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VEGETATION MAPS
Step-by-Step instructions on how to access your property's land unit and vegetation maps
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Land For Wildlife and Garden for Wildlife Coordinator Low Ecological Services P/L PO Box 3130, (Lot 1858 Isotoma Road) Alice Springs NT 0871, Australia Ph: (08) 89 555 222 Fax: (08) 89 555 722 Mb: Bill 041 787 0868, Email: LFW@lowecol.com.au Web: www.LowEcol.com.au web design © Alice Springs Land for Wildlife |
Hit the link to the PDF file "Alice Springs Vegetation Overview "
From here locate the area you live in.
Follow the link to the PDF files of your property area location i.e. Larapinta.
Locate your street and house.
Refer to the legend, which is located on the area map page and identify what colour your house is in. The colours provide you with a general guide as to what the Vegetation communities may have been present before housing development.
If your house is in the Pink section, it is in an area of Vegetation community 17.
Follow the link to the excel spread sheet called Alice Springs Vegetation Community List, which is an excel spread sheet. Locate the sheet called veg 17 and refer to the list of plants we recommend
From here you can choose the plant species that you might like to plant in your Garden for Wildlife.
Refer to the photographic identification page, which provides examples of a selection of plants that you may find in the vegetation communities surrounding your property.
Also refer to the Land Unit Map that is linked to each property area. This will highlight the soil descriptions surrounding and including your property location.
Photo: Alice Springs Desert Park
We thank Dave Albrecht for allowing us access to the vegetation community lists and Ruddy Lennartz for allowing us to develop the suburban land and vegetation types for Alice Springs from the Land Resources of Alice Springs Area Map
A great deal of time has gone into developing the vegetation community maps and vegetation lists. Many thanks to Sarah Wilson, Tim Collins and Sunil Dhanji.
Alice Springs Vegetation Communities List
Vegetation Maps
Land Unit Maps
For your interest here is a detailed version of the vegetation community list developed by Dave Albrecht