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Fergusson River (area 4 787.47 km2)

Sub-catchment Vegetation Data

Vegetation Types

Total Extent (ha)

Total – approved and cleared (ha)

Total – approved and cleared (%)

4

51 871

1 320

3

12

50 305

0

0

13

28 008

200

1

15

191 055

2 470

1

21

143 859

3 130

2

29

4 830

0

0

32

8 801

0

0

51

935

0

0

TOTAL

479 664

7 130

1

Vegetation Type Descriptions

Eucalypt with Grass Understorey – Open Forests

4

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

Woodlands

12

E. miniata (Darwin Woolly Butt), E. tetrodonta (Stringybark) woodland with lectrachne pungens (Curly Spinifex) 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

Low Woodlands

21

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

Eucalypt with Hummock Grass Understorey – Low Woodland

29

E. phoenicea (Scarlet Gum) low woodland with Plectrachne pungens (Curly Spinifex) hummock grassland understorey

Eucalypt with Hummock Grass Understorey – Low
Open-woodlands

32

E. dichromophloia (Variable-barked Bloodwood), E. miniata (Darwin Woolly Butt) low open-woodland with Plectrachne pungens (Curly Spinifex) open-hummock grassland understorey

Melaleuca Forest to Woodlands

51

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

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