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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
5.3.21Variable sparse to open herbland, Senna spp. open shrubland and bare scalded areas on infrequently flooded alluvia of major rivers their distributaries, drainage channels and creeksLeast concernNo concern at present
5.3.22Sparse herbland, open water or bare areas on flood plain lakes and interdune clay pans and lakesLeast concernNo concern at present
5.3.23Springs on recent alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rocksOf concernEndangered
5.5.1Acacia aneura low woodland on Quaternary depositsLeast concernOf concern
5.5.2Acacia aneura low open woodland +/- Acacia sibirica +/- Eremophila latrobei on Quaternary depositsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.5.3Acacia aneura, and/or Acacia sibirica tall shrubland to low woodland on Quaternary sand sheets and dune fieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.5.4Acacia sibirica +/- Acacia aneura +/- Corymbia spp. open shrubland on Quaternary sedimentsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.5.5Acacia sibirica +/- Eucalyptus spp. +/- Corymbia spp. open shrubland on crests and tops of sandstone rangesLeast concernNo concern at present
5.5.6Archidendropsis basaltica and/or Acacia aneura +/- Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.1Crotalaria eremaea +/- Eragrostis eriopoda sparse to open herbland on isolated and/or deflated sand dunes on alluviumLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.2Acacia georginae and/or Acacia cambagei low open woodland +/- Eremophila spp. on interdune areas and clay plains at interface with dune fieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.3Acacia calcicola +/- A. aneura tall shrubland between sand dunesLeast concernOf concern
5.6.4Atalaya hemiglauca +/- Acacia aneura +/- Acacia spp. +/- Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on reticulate sand dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.5Variable sparse to open-herbland or Triodia basedowii hummock grassland on dune flanks, crests and sandy interdunesLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.6Triodia basedowii hummock grassland wooded with Acacia spp., Senna spp., Grevillea spp. +/- Eucalyptus spp. on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.7Triodia basedowii hummock grassland +/- Eucalyptus pachyphylla on low sand dunes and sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.6.8Zygochloa paradoxa and/or Crotalaria eremaea +/- Triodia basedowii open tussock grassland and herbland on mobile crests and slopes of sand dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
5.7.1Acacia shirleyi +/- Acacia catenulata +/- Acacia aneura +/- Acacia cyperophylla var. cyperophylla low woodland on scarps and crests of residualsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.7.2Acacia shirleyi +/- Eucalyptus thozetiana +/- Acacia aneura +/- Acacia cyperophylla var. cyperophylla low woodland with Triodia spp. on scarps and crests of residualsLeast concernNo concern at present
5.7.3Eucalyptus normantonensis tall open mallee shrubland with Triodia spp. on slopes and plateau margins of residualsLeast concernNo concern at present

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18 May 2023