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Daly River (area 8 883.62 km2)

Sub-catchment Vegetation Data

Vegetation Types

Total Extent (ha)

Total – approved and cleared (ha)

Total – approved and cleared (%)

1

7 497

0

0

4

183 796

6 320

3

9

93 104

10 680

11

13

146 556

19 830

13

15

218 291

10 990

5

18

38 124

3 320

8

21

63 193

490

1

24

6 443

0

0

51

29 009

1 320

5

54

82 679

110

0

105

3 975

0

0

106

5 418

0

0

TOTAL

878 087

53 080

6

Vegetation Type Descriptions

Closed Forest

1

Mixed species closed-forest (Monsoon vine-thicket)

Eucalypt with Grass Understorey – Open Forests

4

E. miniata (Darwin Woolly Butt), E. tetrodonta (Stringybark) open-forest with Sorghum grassland understorey

Woodlands

9

E. tetrodonta (Stringybark), E. miniata (Darwin Woolly Butt), E. bleeseri (Smooth-stemmed Bloodwood) woodland with Sorghum grassland understorey

13

E. tetrodonta (Stringybark), E. miniata (Darwin Woolly Butt), E. dichromophloia (Variable-barked Bloodwood) woodland with Plectrachne pungens (Curly Spinifex), Chrysopogon fallax (Golden Beard grass) grassland understorey

15

E. tectifica (Northern Box), E. latifolia (Round-leaved Bloodwood) woodland with Sorghum grassland understorey

18

E. papuana (Ghost Gum), E. polycarpa (Long-fruited Bloodwood) woodland with grassland understorey

Low Woodlands

21

E. tintinnans (Salmon Gum) low woodland with Sorghum grassland understorey

24

E. microtheca (Coolibah), Excoecaria parvifolia (Gutta-percha) low woodland with Chrysopogon fallax (Golden Beard Grass), Dichanthium (Bluegrass) grassland understorey

Melaleuca Forest to Woodlands

51

Melaleuca viridiflora (Broad Leaved Paperbark), Eucalyptus low open-woodland with Chrysopogon fallax (Golden Beard Grass) grassland understorey

Floodplains

54

Mixed close-grassland/sedgeland (Seasonal Floodplain)

Littoral

105

Mangal low closed-forest (Mangroves)

 

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