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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.11.7Lophostemon confertus and/or Banksia integrifolia and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland on exposed metamorphic mountain topsOf concernOf concern
8.11.8Corymbia 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
8.11.12Eucalyptus 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
8.12.5Eucalyptus 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
8.12.7Corymbia 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
8.12.10Leptospermum 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
8.12.14Eucalyptus 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
8.12.22Eucalyptus 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
8.12.29Allocasuarina 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
8.12.31Eucalyptus resinifera and/or E. portuensis and/or E. acmenoides and/or Allocasuarina spp. open forest on moist upper slopes of ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
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
11.11.3Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus crebra, E. acmenoides open forest on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Coastal rangesLeast concernNo concern at present
11.12.14Lophostemon spp. low closed forest on igneous rocks. Coastal hillsOf concernOf concern
11.12.18Montane shrubland on igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
12.2.4Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.5Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregionLeast concernOf concern

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