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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.10.19Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Neofabricia myrtifolia dwarf open heath or Schizachyrium pachyarthron closed tussock grassland on sandstone plateaus and headlandsLeast concernNo concern at present
7.12.58Eucalyptus reducta +/- E. granitica +/- Corymbia dimorpha +/- C. citriodora woodland to open forest on granite and rhyoliteOf concernOf concern
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
8.2.8Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Allocasuarina littoralis open forest on Pleistocene parabolic dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
8.3.1Semi-deciduous to evergreen notophyll to mesophyll vine forest, +/- sclerophyll emergents, fringing or in the vicinity of watercoursesOf concernOf concern
8.3.3Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banksLeast 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
8.11.8Corymbia citriodora or Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on metamorphosed sediments (subregion 4)Least concernNo concern at present
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
8.12.6Eucalyptus drepanophylla +/- E. platyphylla +/- Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest on low to medium hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.7Corymbia citriodora +/- Eucalyptus portuensis +/- E. drepanophylla (or E. crebra) open forest on hill slopes and undulating plateaus on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.13Tussock grassland, or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland, including areas recently colonised by Timonius timon var. timon shrubland, on slopes of islands and headlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanicsOf concernOf concern
8.12.14Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. crebra and/or E. exserta and/or Acacia spirorbis subsp. solandri and/or Lophostemon confertus low woodland on islands and headlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanicsLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.23Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on elevated tablelands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.25Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- E. tereticornis x E. platyphylla woodland on hillslopes of islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
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
8.12.29Allocasuarina 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
10.3.13Melaleuca fluviatilis and/or Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland along watercoursesLeast concernOf concern
11.3.40Semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest, fringing or in the vicinity of watercourses, on lowlands (subregion 1).Of concernEndangered

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