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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
2.1.1Offshore tidal sands and mud flats, including sea grass bedsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.1.2Tidal low coastal rises of shells, sand or mud, and associated gutters, usually with mangrovesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.1.3Tidal channels and associated levees, usually with mangrovesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.1.4Infrequently inundated saline clay plains and low samphire risesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.1.5Tidal lagoons on coastal mud flatsOf concernOf concern
2.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia +/- Thespesia populneoides, Hibiscus tiliaceus woodland on beaches and foredunesOf concernOf concern
2.2.2Secondary dunes and swalesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.2.3Semi-deciduous microphyll vine thicket on coastal dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.2.4Chrysopogon elongatus, Eriachne spp., Perotis rara and Aristida holathera in mixed tussock grasslands on coastal dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.2.5Melaleuca dealbata woodland in swales associated with coastal dunesOf concernOf concern
2.2.6Mixed sedgelands or tussock grasslands in closed depressions in the swales of coastal dunesOf concernOf concern
2.2.7Corymbia bella +/- C. polycarpa, C. confertiflora, Grevillea striata, Pandanus sp. woodland on coastal dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
2.2.8Grevillea striata +/- Atalaya hemiglauca low woodland on deflated coastal dunesOf concernOf concern
2.3.1Eriachne burkittii, Xerochloa imberbis, Oryza australiensis and Ophiuros exaltatus in mixed tussock grasslands on coastal alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.3.2Freshwater and brackish wetlands in old river channels on low plains adjacent to estuarine zoneLeast concernNo concern at present
2.3.3Astrebla squarrosa and/or A. elymoides and/or Iseilema spp. tussock grassland on active Quaternary alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.3.4Eulalia aurea, Panicum decompositum, Astrebla pectinata and Dichanthium spp. in mixed tussock grasslands on active Quaternary alluvial plains within Tertiary clay depositsLeast concernNo concern at present
2.3.5Lysiphyllum cunninghamii woodland on plains of calcareous claysOf concernOf concern
2.3.6Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Terminalia platyphylla, Corymbia bella and E. microtheca in mixed woodlands fringing minor watercourses in Cretaceous mudstone landscapesOf concernOf concern
2.3.7Acacia cambagei +/- Eucalyptus microtheca low woodland on fine-textured Quaternary alluvial plainsLeast concernNo concern at present

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18 May 2023