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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.12.31Themeda triandra tussock grassland on headlands and islands on acid volcanic rocksOf concernOf concern
3.12.38Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. nesophila and/or C. stockeri low woodland on acid volcanic hillsOf concernOf concern
3.12.48Heteropogon triticeus or Themeda triandra or Schizachyrium fragile tussock grassland on rocky igneous coastal headlands and islandsOf concernOf concern
7.3.14Eucalyptus leptophleba +/- Corymbia clarksoniana +/- Melaleuca dealbata woodland to open forest on alluvium in low rainfall areas of the west and northOf concernOf concern
7.3.15Darwin stringy bark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) woodland on dry well drained lowland alluvial soilsOf concernOf concern
7.11.41Melaleuca viridiflora, M. monantha, Acacia flavescens and Grevillea spp. Shrubland with emergent Corymbia clarksoniana, or open woodland of Eucalyptus drepanophylla with M. monantha or Callitris intratropica, on metamorphicsOf concernOf concern
7.12.30Corymbia citriodora +/- Eucalyptus portuensis woodland to open forest on granite and rhyoliteLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.65Rock pavement or areas of skeletal soil on granite and rhyolite of dry western or southern areas +/- shrublands to closed forests of Acacia spp. And/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Eucalyptus lockyeri subsp. ExutaLeast concernOf concern
8.2.6Corymbia tessellaris +/- Acacia leptocarpa +/- Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Banksia integrifolia +/- rainforest species open forest on parallel dunesOf concernOf concern
8.3.13Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on alluvial and marine plains, often adjacent to estuarine areasOf concernOf concern
8.5.2Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Allocasuarina luehmannii, or M. viridiflora and M. nervosa woodland on Tertiary sand plainsEndangeredEndangered
8.5.5Eucalyptus exserta and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or E. crebra and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on Tertiary sand plainsOf 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
8.12.29Allocasuarina 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
9.3.3Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. dominated mixed woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plainsLeast concernOf concern
9.3.6Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- Eucalyptus spp. +/- Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.3.8Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on alluvial depositsLeast concernOf concern
9.3.16Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or E. platyphylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plainsLeast concernOf concern
9.5.4Eucalyptus melanophloia +/- Corymbia dallachiana woodland on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.5.5Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus portuensis, E. crebra and C. citriodora subsp. citriodora in mixed open forests on red kandosols on Tertiary surfacesLeast concernOf concern

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