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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.2.18Thryptomene oligandra open heath +/- Asteromyrtus lysicephala on flat sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.2.20Melaleuca arcana and Thryptomene oligandra open heath in swampy areas on sand plainsOf concernOf concern
3.2.33Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath in drainage swamps in east coast dunefieldsOf concernOf concern
3.3.9Lophostemon suaveolens woodlands on creeklines and swampsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.3.50Melaleuca spp. woodland on swamps on floodplains and non-floodplain landformsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.3.53Neofabricia myrtifolia +/- Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland on streams and alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.3.64Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum and/or Leptocarpus spp. and/or Dapsilanthus spathaceus open sedgeland in drainage swampsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.3.67Melaleuca arcana open heath to dwarf shrubland in swampsOf concernOf concern
3.5.19Asteromyrtus lysicephala and/or Neofabricia myrtifolia and/or Jacksonia thesioides open heath to shrubland on sand sheetsLeast concernNo concern at present
3.10.20Sedgelands, fernlands and closed heathlands associated with springs on sandstone tablelandsOf concernOf concern
7.2.10Shrubland, sedgeland and heath complex with Thryptomene oligandra and/or Asteromyrtus spp. +/- Melaleuca quinquenervia on sand plains of beach originOf concernOf concern
7.3.29Sedgelands and grasslands of permanently and semi-permanently inundated swamps, including areas of open waterEndangeredEndangered
7.11.29Microphyll to notophyll vine forests with Ceratopetalum virchowii and/or Uromyrtus metrosideros, Flindersia bourjotiana, F. pimenteliana and Beilschmiedia oligandra of moist uplands on sharply undulating metamorphicsOf concernOf concern
7.11.40Complex of sclerophyll communities dominated by Syncarpia glomulifera or Melaleuca spp., or sedges, or ferns, or microphyll vine forest with Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis on highlands, on quartzite or associated metamorphicsOf concernOf concern
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
7.12.64Xanthorrhoea spp., Allocasuarina littoralis, Banksia plagiocarpa +/- Leptospermum polygalifolium +/- Rhodomyrtus trineura subsp. trineura heathland and associated rock pavements of granite uplands and highlands of Hinchinbrook Island and near Bishop PeakOf concernOf concern
7.12.67Gleichenia dicarpa, Gahnia sieberiana, Palhinhaea cernua and Pseudolycopodium densum closed fernland of granite highlands on Thornton Peak and Mt Bartle FrereOf concernEndangered
8.1.5Melaleuca spp. and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris woodland with a ground stratum of salt tolerant grasses and sedges, usually in a narrow zone adjoining tidal ecosystemsOf concernEndangered
8.2.4Sedgeland or closed heath or Melaleuca spp. open shrubland to open forest on swampy sand plains with peatOf concernOf concern
8.2.7Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunesOf concernEndangered

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