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Potential Distribution of Spartina (Spartina anglica and S. x townsendii) in Victoria

This map of the potential distribution of Spartina has produced from CLIMATE® modelling, overlayed with:

Overlays used

Wetland 1994:
Permanent saline - Salt works
Semisaline - Intertidal flats
Hypersaline lakes - Salt flats
Mangroves - Salt pan
Salt meadows - Sea rush

Colours indicate possibility of
Spartina spp infesting these areas.
Red = Very High
Orange = High
Light Green = Medium
Dark Green = Likely
In the non-coloured areas the plant is unlikely to establish as the climate, soil or landuse is not presently suitable.

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