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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.12.1Evergreen notophyll feather palm vine forest of uplands and highlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.2Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands, highlands and foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.3Evergreen to semi-evergreen, notophyll to microphyll, vine forest to vine thicket of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.4Eucalyptus grandis open forest of wet uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks (predominantly granite)Of concernOf concern
8.12.5Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or E. exserta and/or Corymbia trachyphloia and/or E. fibrosa open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.6Eucalyptus drepanophylla +/- E. platyphylla +/- Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest on low to medium hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.7Corymbia citriodora +/- Eucalyptus portuensis +/- E. drepanophylla (or E. crebra) open forest on hill slopes and undulating plateaus on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.8Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on plateaus and ridges of high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.9Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on undulating uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernOf concern
8.12.10Leptospermum spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Banksia integrifolia shrubland on plateaus of Cretaceous-Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics and Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.11Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on islands and coastal headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary volcanicsLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.12Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia spp. and/or E. platyphylla and/or Lophostemon suaveolens woodland to open forest on hill slopes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.13Tussock grassland, or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland, including areas recently colonised by Timonius timon var. timon shrubland, on slopes of islands and headlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanicsOf concernOf concern
8.12.14Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. crebra and/or E. exserta and/or Acacia spirorbis subsp. solandri and/or Lophostemon confertus low woodland on islands and headlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanicsLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.16Deciduous to semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket +/- Brachychiton spp. +/- Araucaria cunninghamii emergents of foothills and uplands (western areas) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.17Evergreen microphyll to notophyll mossy forest to thicket of ridges and plateaus on highlands to foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.18Semi-evergreen notophyll/microphyll to complex notophyll Argyrodendron spp. vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii, of foothills and uplands on near-coastal ranges and islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.19Semi-deciduous complex notophyll feather palm vine forest of sheltered gullies and slopes of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.20Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. platyphylla +/- Corymbia spp. +/- E. crebra woodland on low gently undulating landscapes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.22Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana +/- C. erythrophloia +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. exserta +/- C. trachyphloia woodland on hills and ranges at low to moderate altitudes in drier areasLeast concernNo concern at present

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