Melville Range Nature Reserve Vegetation 2006 VIS_ID 4746

Melville Range Nature Reserve vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter and Paul Sheringham in 2006 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region. Melville Range Nature Reserve comprises some 843 ha of land and lies between Tamworth and Gunnedah. These lands were previously freehold and all boundaries are with freehold lands. Us such much of the past landuse management has been for grazing and some timber removal. The reserve falls within the Nandewar Bioregion and the North Western Slopes Botanical Division.\r\n\r\nThe vegetation of Melville Range Nature Reserve is described and mapped (scale\r\n1:25 000). Five communities are defined based on classification (Kulczynski\r\nassociation). These five communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air\r\nphoto interpretation and landform. Almost all of the reserve is dominated by the trees Eucalyptus crebra, Euc. albens and Euc. dealbata with a sparse shrub layer of Notelaea microcarpa, Psydrax odoratum and Bursaria longisepala and an\r\nunderstorey dominated by Aristida ramosa, Scutellaria humilis, Arthropodium sp. B,\r\nJoycea pallida, Geranium solanderi, Dichondra sp. A and Cymbopogon refractus.\r\nMuch of the reserve has been disturbed in the past, particularly clearing and grazing. Parts of Community 3: Dry Rainforest, are likely to conform to the Endangered Ecological Community of Semi-Evergreen Vine Thickets. Communities 4 and 5 should be considered as highly restricted and therefore of concern.\r\n\r\nVIS_ID 47462006年，约翰·T·亨特博士与保罗·谢林汉姆受NPWS北部台地区域委托，开展了梅尔维尔山脉自然保护区的植被测绘工作。该保护区占地面积约843公顷，地处塔姆沃思与冈尼达之间。该区域此前为永久产权土地，所有边界均毗邻永久产权地块。过往多数土地管理用途为放牧及少量林木采伐。该保护区隶属于南德瓦尔生物区（Nandewar Bioregion）与西北坡植物分区（North Western Slopes Botanical Division）。 本次工作对梅尔维尔山脉自然保护区的植被进行了描述与制图（比例尺1:25000）。基于库尔钦斯基关联分类法（Kulczynski association），共划定5个植被群落。这5个群落通过野外实地验证、航空影像解译及地形特征完成制图。保护区内几乎全境均以Eucalyptus crebra、Euc. albens及Euc. dealbata为优势乔木，伴生有以Notelaea microcarpa、Psydrax odoratum及Bursaria longisepala构成的稀疏灌木层，下层植被则以Aristida ramosa、Scutellaria humilis、Arthropodium sp. B、Joycea pallida、Geranium solanderi、Dichondra sp. A及Cymbopogon refractus为优势类群。保护区多数区域曾受人为干扰，尤以清地开垦与放牧活动为甚。第3群落——干旱雨林（Dry Rainforest）的部分区域，极可能隶属于半常绿灌丛藤本濒危生态群落（Semi-Evergreen Vine Thickets）。第4、5群落分布高度受限，因此需重点关注。 VIS编号：4746