Kanowana Block Survey

This survey was held in the Kanowana Block between 1990 and 1992. The Kanowana Block contains a vast network of channels, lakes, waterholes irrigated by floodwaters from the south west branch of the Cooper Creek and the northern overflow from Coongie Lakes. The survey was based on the current survey methodology for flora and vertebrate surveys which were adapted to suit the wetland system. Several objectives of the project were to adopt a site-based survey to assess, classify and map vegetation of the area, to create a baseline data for future monitoring and contributing to an understanding of the wetland system. The project was also a pilot study to test approaches and techniques for vegetation survey and mapping in other desert wetland systems of the Lake Eyre basin.
Survey report:
Gillen JS &amp; GN Drewien
A Vegetation Survey of the Kanowana Wetlands, Cooper Creek South Australia.
? Department of Envirorunent and Land Management May 1993 The Kanowana Block 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: Abutilon malvifolium (Benth.) J.M.Black, Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth., Acacia oswaldii F.Muell., Acacia salicina Lindl., Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth., Acacia victoriae subsp. arida, Ajuga australis, Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br., Amaranthus mitchellii Benth., Ammannia multiflora Roxb., Amyema preissii (Miq.) Tiegh., Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Atriplex angulata Benth., Atriplex crassipes J.M.Black var. crassipes, Atriplex eardleyae Aellen, Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell., Atriplex intermedia R.H.Anderson, Atriplex limbata Benth., Atriplex lindleyi, Atriplex nummularia subsp. erosa, Atriplex pseudocampanulata Aellen, Atriplex pumilio R.Br., Atriplex sp., Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell., Atriplex sturtii S.W.L.Jacobs, Atriplex velutinella F.Muell., Austrobryonia micrantha (F.Muell.) I.Telford, Austrostipa sp., Bauhinia gilva (F.M.Bailey) A.S.George, Bergia ammannioides Roxb., Bergia trimera Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv., Bulbine alata Baijnath, Calandrinia eremaea Ewart, Calocephalus platycephalus (F.Muell.) Benth., Calotis hispidula (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Calotis plumulifera F.Muell., Calotis porphyroglossa F.Muell. ex Benth., Carex sp., Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Chenopodium auricomum Lindl., Chenopodium nitrariaceum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Compositae sp., Convolvulus erubescens Sims, Craspedia chrysantha (Schltdl.) Benth., Craspedia sp., Crassula colorata var. acuminata, Crassula sp., Cressa australis R.Br., Crinum flaccidum Herb., Crotalaria cunninghamii subsp. sturtii (R.Br.) A.E.Holland, Crotalaria smithiana A.T.Lee, Cucumis argenteus (Domin) P.Sebastian & I.Telford, Cucumis melo L., Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin, Cucumis sp., Cullen australasicum (Schltdl.) J.W.Grimes, Cullen cinereum (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes, Cullen pallidum (Burb.) J.W.Grimes, Cullen sp., Cyperus exaltatus Retz., Cyperus gymnocaulos Steud., Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb., Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv., Dentella pulvinata Airy Shaw, Dichanthium sericeum subsp. humilius (J.M.Black) B.K.Simon, Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Diplatia grandibractea (F.Muell.) Tiegh., Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus, Disturbance, Duma florulenta (Meisn.) T.M.Schust., Dysphania cristata (F.Muell.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea Paul G.Wilson, Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra Benth., Enneapogon avenaceus (Lindl.) C.E.Hubb., Eragrostis australasica (Steud.) C.E.Hubb., Eragrostis dielsii Pilg., Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich.) Gaudich. ex Steud., Eragrostis leptocarpa Benth., Eragrostis parviflora (R.Br.) Trin., Eragrostis setifolia Nees, Eremophila bignoniiflora (Benth.) F.Muell., Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha (Stapf ex Thell.) J.M.Black, Erodium aureum Carolin, Erodium cygnorum subsp. (NC), Erodium sp., Ethuliopsis cunninghamii (Hook.) F.Muell., Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa Blakely, Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell., Fauna, Flora, Frankenia cupularis Summerh., Frankenia serpyllifolia Lindl., Glinus lotoides L., Glycine canescens F.J.Herm., Gnephosis eriocarpa (F.Muell.) Benth., Goodenia fascicularis F.Muell. & Tate, Goodenia glauca F.Muell., Goodenia sp., Gramineae sp., Grevillea striata R.Br., Haloragis aspera Lindl., Heliotropium curassavicum L., Heliotropium supinum L., Hibiscus sp., Landscape, Lawrencia glomerata Hook., Lepidium muelleriferdinandi Thell., Lithology, Lotus cruentus Court, Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis (Spreng.) P.H.Raven, Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. subsp. exocarpi, Lysiana subfalcata (Hook.) Barlow, Maireana coronata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson, Malacocera albolanata (Ising) Chinnock, Malva preissiana Miq., Marsilea drummondii A.Braun, Mentha australis R.Br., Minuria denticulata (DC.) Benth., Minuria rigida J.M.Black, Myriophyllum verrucosum Lindl., Nicotiana sp., Nicotiana velutina H.-M.Wheeler, Osteocarpum acropterum (F.Muell. & Tate) Volkens var. acropterum, Owenia acidula F.Muell., Panicum decompositum R.Br. var. decompositum, Panicum laevinode Lindl., Phyllanthus fuernrohrii F.Muell., Phyllanthus lacunarius F.Muell., Phyllanthus sp., Plantae sp., Plantago drummondii Decne., Pluchea rubelliflora (F.Muell.) B.L.Rob., Polycalymma stuartii F.Muell. & Sond. ex Sond., Polygonum plebeium R.Br., Portulaca intraterranea J.M.Black, Portulaca oleracea L., Portulaca sp., Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Psoralea patens Lindl., Pterocaulon sphacelatum (Labill.) F.Muell., Rhodanthe floribunda (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Rumex crystallinus Lange, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. subsp. helichrysoides, Salsola australis L., Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw, Scaevola collaris F.Muell., Schenkia australis (R.Br.) G.Mans., Sclerolaena bicornis Lindl. var. bicornis, Sclerolaena calcarata (Ising) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena constricta (Ising) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena decurrens (J.M.Black) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth., Sclerolaena intricata (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena muricata (Moq.) Domin var. muricata, Sclerolaena parallelicuspis (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott, Sclerostegia sp., Senecio gregorii F.Muell., Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps., Senecio sp., Senna artemisioides subsp. (NC), Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea (Benth.) Randell, Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Randell, Sesbania cannabina (Retz.)Poir. var. cannabina, Sida ammophila F.Muell. ex J.H.Willis, Sida cunninghamii C.T.White, Sida fibulifera Lindl., Sida trichopoda F.Muell., Soil, Solanum esuriale Lindl., Solanum nigrum L., Solanum oligacanthum F.Muell., Species Presence/Abundance, Sphaeromorphaea littoralis (Retz.)A.R.Bean, Sporobolus mitchellii (Trin.) C.E.Hubb. ex S.T.Blake, Stemodia florulenta W.R.Barker, Swainsona oroboides complex, Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson subsp. halocnemoides, Tecticornia indica subsp. leiostachya (Benth.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Tephrosia sphaerospora F.Muell., Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze, Teucrium racemosum R.Br., Thyridia repens (R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley, Trachymene glaucifolia (F.Muell.) Benth., Tragus australianus S.T.Blake, Trianthema triquetra Willd., Tribulus terrestris L., Trigonella suavissima Lindl., Triraphis mollis R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Verbena officinalis L., Wahlenbergia sp., Wahlenbergia tumidifructa P.J.Sm., Zaleya galericulata subsp. australis (Melville) S.W.L.Jacobs, Zygochloa paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake, Zygophyllum ammophilum F.Muell.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery