Volume 5 - Appendices Appendix 14 -Flora and Vegetation Assessment

PROJECT SEA DRAGON STAGE 1 LEGUNE GROW-OUT FACILITY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

VOLUME 5 - APPENDICES APPENDIX 14 -FLORA AND VEGETATION ASSESSMENT

Volume 5 - Appendices Appendix 14 -Flora and Vegetation Assessment 1

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Pelican Island Nature Reserve

Ord River VICTORIA

Nature Mijing KEEP Reserve Conservation Park RIVER

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Jemarnde-wooningim Conservation Park Western Australia Northern Territory

Point Spring Nature Reserve

Goomig Conservation Keep River National Park Park Extension (Proposed)

Ngamoowalem Barrbem Conservation Conservation Park Park

Keep River National Park

Judbarra / Gregory National Park

Base map: GeoScience Australia 2016 National Parks: WA Department of Parks and Source: Ord River Irrigation Areas: Seafarms 2015, Wildlife 2016, NT Department of Land Resource Legune Station outline modified by CO2 2016 Management 2015 O No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency or 0 10 20 30 40 suitability) and no liability is accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for any loss, Ord Irrigation Scheme Disclaimer: damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of the data. Data must not be Project Location used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. Kilometers A4 Scale 1:1,000,000 Parks and Reserves File: File: EISV6_FVFIG1_ProjectLocation_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Coordinate System: GCS GDA 1994 FORSYTH

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Keep River National Park Extension (Proposed)

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Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Project Land Form Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Footprint Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Coastal Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 O Legune erosional plain Station Outline Coastal plain No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, 0 1 2 3 4 Residuals Project Area reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and no liability is Estuarine accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for Kilometers Disclaimer: any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) Watercourses deltaic plain relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. A4 Scale: 1:200,000 Non-perennial Ranges Geomorphology Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 Perennial Sheet flood File: File: EISV6_FVFIG3_ProjectAreaGeomorphology_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 fan plains

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Keep River National Park Extension (Proposed)

Landsat: Geoscience Resource Management Australia 2006 2015 Legune Station Source: Keep River National Park: Near Threatened Flora NT Department of Land Species: SeaFarms 2016 O Project Footprint

No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, 0 1 2 3 4 5 reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and no liability is Species Near Threatened accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for Disclaimer: any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) Kilometers relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct Livistona lorophylla marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. A4 Scale: 1:250,000 Flora Species Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 Turraea pubescens File: File: EISV6_FVFIG4_NearThreatenedFlora_160812 Date: 12/08/2016

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VICTORIA FORSYTH

CREEK CP1.22 CP2.7 CP1.15

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RIVER CP2.2 EDP2.3 EDP1.4 EDP4.1 CP1.1 EDP9.1

KEEP CREEK ALLIGATOR CP1.25 CP1.18 CP2.3 CEP1.5 EDP3.5 3 EDP6.1 CEP1.4 EDP1.5 EDP4.3 EDP2.6 EDP2.7 EDP3.3

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CEP1.3 Cane grass grassland Ghost gum woodland Monsoon vine thicket R1.4 Darwin stringybark/Darwin Ghost gum woodland on Non remnant woollybutt woodland coastal erosional plains ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯Northern rice grass Ephemeral wetland Mangrove low closed ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯grassland forest Estuarine-deltaic plain Ranges open woodland wetland Melaleuca dealbata DDDD woodland DDDD Samphire forbland Flood-out plain grassland DDDD Melaleuca leucadendra Wild plum low open Flood-out plain wetland fringing open forest woodland

Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Project Footprint Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Legune Station Outline

No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, 0 1 2 3 4 5 reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and no liability is Watercourses Vegetation Overview accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for Kilometers Disclaimer: any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. A4 Scale: 1:250,000 Non-perennial

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG6_VegetationOverview_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial 2 1 3

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Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 1 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, 0 0.5 1 1.5 reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and no liability is Watercourses accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for Kilometers Vegetation Disclaimer: any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. A4 Scale: 1:60,000 Non-perennial

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial CP1.22

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Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 2 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial EDP2.1

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Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 3 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial EDP1.7

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Vegetation Type Cane grass grassland Darwin stringybark/Darwin woollybutt woodland

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R1.2 Wild plum low open woodland

Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 4 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial EDP1.7

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Vegetation Type Calytrix exstipulata tall shrubland Cane grass grassland Estuarine-deltaic plain wetland Flood-out plain grassland Ghost gum and G. pteridifolia low woodland Melaleuca dealbata woodland Melaleuca leucadendra fringing open forest Melaleuca spp. low woodland Monsoon vine thicket Non remnant ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯Northern rice grass ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯grassland

R1.3 Ranges open woodland

Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 5 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial CEP1.2

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Vegetation Type Darwin stringybark/Darwin woollybutt woodland

Flood-out plain wetland Melaleuca spp. low woodland ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯Northern rice grass ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯grassland Ranges open woodland

Cadastre: Northern Territory Government 2015 Roads: Geoscience Australia 2012 Legune Station Outline Source: State Border: Geoscience Australia 2012 Sheet 6 of 6 Landsat: Geoscience Australia 2006 Vegetation: SeaFarms June 2016 O Project Footprint

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 File: File: EISV6_FVFIG7_Vegetation6Sheets_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Perennial

CO2 Australia

Coastal plain vegetation communities

Astrebla Ecological Services| Flora report for Project Sea Dragon Stage 1 Grow-out Facility EIS|CO2 Australia/Seafarms Group Ltd Avicennia marina, Excoecaria agallocha, Ceriops

Plate 1 Mangrove low closed forest on coastal (estuarine alluvial) plain

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Avicennia marina Excoecaria agallocha ovalis Ceriops

Avicennia marina Excoecaria agallocha ovalis Ceriops Aegialitis annulata Aegiceras corniculatum Osbornia octodonta

Sporobolus virginicus Tecticornia halocnemoides Tecticornia indica Batis argillicola

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Northern Territory Guidelines and Field Methodology for Vegetation Survey and Mapping. et al Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook, 3rd edtn 2nd edition Auvergne, Northern Territory 1:250, 000 geology map sheet et al Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Condition5: – –

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CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Vegetation Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Group Group Subgroup – – –

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Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Regionalisation of Mangrove Communities along the Northern Territory CoastTechnical Memorandum No. 96/17 Plate 2 Mangrove low closed forest community mapping; project area in white Suaeda arbusculoides, Tecticornia australasica, T. indica

Plate 1 Samphire forbland on coastal (estuarine alluvial) plain

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Avicennia marina Aegialitis annulata Aegiceras corniculatum Osbornia octodonta

Suaeda arbusculoides Tecticornia australasica Tecticornia halocnemoides Tecticornia indica Sporobolus virginicus Xerochloa imberbis Batis argillicola

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CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Group Major Vegetation Vegetation Subgroup Group – – –

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Community notes

Plate 3 Samphire forbland mapping; project footprint in white CO2 Australia

Estuarine deltaic plain vegetation communities

Astrebla Ecological Services| Flora report for Project Sea Dragon Stage 1 Grow-out Facility EIS|CO2 Australia/Seafarms Group Ltd Corymbia bella Melaleuca dealbata

Plate 1 Left: Corymbia bella woodland, with a Sida acuta and Hyptis suaveolens ground layer; C. bella open woodland

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Corymbia bella

Corymbia bella Melaleuca dealbata Terminalia platyphylla

Hibiscus panduriformis Sesbania cannabina Atalaya hemiglauca Terminalia platyphylla Ventilago viminalis Ludwigia perennis Melaleuca dealbata Antidesma ghaesembilla Exocarpos latifolius Lysiphyllum cunninghamii

Hyptis suaveolens* Chloris virgata* Digitaria ciliaris Rhynchosia minima Sida acuta* Grewia retusifolia Dactyloctenium radulans Chamaecrista rotundifolia Cyperus polystachyos Nelsonia campestris Fimbristylis microcarya Stemodia lythrifolia Alysicarpus vaginalis

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CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Vegetation Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Group Group Subgroup – Eucalyptus – papuana**/E. polycarpa – Eucalyptus papuana Corymbia bellaE. polycarpa C. polycarpa Beadle (1981)8 Eucalyptus papuana Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Eucalyptus papuana Sehima nervosum/Themeda triandra

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auvergne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Community notes

Corymbia bella ‘’ ‘’ Melaleuca dealbata M. dealbata C. bella Ophiuros exaltatus

Plate 2 Mapping for ghost gum woodland on the estuarine-deltaic plain; project footprint in white Cyperus scariosus, Schoenoplectus praelongatus, Caldesia oligococca

Plate 1 Left: dried linear gilgai within an ephemeral wetland on the margin of Ophiuros exaltatus grassland; Right: inundated gilgai with Nymphoides indica and Caldesia oligococca

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Ammannia multiflora Ludwigia perennis Atriplex elachophylla Hibiscus panduriformis – –

Cyperus scariosus Schoenoplectus praelongatus Caldesia oligococca Marsilea hirsuta Schoenoplectus lateriflorus Panicum trachyrhachis Eleocharis atropurpurea Chara Cyperus difformis Elytrophorus spicatus Basilicum polystachyon Sida acuta* Nymphoides indica

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CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Group Major Vegetation Vegetation Subgroup Group – – – Beadle (1981)8 Xerochloa Dichanthium D. tenuiculum Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Oryza australiensis/Nymphoides indica/Echinochloa colona Panicum trachyrhachis/ Oryza rufipogon

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code –

Community notes

‘’ Xerochloa imberbis Ophiuros exaltatus

Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory.

A. multiflora L. perennis

C. oligococca, N. indica Chara A. elachophylla H. panduriformisCyperus scariosus

Plate 2 Ephemeral wetland mapping; project footprint in white Ficus virens, Cochlospermum fraseri, Adansonia gregorii

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Ficus virens Cochlospermum fraseri Pandanus spiralis Strychnos lucida Ventilago viminalis Celtis philippensis Jasminum didymum Tinospora smilacina Cayratia trifolia

Carissa lanceolata Plumbago zeylanica Vitex glabrata Ficus aculeata Clerodendron acuminata Atalaya hemiglauca Flueggea virosa Ipomoea macrantha

Hyptis suaveolens* Achyranthes aspera Cymbopogon bombycinus Sida cordifolia* Lomandra tropica

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– – – Adansonia gregorii Terminalia bursarina/Adansonia gregorii Cyperus

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Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Pandanus spiralis Ficus virens

Corymbia bella C. bella

Turraea pubescens Melaleuca dealbata, Terminalia platyphylla, Melaleuca leucadendra Melaleuca dealbata

Melaleuca dealbata – Sida acuta

Melaleuca dealbata Ficus virens

Melaleuca dealbata Terminalia platyphylla Melaleuca leucadendra Adansonia gregorii

Antidesma ghaesembilla Melaleuca sericea Melaleuca acacioides Barringtonia acutangula Terminalia platyphylla Hibiscus panduriformis Phyllanthus reticulatus Ventilago viminalis Atalaya hemiglauca Capparis sepiaria Senna obtusifolia* Sesbania cannabina Calotropis procera* Cordia dichotoma Atriplex elachophylla Parkinsonia aculeata*

Sida acuta* Chloris virgata* Echinochloa colona* Dactyloctenium radulans Digitaria ciliaris Cyperus scariosus Grewia retusifolia Nelsonia campestris Fimbristylis microcarya Xerochloa imberbis Alternanthera nodiflora

–

Northern Territory Guidelines and Field Methodology for Vegetation Survey and Mapping. et al Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook, 3rd edtn –

– –

 Sida acuta P. aculeata*  S. acuta,   

– – – Melaleuca leucadendra –

2nd edition Auvergne, Northern Territory 1:250, 000 geology map sheet et al Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auvergne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory.

Melaleuca dealbata ‘’ Terminalia platyphylla Corymbia bella

Melaleuca dealbata Barringtonia acutangula

M. dealbata Barringtonia acutangula

Melaleuca sericea

Melaleuca sericea M. acacioides

Melaleuca leucadendra

M. leucadendra M. sericea Adansonia gregorii

Melaleuca dealbata Ophiuros exaltatus, Cyperus scariosus, Imperata cylindrica

Plate 1 Ophiuros grassland

Characteristic species composition with mean Braun Blanquet abundance scale:

Melaleuca dealbata Cathormion umbellatum

Hibiscus panduriformis , Parkinsonia aculeata* , Calotropis procera* , Sesbania cannabina , Senna obtusifolia* Ammannia multiflora Ludwigia perennis Ventilago viminalis Ficus aculeata

Ophiuros exaltatus Cyperus scariosus , Imperata cylindrica Xerochloa imberbis Phyllanthus maderaspatensis Leptochloa fusca , Fimbristylis microcarya Fimbristylis dichotoma Oryza australiensis Dichanthium sericeum

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: –

Land system4: –

Condition5: – –

 – O. exaltatus  P. aculeataS. obtusifolia 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Vegetation Group Subgroup Group – – Beadle (1981)8 – ’Dichanthium D. sericeum Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Xerochloa imberbis ‘’ O. exaltatus Cyperus scariosus Oryza australiensis Imperata cylindrica

Oryza australiensis O. exaltatus O. exaltatus X. imberbis O. australiensis

Oryza – O. exaltatus X. imberbis

 I. cylindrica X. imberbis O. exaltatus X. imberbis  Chrysopogon fallax Bothriochloa bladhii

Plate 2 Canegrass grassland mapping Schoenoplectus littoralis, S. laevis, Oryza australiensis

Plate 1 Both images show areas of aquatic beds dominated by Nymphaea spp., fringed by closed sedgeland

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale:

Melaleuca dealbata

Sesbania cannabina Typha

Schoenoplectus littoralis , Schoenoplectus laevis Schoenoplectus praelongatus Oryza australiensis Eleocharis sundaica Ludwigia adscendens Arundinella nepalensis Urochloa mutica* Leptochloa fusca , Brachiaria mutica* Cyperus alopecuroides Marsilea hirsuta Nymphaea violacea Nymphaea macrosperma Aeschynomene indica Nymphoides indica Ipomoea aquatica

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: – –

Land system4: –

Condition5: – –

 U. mutica  U. mutica 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Subgroup Vegetation Group Group – – – – Beadle (1981)8 Oryza australiensis Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Panicum trachyrhachis/ Oryza rufipogon Pseudoraphis spinescens/Eleocharis dulcis

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Community notes

Melaleuca dealbata

Plate 2 Estuarine-deltaic plain wetland; project footprint in white Terminalia platyphylla Melaleuca dealbata

Terminalia platyphylla – Hibiscus panduriformis

Terminalia platyphylla

Terminalia platyphylla Melaleuca dealbata Eucalyptus pruinosa

Antidesma ghaesembilla Terminalia platyphylla Hibiscus panduriformis Strychnos lucida Flueggea virosa Ventilago viminalis Grewia retusifolia Atalaya hemiglauca Petalostigma pubescens

Digitaria ciliaris Hyptis suaveolens* Cyperus scariosus Echinochloa colona* Dactyloctenium radulans Sida acuta* Nelsonia campestris Fimbristylis microcarya

– –

–

– –

 Sida acuta  Hyptis suaveolens, H. suaveolens,   

– Terminalia arostrata – – Chrysopogon fallax, Dichanthium Terminalia – Bauhinia Lysiphyllumcunninghamii Terminalia platyphylla Dichanthium fecundum T. platyphylla

Terminalia platyphylla Ophiuros exaltatus T. platyphylla

Melaleuca dealbata

Terminalia Eucalyptus pruinosa T. platyphylla Eucalyptus tetrodonta/E. miniata

 Terminalia platyphylla, Corymbia polycarpa, Eucalyptus pruinosa, Terminalia canescens, Terminalia grandiflora, Brachychiton diversifolius, Antidesma ghaesembilla, Hake arborescens, Gyrocarpus americanus, Cochlospermum fraseri, Planchonia careya, Dolichandrone heterophylla, Gardenia resinosa, Cayratia trifolia, Tinospora smilacina  Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, ^Petalostigma pubescens, Carissa lanceolata, Acacia lamprophylla, Exocarpos latifolius, Atalaya variifolia, Atalaya hemiglauca, Phyllanthus reticulatus, Strychnos lucida, Ventilago viminalis, Santalum lanceolatum, Diospyros rugosula, Acacia holosericea, Persoonia falcata, Grevillea erythroclada  Hyptis suaveolensSpermacoce brevifolia, Grewia retusifolia, Eragrostis cumingii T. platyphylla H. suaveolens,

Terminalia ’

Ophiuros exaltatus, Cyperus scariosus, Imperata cylindrica

Plate 1 Ophiuros grassland

Characteristic species composition with mean Braun Blanquet abundance scale:

Melaleuca dealbata Cathormion umbellatum

Hibiscus panduriformis , Parkinsonia aculeata* , Calotropis procera* , Sesbania cannabina , Senna obtusifolia* Ammannia multiflora Ludwigia perennis Ventilago viminalis Ficus aculeata

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: –

Land system4: –

Condition5: – –

 – O. exaltatus  P. aculeataS. obtusifolia 

Analogous mapping units:

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Xerochloa imberbis ‘’ O. exaltatus Cyperus scariosus Oryza australiensis Imperata cylindrica

Oryza australiensis O. exaltatus O. exaltatus X. imberbis O. australiensis

Oryza – O. exaltatus X. imberbis

 I. cylindrica X. imberbis O. exaltatus X. imberbis  Chrysopogon fallax Bothriochloa bladhii

Plate 2 Canegrass grassland mapping; project footprint in white CO2 Australia

Coastal erosional plain vegetation communities

Astrebla Ecological Services| Flora report for Project Sea Dragon Stage 1 Grow-out Facility EIS|CO2 Australia/Seafarms Group Ltd Calytrix exstipulata, Melaleuca sericea, M. minutifolia Calytrix exstipulata

Calytrix exstipulata, Melaleuca minutifolia Calytrix exstipulata Erythrophleum chlorostachys

Erythrophleum chlorostachys Corymbia polycarpa Corymbia bella Cochlospermum fraseri Owenia verrucosa Corymbia greeniana Eucalyptus ferruginea Eucalyptus tectifica

Calytrix exstipulata Melaleuca minutifolia Melaleuca sericea Acacia holosericea Carissa lanceolata Acacia platycarpa Exocarpos latifolia Grevillea heliosperma Grevillea prasina Wrightia saligna , Stenocarpus acacioides Petalostigma quadriloculare Buchanania obovata Petalostigma pubescens Corymbia abbreviata

Eriachne obtusa Hyptis suaveolens* Triodia pungens Eriachne ciliata Spermacoce brevifolia Heteropogon contortus Schizachyrium fragile Stemodia lythrifolia Triumfetta plumigera Sorghum stipoides Sida acuta Buchnera linearis

– ’

–

– –

 Hyptis suaveolens Sida acuta,  Hyptis suaveolens 

– – ‘’ Melaleuca sericea Sorghum bulbosum/Plectrachne pungens

Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory.

