Regional ecosystem details for 7.12.47
| Regional ecosystem | 7.12.47 |
|---|---|
| Vegetation Management Act class | Of concern |
| Wetlands | Not a Wetland |
| Biodiversity status | Endangered |
| Subregion | 5 |
| Estimated extent1 | Pre-clearing 100 ha; Remnant 2021 100 ha |
| Short description | Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest with Argyrodendron polyandrum emergents on rhyolite |
| Structure code | Closed Forest |
| Description | Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest with Argyrodendron polyandrum (brown tulip oak) emergents. Rhyolite. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 7a). Vegetation communities in this regional ecosystem include: 7.12.47a: Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest and thicket with emergents of Argyrodendron polyandrum. Rhyolite. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 7a). 7.12.47b: Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest and thicket with Argyrodendron polyandrum, Strychnos psilosperma, Croton insularis, Brombya platynema, Geijera salicifolia and Elaeodendron melanocarpum. Rhyolite. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 7a). |
| Supplementary description | Stanton and Stanton (2005), R222, R203, M203 |
| Protected areas | Paluma Range NP |
| Special values | 7.12.47: Habitat for the only known locations of Cupaniopsis wadsworthii and Pleioluma queenslandica in the bioregion. |
| Fire management guidelines | INTERVAL: Fire return interval not relevant. INTERVAL_MIN: 100. INTERVAL_MAX: 100. STRATEGY: Do not burn deliberately. Mosaic burning in surrounding fire-adapted ecosystems will minimise spread and severity of wildfire during severe weather events. ISSUES: Occasional hot fires in adjoining communities may be required to prevent expansion of rainforest elements. Edges are generally self-protecting but back burning from rainforest edges may be desirable. The occurrence of high biomass grasses in or adjacent to rainforest may detrimentally affect rainforest during fire events associated with dry weather. |
| Comments | 7.12.47: Some (possibly metamorphic) examples adjacent to the rhyolitic occurrences of this regional ecosystem have been included because the metamorphic classification is uncertain. Distinguished from 7.12.42 by not being co dominated by Flindersia brayleyana, and by tending towards a more microphyll composition (and absent from Palm Island). This regional ecosystem has predominantly subtropical affinities and is related to central Queensland regional ecosystems. There are no regional endemics present. Floristically very depauperate. Restricted to the Paluma Range, northwest of Paluma Dam. Lantana camara often forms dense thickets around the margin and invades suitable canopy gaps within the rainforest. |
1 Estimated extent is from version 13 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.
