Gawler Ranges NP (Scientific Expedition Group) Survey

The aim of this survey was to increase current knowledge of the flora and fauna species that occur in the North western portion  of Gawler Ranges National Park (Scrubby Peak section) with particular emphasis on the Pine Lodge Environmental Association. Laut et al (1977) have described the Pine Lodge Environmental Association as follows: A sandy plain with low hills and numerous irregular dunes. The vegetation cover is of low, open woodland and open mallee scrub with an understorey of mixed chenopod shrubs and grasses." This association covers most of the Scrubby Peak area of the park to the northwest of the Yardea Road. The park conserves more than 55% of this association, which was not previously included in any reserve. The park has some key fauna habitat areas, including semi-permanent soaks and granite waterholes. The park has rocky gullies and outcrops with local entrapments of water. Low woodland, or mallee vegetation, with a complex understorey of hummock grass (Triodia sp) or chenopod and/or Cratystylis, provides the vegetation complexity necessary for the survival of a rich and diverse fauna assemblage. The survey was conducted 2007-2008. The Gawler Ranges NP (Scientific Expedition Group) Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

Tags: Acacia beckleri Tindale, Acacia beckleri Tindale subsp. beckleri, Acacia continua Benth., Acacia euthycarpa (J.M.Black) J.M.Black, Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth., Acacia notabilis F.Muell., Acacia nyssophylla F.Muell., Acacia oswaldii F.Muell., Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don, Acacia sclerophylla Lindl. var. sclerophylla, Actinobole uliginosum (A.Gray) H.Eichler, Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens S.T.Reynolds, Alyogyne hakeifolia (Giord.) Alef., Alyxia buxifolia R.Br., Amyema miraculosa subsp. boormanii (Blakely) Barlow, Anagallis arvensis L., Angianthus tomentosus J.C.Wendl., Asteridea athrixioides f. (NC), Astroloma humifusum (Cav.) R.Br., Atriplex stipitata Benth., Austrostipa drummondii (Steud.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa eremophila (Reader) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa nitida (Summerh. & C.E.Hubb.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa platychaeta (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa sp., Austrostipa trichophylla (Benth.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Avena barbata Pott ex Link, Babingtonia behrii (Schltdl.) A.R.Bean, Baeckea crassifolia Lindl., Beyeria lechenaultii (DC.) Baill., Billardiera sp., Boraginaceae sp., Boronia coerulescens F.Muell. subsp. coerulescens, Brachyscome exilis Sond., Brachyscome lineariloba (DC.) Druce, Bromus rubens L., Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw., Bursaria spinosa Cav. subsp. spinosa, Calandrinia calyptrata Hook.f., Calandrinia eremaea Ewart, Callitris glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.A.S.Johnson, Callitris gracilis R.T.Baker, Callitris verrucosa (A.Cunn. ex Endl.) F.Muell., Calotis hispidula (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Calytrix involucrata J.M.Black, Calytrix tetragona Labill., Carrichtera annua (L.) DC., Cassytha melantha R.Br., Casuarina pauper F.Muell. ex L.A.S.Johnson, Centaurea melitensis L., Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers, Cheilanthes lasiophylla Pic.Serm., Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Chenopodium desertorum (J.M.Black) J.M.Black subsp. desertorum, Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Comesperma volubile Labill., Crassula colorata var. acuminata (Reader) Toelken, Cratystylis conocephala (F.Muell.) S.Moore, Cruciferae sp., Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Daucus sp., Dianella revoluta R.Br. var. revoluta, Disturbance, Dodonaea bursariifolia F.Muell., Dodonaea stenozyga F.Muell., Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (DC.) J.G.West, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata (Sm.) J.G.West, Echium plantagineum L., Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br. var. tomentosa, Eremophila alternifolia R.Br., Eremophila crassifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Eremophila deserti (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Chinnock, Eremophila glabra (R.Br.) Ostenf. subsp. glabra, Eremophila scoparia (R.Br.) F.Muell., Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott, Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton, Erodium crinitum Carolin, Eucalyptus brachycalyx Blakely, Eucalyptus concinna Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., Eucalyptus gypsophila D.Nicolle, Eucalyptus incrassata Labill., Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex Miq. subsp. oleosa, Eucalyptus porosa F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus trivalva Blakely, Eucalyptus yumbarrana subsp. (NC), Euphorbia drummondii Boiss., Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila (A.Cunn.) D.C.Hassall, Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar, Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br., Fauna, Flora, Geijera linearifolia (DC.) J.M.Black, Geijera sp., Glischrocaryon angustifolium (Nees) M.L.Moody & D.H.Les, Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard, Goodenia glabra R.Br., Goodenia havilandii Maiden & Betche, Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl., Goodenia quasilibera Carolin, Grevillea anethifolia R.Br., Grevillea aspera R.Br., Grevillea huegelii Meisn., Hakea francisiana F.Muell., Hakea leucoptera R.Br. subsp. leucoptera, Herniaria cinerea DC., Hibbertia devitata Toelken, Hibbertia sp., Hyalosperma demissum (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson, Hyalosperma glutinosum Steetz subsp. glutinosum, Hyalosperma semisterile (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin, Hypochaeris glabra L., Isoetopsis graminifolia Turcz., Isotoma petraea F.Muell., Landscape, Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br., Leptorhynchos waitzia Sond., Leptospermum coriaceum (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Cheel, Leucopogon cordifolius Lindl., Lithology, Lomandra collina (R.Br.) Ewart, Lomandra effusa (Lindl.) Ewart, Lomandra leucocephala subsp. robusta A.T.Lee, Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. subsp. exocarpi, Maireana enchylaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana radiata (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana sedifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana sp., Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana turbinata Paul G.Wilson, Medicago minima (L.) L. ex Bartal. var. minima, Medicago truncatula Gaertn., Melaleuca armillaris subsp. akineta F.C.Quinn, Melaleuca eleuterostachya F.Muell., Melaleuca lanceolata Otto, Melaleuca uncinata R.Br., Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L., Microseris lanceolata (Walp.) Sch.Bip., Minuria leptophylla DC., Myoporum platycarpum R.Br. subsp. platycarpum, Neatostema apulum (L.) I.M.Johnst., Nitraria billardierei DC., Olearia decurrens (DC.) Benth., Olearia muelleri (Sond.) Benth., Omphalolappula concava (F.Muell.) Brand, Opercularia turpis F.Muell. ex J.M.Black, Pentameris airoides Nees subsp. airoides, Phebalium bullatum J.M.Black, Pimelea microcephala R.Br. subsp. microcephala, Pimelea simplex F.Muell. subsp. simplex, Pittosporum angustifolium Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd., Plantago drummondii Decne., Podolepis capillaris (Steetz) Diels, Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less., Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich., Pterostylis aff. excelsa, Ptilotus seminudus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black, Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir., Pycnosorus pleiocephalus (F.Muell.) J.Everett & Doust, Rhagodia candolleana Moq. subsp. candolleana, Rhagodia crassifolia R.Br., Rhagodia parabolica R.Br., Rhagodia preissii Moq. subsp. preissii, Rhodanthe laevis (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson, Rhodanthe moschata (A.Cunn. ex DC.)Benth., Rhodanthe polygalifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Rhodanthe stuartiana (Sond. & F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Rostraria pumila (Desf.) Tzvelev, Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar, Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC., Scaevola aemula R.Br., Schismus barbatus (Loefl. ex L.) Thell., Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth., Sclerolaena obliquicuspis (R.H.Anderson) Ulbr., Sclerolaena parviflora (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott, Senecio glossanthus (Sond.) Belcher, Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea (Benth.) Randell, Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris Randell, Senna cardiosperma subsp. gawlerensis Randell, Soil, Solanum coactiliferum J.M.Black, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Heldr., Stenopetalum lineare R.Br. ex DC., Stenopetalum sphaerocarpum F.Muell., Tetragonia eremaea Ostenf., Thysanotus patersonii R.Br., Trachymene ornata (Endl.) Druce, Trachymene pilosa Sm., Tricoryne tenella R.Br., Triodia irritans R.Br., Triodia lanata J.M.Black, Urospermum picroides (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt, Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia cervicularis N.T.Burb. var. cervicularis, Vittadinia gracilis (Hook.f.) N.T.Burb., Wahlenbergia stricta (R.Br.) Sweet subsp. stricta, Waitzia acuminata Steetz var. acuminata, Westringia rigida R.Br., Wurmbea australis (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates, Zygophyllum ammophilum F.Muell., Zygophyllum apiculatum F.Muell., Zygophyllum aurantiacum (Lindl.) F.Muell. subsp. aurantiacum, Zygophyllum crenatum F.Muell., Zygophyllum ovatum Ewart & Jean White, Zygophyllum sp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery