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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.2.9Tussock grassland on coastal dunesOf concernEndangered
8.2.10Sand blows with bare sand and areas of sparse herbland or shrublandOf concernOf concern
8.2.11Melaleuca spp. Open forest in parallel dune swalesOf concernOf concern
8.2.12Corymbia intermedia and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Acacia spp. and/or other heath spp. Shrublands and woodlands on parallel dunes (subregions 4 and 5)Of concernOf concern
8.2.13Melaleuca spp. and/or Corymbia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Acacia spp. open forest on dune sands mixed with alluvial material +/- marine sedimentsEndangeredEndangered
8.2.14Banksia integrifolia and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia disparrima +/- rainforest spp. tall shrubland, on Holocene parabolic dunesOf concernOf concern
11.2.1Corymbia tessellaris woodland on flat coastal dunesOf 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
11.2.3Microphyll vine forest ("beach scrub") on sandy beach ridges and dune swalesOf concernOf concern
11.2.4Lagoons in coastal dune swalesOf concernOf concern
11.2.5Corymbia-Melaleuca woodland complex of beach ridges and swalesLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.1Notophyll vine forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.2Microphyll/notophyll vine forest on beach ridgesOf concernEndangered
12.2.3Araucarian vine forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.4Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunesOf concernOf concern
12.2.5Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregionLeast concernOf concern
12.2.6Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa open forest on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soilsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.7Melaleuca quinquenervia or rarely M. dealbata open forest on sand plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.8Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on parabolic high dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
12.2.9Banksia aemula low open woodland on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soilsLeast concernNo concern at present

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