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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.2.12Acacia crassicarpa, Syzygium banksii low closed forest +/- emergent Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii on coastal dunefields and beach ridgesLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.17Leucopogon yorkensis open scrub on dunefieldsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.5.4Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest in small patches on northern plateausLeast concernOf concern
3.10.5Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket or forest on sandstone hills and slopesOf concernOf concern
3.12.2Araucarian notophyll vine forest on granitic ridges and mountainsOf concernOf concern
7.12.10Notophyll vine forest with emergent Araucaria cunninghamii of the moist and dry foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites of the Seaview and Paluma RangesOf concernOf concern
7.12.18Microphyll vine forest often with hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) on moist to dry granite foothills and uplandsOf concernOf concern
7.12.46Microphyll vine forest with Gossia bidwillii +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on steep granite talus and boulder slopes of the Palm IslandsOf 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
8.12.16Deciduous 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
8.12.18Semi-evergreen notophyll/microphyll to complex notophyll Argyrodendron spp. vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii, of foothills and uplands on near-coastal ranges and islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
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
8.12.28Semi-evergreen microphyll Acacia fasciculifera, Terminalia spp., Brachychiton spp. vine forest to vine thicket of near-coastal foothills on volcanics (subregion 1)Of concernOf concern
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
9.12.34Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Araucaria cunninghamii on steep hills on igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
9.12.35Corymbia leichhardtii, C. lamprophylla, Pleiogynium timorense +/- Araucaria cunninghamii open woodland on igneous hillsLeast concernNo concern at present
11.3.11Semi-evergreen vine thicket on alluvial plainsEndangeredEndangered
11.11.5Microphyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and foldingLeast concernNo concern at present

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