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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
2.2.7Corymbia bella +/- C. polycarpa, C. confertiflora, Grevillea striata, Pandanus sp. woodland on coastal dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.2.8Grevillea striata +/- Atalaya hemiglauca low woodland on deflated coastal dunesOf concernOf concern
2.3.30Melaleuca spp. low woodland in seasonally flooded depressions on podsolic soils in the westLeast concernNo concern at present
2.5.3Evergreen scrub on plains on mainly deep sandy soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.5.5Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia polycarpa open woodland on pale earths and sands on plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.5.6Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia spp. woodland to open forest on plains on red and yellow earthsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.7.2Acacia shirleyi, Eucalyptus shirleyi, Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris or Melaleuca acacioides woodland on low scarps on skeletal soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.10.2Mixed eucalypt woodland on plateaus, mesas and scarps on shallow soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.10.10Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia setosa, C. leichhardtii and E. whitei in mixed woodlands on stripped surfaces and low rises on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus.Least concernNo concern at present
3.3.1Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on loamy alluviaLeast concernNo concern at present
7.2.2Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on sands of beach originOf concernEndangered
7.3.44Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on alluvium in near-coastal areas with moderate rainfallEndangeredEndangered
7.3.45Corymbia clarksoniana +/- C. tessellaris +/- E. drepanophylla open forest to open woodland on alluvial plainsLeast concernOf concern
7.12.36Deciduous microphyll vine thicket on fire protected dry granite lowlandsOf concernOf concern
8.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia low woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beachesOf concernOf concern
8.2.6Corymbia tessellaris +/- Acacia leptocarpa +/- Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Banksia integrifolia +/- rainforest species open forest on parallel dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.10Sand blows with bare sand and areas of sparse herbland or shrublandOf concernOf concern
8.2.11Melaleuca spp. Open forest in parallel dune swalesOf concernOf concern
8.2.13Melaleuca spp. and/or Corymbia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Acacia spp. open forest on dune sands mixed with alluvial material +/- marine sedimentsEndangeredEndangered
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

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10 November 2025