Permanent Water Sites Survey in the Rangelands of the Murray Darling Basin, SA Survey

This project aims to undertake a biological survey of eight permanent water sites within the rangelands of the South Australian Murray Darling Basin (SA MDB) region. The project will address knowledge gaps in baseline data particularly affecting the flora and fauna of waterways, wetlands and ephemeral creek lines of the rangeland area.
The biological survey will focus on collecting baseline biological data including aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna at eight permanent water sites, from the Tothill Ranges in the South to Caroona Creek Conservation Park in the north. 
The biological survey is to be undertaken to meet with the biological survey standards of the Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH), to enable sharing of information between state agencies and community groups working towards biodiversity conservation in the rangelands area. The survey was conducted in 2009. The Permanent Water Sites Survey in the Rangelands of the Murray Darling Basin, SA 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 euthycarpa (J.M.Black) J.M.Black, Acacia pycnantha Benth., Acaena echinata Nees, Apium prostratum var. filiforme, Asphodelus fistulosus L., Atriplex semibaccata R.Br., Atriplex suberecta I.Verd., Avena barbata Pott ex Link, Baumea juncea (R.Br.) Palla, Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville, Bolboschoenus caldwellii (V.J.Cook) Sojak, Carrichtera annua (L.) DC., Cassinia sp., Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum Paul G.Wilson, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Clematis microphylla DC. var. microphylla, Compositae sp., Conium maculatum L., Cotula coronopifolia L., Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus, Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens Wiklund, Cyperus gymnocaulos Steud., Cyperus vaginatus R.Br., Distichlis distichophylla (Labill.) Fassett, Disturbance, Dodonaea lobulata F.Muell., Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata (Sm.) J.G.West, Echium plantagineum L., Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott subsp. nutans, Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra, Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol., Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. subsp. camaldulensis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. var. camaldulensis, Fauna, Flora, Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa (DC.) Summerh., Fumaria capreolata L., Geranium retrorsum L'Her. ex DC., Gramineae sp., Hypochaeris glabra L., Juncus kraussii Hochst., Lachnagrostis aemula (R.Br.) Trin., Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia, Landscape, Limonium companyonis (Gren. & Billot) Kuntze, Lithology, Lycium ferocissimum Miers, Lythrum hyssopifolia L., Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana radiata (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana sp., Marrubium vulgare L., Medicago minima (L.) L. ex Bartal. var. minima, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, Myoporum montanum R.Br., Nicotiana glauca Graham, Olearia brachyphylla (F.Muell. ex Sond.) N.A.Wakef., Oxalis perennans Haw., Oxalis pes-caprae L., Paspalum sp., Phalaris aquatica L., Phalaris sp., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., Pimelea stricta Meisn., Poa labillardierei Steud. var. labillardierei, Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf., Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir., Rhagodia parabolica R.Br., Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek, Rorippa sp., Rosa canina L., Rumex sp., Rytidosperma sp., Salvia verbenaca L. var. verbenaca, Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers., Schinus molle L., Schoenoplectus pungens (M.Vahl) Palla, Sclerolaena obliquicuspis (R.H.Anderson) Ulbr., Selliera radicans Cav., Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea (Benth.) Randell, Sida petrophila F.Muell., Sisymbrium erysimoides Desf., Soil, Solanum nigrum L., Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb., Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom, Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson subsp. halocnemoides, Thyridia repens (R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley, Trifolium angustifolium L., Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense, Triglochin striata Ruiz & Pav., Typha domingensis Pers., Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia blackii N.T.Burb., Vittadinia gracilis (Hook.f.) N.T.Burb., Zygophyllum apiculatum F.Muell.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery