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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
8.1.1Mangrove closed forest to open shrubland of marine clay plains and estuariesLeast concernNo concern at present
8.1.2Samphire open forbland on saltpans and plains adjacent to mangrovesLeast concernOf concern
8.1.3Sporobolus virginicus tussock grassland on marine sedimentsOf concernOf concern
8.1.4Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sedgeland or Paspalum vaginatum tussock grasslandOf concernEndangered
8.1.5Melaleuca spp. and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris woodland with a ground stratum of salt tolerant grasses and sedges, usually in a narrow zone adjoining tidal ecosystemsOf concernEndangered
8.2.1Casuarina equisetifolia low woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beachesOf concernOf concern
8.2.2Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket to vine forest on coastal dunesOf concernEndangered
8.2.3Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Leptospermum neglectum and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium and/or Baeckea frutescens shrubland on coastal sand ridges, parabolic dunes and whaleback dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.4Sedgeland or closed heath or Melaleuca spp. open shrubland to open forest on swampy sand plains with peatOf concernOf concern
8.2.5Evergreen notophyll Archontophoenix cunninghamiana vine forest in deep depressions and narrow gullies on coastal parabolic dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.6Corymbia tessellaris +/- Acacia leptocarpa +/- Allocasuarina littoralis +/- Banksia integrifolia +/- rainforest species open forest on parallel dunesOf concernOf concern
8.2.7Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunesOf concernEndangered
8.2.8Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Allocasuarina littoralis open forest on Pleistocene parabolic dunesLeast concernNo concern at present
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
8.3.1Semi-deciduous to evergreen notophyll to mesophyll vine forest, +/- sclerophyll emergents, fringing or in the vicinity of watercoursesOf concernOf concern

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18 May 2023