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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.12.9Corymbia tessellaris +/- Welchiodendron longivalve +/- Eucalyptus cullenii open forest on footslopes of granite hillsOf concernOf concern
3.12.15Eucalyptus tetrodonta +/- Corymbia nesophila woodland on low hills on granitesLeast concernNo concern at present
3.12.18Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland or C. disjuncta woodland on steep to low igneous hillsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.12.30Imperata cylindrica +/- Heteropogon contortus +/- Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on steep slopes of igneous hillsOf concernOf concern
7.2.11Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Lophostemon suaveolens +/- emergent Eucalyptus spp. woodland to open forest, or Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest to woodland, on swampy sand plains of beach originOf concernOf concern
7.3.1Hemarthria uncinata and/or Ischaemum australe +/- Sorghum spp. grassland and/or ephemeral sedgelands on seasonally inundated alluvial plainsEndangeredEndangered
7.3.16Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on alluvial plainsLeast concernEndangered
7.3.19Corymbia intermedia or C. tessellaris +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on well-drained alluviumOf concernOf concern
7.3.23Simple-complex semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest on lowland alluvium, predominantly riverine leveesEndangeredEndangered
7.3.32Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plainsEndangeredEndangered
7.3.44Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on alluvium in near-coastal areas with moderate rainfallEndangeredEndangered
7.8.7Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest and associated grasslands, predominantly on basalt uplandsOf concernEndangered
7.11.39Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland of metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hillsOf concernEndangered
7.12.5Eucalyptus pellita +/- Corymbia intermedia open forest, or Acacia mangium and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on granites and rhyolitesOf concernEndangered
7.12.56Corymbia tessellaris, C. clarksoniana grassy woodland, open woodland and grassland on shallow soils on granite on the Palm IslandsOf concernOf concern
8.1.5Melaleuca spp. and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris woodland with a ground stratum of salt tolerant grasses and sedges, usually in a narrow zone adjoining tidal ecosystemsOf concernEndangered
8.2.6Corymbia tessellaris +/- Acacia leptocarpa +/- Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Banksia integrifolia +/- rainforest species open forest on parallel dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.7Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunesOf concernEndangered
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
8.2.9Tussock grassland on coastal dunesOf concernEndangered

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