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Appendix 1: Previous Assessments 54 Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest Wielangta Planning Unit 02. Fiona Coates March 1993. This report describes the results of 10 days of botanical survey of an area of Wielangta State Forest occupying approximately 3000 hectares extending from Blue Gum Spur north to Griffiths Rivulet. This area incorporates key land marks such as Wielangta Hill, Prosser Sugarloaf and the upper catchment of Wielangta Creek. Coates recorded 241 vascular plant species that included 33 Tasmanian endemics. 30 floristic communities were described. A review of this report was prepared by Duncan (1993). Duncan suggests it is likely that another 50- 100 species occur in the area of WTU02. 11 of the 30 communities are considered to have the highest conservation significance. Greg Blake (1999) compiled a report on the heritage values of the area as part of a submission in support of a nomination for listing on the Register of the National Estate. This included data from vertebrate and invertebrate surveys. Duncan (1988) undertook a botanical survey of the proposed Wielangta Lake Forest Reserve. A provisional logging coupe within this area was subject to detailed survey by David Ziegeler (1998). This work demonstrated that the state vegetation mapping is an over simplification. The area is mapped on Tasveg as E. pulchella forest (DPU) and E. obliqua dry forest (DOB). The detailed survey demonstrated that the area supports E. amygdalina on sandstone (DAS) and E. amygdalina forest on dolerite (DAD). Two of the reserved lands have been subject to targeted botanical survey. These include: Sandspit River Forest Reserve 1996 (North et al 1998) Cape Bernier State Reserve Extension 1998 (Craven et al 1999) Although these studies did not include vegetation mapping they describe greater variability in the forest associations than are shown on current Tasveg mapping. David Ziegeler undertook a broad survey of the entire Wielangta area in 2003 for Forestry Tasmania. This was to provide context to a planned harvesting impacts over subsequent years. This data has not been made publicly available. Wild Wielangta
55 Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest Appendix 2: Native Vegetation Communities of Wielangta The reserve analysis includes all formal and informal reserves. VEGCODE Description Saltmarsh and wetland Total Area Reserved Area % AUS Saltmarsh (undifferentiated) 210.8 189.8 90.0 AWU wetland (undifferentiated) 13.2 5.1 38.7 Total Native Grassland 224.1 194.9 87.0 GCL Lowland grassland complex 448.4 9.4 2.1 GHC Coastal grass and herbfield 18.1 18.0 99.1 GPL Lowland Poa labillardierei grassland 87.4 1.9 2.2 Total Dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest 553.9 29.3 5.3 DAD E. amygdalina forest /woodland on dolerite 347.9 39.5 11.3 DAS E. amygdalina forest / woodland on sandstone 807.7 186.1 23.0 DDE E. delegatensis dry forest and woodland 85.8 72.3 84.3 DGL E. globulus dry forest and woodland 346.7 134.8 38.9 DOB E. obliqua dry forest and woodland 2225.5 511.7 23.0 DOV E. ovata forest and woodland 27.7 5.2 18.7 DPU E. pulchella forest and woodland 18303.8 6256.7 34.2 DRO E. rodwayi forest and woodland 14.2 0.0 0.0 DVC E. viminalis coastal forest and woodland 98.6 97.9 99.2 DVG E. viminalis grassy forest and woodland 0.3 0.0 0.0 Total 22258.2 7304.0 32.8 Non eucalypt forest and scrub NAD Acacia dealbata forest 252.7 59.7 23.6 NBA Bursaria - Acacia woodland and scrub 118.9 33.5 28.2 NCR Callitris rhomboidea forest 216.2 166.6 77.1 SAC Acacia longifolia coastal scrub 27.1 24.7 91.2 SBR Broadleaf scrub 268.6 179.2 66.7 SDU Dry scrub 20.9 12.0 57.4 SHU Inland Heathland (undifferentiated) 76.5 46.0 60.1 SHW Wet heathland 114.9 45.5 39.6 SLW Leptospermum scrub 61.0 30.7 50.4 SMR Melaleuca squarrosa scrub 8.6 1.0 12.1 SRI Riparian scrub 25.6 20.1 78.6 SSC Coastal Scrub 13.3 0.7 5.0 Total Wet eucalypt forest 1204.2 619.8 51.5 WBR E.brookeriana wet forest 5.4 0.1 2.7 WDU E. delegatensis wet forest (undifferentiated) 19.1 19.1 100 WGL E. globulus wet forest 79.6 51.4 64.5 WOU E. obliqua wet forest (undifferentiated) 2519.5 899.7 35.7 WRE E. regnans forest 875.5 205.3 23.4 Total Rainforest 3499.2 1175.7 33.6 RLS Leptospermum with rainforest scrub 13.4 0.0 0.0 RMU Nothofagus rainforest undifferentiated 271.2 220.3 81.2 Wild Wielangta
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The Biodiversity of Wielangta Fores
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Summary iii Biodiversity of Wielang
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Contents v Biodiversity of Wielangt
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Introduction 1 Biodiversity of Wiel
Page 9 and 10: Figure 2 - Wielangta Forest 3 Biodi
Page 11 and 12: Figure 3: Land tenure 5 Biodiversit
Page 13 and 14: Vegetation 7 Biodiversity of Wielan
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Page 17 and 18: Eucalyptus brookeriana wet forest S
Page 23 and 24: Figure 6 Rainforest and Mixed fores
Page 25 and 26: Figure 7 Callitris rhomboidea in Wi
Page 27 and 28: Threatened Flora 21 Biodiversity of
Page 29 and 30: Species Pomaderris phylicifolia sub
Page 31 and 32: Corunastylis morrisii Hairy midge o
Page 33 and 34: Eucalyptus barberi - barbers gum Mo
Page 37 and 38: Southern grasstree (Xanthorrhoea au
Page 39 and 40: Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) 33
Page 43 and 44: Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquil
Page 45 and 46: Broad-toothed stag beetle (Lissotes
Page 49 and 50: Conservation Assessment and Recomme
Page 51 and 52: Figure 13 High Conservation Vegetat
Page 53 and 54: Reserve Comparison Value Existing F
Page 57 and 58: National Heritage Listing 51 Biodiv
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Page 77 and 78: Appendix 4: Fauna Species of Wielan
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