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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
7.12.15Notophyll vine forest with turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) emergents on wet to moist, granite uplands and highlandsLeast concernNo concern at present
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
7.12.24Eucalyptus 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
7.12.27Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on uplands and highlands on shallow granitic and rhyolitic soilsLeast 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
7.12.30Corymbia citriodora +/- Eucalyptus portuensis woodland to open forest on granite and rhyoliteLeast 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
7.12.37Rock pavements and seepage areas of wet lowlands, uplands and highlands of the eastern escarpment and central range (excluding Hinchinbrook Island and Bishop Peak) on granite and rhyolite, with Allocasuarina spp. Low woodland and/or sedgelandsOf concernOf concern
7.12.51Eucalyptus resinifera, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. portuensis, Corymbia abergiana +/- C. leptoloma woodland of rocky hills on granite and rhyolite in the Paluma-Seaview (south-west) subregionOf 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
7.12.57Shrubland and low woodland mosaic with Syncarpia glomulifera, Corymbia abergiana, Eucalyptus portuensis, Allocasuarina littoralis and Xanthorrhoea johnsonii on uplands and highlands on graniteOf concernOf concern
7.12.62Eucalyptus sp. and/or Corymbia stockeri +/- C. hylandii +/- Syncarpia glomulifera +/- E. portuensis woodland on dry granite hill slopes in the north-west of the bioregionOf concernOf concern
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
7.12.66Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low closed forest on exposed rocky slopes on granite and rhyoliteOf 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
8.3.3Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banksLeast concernOf concern
8.3.8Syncarpia glomulifera and/or Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Corymbia intermedia open forest on sandy terrace flats and granite outwashOf 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
8.5.7Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis +/- Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on Cainozoic sand plains of uncertain age and originOf concernOf concern

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