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- Table A. 1: Land systems within the survey area (Van Vreeswyk et al. 1998).
- Legend Hinge Survey Area Tracks Land Types (and their component land systems) LAND TYPE 1. Hills and ranges with acacia shrublands
- LAND TYPE 5. Mesas, breakaways and stony plains with acacia or eucalypt woodlands and halophytic shrublands Tallering Euchre
- LAND TYPE 29. Sandy plains with acacia shrublands and wanderrie grasses Tealtoo
- Appendix B: Definitions, Categories and Criteria for Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities
- Table B.1: Categories of Threatened Ecological Communities (DEC 2010). PD: Presumed Destroyed
- CR : Critically Endangered
- Table B.2: Definitions, Categories and Criteria for Priority Ecological Communities: Priority Ecological communities (DEC 2010).
- P1: Priority One – Poo rly-known ecological communities
- P2: Priority Two – Poorly-Known e cological communities
- P3: Priority Three – Poorly-Known ecological communities
Appendix A: Pre-Land Systems Summary and Mapping Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 This page has been left blank intentionally. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Table A. 1: Land systems within the survey area (Van Vreeswyk et al. 1998). Land system Landforms Soils Vegetation Euchre (low granite breakaways with alluvial plains and sandy tracts supporting eucalypt woodlands and acacia shrublands). Breakaways Very shallow coarse red clayey sands on granite on plateau; stony soils or shallow duplex on granite on upper footslopes. Very scattered to scattered mixed low shrubland. Dominant low shrubs include Thryptomene, Eriostemon and Mirbelia spp. on plateau; very scattered low shrublands on upper footslopes. Lower footslopes Shallow duplex or shallow red earths on granite. Scattered Eucalyptus loxophleba woodland with low halophytic understoreys and scattered low halophytic shrublands occasionally dominated by Atriplex vesicaria. Sandplains/gravelly sandplains Deep red or yellow clayey sands on gravel. Moderately close Acacia spp. tall shrublands. Stony plains Shallow red clayey sands on granite. Very variable, moderately close tall shrublands with acacias, E. loxophleba and halophytic and non-halophytic undershrubs. Gritty-surfaced plains Shallow coarse red clayey sands on granite. Scattered Acacia quadrimarginea tall shrubland. Loamy plains Shallow red earths or shallow red clayey sands on hardpan or deep red earths. Scattered to moderately close eucalypt woodland with acacia tall shrubs and Amphipogon spp. or Monachather paradoxus perennial grasses. Alluvial plains Shallow duplex or red earths on granite or deep duplex. Scattered to moderately close eucalypt woodland with 3 halophytic undershrubs, sometimes with Atriplex spp. dominant. Drainage lines (19a)* Shallow duplex on granite and shallow red clayey sands. Very variable vegetation, some have moderately close E. loxophleba woodland with Atriplex undershrubs. Joseph (undulating yellow sandplain supporting dense mixed shrublands with patchy mallees). Gravelly sand sheets Yellow clayey sands on ironstone gravel at variable depth. Close mixed shrublands commonly with Acacia, Melaleuca and Allocasuarina spp. mid and tall shrubs, and low heath shrubs or moderately close to close acacia tall shrublands with an Amphipogon caricinus layer. Sand sheets (9)* Deep yellow and red clayey sands. Close to closed mixed shrublands commonly with acacia and melaleuca tall shrubs and low heath shrubs such as Eriostemon and Thryptomene sp. or moderately close to close acacia tall shrubland. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Land system Landforms Soils Vegetation Loamy plains Variable shallow red clayey sands on granite, sandy red earths and occasional deep clays. Scattered eucalypt woodland with tall Acacia ramulosa and mixed low shrubs or moderately close A. ramulosa tall shrubland. Gritty-surfaced plains (32)* Shallow coarse red clayey sands on granite. Scattered acacia tall shrublands often with Borya sphaerocephala in the ground layer, and very scattered low myrtaceous shrublands. Tallering (prominent ridges and hills of banded ironstone, dolerite and sedimentary rocks). Ridges and hills Shallow stony red earths. Scattered to moderately close tall shrublands of A. ramulosa and other acacias with undershrubs such a Thryptomene and Eriostemon spp. Steeped surfaces Stony soils. Very scattered mixed height shrublands with A. ramulosa and well developed non-halophytic understoreys. Hillslopes (2)* Shallow red earths and stony red earths. Scattered to moderately close tall shrublands of A. ramulosa and other acacias. Understorey species include Eremophila spp., Ptilotus obovatus, Thryptomene spp. and Eriostemon spp. Stony plains/gravelly plains Shallow stony red earth and red clayey sands with ferruginous gravel. Scattered to moderately close tall shrublands of A. ramulosa and other acacias. Undershrubs include Eremophila spp., Ptilotus obovatus, Thryptomene and Eriostemon spp. Narrow drainage tracts Deep red clayey sands. Scattered to moderately close tall shrublands of A. ramulosa and other species with Eremophila forrestii and Ptilotus obovatus low shrubs. Tealtoo (level to gently undulating loamy plains with fine ironstone lag gravel supporting dense acacia shrublands). Stony plains Shallow red earths on ironstone gravel or parent rock. Moderately close acacia tall shrublands. Gravelly plains/loamy plains Deep red earths on ironstone gravel or hardpan at variable depth. Moderately close acacia tall shrublands with Acacia aneura trees and A. ramulosa, or eucalypt mallee overstorey, or close Allocasuarina eriochlamys subsp. eriochlamys – A. coolgardiensis tall shrubland with low and mid myrtaceous shrubs. Gravelly hardpan plains Shallow hardpan loams or red earths on hardpan. Scattered to moderately close acacia tall shrublands including A. aneura, A. ramulosa, A. linophylla and A. acuminata subsp. burkittii. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Land system Landforms Soils Vegetation Gravelly sand sheets (13)* Shallow red clayey sands with ferruginous gravel on hardpan or gravel. Moderately close acacia tall shrublands with mallee eucalypts. Understorey species include Prostanthera, Phebalium and Mirbelia spp. Alluvial plains Deep red earths. Scattered acacia tall shrublands with Eucalyptus loxophleba overstorey and Atriplex bunburyana understorey or moderately close acacia tall shrublands. Yowie (loamy plains supporting shrublands of mulga and bowgada with patchy wanderrie grasses). Loamy plains Variable depth red clayey sands, hardpan loams and red earths on hardpan. Moderately close acacia tall shrublands, dominated by Acacia ramulosa, A. coolgardiensis, A. acuminata subsp. burkittii or A. aneura, often with emergent A. aneura trees, or Callitris glaucophylla trees, or mallee eucalypts. Occasional Eucalyptus loxophleba woodlands with acacia tall shrubs. Sand sheets (13)* Deep red clayey sands. Moderately close acacia tall shrublands, or acacia shrubland with mallee eucalypts, rarely Triodia basedowii hummock grasslands with acacia and eucalypt overstoreys. Hardpan plains Shallow hardpan loams, red clayey sands and red earths on hardpan. Deep red earths and sandy red earths. Scattered acacia tall shrublands. Gravelly plains Variable depth red clayey sands with ferruginous gravel over hardpan. Moderately close A. aneura or A. ramulosa tall shrublands with occasional mallees, and sparse perennial grasses. Narrow drainage tracts Deep red earths and juvenile alluvial deposits. Moderately close to close acacia tall shrublands with scattered trees and mallees. *Identifies the landforms that are the most similar to the modified Woodman FCTs. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 This page has been left blank intentionally. YOW TAL JOS EUC TEA TAL 486000 487000 488000 489000 67 86 00 0 67 87 00 0 67 88 00 0 67 89 00 0 67 90 00 0 ± 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 Metres Appendix A1: Land Systems in the Hinge Survey Area Author: M. Gardener Date: 12-12-2012 Datum: GDA 1994 - Projection: MGA Zone 50 - Scale: 1:15,000 (A3) Drawn: C. Dyde Figure Ref: 16002-12FMV1RevA_20121212_AppendixA1_LandSys Karara Mining Ltd. Hinge Vegetation and Flora Survey Legend Hinge Survey Area Tracks Land Types (and their component land systems) LAND TYPE 1. Hills and ranges with acacia shrublands Prominent ridges and hills of banded ironstone, dolerite and sedimentary rocks supporting bowgada and other acacia shrublands. Low granite breakaways with alluvial plains and sandy tracts supporting eucalypt woodlands and acacia shrublands. LAND TYPE 5. Mesas, breakaways and stony plains with acacia or eucalypt woodlands and halophytic shrublands Tallering Euchre Undulating yellow sandplain supporting dense mixed shrublands with patchy mallees. LAND TYPE 26. Sandplains with acacia, mallees and heath Joseph Level to gently undulating loamy plains with fine ironstone lag gravel supporting dense acacia shrublands. LAND TYPE 29. Sandy plains with acacia shrublands and wanderrie grasses Tealtoo Sandy plains supporting shrublands of mulga and bowgada with patchy wanderrie grasses. Yowie TAL EUC JOS TEA YOW Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study – Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 This page has been left blank intentionally. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study - Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Appendix B: Definitions, Categories and Criteria for Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study - Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 This page has been left blank intentionally. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study - Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Table B.1: Categories of Threatened Ecological Communities (DEC 2010). PD: Presumed Destroyed An ecological community that has been adequately searched for but for which no representative occurrences have been located. The community has been found to be totally destroyed or so extensively modified throughout its range that no occurrence of it is likely to recover its species composition and/or structure in the foreseeable future. An ecological community will be listed as presumed totally destroyed if there are no recent records of the community being extant and either of the following applies ( A or B): A) Records within the last 50 years have not been confirmed despite thorough searches of known or likely habitats or B) All occurrences recorded within the last 50 years have since been destroyed. CR : Critically Endangered An ecological community that has been adequately surveyed and found to have been subject to a major contraction in area and/or that was originally of limited distribution and is facing severe modification or destruction throughout its range in the immediate future, or is already severely degraded throughout its range but capable of being substantially restored or rehabilitated. An ecological community will be listed as Critically Endangered when it has been adequately surveyed and is found to be facing an extremely high risk of total destruction in the immediate future. This will be determined on the basis of the best available information, by it meeting any one or more of the following criteria (A, B or C): A) The estimated geographic range, and/or total area occupied, and/or number of discrete occurrences since European settlement have been reduced by at least 90% and either or both of the following apply (i or ii): i) geographic range, and/or total area occupied and/or number of discrete occurrences are continuing to decline such that total destruction of the community is imminent (within approximately 10 years); ii) modification throughout its range is continuing such that in the immediate future (within approximately 10 years) the community is unlikely to be capable of being substantially rehabilitated. B) Current distribution is limited, and one or more of the following apply (i, ii or iii): i) geographic range and/or number of discrete occurrences, and/or area occupied is highly restricted and the community is currently subject to known threatening processes which are likely to result in total destruction throughout its range in the immediate future (within approximately 10 years); ii) there are very few occurrences, each of which is small and/or isolated and extremely vulnerable to known threatening processes; iii) there may be many occurrences but total area is very small and each occurrence is small and/or isolated and extremely vulnerable to known threatening processes. C) The ecological community exists only as highly modified occurrences that may be capable of being rehabilitated if such work begins in the immediate future (within approximately 10 years). En: Endangered An ecological community that has been adequately surveyed and found to have been subject to a major contraction in area and/or was originally of limited distribution and is in danger of significant modification throughout its range or severe modification or destruction over most of its range in the near future. An ecological community will be listed as Endangered when it has been adequately surveyed and is not Critically Endangered but is facing a very high risk of total destruction in the near future. This will be determined on the basis of the best available information by it meeting any one or more of the following criteria (A, B, or C): A) The geographic range, and/or total area occupied, and/or number of discrete occurrences have been reduced by at least 70% since European settlement and either or both of the following apply (i or ii): i) the estimated geographic range, and/or total area occupied and/or number of discrete occurrences are continuing to decline such that total destruction of the community is likely in the short term future (within approximately 20 years); Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study - Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 ii) modification throughout its range is continuing such that in the short term future (within approximately 20 years) the community is unlikely to be capable of being substantially restored or rehabilitated. B) Current distribution is limited, and one or more of the following apply (i, ii or iii): i) geographic range and/or number of discrete occurrences, and/or area occupied is highly restricted and the community is currently subject to known threatening processes which are likely to result in total destruction throughout its range in the short term future (within approximately 20 years); ii) there are few occurrences, each of which is small and/or isolated and all or most occurrences are very vulnerable to known threatening processes; iii) there may be many occurrences but total area is small and all or most occurrences are small and/or isolated and very vulnerable to known threatening processes. C) The ecological community exists only as very modified occurrences that may be capable of being substantially restored or rehabilitated if such work begins in the short-term future (within approximately 20 years). VU: Vulnerable An ecological community that has been adequately surveyed and is found to be declining and/or has declined in distribution and/or condition and whose ultimate security has not yet been assured and/or a community that is still widespread but is believed likely to move into a category of higher threat in the near future if threatening processes continue or begin operating throughout its range. An ecological community will be listed as Vulnerable when it has been adequately surveyed and is not Critically Endangered or Endangered but is facing a high risk of total destruction or significant modification in the medium to long-term future. This will be determined on the basis of the best available information by it meeting any one or more of the following criteria (A, B or C): A) The ecological community exists largely as modified occurrences that are likely to be capable of being substantially restored or rehabilitated. B) The ecological community may already be modified and would be vulnerable to threatening processes, is restricted in area and/or range and/or is only found at a few locations. C) The ecological community may be still widespread but is believed likely to move into a category of higher threat in the medium to long term future because of existing or impending threatening processes. Karara Mining Ltd Hinge Iron Ore Study - Vegetation and Flora Survey, May 2013 Table B.2: Definitions, Categories and Criteria for Priority Ecological Communities: Priority Ecological communities (DEC 2010). Possible threatened ecological communities that do not meet survey criteria or that are not adequately defined are added to the Priority Ecological Community Lists under Priorities 1, 2 and 3. Ecological Communities that are adequately known, and are rare but not threatened or meet criteria for Near Threatened, or that have been recently removed from the threatened list, are placed in Priority 4. These ecological communities require regular monitoring. Conservation Dependent ecological communities are placed in Priority 5. P1: Priority One – Poorly-known ecological communities Ecological communities with apparently few, small occurrences, all or most not actively managed for conservation (e.g. within agricultural or pastoral lands, urban areas, active mineral leases) and for which current threats exist. Communities may be included if they are comparatively well-known from one or more localities but do not meet adequacy of survey requirements, and/or are not well defined, and appear to be under immediate threat from known threatening processes across their range. P2: Priority Two – Poorly-Known ecological communities Communities that are known from few small occurrences, all or most of which are actively managed for conservation (e.g. within national parks, conservation parks, nature reserves, State forest, unallocated Crown land, water reserves, etc.) and not under imminent threat of destruction or degradation. Communities may be included if they are comparatively well known from one or more localities but do not meet adequacy of survey requirements, and/or are not well defined, and appear to be under threat from known threatening processes. P3: Priority Three – Poorly-Known ecological communities (i) Communities that are known from several to many occurrences, a significant number or area of which are not under threat of habitat destruction or degradation or: (ii) communities known from a few widespread occurrences, which are either large or within significant remaining areas of habitat in which other occurrences may occur, much of it not under imminent threat, or; (iii) communities made up of large, and/or widespread occurrences, that may or not be represented in the reserve system, but are under threat of modification across much of their range from processes such as grazing by domestic and/or feral stock, and inappropriate fire regimes. Communities may be included if they are comparatively well known from several localities but do not meet adequacy of survey requirements and/or are not well defined, and known threatening processes exist that could affect them. P4: Priority Four Ecological communities that are adequately known, rare but not threatened or meet criteria for Near Threatened, or that have been recently removed from the threatened list. These communities require regular monitoring. (a) Rare. Ecological communities known from few occurrences that are considered to have been adequately surveyed, or for which sufficient knowledge is available, and that are considered not currently threatened or in need of special protection, but could be if present circumstances change. These communities are usually represented on conservation lands. (b) Near Threatened. Ecological communities that are considered to have been adequately surveyed and that do not qualify for Conservation Dependent, but that are close to qualifying for Vulnerable. (c) Ecological communities that have been removed from the list of threatened communities during the past five years. 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