Melaleuca sericea M. minutifoliaCalytrix exstipulata C. exstipulata

‘’ ‘’ Eucalyptus Calytrix Triodia Eucalyptus phoenicea

M. sericea C. exstipulataM. minutifolia, C. fraseri

Corymbia abbreviata – Corymbia bella, C. polycarpa, C. greeniana

Corymbia bella – – Sida acuta Hyptis suaveolens

Corymbia bella Corymbia polycarpa Corymbia greeniana Terminalia platyphylla Terminalia volucris Gyrocarpus americanus Mimusops elengi Adansonia gregorii Tinospora smilacina Erythrina vespertilio

Acacia lamprophylla Lysiphyllum cunninghamii Petalostigma pubescens Atalaya hemiglauca Terminalia platyphylla Ventilago viminalis Pandanus spiralis Flueggea virosa Exocarpos latifolius Brachychiton diversifolius Brachychiton tuberculatus Grewia breviflora

Hyptis suaveolens Sida acuta* Chamaesyce rotundifolia Spermacoce brevifolia Goodenia brachypoda

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– –

  H. suaveolens E. tetrodonta/E. miniata  H. suaveolens, Sida acuta   

– Eucalyptus – papuana**/E. polycarpa – Eucalyptus papuana Corymbia bellaE. polycarpa C. polycarpa Eucalyptus papuana Eucalyptus papuana Sehima nervosum/Themeda triandra

C. bella

  

E. tetrodonta Melaleuca

C. bella C. bella Adansonia gregorii, Mimusops elengi, Gyrocarpus americanus, Erythrina vespertilio, Strychnos lucida, Celtis philippensis, Exocarpos latifolius, Terminalia platyphylla Tinospora smilacina, Ipomoea macrantha Cayratia trifolia

Eucalyptus tetrodontaE. miniata, E. tectifica

Plate 1 Eucalyptus miniata woodland (left and right)

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Eucalyptus miniata Eucalyptus tetrodonta Corymbia polycarpa Corymbia bella Eucalyptus tectifica Corymbia greeniana Corymbia confertiflora Corymbia grandifolia Terminalia grandiflora Terminalia platyphylla

Acacia lamprocarpa Lysiphyllum cunninghamii Planchonia careya Petalostigma pubescens Melaleuca nervosa Grevillea agricola Persoonia falcata , Banksia dentata Buchanania obovata Petalostigma pubescens Distichostemon hispidulus Brachychiton tuberculatus Brachychiton diversifolius Corymbia ferruginea

Panicum mindanaense Sorghum stipoides Hyptis suaveolens* Sida cordifolia* Heteropogon contortus Setaria surgens Chamaecrista rotundifolia* Schizachyrium fragile Limnophila fragrans Eriachne obtusa Eriachne ciliata Waltheria indica Triodia bitextura Perotis rara Aristida holathera Eragrostis speciosa Goodenia armitiana Spermacoce breviflora Buchnera linearis Zornia prostrata Vigna radiata

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: –

Northern Territory Guidelines and Field Methodology for Vegetation Survey and Mapping. et al Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook, 3rd edtn Land system4: –

–

Soils: –

Condition5: –

Hyptis suaveolens,

H. suaveolens H. suaveolens H. suaveolens

–

H. suaveolens

– –

 Hyptis suaveolens   

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Major Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Subgroup Group Group – E. miniata – E. tetrodonta Beadle (1981)8 Eucalyptus tetrodonta-E. miniata-E. polycarpa Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Eucalyptus miniata/E. tetrodonta Sorghum bulbosum Plectrachne pungens

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Eucalyptus tetrodonta E. miniata E. miniata E. tetrodonta,

Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auvergne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. – H. suaveolens H. suaveolens H. suaveolens

E. tetrodonta/E. miniata

Corymbia polycarpa

C. polycarpa E. tetrodonta/E. miniata Lophostemon grandiflorus/Melaleuca leucadendra C. grandifolia C. confertiflora

E. tetrodonta/E. miniata – H. suaveleons, Sida cordifolia

Eucalyptus tectifica E. tetrodonta

Eucalyptus tectifica E. tetrodonta/E. miniata E. tetrodonta E. miniata C. confertiflora Erythrophleum chlorostachys Eucalyptus tetrodonta ’E. tectifica-E. confertiflora-E. grandifolia ‘E. tectifica Sorghum bulbosum/S. plumosum ’

Callitris intratropica

Callitris intratropica C. intratropica Lophostemon grandiflorus/Melaleuca leucadendra

L. grandiflorusM. leucadendra Caldesia oligococca, Nymphoides indica Eleocharis Sporobolus virginicus

Plate 2 Left: Wetland with Melaleuca leucadendra open forest visible in the background; Right: Lophostemon grandiflorus woodland fringing the same wetland

Plate 3 Darwin stringybark/Darwin woollybutt woodland mapping; project footprint in white Grevillea pteridifolia, Corymbia bella, C. polycarpa G. pteridifolia

Plate 1 Left: Acacia lamprocarpa low woodland with Syzygium eucalyptoides subsp. bleeseri in the mid-ground; Right: Grevillea pteridifolia low woodland

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Corymbia polycarpa Corymbia bella Grevillea pteridifolia Pandanus spiralis Melaleuca leucadendra Terminalia grandiflora Terminalia platyphylla Barringtonia acutangula Syzygium eucalyptoides bleeseri

Acacia lamprocarpa Grevillea pteridifolia Acacia holosericea Melaleuca nervosa Grevillea agrifolia Persoonia falcata , Banksia dentata Lophostemon lactifluus Buchanania obovata Petalostigma pubescens

Chamaecrista rotundifolia* Sorghum stipoideum Hyptis suaveolens* Sida cordifolia* Heteropogon contortus Setaria surgens Eriachne armitiana Limnophila fragrans Fuirena ciliaris Lobelia dioica Fimbristylis pauciflora

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: – –

Soils:

Condition5: – –

 Hyptis suaveolens Sida cordifolia, Chamaecrista rotundifolia  Hyptis suaveolens  Acacia holosericea 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Major Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Subgroup Group Group Grevillea pteridifolia, – – Banksia dentata Eriachne Beadle (1981)8 Tristania lactiflua9Grevillea pteridifolia, Banksia dentata Brocklehurst et al. (1998)10 Eucalyptus papuana Sehima nervosum/Themeda triandra

Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Lophostemon lactifluus Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auvergne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Melaleuca leucadendra Barringtonia acutangula

‘Tristania lactiflua11Grevillea pteridifolia, Banksia dentata ’Corymbia

M. leucadendra E. miniata

Syzygium eucalyptoides bleeseri Lophostemon lactifluus B. dentata.

Lophostemon lactifluus Plate 2 Ghost gum and Grevillea pteridifolia low woodland mapping; project footprint in white Melaleuca Lophostemon lactifluus, Pandanus spiralis Melaleuca

Melaleuca leucadendra – Hyptis suaveolens

Melaleuca leucadendra Melaleuca argentea

Melaleuca leucadendra Melaleuca argentea Corymbia ptychocarpa Lophostemon lactifluus Pandanus spiralis Melicope elleryana , Gymnanthera nitida Livistona lorophylla

Barringtonia acutangula Lophostemon grandiflorus Lophostemon lactifluus Acacia plectocarpa Melaleuca sericea Hyptis suaveolens* , Carallia brachiata Flueggea virosa Abrus precatorius

Arundinella nepalensis Aristida holathera Ischaemum australe Panicum mindanaense Senna obtusifolia* Germainia truncatiglumis Xyris complanata Eriachne triseta Eulalia aurea Cyperus polystachyos

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Northern Territory Guidelines and Field Methodology for Vegetation Survey and Mapping. et al Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook, 3rd edtn – –

– –

 Hyptis suaveolens Senna obtusifolia 

– – – Melaleuca leucadendra Melaleuca leucadendra/M. viridiflora Sorghum plumosum/Mnesithea rottboellioides

Melaleuca leucadendra –

M. argenteaCorymbia ptychocarpa Lophostemon lactifluus Livistona lorophylla

Melaleuca CO2 Australia

Flood out plain vegetation communities

Astrebla Ecological Services| Flora report for Project Sea Dragon Stage 1 Grow-out Facility EIS|CO2 Australia/Seafarms Group Ltd Chrysopogon fallax, Bothriochloa bladhii, Sorghum

Plate 1 Flood-out plain grassland

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale:

Melaleuca viridiflora

Bothriochloa bladhii Chrysopogon fallax Eriachne glauca Sorghum stipoideum Sorghum plumosum Cyperus Fimbristylis Xerochloa imberbis

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: –

Land system4: –

Soils:

  – – 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Vegetation Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Group Group Subgroup – Chrysopogon – – fallax, Dichanthium fecundum Beadle (1981)8 Dichanthium Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Chrysopogon fallax, Brachyachne convergens/Iseilema Eriachne glauca/Fimbristylis simplex/Chrysopogon setifolius

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

‘’ Project Sea Dragon EIA Terrestrial Flora Survey Report

Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auvergne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Plate 1 Flood-out plain grassland mapping (and showing flood-out plain wetland area in yellow); project footprint in white Eleocharis sundaica, Fimbristylis microcarya, Oryza australiensis

Plate 1 Mixed species sedgeland on flood-out plain - emergent Melaleuca dealbata visible in both images

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Melaleuca dealbata Eucalyptus microtheca

Eleocharis sundaica Fimbristylis microcarya Oryza australiensis Elytrophorus spicatus Panicum trachyrhachis Eriachne glauca Eriachne armitiana Eragrostis cilianensis* Fuirena ciliaris Mimulus uviduae Xyris indica Goodenia purpurascens Nymphaea hastata

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: – –

Land system4: –

Soils:

 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Group Major Vegetation Vegetation Subgroup Group – – – Beadle (1981)8 Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Eriachne glauca/Fimbristylis simplex/Chrysopogon setifolius Oryza australiensis/Nymphoides indica/Echinochloa colona Pseudoraphis spinescens/Eleocharis dulcis

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Community notes

Melaleuca dealbata

Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Plate 2 Flood-out plain wetland mapping (in yellow); project footprint in white Melaleuca viridiflora, M. minutifolia, M. sericea

Plate 1 Left: Melaleuca viridiflora grassy low woodland; Right: M. minutifolia low woodland. Note the difference that heavy grazing makes to the ground layer!

Indicative species composition with Braun Blanquet abundance scale (see notes):

Corymbia grandiflora Eucalyptus microtheca

Melaleuca viridiflora M. minutifolia M. sericea Petalostigma pubescens , Pandanus spiralis

M. viridiflora Acacia lamprocarpa M. minutifolia M. sericea Barringtonia acutangula Ventilago viminalis Persoonia falcata Buchanania obovata

Sorghum stipoides Eriachne obtusa Chrysopogon fallax Themeda triandra Fimbristylis squarrulosa F. pterygosperma Goodenia armitiana Spermacoce brevifolia Drosera lanata Byblis linifolia Haemodorum ensifolium Stackhousia intermedia Blumea diffusa Neptunia major

Landform2:

Soil drainage:

Geological unit3: – –

–

Soils: /

Condition5: - –

 

Analogous mapping units:

CSIRO6 NT 1:1 million mapping project7 NVIS Broad Community Major Vegetation Major Vegetation Vegetation Group Subgroup Group – Melaleuca viridiflora – – Chrysopogon fallax Beadle (1981)8 Melaleuca viridiflora M. minutifolia Brocklehurst et al. (1998)9 Melaleuca minutifolia Sorghum bulbosum Melaleuca viridiflora/Eucalyptus polycarpa Eriachne obtusa Melaleuca viridiflora Eriachne glauca/Chrysopogon setifolius

Structural summary

Strata Modal growth form Mean cover Mean height NVIS code

Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Series No. 28. et al Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape Vegetation Survey of the Northern Territory, Australia. Explanatory Notes to Accompany 1:1 000 000 map sheets. Technical Report No. 49. et al Vegetation of Australia Reconnaissance Land Resource Survey of Auverrgne Station and sections of Spirit Hills Station, Northern Territory. Community notes

Melaleuca viridiflora/M. minutifolia

Melaleuca sericea

Plate 2 Melaleuca spp. low woodland on the flood-out plain mapping; project footprint in white CO2 Australia

Ranges vegetation community

Astrebla Ecological Services| Flora report for Project Sea Dragon Stage 1 Grow-out Facility EIS|CO2 Australia/Seafarms Group Ltd Corymbia dichromophloia, Terminalia

Corymbia dichromophloia Corymbia grandifolia Eucalyptus miniata Erythrophleum chlorostachys Eucalyptus ferruginea Terminalia latipes Terminalia canescens Xanthostemon paradoxus Livistona lorophylla

Calytrix achaeta T. canescens Acacia goniocarpa Cochlospermum fraseri Acacia galioides Acacia jasperensis

Triodia bitextura Triodia pungens Sorghum stipoideum Triodia triticoides Triodia bynoei Eriachne obtusa Eriachne ciliata

–

– –

  

– Eucalyptus dichromophloia Corymbia dichromophloia, E. miniata Plectrachne pungens Triodia bitextura Eucalyptus dichromophloia Corymbia dichromophloia Plectrachne pungens Triodia bitextura – – Eucalyptus dichromophloia Eucalyptus dichromophloia Corymbia dichromophloiaTerminalia canescens Sorghum bulbosum/Plectrachne pungens Triodia bitextura

Corymbia dichromophloia Eucalyptus miniata Xanthostemon paradoxus

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Legune coastal floodplain Location and Description Located between the mouths of the Victoria and Keep Rivers and 330 km south-west of Darwin in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, the Legune coastal floodplain is the western-most coastal floodplain in the Northern Territory. The floodplain extends across extensive tidal flats to Turtle Point in the north and includes a range of freshwater wetland habitats. Large areas of mangroves are associated with the major rivers and channels. Despite close proximity to major rivers, the catchment area for the floodplain system is relatively small being supplied by Forsyth Creek and other smaller unnamed creeks. This differs from other coastal floodplain systems in the Territory which are directly inundated by the river they are associated with.

Tenure and Land Use Google Earth imagery This coastal floodplain is predominantly pastoral leasehold land within one pastoral property (Legune). The main land use within the Site is grazing of cattle on native pastures.

Significance Rating International Significance

Ecological Values The Legune wetlands comprise extensive areas of diverse freshwater and saline wetland habitat and are known to support more than 40 000 mixed waterbirds, mostly Wandering Whistling-Ducks and various egrets and herons. At least four waterbird breeding colonies have also been recorded on the floodplain, including the second largest waterbird colony in the Territory. Turtle Point supports high density nesting of the Flatback Turtles and significant aggregations of migratory shorebirds.

Management Issues Grazing pressure from cattle can affect wetland habitats, especially where access is not restricted during wet periods. Any future expansion of the Ord irrigation scheme is likely to affect the lower Keep River, which may have some impacts on the Legune floodplain.

Condition No information located.

Current Conservation Initiatives A relatively small stock exclosure that includes a turkey nest dam and moat is associated with the Legune homestead swamps and provides a dry season refuge for a range of waterbirds.

LEGUNE COASTAL FLOODPLAIN - SITE OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE

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SOCS Number 27 (NT Parks and Conservation Masterplan Map Number 28) Latitude/Longitude 15º 5´ South, 129º 22´ East (at centre) Bioregion Victoria Bonaparte Description This site extends from the mouth of the Keep River to High Water Inlet, a tributary of the Victoria River, and encompasses a terrestrial area of 1526 km². The northern portion of the site is dominated by tidally influenced salt and mud flats (637 km²), while the southern portion is characterized by a range of seasonally inundated floodplain habitats (628 km²) (including freshwater sedge swamps, seasonal grassy marshes, small wooded swamps, lakes, and clay pans) and includes the Legune Homestead Swamps

LOCATION LOCATION and Osmans Lake system. Upland areas of rugged sandstone are found to the south of the site.

Significance Rating Regional Significance Threatened plants Five threatened species are reported from this site. and animals Vertebrates (Listings at Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis (-/VU) National/NT level Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae (-/VU) CR - Critically Endangered, Yellow-spotted Monitor Varanus panoptes (-/VU) EN - Endangered, Flatback Turtle Natator depressus (VU/DD) VU - Vulnerable, Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata (-VU) NT - Near Threatened, LC - Least Concern,

THREATENED SPECIES THREATENED DD - Data Deficient) Significance Rating Not Significant Notes Other: Three plant species recorded in this site are only found in the Victoria Bonaparte bioregion within the NT but are also found in other states. ENDEMIC SPECIES

Significance Rating International Significance Marine turtles Turtle Point has a small length of beach that is highly significant for nesting Flatback Turtles (Chatto and Baker 2008). Here the site is considered of National significance for marine turtles. Seabirds No seabird breeding colonies are reported in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (Chatto 2001). Waterbirds Total numbers of waterbirds: Chatto (2006) estimated >40 000 waterbirds to be present on the Legune wetlands in 1999, with numbers dominated by Wandering Whistling-Ducks, Grey Teal, Glossy Ibis and Eurasian Coot. Jaensch (1994) reported 15 000 waterbirds on the wetlands in 1993. Counts of individual species: Maximum counts of Pied Heron (3000) (Chatto 2000) on the floodplain are internationally significant (>1% global population; G. Dutson in prep.). Counts of Purple Swamphen (2000) and Glossy Ibis (7000) on the floodplain are the highest reported in surveys of the Top End by Chatto (2006), and are nationally significant (>1% Oceania population; Wetlands International 2006). Chatto (2006) notes 21 important waterbird records for this site including the high counts of species identified above and other counts that are regionally important. Breeding records: Four waterbird breeding colonies are reported in mangroves and paperbark trees in this site, including the second largest colony (W053) recorded in the Top End by Chatto (2000a). This colony, located near the mouth of the Keep River, had a maximum count of 20 000 birds in 1999 and was dominated by egrets, ibis and herons. Other colonies in the site comprised less than about 1500. Small numbers of Magpie Geese are also known to frequent the area and breed in the system (Chatto 2000a). Shorebirds Maximum counts of Terek Sandpipers (1000) at Turtle Point (Chatto 2003) exceed internationally significant thresholds (> 1% East Asian-Australasian Flyway population; Bamford et al. 2008). Chatto (2003; R. Chatto, NRETAS unpubl.) notes seven important shorebird records for this site including high counts of Greater Sand Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones that are regionally important.

WILDLIFE AGGREGATIONS WILDLIFE AGGREGATIONS Other aggregations None known Significance Rating National Significance (possible International) Ramsar criteria met Although no formal assessment has been conducted, Jaensch (1994) notes that this site satisfies waterbird-based criteria for listing as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention (1971), including criterion 5: important wildlife aggregation site with >20 000 waterbirds; and criterion 6: regularly supports >1% of the individuals in a population. DIWA criteria met Wetlands within this site are listed as a wetland of national significance in the Directory of Important Wetlands (DIWA: NT030 Legune Wetlands). The site meets criteria 1, 2, 3 and includes DIWA wetland types: B6, B10, B13, and C2. Notes The DIWA site encompasses the Legune Homestead Swamps and the Osmans Lake system. The

Legune Homestead Swamps (~50 km²) is a series of seasonal sedge and wooded swamps and grassy marshes in the south-east part of the coastal plain. The Osmans Lake System (~40 km²) comprises an un-named coastal lake and more than 15 associated claypans and is situated on the south-east side of the Keep River estuary. Each of these provides a good example of its type and together they provide a good diversity of wetland habitats in a relatively small area (DIWA). The Legune floodplain site has been nominated as a national High Conservation Value Aquatic

WETLANDS Ecosystem (the finalised list of HCVAE will replace the DIWA list).

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Rivers No information located Significance Rating Not significant

Notes There are no rainforest patches or restricted range species or communities within the site.

FLORA Turtle Point is identified as an internationally important site for migratory shorebirds in the East Asian- Australasian Flyway (Bamford et al. 2008). Two sites on the Legune floodplain are listed on the Register of the National Estate for their natural values: Legune Homestead Swamps; and Osmans Lake System (Australian Heritage Council). The Legune coastal floodplain is proposed to be nominated by Birds Australia as an internationally- recognised Important Bird Area (G. Dutson in prep.). The moat surrounding the turkey nest dam near Legune Homestead swamp is fenced to exclude stock and provides useful dry season habitat for a range of waterbirds (DIWA). Twenty nine species recorded from this site are listed under international conventions or bilateral agreements protecting migratory animals. The marine areas within this site are likely to encompass significant biodiversity values and these are currently being explored and collated in a project by the Marine Biodiversity Group of NRETAS (K.

OTHER OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES Edyvane, NRETAS, pers. comm.).

Fire: In the period 1993-2004, 95% of the site was burnt in fewer than three years, and none was burnt in more than six years. Feral animals: No information located Weeds: Three undeclared but problematic environmental weeds (high priority weeds; Smith 2001) (Calotropis procera, Hyptis suaveolens, and Sida acuta) are recorded from this site. Given the location of the site at the mouth of two major river systems, there is potential for species such as Mimosa pigra to invade the site. Other: A substantial expansion of the Ord River irrigation area has been proposed (Kinhill 2000), and this would potentially affect the hydrology of the lower Keep River and consequently the Legune coastal floodplain. All coastal areas in northern Australia are at risk of degradation from sea-level rise resulting from climate

MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT ISSUES change (Hyder Consulting 2007). NRM groups No information located. Protected areas The site is not included within the formal network of protected areas in the NT. Current Site-specific plans: No information located. management plans National recovery plans for threatened species: marine turtles (Environment Australia 2003). Other management plans: Australian Weeds Strategy (NRMMC 2007). Monitoring Fire in the tropical savannas is mapped continuously under the North Australia Fire Information Project programs and http://www.firenorth.org.au/nafi/app/init.jsp research projects There are 13 Tier 1 rangeland monitoring points within this site (Karfs and Bastin 2001). Management In conjunction with the landholder, assess conservation values of wetlands and identify appropriate recommendations conservation management programs (NRETA 2005). Provide support and extension services for landholders to undertake conservation management activities

MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION (NRETA 2005). Papers and reports Chatto, R. (2006). The distribution and status of waterbirds around the coast and coastal wetlands of the Northern Territory. Technical Report 76, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Palmerston. 254pp. Jaensch, R., (1994a). An Inventory of Wetlands of the sub-humid tropics of the NT. Conservation Commission of the NT, Darwin.

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Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport 204 Legune NRM Report Legune Legune encompasses an area of 2349.25 sq km extending from 14 deg 47.0 min to 15 deg 27.0 min S and 129 deg 9.0 min to 129 deg 32.0 min E. Legune is located in the Victoria Bonaparte, bioregion(s)

Location of Legune Legune Climate

The closest long-term weather station is TIMBER CREEK (15 deg 39.0 min S, 130.4808E) 135 km SE of the center of selected area

Statistics Annual Values Years of record Mean max temp (deg C) 34.9 34 Mean min temp (deg C) 21.1 34 Average rainfall (mm) 967.6 34 Average days of rain 64.2 34

Climate summaries from Bureau of Meteorology (www.bom.gov.au)

Legune Vegetation

Vegetation Communities Area of vegetation communities Category Area sq km Area% Tussock grassland 622.46 26.50 Woodland 542.84 23.11 Sparse samphire shrubland 401.42 17.09 Open woodland 165.30 7.04 Closed forest 17.96 .76 Open forest 16.34 .70 Mid closed forest 3.06 .13 Pastoral/Horticulture/roads .02 .00

Vegetation Communities

The NVIS 2005 Layer is compiled from a number of vegetation and land unit survey maps that were recoded and re-attributed for the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) Data scale variable depending on location. ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB771207006B6E040CD9B0F274EFE More details:Go to www.lrm.nt.gov.au/nrmapsnt/ and enter the ANZLIC identifier in the Spatial Data Search Legune Threatened Species

Threatened species recorded in Legune (Records Updated: Sept 2013) Group Common Name Scientific Name NT National ID #Observations (Latest) #Specimens (Latest) #Surveys (Latest) Status Status Fish Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata VU . 176943 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Reptiles Flatback Turtle Natator depressus . VU 176284 6 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Reptiles Yellow-spotted Monitor Varanus panoptes VU . 347307 1 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus VU . . 1 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii VU . . 3 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica VU . . 3 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Eastern Curlew Numenius VU . . 2 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) madagascariensis Birds Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris VU . . 2 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Red Knot Calidris canutus VU . . 1 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown) Birds Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea VU . . 1 (1999) 0 (Unknown) 0 (Unknown)

EX = Extinct EW = Extinct in the Wild ER = Extinct in the NT EN = Endangered EN/VU = One Endangered subspecies/One Vulnerable subspecies VU=Vulnerable VU/- = One or more subspecies vulnerable EN/- = One or more subspecies endangered

Survey = this category refers to data collected using systematic survey methodology Specimen = this category refers to museum or other records where a specimen has been collected and lodged Observation = this category refers to all other incidental recordings where systematic methodology may not have been used consistently.

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Legune Threatened Species Grid

Threatened species recorded in the grid cell(s) in which Legune occurs (Records Updated: Sept 2013) Group Family Name Scientific Name Common Name NT National #Observations Latest #Specimens Latest #Surveys Latest Status Status Observation Specimen Survey Date Date Record Flowering Plants Orchidaceae Zeuxine oblonga Ground Orchid VU 0 Unknown 2 1992 0 Unknown Flowering Plants Malvaceae Hibiscus cravenii Craven`s Native VU VU 0 Unknown 10 2001 0 Unknown Hibiscus Flowering Plants Apiaceae Platysace saxatilis Playtsace VU 0 Unknown 15 2011 0 Unknown Snails Camaenidae Mesodontrachia desmonda Desmond's Land Snail CR 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Fish Pristidae Pristis clavata Dwarf Sawfish VU 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Fish Pristidae Pristis pristis Freshwater Sawfish VU VU 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Reptiles Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley VU EN 2 2000 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Reptiles Cheloniidae Natator depressus Flatback Turtle VU 46 2000 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus rimacola camptris VRD Blacksoil Ctenotus VU 3 2000 2 1998 2 2007 Reptiles Varanidae Varanus mertensi Mertens` Water Monitor VU 3 1987 0 Unknown 4 2009 Reptiles Varanidae Varanus mitchelli Mitchell`s Water Monitor VU 0 Unknown 5 1980 1 1996 Reptiles Varanidae Varanus panoptes Yellow-spotted Monitor VU 3 2000 1 1965 2 2009 Birds Columbidae Geophaps smithii Partridge Pigeon VU VU 0 Unknown 1 1927 0 Unknown Birds Accipitridae Erythrotriorchis radiatus Red Goshawk VU VU 1 1983 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Falconidae Falco hypoleucos Grey Falcon VU 1 1977 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Charadriidae Charadrius mongolus Lesser Sand Plover VU 3 1999 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Charadriidae Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover VU 5 1999 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Rostratulidae Rostratula australis Australian Painted Snipe VU EN 2 1976 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Scolopacidae Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit VU 12 1999 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Scolopacidae Numenius Eastern Curlew VU 15 2000 0 Unknown 2 2002 madagascariensis Birds Scolopacidae Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot VU 3 1999 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Scolopacidae Calidris canutus Red Knot VU 2 1999 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Scolopacidae Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper VU 3 2000 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Psittacidae Pezoporus occidentalis Night Parrot CR EN 2 1982 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Birds Tytonidae Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl (northern VU VU 1 1992 0 Unknown 1 2002 kimberli mainland) Birds Maluridae Malurus coronatus Purple-crowned Fairy- VU VU 0 Unknown 1 1978 0 Unknown coronatus wren (western) Birds Estrildidae Erythrura gouldiae Gouldian Finch VU EN 43 2011 2 1986 2 2007 Mammals Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus Northern Quoll CR EN 20 2002 0 Unknown 20 2002 Mammals Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus Bare-rumped Sheath- CR 0 Unknown 4 1981 0 Unknown tailed Bat Mammals Muridae Rattus tunneyi Pale Field-rat VU 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 31 2009

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Species listed in the table above were recorded from all the grid cells shown below (red/blue line) that overlap Legune Legune Weeds and Potential Weeds

Introduced plants recorded in the grid cell(s) in which Legune occurs and that have been identified as problem weeds in one or more locations in northern Australia. Occurrence based on Northern Territory Government databases. Family Name Scientific Name Common Name NT National Other Status #Surveys Latest Record Status Status Asteraceae Acanthospermum hispidum Starburr B C 2 2008 Annonaceae Annona reticulata Custard Apple Gr 0 Unknown Meliaceae Azadirachta indica Neem MP K1 C&E G&M 0 Unknown CYP WeedsAus Poaceae Bothriochloa pertusa Indian Bluegrass DEU 0 Unknown Fabaceae Calopogonium mucunoides Calopo MP C&E CYP 0 Unknown Apocynaceae Calotropis procera Rubber Bush B C (S WA1 WA2 G&M 4 2008 of 16 5 deg S) Apocynaceae Catharanthus roseus Pink Periwinkle C&E 0 Unknown Poaceae Cenchrus ciliaris Buffel Grass MP Gr G&M DEU 0 Unknown Poaceae Cenchrus echinatus Mossman River Grass B C NSW 0 Unknown Poaceae Cenchrus pedicellatus Mission Grass (annual) WeedsAus 0 Unknown Poaceae Cenchrus polystachios Mission Grass (perennial) B C MP K2 C&E G&M 0 Unknown Poaceae Cenchrus setiger Birdwood Grass DEU 2 2006 Fabaceae Centrosema molle Centro MP 0 Unknown Poaceae Chloris barbata Purpletop Chloris DEU 6 2008 Cucurbitaceae Citrullus lanatus Camel Melon G&M 0 Unknown Fabaceae Crotalaria goreensis Gambia Pea MP 0 Unknown Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo Ulcardo Melon DEU 23 2006 Cyperaceae Cyperus rotundus Nutgrass DEU SA 1 1990 Fabaceae Delonix regia Poinciana C&E 0 Unknown Poaceae Digitaria violascens Purple Crabgrass DEU 1 2007 Poaceae Echinochloa colona Awnless Barnyard Grass DEU 23 2008 Poaceae Echinochloa polystachya Aleman Grass MP C&E G&M CYP 7 1991 Poaceae Eragrostis cilianensis Stinkgrass DEU 0 Unknown Poaceae Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass DEU 1 2001 Amaranthaceae Gomphrena celosioides Gomphrena Weed DEU 0 Unknown Malvaceae Grewia asiatica Phassa Plaum C&E G&M CYP 1 2001 Boraginaceae Heliotropium indicum Indian Heliotrope DEU 2 1993 Lamiaceae Hyptis suaveolens Hyptis B C G&M 41 2008 Convolvulaceae Ipomoea quamoclit Cupid`s Flower C&E 0 Unknown Meliaceae Khaya senegalensis African Mahogany C&E 0 Unknown Fabaceae Leucaena leucocephala Coffee Bush MP C&E G&M CYP 0 Unknown Fabaceae Macroptilium atropurpureum Siratro C&E 0 Unknown Malvaceae Malvastrum americanum Spiked Malvastrum DEU 2 1988 Poaceae Megathyrsus maximus Guinea Grass MP DEU 1 2007 Poaceae Melinis repens Red Natal Grass DEU 0 Unknown Family Name Scientific Name Common Name NT National Other Status #Surveys Latest Record Status Status Fabaceae Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia B C WONS MP K2 WA1 WA4 3 2008 Q2 G&M CYP DEU NSW SA Verbenaceae Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora Lippia G&M NSW 3 1991 Araceae Pistia stratiotes Water Lettuce B C WA1 WA2 Q2 CYP 1 1991 NSW Plantaginaceae Scoparia dulcis Bitter Broom DEU 0 Unknown Fabaceae Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod B C WA1 WA2 Q2 G&M 6 2008 CYP DEU Fabaceae Senna occidentalis Coffee Senna B C G&M DEU 9 2008 Fabaceae Senna tora Foetid Cassia WA1 WA2 Q2 G&M 0 Unknown CYP Malvaceae Sida acuta Spiny-head Sida B C WA1 G&M 53 2008 Malvaceae Sida cordifolia Flannel Weed B C WA1 G&M DEU 45 2008 Malvaceae Sida spinosa Spiny Sida DEU 18 2007 Poaceae Sporobolus jacquemontii American Rat`s Tail Grass Q2 G&M 0 Unknown Fabaceae Stylosanthes guianensis Common Stylo DEU 0 Unknown Fabaceae Stylosanthes hamata Caribbean Stylo DEU 17 2008 Zygophyllaceae Tribulus terrestris Caltrop B C CYP SA 0 Unknown Poaceae Urochloa mosambicensis Sabi Grass DEU 2 2006 Poaceae Urochloa mutica Para Grass MP G&M 0 Unknown Fabaceae Vachellia farnesiana Sweet Acacia DEU 7 2008 Asteraceae Xanthium strumarium Noogoora Burr B C MP WA1 WA2 WA4 4 2001 DEU NSW SA Rhamnaceae Ziziphus mauritiana Chinee Apple A C K2 WA1 WA5 Q2 0 Unknown G&M CYP DEU

