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Botanical name 
Booberoi 
Cobar 
Micabil 
Sayers 
Lake 
Trida 
Enneapogon avenaceus 
X 
X 
X 
E. intermedins .. 
X 
E. nigricans 
X 
E. polyphyllus .. 
X 
Eragrostis australasica.. 
X 
X 
X 
E. brownii 
X 
*E. cilianensis 
X 
E. dielsii 
X 
X 
E. eriopoda 
X 
E. parvifiora 
X 
X 
E. setifolia 
X 
X 
Eriocliloa australiensis 
X 
E. pseudoacrotricha 
X 
X 
X 
X 
*Hordeum leporinum 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Iseilema vaginiflorum .. 
X 
*Koeleria phleoides 
X 
*Lolium perenne 
X 
*L. rigidum 
X 
Lophocliloa cristata 
X 
L. ptimila 
X 
Monochather paradoxa 
X 
Neurachne munroi 
X 
Pam'cum decompositum 
X 
X 
P. prolutum 
X 
P. queenslandicum var. queenslandicum 
X 
X 
P. subxerophilum 
X 
P. wliitei 
X 
X 
X 
*Paraplwlis incurva 
X 
X 
X 
*P. strigosa 
X 
Paspalidium constriction 
X 
Perotis rara 
X 
*Pha!aris aquatica 
X 
*P. paradoxa 
X 
X 
X 
Poa fordeana 
X 
* Schistous barbatus 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Sporobolus actinocladus 
X 
S. caroli 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Stipa bigeniculata 
X 
S. elegantissima 
X 
S. falcata 
X 
S. scabra 
X 
X 
S. setacea 
X 
S. tuckeri 
X 
S. variabilis 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Thyridolepis mitchelliana 
X 
Tragus australianus 
X 
Tripogon loliiformis 
X 
Triraphis mollis.. 
X 
Vulpia myuros .. 
Xanthorrhoeaceae 
X 
X 
X 
Lomandra e/fusa 
X 
FLORISTICS OF THE SITES 
Number of species recorded 
Overall, the study indicated that no fewer than 401 species or varieties of plants 
from 61 families and 191 genera were recorded over the five sites. The area support¬ 
ing the most species was Sayers Lake (156 species), followed by Cobar (152), Booberoi 
and Trida (142) and lastly Micabil (108). These figures should be regarded as an 
initial assessment of the species assemblage at each site. It should also be borne 
in mind that the communities at each site are dynamic, responding differently to 
