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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.12.16Deciduous to semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket +/- Brachychiton spp. +/- Araucaria cunninghamii emergents of foothills and uplands (western areas) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.17Evergreen microphyll to notophyll mossy forest to thicket of ridges and plateaus on highlands to foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksOf concernOf concern
8.12.18Semi-evergreen notophyll/microphyll to complex notophyll Argyrodendron spp. vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii, of foothills and uplands on near-coastal ranges and islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.19Semi-deciduous complex notophyll feather palm vine forest of sheltered gullies and slopes of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.20Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. platyphylla +/- Corymbia spp. +/- E. crebra woodland on low gently undulating landscapes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.22Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana +/- C. erythrophloia +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. exserta +/- C. trachyphloia woodland on hills and ranges at low to moderate altitudes in drier areasLeast 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
8.12.27Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- C. intermedia +/- C. clarksoniana open forest with a secondary tree layer of Livistona decora on low hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksEndangeredEndangered
8.12.28Semi-evergreen microphyll Acacia fasciculifera, Terminalia spp., Brachychiton spp. vine forest to vine thicket of near-coastal foothills on volcanics (subregion 1)Of concernOf concern
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
8.12.30Evergreen notophyll Ristantia waterhousei mossy forest of uplands on rhyoliteOf concernOf concern
8.12.31Eucalyptus resinifera and/or E. portuensis and/or E. acmenoides and/or Allocasuarina spp. open forest on moist upper slopes of ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
8.12.32Corymbia intermedia +/- E. portuensis +/- E. exserta open forest to woodland with areas of Allocasuarina spp. +/- Banksia integrifolia open forest on high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.1Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and/or E. drepanophylla low open woodland on igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.2Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora, E. granitica or E. crebra, C. intermedia or C. clarksoniana mixed woodland on steep hills and ranges on igneous hills close to Wet Tropics boundaryLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.3Eucalyptus chartaboma +/- Eucalyptus spp. +/- Corymbia spp. woodland on sandy soils on igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.4Eucalyptus shirleyi and/or E. melanophloia and/or Corymbia peltata and/or Callitris intratropica low open woodland on igneous rocksLeast concernNo concern at present
9.12.5Eucalyptus quadricostata +/- Corymbia peltata open woodland on igneous hills and steep hillsLeast concernNo concern at present

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