Status Codes: 1. NATIONAL STATUS CODES Alert, Alert List for Environmental Weeds (Please call Exotic Plant Pest Hotline 1800 084 881 if you think you have seen this weed) Sleeper, National Sleeper Weed Target,Targeted for eradication. (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449837) WONS, Weeds of National Significance

2. NT STATUS CODES A, NT Class A Weed (to be eradicated) B, NT Class B Weed (growth & spread to be controlled) C, NT Class C Weed (not to be introduced) (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449869)

3. OTHER STATUS CODES C&E, Csurhes, S. & Edwards, R. (1998) Potential Environmental Weeds in Australia. Candidate Species for Preventative Control. Environment Australia, Canberra (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=394504) CYP, Draft Cape York Peninsula Pest Management Plan 2006-2011 (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=371200) DEU, Plants listed as environmental weeds by the Desert Uplands Strategic Land Resource Assessment (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=332123) G&M, Grice AC, Martin TG. 2005. The Management of Weeds and Their Impact on Biodiversity in the Rangelands. Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Australian Weed Management and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. Commonwealth Australia (www.landmanager.com.au/view/ index.aspx?id=163572) Gr, Groves et al. 2003. Weed categories for natural and agricultural ecosystem management. Bureau of Rural Sciences (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=388018) K0, High Priority Weeds not yet established in the Katherine region K1, High Priority Weeds posing environmental threats in the Katherine region K2, High Priority Weeds posing existing threats in the Katherine region, as described in the Katherine Regional Weed Management Strategy 2005-2010 (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=130286) MP, Northern Territory Parks & Conservation Masterplan (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=144141) NAQS, North Australian Quarantine Strategy Target List (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449416) NSW, Declared Noxious Weed in NSW (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449983) Q1, QLD Class 1 Weed (not to be introduced, kept or supplied- Q2, Class 2 Weed (eradicate where possible, not to be introduced, kept or supplied) Q3, Qld Class 3 Weed (to be controlled near environmentally sensitive areas- not to be supplied/sold without a permit) (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=190714) SA, Declared Plant in South Australia (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449996) WeedsAus, Listed as a significant weed by Weeds Australia (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=14576) WA1, WA Weed Class P1 (movement prohibited) WA2, WA Weed Class P2 (aim to eradicate) WA3, WA Weed Class P3 (control infestations) WA4, WA Weed Class P4 (prevent spread) WA5, WA Weed Class P3 (control infestations on public land) (www.landmanager.com.au/view/index.aspx?id=449884).

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Plants listed in the table above were recorded from all the grid cells shown below (red/blue line) that overlap Legune EPBC Act Protected Matters Report

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World Heritage Properties: None National Heritage Places: 1 Wetlands of International Importance: 2 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: None Commonwealth Marine Areas: 1 Listed Threatened Ecological Communities: None Listed Threatened Species: 31 Listed Migratory Species: 38

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Matters of National Environmental Significance National Heritage Properties [ Resource Information ] Name State Status Natural The West Kimberley WA Listed place

Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR) [ Resource Information ] Name Proximity Lake argyle and lake kununurra Within Ramsar site Ord river floodplain Within Ramsar site

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Listed Threatened Species [ Resource Information ] Name Status Type of Presence Birds Erythrotriorchis radiatus Red Goshawk [942] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area Erythrura gouldiae Gouldian Finch [413] Endangered Species or species habitat known to occur within area Falcunculus frontatus whitei Crested Shrike-tit (northern), Northern Shrike-tit Vulnerable Species or species [26013] habitat known to occur within area Geophaps smithii smithii Partridge Pigeon (eastern) [64441] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur Name Status Type of Presence within area Malurus coronatus coronatus Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western) [64442] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area Rostratula australis Australian Painted Snipe [77037] Endangered Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli Masked Owl (northern) [26048] Vulnerable Species or species habitat known to occur within area Mammals Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale [36] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area Conilurus penicillatus Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat, Brush-tailed Tree-rat, Vulnerable Species or species Pakooma [132] habitat may occur within area Dasyurus hallucatus Northern Quoll [331] Endangered Species or species habitat known to occur within area Macrotis lagotis Greater Bilby [282] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale [38] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Phascogale pirata Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale [82954] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat [66889] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat known to occur within area Xeromys myoides Water Mouse, False Water Rat, Yirrkoo [66] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Other Mesodontrachia fitzroyana Fitzroy Land Snail [79111] Endangered Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Plants Hibiscus cravenii [81624] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Reptiles Acanthophis hawkei Plains Death Adder [83821] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed Seasnake [1115] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle [1763] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Chelonia mydas Green Turtle [1765] Vulnerable Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Name Status Type of Presence Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth [1768] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle [1766] Vulnerable Breeding likely to occur within area Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle [1767] Endangered Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Natator depressus Flatback Turtle [59257] Vulnerable Breeding known to occur within area Sharks Carcharodon carcharias Great White Shark [64470] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Glyphis garricki Northern River Shark, New Guinea River Shark Endangered Species or species [82454] habitat known to occur within area Pristis clavata Dwarf Sawfish, Queensland Sawfish [68447] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Pristis pristis Largetooth Sawfish, Freshwater Sawfish, River Vulnerable Species or species Sawfish, Leichhardt's Sawfish, Northern Sawfish habitat likely to occur [60756] within area Pristis zijsron Green Sawfish, Dindagubba, Narrowsnout Sawfish Vulnerable Species or species [68442] habitat known to occur within area Rhincodon typus Whale Shark [66680] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Listed Migratory Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Migratory Marine Birds Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater [1077] Species or species habitat may occur within area Puffinus leucomelas Streaked Shearwater [66541] Species or species habitat may occur within area Sterna albifrons Little Tern [813] Species or species habitat may occur within area Migratory Marine Species Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's Whale [35] Species or species habitat may occur within area Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale [36] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area Carcharodon carcharias Great White Shark [64470] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Name Threatened Type of Presence Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle [1763] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Chelonia mydas Green Turtle [1765] Vulnerable Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Crocodylus porosus Salt-water Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile [1774] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth [1768] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Dugong dugon Dugong [28] Species or species habitat may occur within area Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle [1766] Vulnerable Breeding likely to occur within area Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin Mako, Mako Shark [79073] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Isurus paucus Longfin Mako [82947] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle [1767] Endangered Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Manta birostris Giant Manta Ray, Chevron Manta Ray, Pacific Species or species Manta Ray, Pelagic Manta Ray, Oceanic Manta Ray habitat likely to occur [84995] within area Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale [38] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Natator depressus Flatback Turtle [59257] Vulnerable Breeding known to occur within area Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy Dolphin [45] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Orcinus orca Killer Whale, Orca [46] Species or species habitat may occur within area Rhincodon typus Whale Shark [66680] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin [50] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Tursiops aduncus (Arafura/Timor Sea populations) Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin (Arafura/Timor Sea Species or species populations) [78900] habitat likely to occur within area Migratory Terrestrial Species Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle [943] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow [662] Species or species habitat may occur within area Name Threatened Type of Presence Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater [670] Species or species habitat may occur within area Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail [592] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Migratory Wetlands Species Ardea alba Great Egret, White Egret [59541] Breeding known to occur within area Ardea ibis Cattle Egret [59542] Breeding likely to occur within area Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [874] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint [860] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel [882] Species or species habitat may occur within area Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole [840] Species or species habitat may occur within area Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit [845] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato) Painted Snipe [889] Endangered* Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank [833] Species or species habitat known to occur within area

Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Commonwealth Land [ Resource Information ] The Commonwealth area listed below may indicate the presence of Commonwealth land in this vicinity. Due to the unreliability of the data source, all proposals should be checked as to whether it impacts on a Commonwealth area, before making a definitive decision. Contact the State or Territory government land department for further information. Name Commonwealth Land - Defence - BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA Defence - EAST KIMBERLEY TROOP - NORFORCE Defence - KILLARNEY STATION RADAR SITE Defence - MT GOODWIN RADAR SITE Defence - WOMBUNGI STATION RADAR SITE

Commonwealth Heritage Places [ Resource Information ] Name State Status Natural Bradshaw Defence Area NT Listed place

