Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

Overstorey
Understorey
Ground Cover
Table 5-2: Stoney Creek Riparian Condition Scores
Transect
Section
1C 2C 3C 4C 5C 1T 2T 3T 4T
Average Height 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Total PFC 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2
Total PFC of Weeds Only 0 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 -1 0
Number of Overstorey Species 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2
Reproductive Stage 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Native Vegetation Recruitment 3 3 0 2 3 3 3 3 1
Average Height 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
Total PFC Incl. Weeds 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
Total PFC of Weeds Only 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Native Vegetation Recruitment 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Average Height 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
Leaf Litter Depth 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Leaf Letter Cover 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bare Soil Cover 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Total PFC Incl. Weeds 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 3
Total PFC of Weed Species 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -1
Number of Groundcover Species 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
Introduced Species Number of Weed Species -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -2 -3 -3 -3
Rabbits 0 0 -2 -1 -1 0 -1 -3 -3
Feral Animal Activity
Pigs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogs/Foxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top Soil 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mass Movement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheet or Rill Erosion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surface Stability Gully Erosion 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 -1
Stream Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 -2
Soil Compaction 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sedimentation Evidence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water Presence 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Riparian Microhabitat Rocks 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2
Timber 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 3
Rubbish 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
Disturbance
Unauthorised Access 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Score 38 38 20 26 30 43 31 28 27
Condition E E M M G E E G M
2011 Annual Ecological Monitoring Report, Final Report, May 2012 Page 98