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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
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
8.12.12Eucalyptus 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
8.12.20Eucalyptus 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
8.12.25Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- E. tereticornis x E. platyphylla woodland on hillslopes of islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.26Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on hillslopes of islands and near coastal areas on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanicsOf concernEndangered
8.12.27Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- C. intermedia +/- C. clarksoniana open forest with a secondary tree layer of Livistona decora on low hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksEndangeredEndangered
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
8.12.32Corymbia intermedia +/- E. portuensis +/- E. exserta open forest to woodland with areas of Allocasuarina spp. +/- Banksia integrifolia open forest on high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.3.15Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland on channels and leveesLeast concernOf concern
9.3.16Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or E. platyphylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plainsLeast concernOf concern
9.3.27Dichanthium sp. or Iseilema sp. grassland +/- Eucalyptus spp. or Corymbia spp. emergents on alluvials on basalt geologiesLeast concernNo concern at present
10.3.13Melaleuca fluviatilis and/or Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland along watercoursesLeast concernOf concern
11.2.5Corymbia-Melaleuca woodland complex of beach ridges and swalesLeast concernNo concern at present
11.3.31Ophiuros exaltatus, Dichanthium spp. grassland on alluvial plainsLeast concernOf concern
11.8.1Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks. Elevated plateausLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.7Melaleuca quinquenervia or rarely M. dealbata open forest on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present

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