Regional ecosystem details for 7.3.4
| Regional ecosystem | 7.3.4 |
|---|---|
| Vegetation Management Act class | Of concern |
| Wetlands | Palustrine |
| Biodiversity status | Endangered |
| Subregion | 3, 9, 2, (8), (7) |
| Estimated extent1 | Pre-clearing 3000 ha; Remnant 2021 1000 ha |
| Short description | Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi on poorly drained alluvial plains and alluvial areas of uplands |
| Structure code | Closed Forest |
| Description | Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi (fan palm). Lowlands, lower foothills and uplands of the very wet rainfall zone, on humic gley alluvial soils with seasonally impeded drainage derived from metamorphic and granitic parent material. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 4a). |
| Supplementary description | Stanton and Stanton (2005), A3b; Kemp and Morgan (1999), 18; Tracey and Webb (1975), 3b |
| Protected areas | Djiru NP, Daintree NP (CYPAL), Hull River NP, Tully Gorge NP, Girramay NP, Russell River NP, Mount Lewis NP, Mount Mackay NP, Ngalba-bulal NP (CYPAL), Gulngay NP, Maria Creek NP, Kuranda NP, Daintree NP |
| Special values | 7.3.4: Potential habitat for NCA listed species: Austromuellera trinervia, Dendrobium nindii, Endiandra cooperana, Freycinetia marginata, Phlegmariurus phlegmarioides. |
| Fire management guidelines | INTERVAL: Long fire interval. INTERVAL_MIN: 50. INTERVAL_MAX: 50. STRATEGY: Burn at the edges mid-late dry season (May-Sep) using low intensity fire at long fire intervals. Target pandanus islands. ISSUES: Fire has a role in maintaining an ecotone between the regional ecosystem and adjacent ones. |
| Comments | 7.3.4: Scattered across the coastal lowlands (once much more common), now predominantly the Innisfail and Tully subregions. Only small patches have survived clearing. Still being cleared and fragmented for residential development around Mission Beach and Cape Tribulation. A favoured habitat of, and often heavily dug up by, feral pigs. |
1 Estimated extent is from version 13 pre-clearing and 2021 remnant regional ecosystem mapping. Figures are rounded for simplicity. For more precise estimates, including breakdowns by tenure and other themes see remnant vegetation in Queensland.
