Plants and Animals of the Murray River Valley

UNDER CONSTRUCTION This is an ongoing project to improve understanding of plants and animals immediately adjacent to the River Murray, as seen from a boat or in a small walk from a riverside campsite. There are other plant communities over large areas above the river valley itself (i.e. the broader river basin) that will not be featured in detail at this stage. The South Australian section of the river is the focus, but some plants and plant communities will also be found upstream. Reference: Berkinshaw, Todd, 2006, Native Vegetation of the Murray Region, Greening Australia (South Australia) Inc., ISBN 0-9775143-0-7.
Plant Communities from the Murray River mouth, lower lakes and the Coorong to the eastern state borders • Coast Beard-heath, Coast Wattle+/-Coast Daisy-bush +/-Boobialla Shrubland - river mouth and Coorong • Thatching Grass Sedgeland - lower lakes and Coorong • Swamp Paperbark - sub-coastal swamps of lower lakes and Coorong • Nitre Bush Shrubland - from the lower lakes to the borders • Common Reed and/or Bulrush Freshwater Sedgelands - from the lower lakes to the borders • Samphire Low Shrubland - from the lower lakes to the borders • River Red Gum +/- River (Black) Box Woodland - from the lower lakes to the borders • River (Black) Box Woodland - from the lower lakes to the borders, higher and rarely flooded sections • Lignum Shrubland - lower lakes to the borders • River Saltbush Shrubland - from Mannum to the borders
Photo credits: Peter Hunter and other RCBC members.

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Boating on the Murray River in South Australia and Beyond1