Listed Marine Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Name Threatened Type of Presence Birds Anseranas semipalmata Magpie Goose [978] Species or species habitat may occur within area Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Ardea alba Great Egret, White Egret [59541] Breeding known to occur within area Ardea ibis Cattle Egret [59542] Breeding likely to occur within area Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [874] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint [860] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater [1077] Species or species habitat may occur within area Charadrius ruficapillus Red-capped Plover [881] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel [882] Species or species habitat may occur within area Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole [840] Species or species habitat may occur within area Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle [943] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt [870] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow [662] Species or species habitat may occur within area Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit [845] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater [670] Species or species habitat may occur within area Pandion haliaetus Osprey [952] Breeding known to occur within area Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail [592] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato) Painted Snipe [889] Endangered* Species or species habitat likely to occur Name Threatened Type of Presence within area Sterna albifrons Little Tern [813] Species or species habitat may occur within area Stiltia isabella Australian Pratincole [818] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank [833] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Fish Campichthys tricarinatus Three-keel Pipefish [66192] Species or species habitat may occur within area Choeroichthys brachysoma Pacific Short-bodied Pipefish, Short-bodied Species or species Pipefish [66194] habitat may occur within area Choeroichthys suillus Pig-snouted Pipefish [66198] Species or species habitat may occur within area Corythoichthys amplexus Fijian Banded Pipefish, Brown-banded Pipefish Species or species [66199] habitat may occur within area Corythoichthys flavofasciatus Reticulate Pipefish, Yellow-banded Pipefish, Species or species Network Pipefish [66200] habitat may occur within area Corythoichthys haematopterus Reef-top Pipefish [66201] Species or species habitat may occur within area Corythoichthys schultzi Schultz's Pipefish [66205] Species or species habitat may occur within area Doryrhamphus excisus Bluestripe Pipefish, Indian Blue-stripe Pipefish, Species or species Pacific Blue-stripe Pipefish [66211] habitat may occur within area Doryrhamphus janssi Cleaner Pipefish, Janss' Pipefish [66212] Species or species habitat may occur within area Festucalex cinctus Girdled Pipefish [66214] Species or species habitat may occur within area Halicampus brocki Brock's Pipefish [66219] Species or species habitat may occur within area Halicampus grayi Mud Pipefish, Gray's Pipefish [66221] Species or species habitat may occur within area Halicampus spinirostris Spiny-snout Pipefish [66225] Species or species habitat may occur within area Haliichthys taeniophorus Ribboned Pipehorse, Ribboned Seadragon Species or species [66226] habitat may occur within area Hippichthys cyanospilos Blue-speckled Pipefish, Blue-spotted Pipefish Species or species [66228] habitat may occur within Name Threatened Type of Presence area Hippichthys parvicarinatus Short-keel Pipefish, Short-keeled Pipefish Species or species [66230] habitat may occur within area Hippichthys penicillus Beady Pipefish, Steep-nosed Pipefish [66231] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hippocampus histrix Spiny Seahorse, Thorny Seahorse [66236] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hippocampus kuda Spotted Seahorse, Yellow Seahorse [66237] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hippocampus planifrons Flat-face Seahorse [66238] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hippocampus spinosissimus Hedgehog Seahorse [66239] Species or species habitat may occur within area Micrognathus micronotopterus Tidepool Pipefish [66255] Species or species habitat may occur within area Solegnathus hardwickii Pallid Pipehorse, Hardwick's Pipehorse [66272] Species or species habitat may occur within area Solegnathus lettiensis Gunther's Pipehorse, Indonesian Pipefish [66273] Species or species habitat may occur within area Solenostomus cyanopterus Robust Ghostpipefish, Blue-finned Ghost Pipefish, Species or species [66183] habitat may occur within area Solenostomus paegnius Rough-snout Ghost Pipefish [68425] Species or species habitat may occur within area Syngnathoides biaculeatus Double-end Pipehorse, Double-ended Pipehorse, Species or species Alligator Pipefish [66279] habitat may occur within area Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus Bentstick Pipefish, Bend Stick Pipefish, Short- Species or species tailed Pipefish [66280] habitat may occur within area Trachyrhamphus longirostris Straightstick Pipefish, Long-nosed Pipefish, Species or species Straight Stick Pipefish [66281] habitat may occur within area Mammals Dugong dugon Dugong [28] Species or species habitat may occur within area Reptiles Acalyptophis peronii Horned Seasnake [1114] Species or species habitat may occur within area Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed Seasnake [1115] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Aipysurus duboisii Dubois' Seasnake [1116] Species or species Name Threatened Type of Presence habitat may occur within area Aipysurus eydouxii Spine-tailed Seasnake [1117] Species or species habitat may occur within area Aipysurus laevis Olive Seasnake [1120] Species or species habitat may occur within area Astrotia stokesii Stokes' Seasnake [1122] Species or species habitat may occur within area Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle [1763] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Chelonia mydas Green Turtle [1765] Vulnerable Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Crocodylus johnstoni Freshwater Crocodile, Johnston's Crocodile, Species or species Johnston's River Crocodile [1773] habitat may occur within area Crocodylus porosus Salt-water Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile [1774] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth [1768] Endangered Breeding likely to occur within area Disteira kingii Spectacled Seasnake [1123] Species or species habitat may occur within area Disteira major Olive-headed Seasnake [1124] Species or species habitat may occur within area Emydocephalus annulatus Turtle-headed Seasnake [1125] Species or species habitat may occur within area Enhydrina schistosa Beaked Seasnake [1126] Species or species habitat may occur within area Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle [1766] Vulnerable Breeding likely to occur within area Hydrelaps darwiniensis Black-ringed Seasnake [1100] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed Seasnake [1101] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hydrophis elegans Elegant Seasnake [1104] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hydrophis inornatus Plain Seasnake [1107] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hydrophis mcdowelli null [25926] Species or species habitat may occur within area Hydrophis ornatus Spotted Seasnake, Ornate Reef Seasnake [1111] Species or species Name Threatened Type of Presence habitat may occur within area Hydrophis pacificus Large-headed Seasnake, Pacific Seasnake [1112] Species or species habitat may occur within area Lapemis hardwickii Spine-bellied Seasnake [1113] Species or species habitat may occur within area Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Turtle, Pacific Ridley Turtle [1767] Endangered Foraging, feeding or related behaviour known to occur within area Natator depressus Flatback Turtle [59257] Vulnerable Breeding known to occur within area Pelamis platurus Yellow-bellied Seasnake [1091] Species or species habitat may occur within area Whales and other Cetaceans [ Resource Information ] Name Status Type of Presence Mammals Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's Whale [35] Species or species habitat may occur within area Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale [36] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area Delphinus delphis Common Dophin, Short-beaked Common Species or species Dolphin [60] habitat may occur within area Grampus griseus Risso's Dolphin, Grampus [64] Species or species habitat may occur within area Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale [38] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy Dolphin [45] Species or species habitat known to occur within area Orcinus orca Killer Whale, Orca [46] Species or species habitat may occur within area Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin [50] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Stenella attenuata Spotted Dolphin, Pantropical Spotted Dolphin [51] Species or species habitat may occur within area Tursiops aduncus Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin, Spotted Species or species Bottlenose Dolphin [68418] habitat likely to occur within area Tursiops aduncus (Arafura/Timor Sea populations) Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin (Arafura/Timor Sea Species or species populations) [78900] habitat likely to occur within area Tursiops truncatus s. str. Bottlenose Dolphin [68417] Species or species habitat may occur within area Commonwealth Reserves Marine [ Resource Information ] Name Label Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Multiple Use Zone (IUCN VI) Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Special Purpose Zone (IUCN VI)

Extra Information Places on the RNE [ Resource Information ] Note that not all Indigenous sites may be listed. Name State Status Natural Big Horse Creek Jungle NT Indicative Place Big Horse Thicket East NT Indicative Place Coolibah North Jungle NT Indicative Place Coolibah South Jungle NT Indicative Place Keep River National Park & Adjacent Areas NT Indicative Place Lakes Argyle & Kununurra Wetlands WA Indicative Place Legune Homestead Swamps NT Indicative Place Newry Station Gouldian Finch Site NT Indicative Place Ord River Floodplain WA Indicative Place Osmans Lake System NT Indicative Place Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve WA Indicative Place Parts of the Kimberley WA Indicative Place Timber Creek Jungle NT Indicative Place Bradshaw Defence Area NT Registered Ord River Nature Reserve (1978 boundary) WA Registered Palm Springs Reserve (former) WA Registered Parry Lagoon - Ascot - Parry's Creek Area Reserves WA Registered Pelican Islet WA Registered Indigenous Stokes Range NT Indicative Place Yarar Rock Shelter NT Indicative Place Barwolla Site 4 NT Registered Delamere Area NT Registered Jalijbang NT Registered Keep River Sites Complex NT Registered Koolendong Waterhole Boabs NT Registered Morung Archaeological Site WA Registered Wanarwanara Bottle Tree Area NT Registered Weaber Range Sites Complex NT Registered Wynbarra NT Registered Yanturi NT Registered Historic Ord River Dam and Lake Argyle WA Indicative Place Rum Bottle Tree WA Indicative Place Bradshaws Packhorse Cutting NT Registered Bradshaws Tomb NT Registered Coolibah Homestead, Outbuildings and Related Structures NT Registered Finlays Grave Boab NT Registered Governors Tree NT Registered Gregorys Tree Historical Reserve NT Registered Jasper Gorge NT Registered Jiminjerry Waterhole Boabs NT Registered Koolendong Valley Area NT Registered Lady Ruth Boab NT Registered Lindsay Crawford Blazed Tree NT Registered Name State Status McDougalls Boab NT Registered Old Bradshaw Homestead Precinct NT Registered Prices Boab NT Registered Timber Creek Police Station (former) NT Registered Timber Creek Police Station Precinct NT Registered Victoria River Depot NT Registered Whites Boab NT Registered

State and Territory Reserves [ Resource Information ] Name State Balanggarra WA Gregory's Tree NT Judbarra / Gregory NT Keep River NT Keep River National Park Extension (Proposed) NT Kununurra Arboretum WA Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr - Stage 1) NT Mirima WA Newry Station Gouldian Finch NT Ord River WA Parry Lagoons WA Pelican Island WA Point Spring WA Unnamed WA46940 WA Unnamed WA48482 WA Unnamed WA50588 WA Victoria River Depot NT Wardaman NT

