The vegetation of the Mount Murchison and Wilga areas, Paroo Darling National Park, western New South Wales

  • 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.

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Author:Martin Westbrooke, Stacey Gowans, Matt Gibson
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-296098
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7751/cunninghamia.2012.12.024
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:2012/12/18
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/03/28
Volume:12
Issue:4
Page Number:23
First Page:339
Last Page:361
HeBIS-PPN:335992838
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 4 (2012)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-295914
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht