Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

Figure 2-3: Percentage of Native Diversity of Plots (2006 - 2011)
2.2.3 Species Diversity within Vegetation Communities
Figure 2-4 shows the average native species count and introduced species percentage for each
vegetation community sampled for flora monitoring. All communities are seen to peak in native
species diversity in 2007 and begin to fall thereafter. The White Mahogany / Rough-barked Apple
Forest community begins to recover once more in 2009 and has remained relatively constant
during the 2010 and 2011 survey. All remaining communities begin to either recover or stabilise
between the 2010 and 2011 surveys. All communities have shown either an average increase in
native species diversity or remained relatively constant, in comparison to results collected in 2006.
The percentage of introduced species diversity has also remained constant and with little
fluctuation for most communities.
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