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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.10.1Acacia julifera and/or Eucalyptus spp. +/- Corymbia spp. open forest and/or semi-evergreen, simple microphyll low closed forest and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland on slopes of islands on Cretaceous sedimentary rocksOf concernOf concern
8.11.2Semi-evergreen notophyll to microphyll vine forest of foothills and uplands on metamorphosed sedimentsOf concernOf concern
8.12.3Evergreen to semi-evergreen, notophyll to microphyll, vine forest to vine thicket of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.11Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on islands and coastal headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary volcanicsLeast 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
8.12.16Deciduous to semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket +/- Brachychiton spp. +/- Araucaria cunninghamii emergents of foothills and uplands (western areas) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.28Semi-evergreen microphyll Acacia fasciculifera, Terminalia spp., Brachychiton spp. vine forest to vine thicket of near-coastal foothills on volcanics (subregion 1)Of concernOf concern
9.5.2Semi-evergreen vine thicket on red kandosols on Tertiary plateausOf concernEndangered
9.8.3Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Quaternary basalt soilsEndangeredEndangered
9.8.7Semi-evergreen vine thicket on cones, craters and rocky basalt flows with little soil developmentLeast concernOf concern
9.8.10Eucalyptus tereticornis and Lophostemon suaveolens woodland +/- a shrubby understorey on rocky basalt flowsOf concernOf concern
9.11.8Semi-evergreen vine thicket on limestone rock outcropsOf concernOf concern
9.11.9Semi-deciduous vine thicket on metamorphic soils (not limestone)Of concernOf concern
9.11.31Corymbia terminalis and/or Eucalyptus crebra and/or C. erythrophloia woodland on aprons surrounding limestone outcropsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.8Semi-evergreen vine thicket on rocky outcrops and shallow soils of igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.34Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Araucaria cunninghamii on steep hills on igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
9.12.36Cochlospermum gregorii or C. gillivraei deciduous low woodland on rocky outcropsLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.43Granite and rhyolite boulders and pavements edged with patches of Callitris intratropica +/- vine thicket speciesOf concernOf concern
11.2.3Microphyll vine forest ("beach scrub") on sandy beach ridges and dune swalesOf concernOf concern
11.3.11Semi-evergreen vine thicket on alluvial plainsEndangeredEndangered

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