TY - JOUR A1 - Westbrooke, Martin A1 - Gowans, Stacey A1 - Gibson, Matt T1 - The vegetation of the Mount Murchison and Wilga areas, Paroo Darling National Park, western New South Wales T2 - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia N2 - The vegetation of the Mount Murchison and Wilga areas, Paroo Darling National Park (latitude 31o00’-32o 40’S and longitude 142o10’-144o25’E) in north western New South Wales was assessed using intensive quadrat sampling and mapped using extensive ground truthing and interpretation of aerial photograph and Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images. In the survey 237 vascular plant species including 37 (15.6%) exotic species, from 46 families were recorded. Seventeen vegetation communities were identified and mapped, 15 for Mount Murchison area and 13 for the Wilga area. The most widespread for Mount Murchison being Maireana pyramidata low open shrubland, Flindersia maculosa low open woodland, Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland and Eucalyptus coolabah / Eucalyptus largiflorens open woodland. The most widespread for Wilga being Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland and Eucalyptus coolabah / Eucalyptus largiflorens open woodland. Many of these communities have been impacted by a history of 150 years of pastoral use. Y1 - 2012 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29609 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-296098 SN - 2200-405X SN - 0727-9620 VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 339 EP - 361 PB - Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer CY - Mount Annan, NSW ER -