Category: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands

Toorale National Park (81)

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Site name: Toorale National Park
Site number: 81
Point numbers: 321 (Toorale National Park Dry A), 322 (Toorale National Park Wet A), 323 (Toorale National Park Dry B), 324 (Toorale National Park Wet B)
Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Site location: Western New South Wales
Latitude: -30.306
Longitude: 145.418
Site description: Toorale National Park covers 309 km² and protects the floodplains of the Darling River.

Binya (84)

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Site name: Binya
Site number: 84
Point numbers: 333 (Binya Dry B), 334 (Binya Dry A), 335 (Binya Wet B), 336 (Binya Wet A)
Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: Forestry Corporation (NSW)
Site location: South Western New South Wales
Latitude: -34.225
Longitude: 146.281
Site description: Binya is an active state forest of 4300 hectares with a mostly intact southern Australian woodland bird community.

Great Cumbung (82)

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Site name: Great Cumbung
Site number: 82
Point numbers: 325 (Great Cumbung Wet B), 326 (Great Cumbung Dry B), 327 (Great Cumbung Wet A), 328 (Great Cumbung Dry A)
Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and private landholders
Site location: South Western New South Wales
Latitude: -34.250
Longitude: 144.010
Site description: Great Cumbung is composed of fixed wetland monitoring sites across national park and private lands.

Naree Station (12)

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Site name: Naree Station
Site number: 12
Point numbers: 45 (Naree Station Wet A), 46 (Naree Station Dry A), 47 (Naree Station Wet B), 48 (Naree Station Dry B)
Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
Site location: North Western New South Wales
Latitude: -29.216
Longitude: 145.119
Site description: Located on the inland floodplains of northern NSW, Naree sits at the head of the nationally significant wetlands of the Cuttaburra Channels and Yantabulla Swamp. The site is composed of alluvial swamps with scattered Coolabah trees, and riparian areas of Coolabah, Black-box and mixed shrub communities (Eremophila, Senna and Dodonaea species). Mulga woodlands and sandplain vegetation communities are also found in the area.

Bowra (65)

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Site name: Bowra
Site number: 65
Point numbers: 257 (Bowra Dry A), 258 (Bowra Wet A), 259 (Bowra Dry B), 260 (Bowra Wet B)
Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Site location: South Western Queensland
Latitude: -27.987
Longitude: 145.609
Site description: Bowra is an Australian Wildlife Conservancy wildlife sanctuary located north-west of Cunnamulla. The property extends from the Warrego River floodplain in the east to a Mulga (Acacia aneura) dominated plateau in the west. The site receives intermittent, seasonal rainfall, and supports a mosaic of woodlands, shrublands, grasslands and riparian vegetation. Bowra provides breeding habitat and drought refuge for many semi-arid species, and is renowned for its bird diversity.

The dry sensors at Bowra are located in Mulga woodland. The wet sensors are located along an eastern tributary of the Warrego River.

Mitchell Grass Rangeland (59)

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Site name: Mitchell Grass Rangeland
Site number: 59
Point numbers: 233 (Mitchell Grass Rangeland Dry A), 234 (Mitchell Grass Rangeland Wet A), 235 (Mitchell Grass Rangeland Dry B), 236 (Mitchell Grass Rangeland Wet B)
Ecoregion: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: Queensland University of Technology, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Site location: Western Queensland
Latitude: -23.523
Longitude: 144.311
Site description: The Mitchell Grass Rangeland site has been established near Longreach in Western Queensland. Mitchell Grass Rangeland is a TERN SuperSite managed by the Queensland University of Technology. The site is located on an actively grazed cattle and sheep property recently affiliated with the Longreach Pastoral College, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Rosebank Research Station and several CSIRO research programs. Mitchell Grass Rangelands are defined by mostly treeless plains with occasional ridges, rivers and gorges. Curly Mitchell Grass (Astrebla lappacea), Bull Mitchell Grass (Astrebla squarrosa) and Hoop Mitchell Grass (Astrebla elymoides) are the dominant vegetation in the area. A low overstorey of Gidgee (Acacia cambagei) and other tree and shrub species may be found in some places.

The site’s two dry acoustic sensors are located on open grassy plains dominated by Mitchell Grass tussocks. The site’s two wet acoustic sensors are located along creek and drainage lines fringed with Coolabah (Eucalyptus coolabah) and River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis).