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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.2.14Melaleuca arcana low open forest associated with dune swampsOf concernOf concern
3.2.15Melaleuca viridiflora, Corymbia novoguinensis low woodland on beach ridgesOf concernOf concern
3.2.16Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Terminalia muelleri low woodland on old beach ridgesOf concernOf concern
3.2.17Leucopogon yorkensis open scrub on dunefieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.18Thryptomene oligandra open heath +/- Asteromyrtus lysicephala on flat sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.19Shrubland to low open heath of Leucopogon spp. on residual beach ridges and sand dunesOf concernEndangered
3.2.20Melaleuca arcana and Thryptomene oligandra open heath in swampy areas on sand plainsOf concernOf concern
3.2.21Neofabricia myrtifolia +/- Jacksonia thesioides open to closed heath on dunefieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.22Mixed dwarf open heath on dunes and headlandsOf concernOf concern
3.2.23Neofabricia myrtifolia and Labichea buettneriana dwarf open heath on sand plainsOf concernOf concern
3.2.24Mixed open tussock grassland and open forblands or shrublands on exposed foredunes and islandsLeast concernOf concern
3.2.25Sparse herbland of mixed herbaceous species on foredunes and beach ridgesLeast concernOf concern
3.2.26Sparse herbland and/or shrubland and bare sand areas predominantly on sand blowsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.27Sedgelands fringing perennial lakes in coastal dunefieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.28Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges, coral atolls, shingle cays and sand caysOf concernEndangered
3.2.29Pisonia grandis closed forest restricted to a few scattered sand caysOf concernEndangered
3.2.30Pemphis acidula low closed forest on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand caysOf concernOf concern
3.2.31Premna serratifolia closed scrub on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand caysOf concernOf concern
3.2.32Lepturus repens closed herbland on sand caysOf concernOf concern
3.2.33Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath in drainage swamps in east coast dunefieldsOf concernOf concern

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18 May 2023