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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
7.12.22Eucalyptus resinifera +/- E. portuensis +/- Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest to tall woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) of granite and rhyolite uplands and highlandsLeast concernEndangered
7.12.23Corymbia intermedia and/or C. tessellaris +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to tall open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on coastal granite and rhyolite headlands and near-coastal foothillsOf concernEndangered
7.12.24Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. portuensis and C. intermedia emergents) on foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolitesLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.26Syncarpia glomulifera +/- Corymbia intermedia +/- Allocasuarina spp. open forest, or Lophostemon suaveolens, Allocasuarina littoralis, C. intermedia shrubland +/- vine forest spp. on exposed ridgelines or steep slopes on granites and rhyolitesLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.28Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. drepanophylla +/- Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolitesLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.29Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland +/- areas of Allocasuarina littoralis and A. torulosa on uplands on granites and rhyolitesLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.31White mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides) and poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on dry granite foothill slopesLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.35Eucalyptus portuensis, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on granites and rhyolites in the Kirrama-Oak Hills areaOf concernOf concern
7.12.52Eucalyptus resinifera, Corymbia intermedia, Allocasuarina littoralis, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. drepanophylla +/- E. reducta woodland on granite and rhyolite in the dry to moist rainfall zoneOf concernOf concern
7.12.53Corymbia clarksoniana +/- C. tessellaris +/- Eucalyptus drepanophylla +/- C. intermedia open forest to woodland, or E. drepanophylla woodland, of moist to dry lowlands, foothills and uplands on granite and rhyoliteLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.61Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- E. granitica woodland to open forest of foothills and uplands on granite and rhyoliteLeast concernOf concern
7.12.66Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low closed forest on exposed rocky slopes on granite and rhyoliteOf concernOf concern
8.2.3Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Leptospermum neglectum and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium and/or Baeckea frutescens shrubland on coastal sand ridges, parabolic dunes and whaleback dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.4Sedgeland or closed heath or Melaleuca spp. open shrubland to open forest on swampy sand plains with peatOf concernOf concern
8.2.8Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Allocasuarina littoralis open forest on Pleistocene parabolic dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
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
8.2.13Melaleuca spp. and/or Corymbia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Acacia spp. open forest on dune sands mixed with alluvial material +/- marine sedimentsEndangeredEndangered
8.3.1Semi-deciduous to evergreen notophyll to mesophyll vine forest, +/- sclerophyll emergents, fringing or in the vicinity of watercoursesOf concernOf concern
8.3.3Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banksLeast concernOf concern
8.3.6Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia intermedia (or C. clarksoniana) and/or C. tessellaris +/- Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on alluvial levees and lower terracesOf concernOf concern

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