National Recovery Plan for the Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia ecological community



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Abbreviations





AMLR

Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges (NRM Board/Region)

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

DEH

former Department for Environment and Heritage (South Australian Government)

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (South Australian Government) (formerly DEH)

DSEWPaC

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australian Government)

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)

ESP

Environmental Stewardship Program (Australian Government Caring for our Country)

GIS

Geographic Information System

INTG

Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

NPW Act

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972

N&Y

Northern and Yorke (NRM Board/Region)

NRM

Natural Resources Management

NRM Act

Natural Resources Management Act 2004

NV Act

Native Vegetation Act 1991

NVC

Native Vegetation Council

PBGW

Peppermint Box Grassy Woodland

PBT

Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard

SA MDB

South Australian Murray Darling Basin (NRM Board/Region)

SEB

Significant Environmental Benefit

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature


Glossary





Annual

referring to plant species, a plant that completes its life cycle from germination to seeding in one year and then dies

Area of occupancy

the total area within its natural range actually occupied by the ecological community

Broad-leaved (plant)

referring to plant species in the dicotyledonous group of plants; i.e. plants which have a pair of seed leaves or cotyledons

Broad-leaved herbaceous species

an attribute used in Condition Class assessment of INTG remnants, referring to native plant species which are broad-leaved plants having a herbaceous growth form

Condition Class

a state of the INTG defined in the EPBC Act Listing Advice and based on native plant species diversity, composition and native perennial tussock density. Three Condition Class categories have been defined, representing high quality remnants (A), moderate quality remnants (B) and degraded remnants with potential for restoration (C)

Dominant species

species which make up a large proportion of biomass, or numbers of organisms, in a community; in vegetation, the most common and characteristic species in the uppermost stratum of the plant community, excluding emergent species

Ecological community

a naturally occurring assemblage of inter-dependent plant and animal species, characterised by a unique combination of species composition, structure and habitats, and determined by or associated with physical factors such as soil type, position in the landscape, climate and water availability

Emergent species

plants that rise up above the dominant upper stratum of the plant community, generally widely spaced and with total canopy cover less than 5%

Environmental offset

pertaining to the EPBC Act, an agreed action taken outside a development site, to compensate for direct, indirect or consequential impacts of the development on a matter or matters protected by the EPBC Act; can include direct on-ground actions and indirect actions to improve knowledge, understanding or management for conservation outcomes

Floristic

pertaining to the types, numbers and distribution of plant species in a particular area

Forb

a herbaceous (non-woody) plant other than grasses, sedges and rushes

Herb

a plant which does not develop a woody stem

Herbaceous

referring to the growth form of plant species; species which do not develop a woody stem

Integrity

(of the ecological community) the capacity of INTG remnants to support and maintain species composition, diversity and functional organisation similar to undisturbed examples of the ecological community

Long term

in relation to recovery of the ecological community, 50 years or more

Medium term

in relation to recovery of the ecological community, in the next 10 to 50 years

Perennial

referring to plant species, a plant that lives for more than two years before completing its life cycle from germination to seeding; may be short-lived, or long-lived with repeated annual cycles of flowering and seeding

Polygon

in GIS, an area bounded by a closed line, used to represent a feature on a map (e.g. an INTG remnant, or a continuous area of a floristic vegetation group) and linked to a data reference point inside the boundary

Priority remnants

INTG remnants and habitat areas that are significant and critical for the long-term persistence of the ecological community

Set stocking

referring to a stock grazing regime where the animals are placed on a fixed area and held at a consistent stock density without adjustment; also referred to as continuous grazing

Short term

in relation to recovery of the ecological community, over the next 10 years; the period of this recovery plan

Significant Environmental Benefit

pertaining to the NV Act, a negotiated activity to offset the loss of habitat, biodiversity and/or environmental values associated with native vegetation clearance approved under the NV Act; can include protection, active management or restoration of remnants, revegetation to recreate a functioning ecosystem, or payment into the Native Vegetation Fund for on-ground work elsewhere



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