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TABLE 1: CHARACTERISTIC PLANTS OF ESTUARINE WETLANDS WITHIN BRISBANE WATER WETLAND CATEGORY BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Fringing Vegetation Swamp Forests Saltmarsh infrequently inundated Saltmarsh frequently inundated Mangrove Seagrass Casuarina glauca Melaleuca quinquenervia Eucalyptus robusta Juncus kraussi Sporobolus virginicus Sarcocornia quinqueflora Sporobolus virginicus Suaeda australis Samolus repens Triglochia striata Aegiceras corniculatum Avicennia marina Zostera capricorni Posidonia australis Halophila ovalis Swamp Oak Paperbark Swamp Mahogany Rush Salt Couch Samphire Salt couch River Mangrove Grey Mangrove Eelgrass Strapweed Paddleweed Source: Department of Planning (1983) Brisbane Water Estuaries Wetlands Study TABLE 2: BRISBANE WATER - WATER AREAS AND LENGTHS OF FORESHORE SECTIONS OF WATERWAY AREA (HECTARES) LENGTH OF MAINLAND FORESHORE (KILOMETRES) LENGTH OF IS. FORESHORE (KILOMETRES) TOTAL LENGTH OF FORESHORE (KILOMETRES) Entrance Reach 313 11 0 11 Woy Reach 467 11 16 27 Kincumber Broadwater and Cockle Creek Brisbane Water and Fagans Bay Woy Bay and Woy Inlet 393 16 0 16 1366 27 2 29 229 16 0 16 TOTAL 2768 81 18 99 Brisbane Water Plan of Management - July 1995 Page 60

TABLE 3: AGREED MOORING CAPACITY FOR BRISBANE WATER AREA DESCRIPTION MAXIMUM USAGE Bar Estate 12 Bensville 20 Blackwall 90 Booker Bay 54 Cockle Creek 1 Caroline Bay 60 Correa Bay 8 Davistown 100 Daleys Point 17 Empire Bay 52 Eulalie 12 Ettalong 45 Erina Creek 3 Gosford 40 Green Point 80 Hardys Bay 140 Horsfield Bay 5 Kincumber 15 Koolewong 130 Lintern Street 10 Orange Grove 16 Parkes Bay 7 Merritts Wharf 18 Phegans Bay 10 Patonga Creek 44 Patonga Bay 10 Point Clare 56 Point Frederick 100 Saratoga 100 Pretty Beach 45 Shelley Beach 14 Brisbane Water Plan of Management - July 1995 Page 61

TABLE 1: CHARACTERISTIC PLANTS OF ESTUARINE WETLANDS<br />

WITHIN BRISBANE WATER<br />

WETLAND CATEGORY BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME<br />

Fringing Vegetation<br />

Swamp Forests<br />

Saltmarsh<br />

infrequently inundated<br />

Saltmarsh<br />

frequently inundated<br />

Mangrove<br />

Seagrass<br />

Casuarina glauca<br />

Melaleuca quinquenervia<br />

Eucalyptus robusta<br />

Juncus kraussi<br />

Sporobolus virginicus<br />

Sarcocornia quinqueflora<br />

Sporobolus virginicus<br />

Suaeda australis<br />

Samolus repens<br />

Triglochia striata<br />

Aegiceras corniculatum<br />

Avicennia marina<br />

Zostera capricorni<br />

Posidonia australis<br />

Halophila ovalis<br />

Swamp Oak<br />

Paperbark<br />

Swamp Mahogany<br />

Rush<br />

Salt Couch<br />

Samphire<br />

Salt couch<br />

River Mangrove<br />

Grey Mangrove<br />

Eelgrass<br />

Strapweed<br />

Paddleweed<br />

Source:<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning (1983) <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Estuaries Wetlands Study<br />

TABLE 2: BRISBANE WATER - WATER AREAS AND LENGTHS OF FORESHORE<br />

SECTIONS OF<br />

WATERWAY<br />

AREA<br />

(HECTARES)<br />

LENGTH OF<br />

MAINLAND<br />

FORESHORE<br />

(KILOMETRES)<br />

LENGTH OF IS.<br />

FORESHORE<br />

(KILOMETRES)<br />

TOTAL LENGTH<br />

OF<br />

FORESHORE<br />

(KILOMETRES)<br />

Entrance Reach 313 11 0 11<br />

Woy Reach 467 11 16 27<br />

Kincumber<br />

Broadwater and<br />

Cockle Creek<br />

<strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong><br />

and Fagans Bay<br />

Woy Bay and<br />

Woy Inlet<br />

393 16 0 16<br />

1366 27 2 29<br />

229 16 0 16<br />

TOTAL 2768 81 18 99<br />

<strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Management</strong> - July 1995 Page 60

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