Yengo MU28 Mellong Sands Broadly Yes, consistent Yes, consistent Yes, consistent Could be This map unit does not (Department of Scribbly Gum consistent with nomination with nomination with nomination consistent. occur within the study Environment & Woodland advice advice advice Need to area and has not been Climate Change review mapped 2008) Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests (nominated) The key identifying characteristics of this community are presented in Table A.11. These characteristics were then used to correlate map units from existing vegetation mapping projects (Table A.12). Table A.11 Key identifying characteristics of Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests Identifying characteristics Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests Size N/A (Minimum patch size to form the community) Dominant canopy species Eucalyptus moluccana (Grey Box), Eucalyptus crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark) and Corymbia maculata (Spotted Gum). Allocasuarina luehmannii (Bull Oak) is also present in most communities aside from Lower Hunter Spotted-Gum- Ironbark sub-community. Dominant shrub layer species Shrub layer species vary greatly but is likely to include Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa. Dominant groundcover species Groundcover species varies greatly but is likely to include Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi, Microlaena stipoides subsp. stipoides, Cymbopogon refractus, Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora, Dichondra repens, Desmodium varians and Eremophila debilis. Vegetation structure This community is an open forest or woodland dominated by Eucalyptus species with a middle shrub layer of variable densities and a grassy understorey that occur in the Hunter Valley and in adjoining areas of the NSW Central Coast.
Yengo (Department of Environment & Climate Change 2008) MU28 Mellong Sands Scribbly Gum Woodland Broadly consistent Yes, consistent with nomination advice Yes, consistent with nomination advice Yes, consistent with nomination advice Could be consistent. Need to review This map unit does not occur within the study area and has not been mapped Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests (nominated) The key identifying characteristics of this community are presented in Table A.11. These characteristics were then used to correlate map units from existing vegetation mapping projects (Table A.12). Table A.11 Key identifying characteristics of Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests Identifying characteristics Hunter Valley Remnant Woodlands and Open Forests Size (Minimum patch size to form the community) N/A Dominant canopy species Eucalyptus moluccana (Grey Box), Eucalyptus crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark) and Corymbia maculata (Spotted Gum). Allocasuarina luehmannii (Bull Oak) is also present in most communities aside from Lower Hunter Spotted-Gum- Ironbark sub-community. Dominant shrub layer species Shrub layer species vary greatly but is likely to include Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa. Dominant groundcover species Groundcover species varies greatly but is likely to include Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi, Microlaena stipoides subsp. stipoides, Cymbopogon refractus, Lomandra multiflora subsp. multiflora, Dichondra repens, Desmodium varians and Eremophila debilis. Vegetation structure This community is an open forest or woodland dominated by Eucalyptus species with a middle shrub layer of variable densities and a grassy understorey that occur in the Hunter Valley and in adjoining areas of the NSW Central Coast.
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