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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.2.10Sand blows with bare sand and areas of sparse herbland or shrublandOf concernOf concern
8.2.12Corymbia intermedia and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Acacia spp. and/or other heath spp. Shrublands and woodlands on parallel dunes (subregions 4 and 5)Of concernOf concern
8.2.14Banksia integrifolia and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia disparrima +/- rainforest spp. tall shrubland, on Holocene parabolic dunesOf concernOf concern
8.3.3Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banksLeast concernOf concern
8.5.2Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Allocasuarina luehmannii, or M. viridiflora and M. nervosa woodland on Tertiary sand plainsEndangeredEndangered
8.5.3Eucalyptus drepanophylla +/- Corymbia clarksoniana +/- E. platyphylla +/- C. dallachiana +/- Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on broad low rises and gently sloping Tertiary sand plainsOf concernOf concern
8.5.6Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Allocasuarina littoralis woodland on Tertiary sand plainsOf concernOf concern
8.5.7Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis +/- Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on Cainozoic sand plains of uncertain age and originOf concernOf concern
8.11.7Lophostemon confertus and/or Banksia integrifolia and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland on exposed metamorphic mountain topsOf concernOf concern
8.11.9Themeda triandra and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland with Themeda triandra on exposed rocky headlands on metamorphosed sedimentsOf concernOf concern
8.11.10Lophostemon spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Eucalyptus spp. +/- Corymbia spp. tall open shrubland on exposed hill slopes of islands and headlands on metamorphosed sedimentsOf concernOf concern
8.11.12Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. drepanophylla and/or E. exserta and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. xanthope and/or Lophostemon confertus low woodland on metamorphics on islands and headlandsOf concernOf concern
8.12.4Eucalyptus grandis open forest of wet uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks (predominantly granite)Of concernOf concern
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
8.12.12Eucalyptus 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

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