The flora of Nungar Plain, a treeless sub-alpine frost hollow in Kosciuszko National Park

  • Nungar Plain is a large, naturally treeless area in the northern part of Kosciuszko National Park. Abrief survey of the flora of Nungar Plain (December 2001–January 2002) recorded 206 taxa, 18 of which were introduced. Seven taxa appear to be of especial significance. The great floral diversity of Nungar Plain suggests that the botanical significance of sub-alpine plains in Kosciuszko National Park has been under-estimated. The flora and vegetation of Nungar Plain are threatened by pigs, which have scoured large areas of grassland vegetation. In six pairs of quadrats across disturbance boundaries, damage by pigs was found to have greatly reduced the cover and diversity of vegetation. Control of pigs is urgently required.

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Author:Keith L. McDougall, Neville G. Walsh
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-368324
ISSN:0727-9620
Parent Title (English):Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/01/30
Year of first Publication:2002
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2015/01/30
Volume:7
Issue:3
Page Number:10
First Page:601
Last Page:610
HeBIS-PPN:367900718
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 7, Issue 3 (2002)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-365264
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht