Mann River Nature Reserve Vegetation 2004 VIS_ID 4744

Brief description

Mann River Nature Reserve vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter in 2004 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region. Mann River Nature Reserve is located on the escarpment of the Northern Tablelands
of New South Wales. The Reserve straddles the eastern edge of the New England
Tablelands and parts of the North Coast, approximately 30 km south east of Glen
Innes. The local government area of the Severn Shire covers the entire reserve.

The vegetation of Mann River Nature Reserve is described and mapped (scale 1:25 000). Eight communities are defined based on classification (Kulczynski association) with further sub-assemblages described. These eight communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. Several communities are considered to be inadequately reserved across their range but most are relatively well conserved locally. Most communities are Open Forest and Woodlands associations with prominent grassy understoreys. The communities show considerable variation and intergrade along common boundaries and in particular on intermediate soil types. Community distribution was related primarily to Physiography, time since fire, protection from the north, west and south west, slope, easting and altitude.

VIS_ID 4744