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2 Eucalypt dominated

x3 open cliffs legend

open cliffs, +/- Lophostemon confertus, +/- E. exserta

EIU 9.12.4 Broad-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus shirleyi) low open woodland on skeletal soils of hills and ranges

9.12.4x5 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 x3

LANDFORM rocky, very steep slopes, cliffs; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low scrub / heath with Leptospermum amboinense, L. neglectum, Phebalium glandulosum, Acacia aulacocarpa, Leucopogon cuspidatus, Babingtonia collina and Acacia humifusa.; NOTES (or BBN outlier 11.12.18x1) Not mapped separately. Mapped in mosaic with 555; GEOLOGY SOIL rocky rhyolite, skeletal or no soil

9.12.4x6 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 x3

LANDFORM cliffs; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Cliffs with sparse vegetation growing in cracks, with Rhodomyrtus trineura, Dubouzetia saxatilis and Polycarpaea spirostylis; NOTES (or BBN outlier 11.12.18x2) Not mapped separately. Mapped in mosaic with 457; GEOLOGY SOIL Rhyolite

BBN C 11.12.18 Montane shrubland on igneous rocks. Mountain tops

11.12.18x Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 x3

LANDFORM cliffs; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Very open scub / open low woodland with Leptospermum aff brachyandrum +/- Callistemon sp +/- Babingtonia papillosa or B. collina and various others; NOTES Not mapped separately. Mapped as a heterogenous unit with 460. Other areas too narrow to map separately eg main cliff face of Mt Stuart.; GEOLOGY SOIL rhyolite

E6 riverine open forest on coastal plains legend

Eucalyptus tereticornis Melaleuca spp. Casuarina cunninhamiana riparian woodland or open forest

WT E 7.3.7 Coastal floodplain forest red gum/melaleuca (Eucalyptus tereticornis/Melaleuca spp.) open forest complex on moist to very wet poorly drained lowlands

7.3.7 E plains 2 E6

LANDFORM drainage depressions; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Forest with Eucalyptus tereticornis; GEOLOGY SOIL loam

WT E 7.3.25 Weeping tea-tree (Melaleuca leucadendra, M. fluviatilis), Moreton Bay ash (Corymbia tessellaris) open forest with notophyll riparian vine forest species, on levees

7.3.25 E plains 2 E6

LANDFORM riverine, coastal plain; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Melaleuca leucadendra, +/- M. fluviatilis +/- M. viminalis, +/- Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Bursaria tenuifloia +/- Eucalyptua tereticornis +/- E. tessellaris +/- Nauclea orientalis +/- vine forest spp; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

WT E 7.3.26 River oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana) riparian open forest

7.3.26 E plains 2 E6

LANDFORM riverine; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Forest with Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Melaleuca leucadendra +/- M. viminalis +/- Bursaria tenuifolia; GEOLOGY SOIL sandy stony loam

WT C 7.3.27 Carbeen (Corymbia tessellaris), forest red gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis), swamp mahogany (Lophostemon suaveolens), red tea-tree (Melaleuca dealbata) riparian open forest on levees

7.3.27 C plains 2 E6

LANDFORM alluvial terrace plains. Old alluvial plains; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Forest / woodland with Eucalyptus tereticornis and E. tessellaris; GEOLOGY SOIL loamy sand

EIU 9.3.1 River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis or E. tereticornis) woodland on channels, flats and levees

9.3.1b ~ C plains 2 E6

LANDFORM Riparian vegetation on creeks. Creek flats and levees too small to map separately; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Forest / woodland with Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis, Melaleuca fluviatilis, Lophostemon grandiflorus, Casuarina cunninghamiana, E. tessellaris +/- Melaleuca leucadendra +/- M. bracteata +/- M. viminalis +/- Acacia salicina +/- Pandanus cookii +/- Pleiogynium timorense +/- Nauclea orientalis +/- Cryptostegia grandiflora. In wetter areas, Lophostemon suaveolens and Acaca aulacocarpa (sens str). Narrow creek flats with Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. brownii +/- E. tessellaris; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

BBN 11.3.25 Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis, Casuarina cunninghamiana fringing woodland on alluvial plains

11.3.25 ~ C plains 2 E6

LANDFORM rivers and creeklines; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland or forest along creeks with Melaleuca fluviatilis, M. leucadendra, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Lophostemon grandiflorus, Eucalyptus tessellaris +/- E. tereticornis +/- Nauclea orientalis +/- Ficus racemosa +/- some vine thicket spp; GEOLOGY SOIL Qas

11.3.25x1 ~ C plains 2 E6

LANDFORM riverine; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus raveretiana, Melaleuca fluviatilis, Casuarina
cunninghamiana +/- Nauclea orientalis; NOTES Suggest new RE for Eucalyptus raveretiana; GEOLOGY SOIL sandy, loamy, rocky

 

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