of plant some assessments of the distribution and conservation. conservation status of individual species and Tasmania has never had a scheme of well· communities, e.g. Brown et al . 1977, Leigh et af. defined botanical regions for a number of reasons. 1981. The boundaries of these zones were not Firstly, the Tasmanian Herbarium was only form· defined, and some zones encompassed a very wide ally established in 1977/78. Secondly, Tasmania is range of vegetation types. Barlow (1984, 1986) the smallest state, and in terms of area would fit adopted a much simpler approach, by treating the many times over into some of the botanical regions whole of Tasmania as a single botanical region. The used in other stales, Finally, through a combination Bureau of Flora and Fauna with their Census of of climate, topography, evolutionary history and Australian Plants (unpublished) attempted to relate other factors, Tasmania has perhaps the most intri· species distribution in Tasmania to three regions, cate mosaic of vegetation types in Australia. As an but again these had undefined boundaries. illustration of this latter point, it is possible, for In 1980, in the absence of any existing, example, to set up a transect from Pitt Water near widely accepted system of botanical regions in Hobart Airport to the top of Mt Wellington, a linear Tasmania it was decided to dcvise one, initially for distance of 25 km, which takes in coastal sand· use only as a manageme.nt tool within the dune communities, salt marshes, dry sclerophyll Tasmanian Herbarium. In drawing up the map, the forest and savannah, riverine wetlands, wet follOWing criteria were taken into account: sclerophy JI forest, cool temperate rainforest, (i) the number of regions was not to exceed 15, subalpine heath land and subalpine cushion plant and should if possible be fewer; communities. In fact the only major Tasmanian (ii) the regions were to be biogeographically plant communities missing in this transect are the based, taking into account the climatic regions of button grass swamp and other vegetation types Gentilli (1972), the vegetation map of Davies developed on the quartzite/peat soils of the (1964) and the floristic zones of Mosley (1974); southwest and west coast. (iii) the boundaries had to be unambiguous, based 4R A E, Orchard " FiG, i-Regions the Tasmanian Herbarium: (J) King Island, (2) Fumeaux, (3 j North West, (4) NorthEast, (5) West Coast, (6) Central Highlands, (7) Midlands, (8 J Ben Lomond, (9) East Coast, ( J()q) South West (quartzite J, (lOd) Sourh West (dolerite), (J J) Mt Field, (12) Mt Wellington, (13) Macquarie Island, A natural regions mapfoJ" Tasmania 49 as far a, on natural features, and defi nable upper Derwent and north Island. in two-three sentences; and (l0) South West. Abuts regions 5, 6 and 9 and (iv) the names of the regions were to retain, as far includes south Bruny Island. Contains region II as as vernacular usage. an cnclave. It can be divided into two subregions (q) and (d) defined by the underlying rock lype (q = quartzite, d = dolerite). THE REGIONS (11) Mt Field. Con,ists of Mt Field East and Mt Field West, down to the 600 m contour linc. A set of : 3 regions was recognised 1), 12) il,fl The Mt Weilington range and defined. down to the 600 m contour linc. (1) f.lland. Includes King Island itself, (13) Island. associated Islets and reefs north of latitude 400 15'S. (2) Fumcaux. Includes the main Furneaux Group (Flinders, Cape Barren and Clarke Islands and DISCUSSION associated islets north of latitude 40040'S) as well as the Kent, Curtis and Hogan Groups up to the Some comments are necessary on the above Victorian border (latitude 39° 12' S). scheme. Two regions, Ml Field and Mt Wellington, (3) North West. The southwestern boundary is are arbitrary. Both have been singled out for special formed by the Arthur River upstream to near recognition within the Tasmanian Herbarium Waratah. It then turns eastward along 600 m because they are the two most heavily collected altitudinal contour. The eastern boundary is the and botanically visited areas in the stale. However, Mersey River. Three Hummock, Hunter and on other criteria Mt Wellington clearly belongs in Robbins Islands fall within this region. the South West region, while Ml Field would be (4) North East. The western boundary is the allocated to region 6 or 1O( d). Some other Tamar estuary. The southern boundary follows the boundaries are somewhat arbitrary (for example North Esk River to the 300 m altitudinal contour, those between regions 3 & 5, and 3 & 7) and have then this line north of the Ben Lomond the consequence of stretching vernacular under­ massif to Highway 4 between Fingal and standing of some districts (e.g. Deloraine and Mole SeamandeL Creek fall within "Midlands", the upper Derwent (5) West Coast. Abuts region 3 in the north. The Valley within "East Coast" and South Bruny eastern boundary is the 600 m contour line while Island within "South West"). However these quirks the southern boundary is Macquarie Harbour and must be tolerated if a manageable number of the Gordon River. The southeastern extremity is regions with easily defined boundaries is to be bounded by the Florentine River. achieved. (6) Central Highlands. The northern, western These regions have been in use in the and northeastern boundaries arc the 600 m contour Tasmanian Herbarium now for over six years, and line. In the east this contour line is joined to the have been routinely added to all specimen labels 300 m line by the Blackman River, and the produced in that time. No serious difficulties have 300 m line is followed to the Florentine and been experienced in quickly allocating collections Gordon Rivers. to their correct region. The region names will be (7) Midlands. The western boundary is the used in future editions of The Student's Flora oj Mersey River, the eastern boundary is the Tamar Tasmania and in at least some taxonomic Estuary, the North Esk River and then via the monographs to describe plant distributions within 300 m contour along the southeastern and southern the state. boundaries to the Blackman River. On the In 1984 the Tasmanian Forestry Commission southwestern side this region abuts the central convened a meeting to discllss the preparation of highlands. definitions of biophysical/biogeographic (8) Ben Lomond. The Mt Arthur, Mt Barrow, Ben within Tasmania, to be llsed in the first instance in Lomond and Mt Saddleback complex, down to the an Environmental Impact Study on \Voodchip 30n m conlour line. Exports (Anon. 1985). The Commission decided to (9) East Coast. In the north the boundary is adopt the Herbarium scheme with minor modi­ Highway 4 between Fingal and Scam ander, until fications, and produced a map (fig. 2) showing the point where it meets the 300 m contour. This eleven Nature Conservation Regions, each rigidly line forms the western boundary until it meets the defined on criteria similar or identical to those of Huon River near Judbury. This region includes the the Herbarium scheme. 50 A. E. Orchard ... " J 0 _' .~. ~ ~ 40° 40'S FIG. 2 - Nature Conservation Regions adopted by the Tasmanian Forestry Commission: (I) King Island, (2) Furneaux Group, (3) North west, (4) North (4a -Coast and Hills, 4b - Midlands), (5) North East Lowlands, (6) North East Highlands, (7) East (7a-Coast and Tiers, 7b-Southern Midlands), (8) Centre, (9) West, (10) South (lOa - quartzite, JOb - dolerite), (11) Macquarie Island. A natural regions map for Tasmania 51 The major differences between the two maps REFERENCES (referred to here for convenience as the Herbarium and Forestry schemes) are: ANONYMOUS, 1985: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (i) the "Midlands" region of the Herbarium map STUDY ON TASMANIAN WOODCHIP ("North" on the Forestry map) is divided by EXPORTS BEYOND 1988.
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