Invasive Species [ Resource Information ] Weeds reported here are the 20 species of national significance (WoNS), along with other introduced plants that are considered by the States and Territories to pose a particularly significant threat to biodiversity. The following feral animals are reported: Goat, Red Fox, Cat, Rabbit, Pig, Water Buffalo and Cane Toad. Maps from Landscape Health Project, National Land and Water Resouces Audit, 2001. Name Status Type of Presence Birds Columba livia Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon [803] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow [406] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Frogs Rhinella marina Cane Toad [83218] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Mammals Bos taurus Domestic Cattle [16] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Bubalus bubalis Water Buffalo, Swamp Buffalo [1] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Camelus dromedarius Dromedary, Camel [7] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Canis lupus familiaris Domestic Dog [82654] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Name Status Type of Presence Capra hircus Goat [2] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Equus asinus Donkey, Ass [4] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Equus caballus Horse [5] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Felis catus Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat [19] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Mus musculus House Mouse [120] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Rattus rattus Black Rat, Ship Rat [84] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Sus scrofa Pig [6] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Plants Andropogon gayanus Gamba Grass [66895] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Brachiaria mutica Para Grass [5879] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Cenchrus ciliaris Buffel-grass, Black Buffel-grass [20213] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Hymenachne amplexicaulis Hymenachne, Olive Hymenachne, Water Stargrass, Species or species West Indian Grass, West Indian Marsh Grass habitat likely to occur [31754] within area Jatropha gossypifolia Cotton-leaved Physic-Nut, Bellyache Bush, Species or species Cotton-leaf Physic Nut, Cotton-leaf Jatropha, habitat likely to occur Black Physic Nut [7507] within area Lantana camara Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana, Species or species Large-leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red habitat likely to occur Flowered Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage, White within area Sage, Wild Sage [10892] Mimosa pigra Mimosa, Giant Mimosa, Giant Sensitive Plant, Species or species ThornySensitive Plant, Black Mimosa, Catclaw habitat likely to occur Mimosa, Bashful Plant [11223] within area Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia, Jerusalem Thorn, Jelly Bean Tree, Species or species Horse Bean [12301] habitat likely to occur within area Pennisetum polystachyon Mission Grass, Perennial Mission Grass, Species or species Missiongrass, Feathery Pennisetum, Feather habitat likely to occur Pennisetum, Thin Napier Grass, West Indian within area Pennisetum, Blue Buffel Grass [21194] Prosopis spp. Mesquite, Algaroba [68407] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Salvinia molesta Salvinia, Giant Salvinia, Aquarium Watermoss, Species or species Name Status Type of Presence Kariba Weed [13665] habitat likely to occur within area Vachellia nilotica Prickly Acacia, Blackthorn, Prickly Mimosa, Black Species or species Piquant, Babul [84351] habitat likely to occur within area Reptiles Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko [1708] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area Ramphotyphlops braminus Flowerpot Blind Snake, Brahminy Blind Snake, Species or species Cacing Besi [1258] habitat likely to occur within area Nationally Important Wetlands [ Resource Information ] Name State Bradshaw Field Training Area NT Lake Argyle WA Lake Kununurra WA Legune Wetlands NT Moyle Floodplain and Hyland Bay System NT Ord Estuary System WA Parry Floodplain WA

Key Ecological Features (Marine) [ Resource Information ] Key Ecological Features are the parts of the marine ecosystem that are considered to be important for the biodiversity or ecosystem functioning and integrity of the Commonwealth Marine Area.

Name Region Carbonate bank and terrace system of the Sahul North-west Coordinates -14.746133 128.330928,-13.979848 129.67126,-15.890481 131.555415,-16.122809 128.243037,-16.122809 128.243037,-14.746133 128.330928

Caveat The information presented in this report has been provided by a range of data sources as acknowledged at the end of the report. This report is designed to assist in identifying the locations of places which may be relevant in determining obligations under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It holds mapped locations of World Heritage and Register of National Estate properties, Wetlands of International Importance, Commonwealth and State/Territory reserves, listed threatened, migratory and marine species and listed threatened ecological communities. Mapping of Commonwealth land is not complete at this stage. Maps have been collated from a range of sources at various resolutions.

Not all species listed under the EPBC Act have been mapped (see below) and therefore a report is a general guide only. Where available data supports mapping, the type of presence that can be determined from the data is indicated in general terms. People using this information in making a referral may need to consider the qualifications below and may need to seek and consider other information sources.

For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.

For species where the distributions are well known, maps are digitised from sources such as recovery plans and detailed habitat studies. Where appropriate, core breeding, foraging and roosting areas are indicated under 'type of presence'. For species whose distributions are less well known, point locations are collated from government wildlife authorities, museums, and non-government organisations; bioclimatic distribution models are generated and these validated by experts. In some cases, the distribution maps are based solely on expert knowledge.

Only selected species covered by the following provisions of the EPBC Act have been mapped: - migratory and - marine The following species and ecological communities have not been mapped and do not appear in reports produced from this database: - threatened species listed as extinct or considered as vagrants - some species and ecological communities that have only recently been listed - some terrestrial species that overfly the Commonwealth marine area - migratory species that are very widespread, vagrant, or only occur in small numbers The following groups have been mapped, but may not cover the complete distribution of the species: - non-threatened seabirds which have only been mapped for recorded breeding sites - seals which have only been mapped for breeding sites near the Australian continent Such breeding sites may be important for the protection of the Commonwealth Marine environment. Acknowledgements This database has been compiled from a range of data sources. The department acknowledges the following custodians who have contributed valuable data and advice: -Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, New South Wales -Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria -Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania -Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia -Parks and Wildlife Service NT, NT Dept of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts -Environmental and Resource Management, Queensland -Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia -Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water -Birds Australia -Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme -Australian National Wildlife Collection -Natural history museums of Australia -Museum Victoria -Australian Museum -SA Museum -Queensland Museum -Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums -Queensland Herbarium -National Herbarium of NSW -Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria -Tasmanian Herbarium -State Herbarium of South Australia -Northern Territory Herbarium -Western Australian Herbarium -Australian National Herbarium, Atherton and Canberra -University of New England -Ocean Biogeographic Information System -Australian Government, Department of Defence -State Forests of NSW -Geoscience Australia -CSIRO -Other groups and individuals

The Department is extremely grateful to the many organisations and individuals who provided expert advice and information on numerous draft distributions.

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Cadastre: Northern Territory Australia 2012 Government 2015 Landsat: Geoscience Australia Legune road Roads: Geoscience Australia 2006 Source: 2012 Stage 1 Development State Border: Geoscience Footprint: Sea Farms 2016 O Paddock boundary/access Stage 1 track No warranty is given in relation to the data (including accuracy, 0 1 2 3 4 5 reliability, completeness, currency or suitability) and no liability is accepted (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for Kilometers Legune cadastre Development Disclaimer: any loss, damage or costs (including consequential damage) relating to any use of the data. Data must not be used for direct marketing or be used in breach of the privacy laws. A4 Scale: 1:250,000 F Cistern (turkey nest dam)

Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 Footprint File: File: EISV6_FVFIG5_Stage1DevelopmentFootprint_160812 Date: 12/08/2016 Forsyth Creek Dam

Table 1 Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions

Increasing vegetation modification from left to right

Native Vegetation Cover Non-native Vegetation Cover Dominant structuring plant species indigenous to the locality and spontaneous in occurrence – i.e. a vegetation community Dominant structuring plant species indigenous to the locality but cultivated; alien to the locality and described using definitive vegetation types relative to estimated pre1750 types# cultivated; or alien to the locality and spontaneous* Type 0: Type I: Type II: Type III: Type IV: Type V: Type VI: RESIDUAL RESIDUAL MODIFIED TRANSFORMED REPLACED - ADVENTIVE REPLACED - MANAGED REMOVED BARE native vegetation community native vegetation community native vegetation community structure, native vegetation replacement native vegetation replacement with vegetation removal Areas where structure, composition, and structure, composition and composition and regenerative capacity – species alien to the locality cultivated vegetation native vegetation regenerative capacity intact – regenerative capacity intact - significantly altered by land use/land and spontaneous in does not no significant perturbation perturbed by land use/land management practice occurrence Classes naturally persist from land use/land management practice management practice Vegetation Cover

Natural Natural regenerative capacity Natural regeneration tolerates Natural regenerative capacity limited / Regeneration of native Regeneration of native vegetation Nil or minimal regenerative unmodified / endures under past &/or at risk under past &/or current land use vegetation community has community lost or suppressed by capacity current land management or land management practices. been suppressed by ongoing intensive land management. unmodified - practices Rehabilitation and restoration possible disturbances of the natural Limited potential for restoration ephemerals and through modified land management regenerative capacity. Limited

Current Current regenerative capacity lower plants practice potential for restoration. Nil or minimal Structural integrity of native Structure is predominantly Dominant structuring species of native Dominant structuring species Dominant structuring species of Vegetation absent or vegetation community is very altered but intact e.g. a layer / vegetation community significantly of native vegetation community native vegetation community ornamental high strata and/or growth forms altered e.g. a layer / strata frequently & removed or predominantly removed and/or age classes removed repeatedly removed cleared or extremely degraded Vegetation Vegetation structure

Diagnostic criteria Nil or minimal Compositional integrity of Composition of native Dominant structuring species present - Dominant structuring species Dominant structuring species of Vegetation absent or native vegetation community vegetation community is species dominance significantly altered of native vegetation community native vegetation community ornamental is very high altered but intact removed removed Vegetation Vegetation composition

Bare mud; rock; Old growth forests; Native Native vegetation types Intensive native forestry practices; Severe invasions of introduced Forest plantations; Horticulture; Water impoundments; river and beach grasslands that have not been managed using sustainable Heavily grazed native grasslands and weeds; Invasive native woody Tree cropping; Orchards; Urban and industrial sand, salt and grazed; Wildfire in native grazing systems; Selective grassy woodlands; Obvious thinning of species found outside their Reclaimed mine sites; landscapes; quarries freshwater lakes forests and woodlands of a timber harvesting practices; trees for pasture production; Weedy normal range; Isolated native Environmental and amenity and mines; Transport natural frequency and/or Severely burnt (wildfire) native native remnant patches; Degraded trees/shrubs/grass species in plantings; Improved pastures. infrastructure; salt intensity; forests and woodlands not of a roadside reserves; Degraded coastal the above examples (includes heavy thinning of trees scalded areas

Examples natural frequency and/or dune systems; Heavily grazed riparian for pasture); Cropping; Isolated intensity vegetation native trees/ shrubs/ grass species in the above examples

Thackway, R. and Lesslie, R. (2005). Vegetation Assets, States, and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape. Technical Report. Bureau of Rural Sciences, 6 Canberra.