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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
2.2.3Semi-deciduous microphyll vine thicket on coastal dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.1Evergreen notophyll vine forest in coastal dunefield systemsOf concernOf concern
3.2.2Semi-deciduous vine thicket to vine forest on beach dunes and ridgesLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.13Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on the east coastLeast 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
8.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia low woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beachesOf concernOf concern
8.2.2Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket to vine forest on coastal dunesOf concernEndangered
8.2.6Corymbia tessellaris +/- Acacia leptocarpa +/- Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Banksia integrifolia +/- rainforest species open forest on parallel dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.7Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunesOf concernEndangered
8.2.14Banksia integrifolia and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia disparrima +/- rainforest spp. tall shrubland, on Holocene parabolic dunesOf concernOf concern
8.3.6Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia intermedia (or C. clarksoniana) and/or C. tessellaris +/- Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on alluvial levees and lower terracesOf concernOf concern
8.11.2Semi-evergreen notophyll to microphyll vine forest of foothills and uplands on metamorphosed sedimentsOf concernOf concern
8.11.9Themeda triandra and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland with Themeda triandra on exposed rocky headlands on metamorphosed sedimentsOf concernOf concern
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
8.12.26Corymbia 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
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
9.10.7Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. woodland on sandstones of NgarrabullanOf concernOf concern
9.12.8Semi-evergreen vine thicket on rocky outcrops and shallow soils of igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present

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10 November 2025