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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
12.2.1Notophyll vine forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.2Microphyll/notophyll vine forest on beach ridgesOf concernEndangered
12.2.3Araucarian vine forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.4Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.5Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregionLeast concernOf concern
12.2.6Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa open forest on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.7Melaleuca quinquenervia or rarely M. dealbata open forest on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.8Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on parabolic high dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.9Banksia aemula low open woodland on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.10Eucalyptus planchoniana +/- Corymbia gummifera, E. racemosa subsp. racemosa, Banksia aemula low woodland on dunes and sand plains, especially southern sand mass islands. Usually deeply leached soilsOf concernOf concern
12.2.11Corymbia tessellaris +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis, C. intermedia and Livistona decora woodland on beach ridges in northern half of bioregionLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.12Closed heath on seasonally waterlogged sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.13Open or dry heath on dunes and beachesOf concernEndangered
12.2.14Foredune complexLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.15Gahnia sieberiana, Empodisma minus, Gleichenia spp. closed sedgeland in coastal swampsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.16Sand blows largely devoid of vegetationOf concernOf concern
12.2.17Mixed closed tussock grassland to closed herbland on coral, shingle and sand caysOf concernOf concern
12.2.18Abutilon albescens +/- Wollastonia uniflora low shrubland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand caysOf concernOf concern
12.2.19Argusia argentea low woodland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand caysOf concernOf concern
12.2.20Pandanus tectorius open woodland +/- Celtis paniculata and Pisonia grandis, restricted to established caysOf concernOf concern

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