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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
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
7.12.65Rock pavement or areas of skeletal soil on granite and rhyolite of dry western or southern areas +/- shrublands to closed forests of Acacia spp. And/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Eucalyptus lockyeri subsp. ExutaLeast concernOf concern
7.12.66Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low closed forest on exposed rocky slopes on granite and rhyoliteOf 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
7.12.68Complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy moist to wet highlands on graniteOf concernEndangered
7.12.69Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. granitica +/- Corymbia clarksoniana +/- C. erythrophloia woodland on uplands on granite and rhyoliteOf concernOf concern
8.12.1Evergreen notophyll feather palm vine forest of uplands and highlands, on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.2Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands, highlands and foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
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
8.12.4Eucalyptus grandis open forest of wet uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks (predominantly granite)Of concernOf concern
8.12.5Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or E. exserta and/or Corymbia trachyphloia and/or E. fibrosa open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
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
8.12.8Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on plateaus and ridges of high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.9Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on undulating uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernOf concern
8.12.10Leptospermum spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Banksia integrifolia shrubland on plateaus of Cretaceous-Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics and Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf 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
8.12.12Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia spp. and/or E. platyphylla and/or Lophostemon suaveolens woodland to open forest on hill slopes 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

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