Ephemeral wetlands of the Pilliga Outwash, northwest NSW
- The floristic composition and vegetation partitioning of the ephemeral wetlands of the Pilliga Outwash within the Pilliga National Park and Pilliga State Conservation Area (30˚30’S, 149˚22’E) on the North Western Plains of New South Wales are described. SPOT5 imagery was used to map 340 wetlands across the Pilliga Outwash. A total of 240 plots within 31 wetlands explored composition and species richness in relation to water depth and wetland size. The predominant community described is the species-rich herbfield of shallow basin wetlands, along with the structurally distinct but the less common sedgeland/herbfield of the deeper ‘tank’ wetlands and a single wetland with a floristically depauperate Diplachne fusca wet grassland. A total of 131 taxa were recorded including three species listed under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995): Eriocaulon australasicum, Lepidium monoplocoides and Myriophyllum implicatum. New records for an additional six taxa were recorded for the North Western Plains. 11% of taxa were exotic in origin.
Author: | Dorothy M. Bell, John T. Hunter, Lisa Montgomery |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-295931 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.7751/cunninghamia.2012.12.015 |
ISSN: | 2200-405X |
ISSN: | 0727-9620 |
Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
Publisher: | Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer |
Place of publication: | Mount Annan, NSW |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2013/03/28 |
Date of first Publication: | 2012/07/30 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/03/28 |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 3 |
Page Number: | 10 |
First Page: | 181 |
Last Page: | 190 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 335908888 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 12, Issue 3 (2012) |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-295928 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |