21/01/2022 ◂ Transect 3 ◂ Ruakaka Racecourse • Coastal Monitoring Database

Ground cover

By species

Exotic grass 28.9%
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa 16.7%
Spinifex sericeus 12.2%
Ficinia nodosa 8.9%
Exotic herb 6.7%
Coprosma acerosa 5.6%
Carpobrotus edulis 4.4%
Ulex europaeus 3.3%
Lupinus arboreus 3.3%
Phormium tenax 2.2%
Calystegia soldanella 2.2%
Cenchrus clandestinus 1.1%

Native species

49.9% of samples with vegetation cover

No vegetation

4.4% of total samples

Dune profile

No dune angles were recorded in this survey.

Vegetation height

Point no.	Dist.	Touching species	Top species	Top height	Comments
1	0m				peg
2	1m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	85cm
3	2m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	100cm
4	3m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	75cm
5	4m	Ulex europaeus	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	85cm
6	5m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Ulex europaeus	100cm
7	6m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Ulex europaeus	115cm
8	7m	Exotic grass	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	125cm
9	8m	Exotic grass	Ulex europaeus	100cm	climbing asparagas
10	9m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	80cm
11	10m	Exotic grass	Ulex europaeus	80cm
12	11m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	100cm
13	12m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	65cm
14	13m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	60cm
15	14m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	115cm
16	15m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	85cm
17	16m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	115cm
18	17m	Ulex europaeus	Ficinia nodosa	140cm
19	18m	Ulex europaeus	Ficinia nodosa	125cm
20	19m	Exotic grass	Phormium tenax	100cm
21	20m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	80cm
22	21m	Carpobrotus edulis	Ficinia nodosa	90cm
23	22m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	90cm
24	23m	Cenchrus clandestinus	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	30cm
25	24m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	45cm
26	25m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	90cm
27	26m	Exotic grass	Lagurus ovatus	60cm
28	27m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Ficinia nodosa	60cm
29	28m	Exotic grass	Ficinia nodosa	75cm
30	29m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Phormium tenax	95cm
31	30m	Coprosma acerosa	Coprosma acerosa	39cm
32	31m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	40cm
33	32m	Carpobrotus edulis	Exotic grass	58cm
34	33m	Exotic grass	Phormium tenax	55cm
35	34m	Phormium tenax	Phormium tenax	143cm
36	35m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	54cm
37	36m	Phormium tenax	Phormium tenax	85cm
38	37m	Coprosma acerosa	Phormium tenax	100cm
39	38m	Coprosma acerosa	Exotic grass	80cm
40	39m	Coprosma acerosa	Phormium tenax	70cm
41	40m	Exotic grass	Coprosma acerosa	45cm
42	41m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	55cm
43	42m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	50cm
44	43m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	65cm
45	44m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	80cm
46	45m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	55cm
47	46m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	40cm
48	47m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	42cm
49	48m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	48cm
50	49m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	40cm
51	50m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	50cm
52	51m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	93cm
53	52m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	58cm
54	53m	Calystegia soldanella	Phormium tenax	80cm
55	54m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	55cm
56	55m	Exotic grass	Exotic herb	42cm
57	56m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	40cm
58	57m	Calystegia soldanella	Exotic herb	53cm
59	58m	Lupinus arboreus	Lupinus arboreus	58cm
60	59m	Lupinus arboreus	Lupinus arboreus	70cm
61	60m	Exotic grass	Exotic herb	33cm
62	61m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	42cm
63	62m	Lupinus arboreus	Lupinus arboreus	65cm
64	63m	Coprosma acerosa	Coprosma acerosa	45cm
65	64m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	49cm
66	65m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	45cm
67	66m	Exotic grass	Exotic herb	78cm
68	67m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic grass	59cm
69	68m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	68cm	pink tape
70	69m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	135cm
71	70m	Exotic herb	Exotic grass	65cm
72	71m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	110cm
73	72m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic herb	72cm
74	73m	Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa	Exotic herb	55cm
75	74m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	45cm
76	75m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	58cm
77	76m		Spinifex sericeus	40cm
78	77m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	50cm
79	78m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	45cm
80	79m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	52cm
81	80m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	48cm	peg
82	81m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	52cm
83	82m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	60cm
84	83m	Carpobrotus edulis	Carpobrotus edulis	28cm
85	84m	Carpobrotus edulis	Spinifex sericeus	55cm
86	85m		Spinifex sericeus	30cm
87	86m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	54cm
88	87m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	55cm
89	88m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	40cm
90	89m
91	90m				dune toe

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Coastal Monitoring Database

21/01/2022

Ground cover

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Dune profile

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