Regional ecosystem details for 7.12.14
| Regional ecosystem | 7.12.14 |
|---|---|
| Vegetation Management Act class | Least concern |
| Wetlands | Not a Wetland |
| Biodiversity status | No concern at present |
| Extent in reserves | History of this RE is unknown. |
| Short description | Notophyll vine forest with rose gum (Eucalyptus grandis) emergents on cloudy wet granite and rhyolite upland ridges |
| Structure code | Closed Forest |
| Description | [RE not in use]²: History of this RE is unknown. Notophyll rainforest, with Eucalyptus grandis, Acacia melanoxylon and A. celsa emergents. Typical vine forest species include Alphitonia petriei, Alstonia muelleriana, Flindersia pimenteliana, Litsea leefeana, Melicope micrococca. Occurs on wet and cloudy wet upland ridges on xanthozems and yellow earths derived from granites and acid volcanics. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 5). |
| Supplementary description | Tracey and Webb (1975), 13c |
| Comments | 7.12.14: This regional ecosystem results from permanent rainforest species encroachment on Eucalyptus grandis forest in the absence of fire. This conversion of open forest to rainforest is considered by many to threaten the long-term survival of the open Eucalyptu. Wet Tropics bioregion. Forms a narrow fringing ecosystem adjacent to simple notophyll vine forests on the Lamb Range, Hugh Nelson Range, Koombooloomba-Kirrama areas. It is also found on ridges among mesophyll vine forests in the Mulgrave River valley west. This rainforest transitional ecosystem is of recent development (mostly within the last 30 years) and is a result of changes to regional fire regimes. Eucalyptus grandis emergents average 45 m and reach 55 m in gullies. The rainforest understorey is uneve. |
1 Estimated extent is from version 13.1 pre-clearing and 2021 remnant regional ecosystem mapping. Figures are rounded for simplicity. For more precise estimates, including breakdowns by tenure and other themes see remnant vegetation in Queensland.
2 Superseded: Revision of the regional ecosystem classification removed this regional ecosystem code from use. It is included in the regional ecosystem description database because the RE code may appear in older versions of RE mapping and the Vegetation Management regulation.
