Vegetation Management Plan Henley South & West Beach Dune Reserve Simon Cordingley and Claire Petherick for the City of Charles Sturt May 2005 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, HENLEY SOUTH AND WEST BEACH DUNE RESERVE This Vegetation Management Plan is designed to be a flexible and dynamic document that should be adapted according to changes in the dune environment over time and as further information becomes available. This report may be cited as: Cordingley, S. P. and Petherick, C. E., 2005, Vegetation Management Plan for the Henley South and West Beach Dune Reserve, City of Charles Sturt, Adelaide. Information in this document may be copied provided that a full acknowledgement is made. ii VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, HENLEY SOUTH AND WEST BEACH DUNE RESERVE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. RESERVE IDENTIFICATION......................................................................................... 2 2. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN............................................................................................... 2 3. PLAN CONTEXT ........................................................................................................... 3 3.1 COAST PARK ..............................................................................................................3 3.2 MANAGEMENT PLANS ....................................................................................................3 3.2.1 Adelaide Metropolitan Coast Park Concept Plan................................................................... 4 3.2.2 City of Charles Sturt Coastal Management Plan 2002 - 2007................................................. 4 3.2.3 Report of the Review of the Management of Adelaide Metropolitan ........................................ 6 4. BACKGROUND, HISTORY AND STATUS OF RESERVE.................................................... 6 4.1 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ...............................................................................................15 4.1.1 Topography/ Landform.................................................................................................. 15 4.1.2 Soils........................................................................................................................... 15 4.1.3 Climate....................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 VEGETATION ............................................................................................................15 4.2.1 Indigenous Vegetation .................................................................................................. 15 4.2.2 Plant Species Richness.................................................................................................. 17 4.2.3 Significant Flora ........................................................................................................... 18 4.2.4 Significant Plant Communities ........................................................................................ 18 4.2.5 Condition .................................................................................................................... 18 4.3 FAUNA ...................................................................................................................20 4.3.1 Native Fauna ............................................................................................................... 20 4.3.2 Introduced Fauna......................................................................................................... 21 5. ADJOINING LAND USES AND VEGETATION ............................................................... 21 6. RESERVE VALUES...................................................................................................... 21 6.1 CONSERVATION VALUE ................................................................................................21 6.2 EDUCATIONAL VALUE ..................................................................................................21 6.3 AESTHETIC VALUE......................................................................................................22 6.4 SCIENTIFIC VALUE .....................................................................................................22 6.5 OPEN SPACE VALUE....................................................................................................22 7. RESERVE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES ....................................................................... 22 8. NATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES ............................................................ 23 8.1 WHOLE RESERVE MANAGEMENT ISSUES ............................................................................23 8.1.1 Weeds ........................................................................................................................ 23 8.1.2 Fire ............................................................................................................................ 33 8.1.3 Access and Fencing ...................................................................................................... 33 8.1.4 Erosion ....................................................................................................................... 35 8.1.5 Introduced fauna ......................................................................................................... 36 8.2 MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND STRATEGIES WITHIN EACH MANAGEMENT ZONE ....................................39 8.2.1 Management Zone 1..................................................................................................... 39 8.2.2 Management Zone 2..................................................................................................... 44 8.2.3 Management Zone 3..................................................................................................... 49 8.2.4 Management Zone 4..................................................................................................... 54 8.2.5 Management Zone 5..................................................................................................... 59 9. SUMMARY OF MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS/ SUGGESTIONS.......................... 62 10. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND APPROXIMATE BUDGETS ................................. 65 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................... 71 REFERENCES................................................................................................................. 73 iii VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, HENLEY SOUTH AND WEST BEACH DUNE RESERVE APPENDIX 1: CONTEXT................................................................................................. 77 INTERNATIONAL ............................................................................................................. 77 NATIONAL .................................................................................................................... 77 Coastal Zone Inquiry .............................................................................................................78 Australian Coastal Policy ........................................................................................................78 Coast and Clean Seas ............................................................................................................79 STATE ........................................................................................................................ 79 REGIONAL.................................................................................................................... 80 Mount Lofty Ranges and Greater Adelaide.................................................................................80 SA Urban Forest Biodiversity Program......................................................................................83 ADELAIDE METROPOLITAN COAST......................................................................................... 84 Coast Park ...........................................................................................................................84 LOCAL ........................................................................................................................ 84 Local Government.................................................................................................................84 Community Groups ...............................................................................................................85 APPENDIX 2: PLANT SPECIES LIST FOR HENLEY SOUTH AND WEST BEACH DUNE RESERVE................................................................................................................... 87 APPENDIX 3: PRIORITY WEED SPECIES ....................................................................... 89 APPENDIX 4: WEEDING CALENDAR FOR HENLEY SOUTH AND WEST BEACH PRIORITY WEEED SPECIES........................................................................................135 APPENDIX 5: COMMON WEED REMOVAL TECHNIQUES ............................................... 136 APPENDIX 6: BUSHLAND WEEDING CODE .................................................................. 138 APPENDIX 7: COASTAL INDIGENOUS SPECIES ........................................................... 139 APPENDIX 8 SEED COLLECTION AND PROPAGATION.................................................. 164 COLLECTION OF NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS ............................................................................ 164 APPENDIX 9: REVEGETATION METHODS....................................................................