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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
7.1.1Mangrove closed scrub to open forest of areas subject to regular tidal inundationLeast concernNo concern at present
7.1.2Sporobolus virginicus grassland, samphire open forbland to sparse forbland and bare saltpans on plains adjacent to mangrovesOf concernOf concern
7.1.3Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sparse sedgeland, or Melaleuca quinquenervia low open forest, in swamps which fluctuate periodically between freshwater and estuarineOf concernEndangered
7.1.4Mangrove and vine forest closed forest of the brackish zoneOf concernEndangered
7.1.5Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca spp. +/- Acacia spp. +/- mangrove spp. woodland on plains adjacent to mangrovesOf concernOf concern
7.2.1Mesophyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach originEndangeredEndangered
7.2.2Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on sands of beach originOf concernEndangered
7.2.3Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia crassicarpa and/or C. intermedia and/or C. clarksoniana woodland to closed forest on beach ridges (predominantly Holocene)Of concernOf concern
7.2.4Eucalyptus spp. (often E. pellita or Corymbia intermedia) open forest and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on swampy sand plains and Pleistocene beach ridgesOf concernOf concern
7.2.5Mesophyll to notophyll vine forest of Syzygium forte subsp. forte on sands of beach originOf concernOf concern
7.2.6Mosaic of clumps of notophyll vine forest, sclerophyll spp. shrubland and open woodland, and bare sand blows on aeolian dunesOf concernOf concern
7.2.7Casuarina equisetifolia +/- Corymbia tessellaris open forest +/- groved vine forest shrublands on strand and foredunesOf concernEndangered
7.2.8Melaleuca leucadendra open forest to woodland on sands of beach originOf concernEndangered
7.2.9Melaleuca quinquenervia shrubland to closed forest, or Lepironia articulata open to closed sedgeland, on dune swales and swampy sand plains of beach originOf concernEndangered
7.2.10Shrubland, sedgeland and heath complex with Thryptomene oligandra and/or Asteromyrtus spp. +/- Melaleuca quinquenervia on sand plains of beach originOf concernOf concern
7.2.11Melaleuca viridiflora +/- Lophostemon suaveolens +/- emergent Eucalyptus spp. woodland to open forest, or Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest to woodland, on swampy sand plains of beach originOf concernOf concern
7.3.1Hemarthria uncinata and/or Ischaemum australe +/- Sorghum spp. grassland and/or ephemeral sedgelands on seasonally inundated alluvial plainsEndangeredEndangered
7.3.2Grasslands and sedgelands +/- Melaleuca spp. within volcanic craters, often on peatOf concernEndangered
7.3.3Mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae on poorly drained alluvial plainsOf concernEndangered
7.3.4Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi on poorly drained alluvial plains and alluvial areas of uplandsOf concernEndangered

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Last updated
18 May 2023