NCSSA Tothill Ranges Biological Survey Survey

The Tothill Ranges, is a low range (up to 650m above SL) running 15km south-north, north-east of Marrabel. It contains the largest area of remnant vegetation in the Northern &amp; Yorke NRM Board region that is outside the DEH reserve system. Part of the Northern Mount Lofty Ranges, both the size and position of this remnant sitting in 'a sea' of cleared land ensures the conservation of this area is paramount in the protection of biodiversity of this region. The Tothill Ranges sit on the eastern edge of the Northern Agricultural area, the western edge of the Murray Darling Basin near Hopkins Creek Conservation Park and is less than 80 km south east of the Southern Flinders. It has been listed as both the largest remnant and key area in managing salinity in the Upper River Light Catchment (Upper Light River Salinity Management Plan 2003). The Nature Conservation Society South Australia will be conducting flora and fauna surveys, using standard Biological Survey of SA methodology over 10 days (Sep-Oct 2008), at 16 sites in privately owned land being managed for conservation. This includes setting pitfall traps and Elliott Traps for animals, (All trapping methods are undertaken based on Guidelines for Vertebrate Surveys in South Australia using the Biological Survey of South Australia Methodology (Owens, H.M. 2000). Survey results will be formally published by the Nature Conservation Society of SA. The NCSSA Tothill Ranges Biological Survey 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 paradoxa DC., Acacia pycnantha Benth., Acacia retinodes Schltdl., Acacia wattsiana F.Muell. ex Benth., Acaena echinata Nees, Acaena ovina A.Cunn., Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones, Acrotriche affinis DC., Aira cupaniana Guss., Allocasuarina muelleriana subsp. alticola, Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson, Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh., Anagallis arvensis L., Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Arthropodium strictum R.Br., Asperula conferta Hook.f., Astroloma humifusum (Cav.) R.Br., Austrostipa blackii (C.E.Hubb.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa breviglumis (J.M.Black) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa nodosa (S.T.Blake) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa setacea (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa sp., Avellinia michelii (Savi) Parl., Avena barbata Pott ex Link, Avena fatua L., Banksia marginata Cav., Blennospora drummondii A.Gray, Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv., Brachyscome perpusilla (Steetz) J.M.Black, Briza maxima L., Briza minor L., Bromus rubens L., Bromus sp., Bulbine bulbosa (R.Br.) Haw., Bursaria spinosa Cav. subsp. spinosa, Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla, Caladenia carnea complex, Caladenia leptochila Fitzg., Caladenia sp., Calandrinia calyptrata Hook.f., Calandrinia eremaea Ewart, Callitris gracilis R.T.Baker, Calytrix tetragona Labill., Cassinia complanata J.M.Black, Cassytha melantha R.Br., Centrolepis aristata (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Centrolepis strigosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. strigosa, Cerastium glomeratum Thuill., Chamaescilla corymbosa (R.Br.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. corymbosa, Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers, Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Cheiranthera alternifolia E.M.Benn., Cheiranthera sp., Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Chrysocephalum baxteri (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Anderb., Clematis microphylla DC. var. microphylla, Comesperma sp., Convolvulus remotus R.Br., Correa glabra var. glabra, Correa glabra var. turnbullii (Ashby) Paul G.Wilson, Corybas sp., Craspedia variabilis J.Everett & Doust, Crassula colligata Toelken subsp. colligata, Crassula colligata subsp. lamprosperma Toelken, Crassula colorata var. acuminata (Reader) Toelken, Crassula decumbens Thunb. var. decumbens, Cryptandra campanulata Schltdl., Cynoglossum suaveolens R.Br., Dampiera rosmarinifolia Schltdl., Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Daviesia leptophylla A.Cunn. ex G.Don, Dianella revoluta R.Br. var. revoluta, Dillwynia hispida Lindl., Disturbance, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata (Sm.) J.G.West, Drosera macrantha subsp. planchonii (Hook.f. ex Planch.) N.G.Marchant, Drosera whittakeri Planch., Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv., Echium plantagineum L., Ehrharta longiflora Sm., Ehrharta sp., Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott subsp. nutans, Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol., Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton, Eryngium rostratum/vesiculosum, Eucalyptus goniocalyx F.Muell. ex Miq. subsp. goniocalyx, Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. pruinosa (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Boland, Eucalyptus odorata Behr, Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar, Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill., Fauna, Flora, Galium gaudichaudii DC., Galium migrans Ehrend. & McGill., Galium murale (L.) All., Geranium retrorsum L'Her. ex DC., Geranium sp., Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard, Gonocarpus mezianus (Schindl.) Orchard, Gonocarpus tetragynus Labill., Goodenia blackiana Carolin, Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl., Gramineae sp., Hakea carinata F.Muell. ex Meisn., Hakea rugosa R.Br., Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn, Helichrysum leucopsideum DC., Hibbertia crinita Toelken, Hibbertia exutiacies N.A.Wakef., Hibbertia riparia (R.Br. ex DC.) Hoogland, Hibbertia sp., Holcus lanatus L., Hordeum glaucum Steud., Hyalosperma demissum (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson, Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F.Muell. subsp. floribundus, Hydrocotyle callicarpa Bunge, Hydrocotyle laxiflora DC., Hypochaeris glabra L., Hypochaeris radicata L., Isoetopsis graminifolia Turcz., Juncus subsecundus N.A.Wakef., Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia, Lagenophora huegelii Benth., Lamium amplexicaule L. var. amplexicaule, Landscape, Lathyrus latifolius L., Leontodon rhagadioloides (L.) Enke & Zidorn, Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz, Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br., Leptorhynchos squamatus (Labill.) Less. subsp. squamatus, Levenhookia dubia Sond., Lissanthe strigosa subsp. subulata (R.Br.) J.M.Powell, Lithology, Lolium rigidum Gaudin, Lomandra densiflora J.M.Black, Lomandra micrantha (Endl.) Ewart subsp. micrantha, Lomandra multiflora subsp. dura (F.Muell.) T.D.Macfarl., Luzula meridionalis H.Nordensk., Maireana enchylaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Microseris lanceolata (Walp.) Sch.Bip., Microtis arenaria Lindl., Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz, Millotia tenuifolia Cass. var. tenuifolia, Millotia tenuifolia var. laevis, Neurachne alopecuroides R.Br., Olearia ramulosa (Labill.) Benth., Olearia teretifolia (Sond.) Benth., Opercularia turpis F.Muell. ex J.M.Black, Oxalis perennans Haw., Parietaria debilis G.Forst., Pauridia glabella (R.Br.)Snijman & Kocyan var. glabella, Pentameris airoides Nees subsp. airoides, Petrorhagia sp., Philotheca verrucosa (A.Rich.) Paul G.Wilson, Phyllangium divergens (Hook.f.) Dunlop, Pimelea humilis R.Br., Pimelea stricta Meisn., Plantago drummondii Decne., Plantago gaudichaudii Barneoud, Plantago hispida R.Br., Plantago sp. B (R.Bates 44765), Pleurosorus rutifolius (R.Br.) Fee, Poa bulbosa L., Poa crassicaudex Vickery, Podolepis tepperi (F.Muell.) D.A.Cooke, Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less., Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Prostanthera behriana Schltdl., Pterostylis pedunculata R.Br., Pterostylis plumosa Cady, Pterostylis sanguinea D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Pultenaea kraehenbuehlii P.J.Lang, Pultenaea largiflorens F.Muell. ex Benth., Ranunculus hamatosetosus H.Eichler, Ranunculus pachycarpus B.G.Briggs, Rhodanthe laevis (A.Gray) Paul G.Wilson, Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Romulea minutiflora Klatt, Rumex brownii Campd., Rytidosperma auriculatum (J.M.Black) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma sp., Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC., Schoenus breviculmis Benth., Senecio dolichocephalus I.Thomps., Senecio quadridentatus Labill., Silene apetala Willd., Silene gallica L. var. gallica, Silene nocturna L., Siloxerus multiflorus Nees, Soil, Solenogyne dominii L.G.Adams, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spyridium parvifolium (Hook.) F.Muell., Stackhousia monogyna Labill., Stackhousia sp., Stellaria media (L.) Vill., Stuartina muelleri Sond., Thelymitra albiflora Jeanes, Thelymitra antennifera (Lindl.) Hook.f., Thelymitra aristata Lindl., Thelymitra grandiflora Fitzg., Thelymitra luteocilium Fitzg., Thelymitra nuda R.Br., Thelymitra rubra Fitzg., Thysanotus patersonii R.Br., Thysanotus tenellus Endl., Trifolium angustifolium L., Triglochin nana F.Muell., Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Turcz., Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia australasica (Turcz.) N.T.Burb. var. australasica, Vittadinia blackii N.T.Burb., Vittadinia cervicularis N.T.Burb. var. cervicularis, Vittadinia gracilis (Hook.f.) N.T.Burb., Vulpia muralis (Kunth) Nees, Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. f. myuros, Wahlenbergia gracilenta Lothian, Wahlenbergia stricta (R.Br.) Sweet subsp. stricta, Wurmbea dioica (R.Br.) F.Muell. subsp. dioica, Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata F.Muell., Zaluzianskya divaricata (Thunb.) Walp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery