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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.11.3Variable woodland to open forest, often including Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus portuensis, C. trachyphloia, E. platyphylla and E. drepanophylla on low hills on metamorphosed sedimentsLeast concernNo concern at present
8.11.5Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- E. drepanophylla open forest on low hills formed from metamorphosed sediments or conglomerate (subregion 2)Of concernOf concern
8.11.8Corymbia citriodora or Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on metamorphosed sediments (subregion 4)Least concernNo concern at present
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
8.12.5Eucalyptus 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
8.12.12Eucalyptus 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
8.12.14Eucalyptus 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
8.12.20Eucalyptus 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
8.12.29Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or Acacia spp. and/or Grevillea banksii open shrubland on islands and headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous and Tertiary acid to intermediate rocksOf concernOf concern
9.5.4Eucalyptus melanophloia +/- Corymbia dallachiana woodland on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.7.6Eucalyptus chartaboma +/- Corymbia clarksoniana +/- Acacia shirleyi woodland on lateritised remnant sand sheetsOf concernOf concern
9.11.9Semi-deciduous vine thicket on metamorphic soils (not limestone)Of concernOf concern
9.12.4Eucalyptus shirleyi and/or E. melanophloia and/or Corymbia peltata and/or Callitris intratropica low open woodland on igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.5Eucalyptus quadricostata +/- Corymbia peltata open woodland on igneous hills and steep hillsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.18Eucalyptus crebra or E. exilipes +/- Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora +/- C. peltata open woodland on granites with thin sand sheetLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.24Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and Corymbia peltata woodland on igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present

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