ROADSIDE VEGETATION SURVEY FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOYDER Department for Environment and Heritage Survey No. 73 2/48 Barwell Ave Kurralta Park SA 5037 Ph: 7127 5607 [email protected] www.ebservices.com.au ROADSIDE VEGETATION SURVEY FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOYDER Department for Environment and Heritage Survey No. 73 Date: 21/08/2009 Version: 1.1 Document Control Revision Date Author Approved by Date approved Revision type No. issued 1.1 21/08/09 Sally O’Neill Deb Frazer 21/08/09 Final draft Distribution of copies Revision Issue Quantity Media Issued to No. date 1.1 21/08/09 1 Electronic Andrew Nicholls COPYRIGHT: Use or copying of this document in whole or in part (including photographs) without the written permission of Environmental and Biodiversity Services constitutes an infringement of copyright. LIMITATION: This report has been prepared on behalf of and for the exclusive use of Environmental and Biodiversity Services Client, and is subject to and issued in connection with the provisions of the agreement between Environmental and Biodiversity Services and its Client. Environmental and Biodiversity Services accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for or in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report by any third party. Cover Photos: (clockwise) mixed Mallee Eucalypts, Ketchowla Road; Austrostipa sp. Grassland along Leighton Road, Eucalyptus leucoxylon; Hallelujah Hills Road. Roadside Vegetation Survey for the Regional Council of Goyder Version 1.1 Environmental and Biodiversity Services Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge and thank the following people for their assistance during this vegetation survey: • Trevor Wood and Andy Nicholls, Regional Council of Goyder • Martin O’Leary, State Herbarium (Plant Biodiversity Centre) for advice on key characteristics to identify the Eucalypt species of the region • Peter Lang, Department for Environment and Heritage, Biological Survey and Monitoring, for clarifying threatened species identification • Kate Graham and Sue Kenny, Department for Environment and Heritage, Biological Survey and Monitoring, for assistance with data entry and validation • Felicity Smith, Kris Trengove, and David Thompson, Department for Environment and Heritage, Spatial Information Services for completing the mapping component of this survey • Tony Calebrese, Department for Environment and Heritage, Spatial Information Services, for assisting with uploading the data. The field survey was conducted by EBS staff Deb Frazer and Sally O’Neill. Tonia Brown assisted with defining the vegetation associations. Roadside Vegetation Survey for the Regional Council of Goyder, Version 1.1 Environmental and Biodiversity Services Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Survey area .............................................................................................................................. 1 2 Survey Methodology......................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Survey preparation ................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.1 Plant identification ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1.2 Literature review .......................................................................................................... 6 3 Field log ............................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1 Survey statistics ........................................................................................................................ 7 4 Description of Roads Surveyed ...................................................................................................... 9 Road 1: Frankton Road .......................................................................................................... 10 Road 2: Goyder Road ............................................................................................................ 12 Road 3: Leighton Road .......................................................................................................... 14 Road 4: Iron Mile Road .......................................................................................................... 16 Road 5: Gum Creek Road ...................................................................................................... 18 Road 6: North Booborowie Road ............................................................................................ 20 Road 7: Booborowie Road ..................................................................................................... 22 Road 8: Belalie Road ............................................................................................................. 24 Road 9: Wonna Road ............................................................................................................. 26 Road 10: Hiles Lagoon Road ................................................................................................... 28 Road 11: Whyte Road .............................................................................................................. 29 Road 12: Willalo Road .............................................................................................................. 31 Road 13: Franklyn Road .......................................................................................................... 33 Road 14: Pandappa Road ........................................................................................................ 35 Road 15: Ketchowla Road ........................................................................................................ 37 Road 16: Dares Hill Summit Road ............................................................................................ 39 Road 17: Mount Bryan East Road ............................................................................................ 41 Road 18: Dare Road ................................................................................................................ 43 Road 19: Cattle Station Road ................................................................................................... 45 Road 20: Petherton Road ......................................................................................................... 47 Road 21: Andrews Road .......................................................................................................... 49 Road 22: Camels Hump Road.................................................................................................. 51 Road 23: Fourth Street ............................................................................................................. 53 Road 24: Booborowie Road (2) ................................................................................................ 54 Road 25: Road 137 .................................................................................................................. 56 Road 26: The Gap Road .......................................................................................................... 58 Road 27: Eastern Road ............................................................................................................ 60 Road 28: Caroona Road .......................................................................................................... 62 Road 29: Mongolata Road........................................................................................................ 63 Road 30: Dust Hole Creek Road .............................................................................................. 64 Road 31: un-named road ......................................................................................................... 66 Road 32: White Field Road ...................................................................................................... 67 Road 33: Porter Lagoon Road .................................................................................................. 68 Road 34: Burra Road (2) .......................................................................................................... 70 Road 35: Hallelujah Hills Road ................................................................................................. 71 Road 36: Bower Boundary Road .............................................................................................. 73 Road 37: Webb Gap Road ....................................................................................................... 75 Road 38: Black Springs Road .................................................................................................. 76 Road 39: Bower Road .............................................................................................................. 78 Roadside Vegetation Survey for the Regional Council of Goyder, Version 1.1 Environmental and Biodiversity Services Road 40: Emmaus Road .......................................................................................................... 80 Road 41: Australia Plains Road ................................................................................................ 82 Road 42: Anlaby Road ............................................................................................................