Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Kalamurina Ecosystems / Plants

Plants species at Kalamurina :

Click here for a list of plant species found at Kalamurina.

 

Ecosystems present on Kalamurina :

There are three alternative ecosystem classifications, each one being incomplete.
 
Table 1 : List of the ecosystems revealed by the Simpson and Tirari Deserts Draft Vegetation Map (Sparrow and Foulkes) 
Ecosystem #
Description
Status
Current level of reservation in Bioregion
(IUCN I-IV)
Total Area of Mapped Simpson Desert Vegetation (ha)
% Protected (including Simpson RR)
Area on Kalamurina
(ha)
% protected on Kalmurina
1
Low Shrubland: Saltlakes and claypans with fringing Halosarcia sp., Sclerostegia sp.
Not listed
>10%
1,423,576
91
56,101
3.9
3
Low Shrubland: Frankenia sp., Halosarcia sp., Sclerostegia sp.,
Not listed
>10%
287,871
62
38,677
13.4
4
Shrubland: Atriplex vesicaria +/- Maireana aphylla, Maireana astrotricha, Astrebla pectinata +/- (rarely) other Chenopods
Not listed
>10%
231,841
22
7,729
3.3
5
Shrubland: Muellenbeckia florulenta, Chenopodium auricomum +/- emergent Eucalyptus coolabah
Not listed
Low (<1%)
821,414
1
17,399
2.1
10
Low Shrubland: Maireana aphylla
Not listed
Low (<5%)
85,674
22
280
0.3
12
Hummock Grassland: Zygochloa paradoxa, Triodia basedownii +/- Acacia ligulata, Dodonea viscose, Hakea leucoptera, Acacia murrayana, Atriplex vesicaria
Not listed
>10%
2,364,851
34
2,389
0.1
15
Low Open Shrubland: Nitaria billardierei +/- Atriplex sp., Frankenia sp., Goodenia sp.
Not listed
>10%
238,002
82
13,503
5.7
20
Low Open Shrubland: Atriplex limbata +/- Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana pyrimadata
Not listed
Low (approx 5%)
137,568
15
411
0.3
21
Hummock Grassland: Zygochloa paradoxa +/- Aristida sp., Atriplex sp., Sclerolans sp.
Not listed
>10%
5,387,338
45
541,008
10.0

 

Table 2 : Ecosystems identified as threatened by the NLWRA which occur in the SSD bioregion, and are likely to be present on Kalamurina.
 
Ecosystems identified by the NLWRA as nationally threatened in the SSD bioregion
 
Description
(NVIS Major Vegetation Subgroup)
Status
Current level of reservation in Bioregion
(IUCN I-IV)
5.3.20
Arid acacia low open woodlands and shrublands with tussock grass
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
5.3.5
Arid eucalyptus low open woodlands with tussock grass
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
6.3.13
Mixed chenopod, samphire and forblands
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
SA0034
Mulga (Acacia aneu woodland and low open woodland)
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
SA 0040
Low open woodlands and shrublands with tussock grass
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
SSA0041
Other shrublands
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped
SA0042
Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushland
Vulnerable, condition declining
Unknown, area incompletely unmapped

 

 
Table 3 : Ecosystems present in the Dieri Subregion (therefore likely to occur on Kalamurina) that have been identified as ‘Of Concern’ (Rating: Vulnerable) by the SA government.
 
Ecosystems identified by the NLWRA Conservation Case Study (Dieri Subregion, SA). Neagle (2002); NPWSA
Description
 
Status
Level of reservation in Bioregion
(IUCN I-IV)
Acacia salicina, Eucalyptus coolabah ssp. arida, +/- Lysiphyllum gilvum Woodland of drainage lines and floodplains
Of concern/
vulnerable
Low
Eucalyptus coolabah ssp. arida Woodland on levees and channel banks of regularly inundated floodplains
Of concern/
vulnerable
Low
Atriplex nummularia ssp. nummularia Open Shrubland with occasional emergent Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa or E. coolabah ssp. arida on low sandy rises of floodplains
Of concern/
vulnerable
Low
Chenopodium auricomum Shrubland on cracking clay depressions subject to periodic waterlogging (query whether this occurs on Kalamurina)
Of concern/
vulnerable
Low