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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
2.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia +/- Thespesia populneoides, Hibiscus tiliaceus woodland on beaches and foredunesOf concernOf concern
3.2.6Casuarina equisetifolia woodland to open forest on foredunes on mainland and islandsOf concernOf concern
3.3.68Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest and thicket on alluvial plainsOf concernEndangered
3.7.1Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket on isolated lateritic hill slopesOf concernOf concern
3.7.6Melaleuca stenostachya +/- Acacia leptostachya woodland on lateritic erosional slopesLeast concernNo concern at present
3.8.2Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine forest on basaltOf concernOf concern
3.8.5Semi-deciduous and deciduous notophyll vine forest on the basaltic islands of the Torres StraitOf concernOf concern
7.1.4Mangrove and vine forest closed forest of the brackish zoneOf concernEndangered
7.2.1Mesophyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach originEndangeredEndangered
7.2.2Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on sands of beach originOf concernEndangered
7.2.4Eucalyptus spp. (often E. pellita or Corymbia intermedia) open forest and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on swampy sand plains and Pleistocene beach ridgesOf concernOf concern
8.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia low woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beachesOf concernOf concern
11.2.2Complex of Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis and Spinifex sericeus and Casuarina equisetifolia low woodland and herbland on fore dunesOf concernOf concern
11.3.12Melaleuca viridiflora, M. argentea +/- M. dealbata woodland on alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.14Foredune complexLeast concernNo concern at present

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10 November 2025