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Regional ecosystem descriptions

RE ID Description VMA class Biodiversity status
3.2.33Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath in drainage swamps in east coast dunefieldsOf 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
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

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