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E1 Poplar Gum woodland on plains and slopes legend

E. platyphylla, C.clarkesoniana woodland (+/- open) usually with narrow leaved Ironbark and C. dallachyana

WT 7.3.16 Poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on dry moderately drained alluvia

7.3.16a plains 2 E1

LANDFORM alluvial plains; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla and E. drepanophylla; NOTES Eucalyptus platyphylla, E. drepanophylla association should probably be separated from types without E. drepanophylla further north; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam

7.3.16b plains 2 E1

LANDFORM coastal plain; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. tessellaris, +/- E. clarksoniana, +/- minor E. drepanophylla, +/- minor E. dallachiana; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

WT 7.3.19 Tall open eucalypt forest/woodland complex (Corymbia spp., Eucalyptus spp.) on moist piedmont fans

7.3.19x1 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM lower piedmont fans; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus clarksoniana, E. crebra or E.
drepanophylla and Lophostemon suaveolens; NOTES Suggest new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL sandy loam

7.3.19x2 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM alluvial plains, terraces and prior streams; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus clarksoniana, E. tessellaris and E. platyphylla; NOTES Suggest separate RE from wetter types further north (with Eucalyptus intermedia, E. pellita, Acacia mangium, etc); GEOLOGY SOIL sandy loam

WT 7.12.28 Poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on moist granite lowlands and foothills

7.12.28x Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. platyphylla and E. clarksoniana; NOTES (or BBN outlier 11.12.9 ); GEOLOGY SOIL CPGa

WT 7.12.31 White mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides) and poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on dry granite foothill slopes

7.12.31 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM scarps / very hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra, E. acmenoides, E. platyphylla, E. clarksoniana, E. tessellaris +/- E. exserta +/- E. dallachiana; GEOLOGY SOIL Cpga

EIU 9.3.3 Mixed eucalypt woodland and/or coolibah (Eucalyptus microtheca) on alluvial terraces and backplains

9.3.3 ~ C plains 2 E1

LANDFORM alluvial plains, terraces, levees and backswamps too small to map separately; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus tessellaris, E. platyphylla, E. crebra, E. clarksoniana +/- E. tereticornis +/- E. camaldulensis +/- E, erythrophloia +/- E. dallachiana+/- Pleiogynium timorense. Often with Eucalyptus brownii on back of terrace +/- E. coolibah; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

9.3.3x2 ~ C plains 2 E1

LANDFORM flat to very gentle slopes associated with drainage lines. Not alluvial terraces.; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus crebra, E. dallachiana, E. clarksoniana +/- E. brownii +/- E. tessellaris +/- E. platyphylla; NOTES Veg fits 9.3.3, but unit not `on alluvial terraces of larger watercourses'; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa - sandy loam

EIU 9.3.6 Poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on podsolics in drainage depressions

9.3.6x1 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM flat and gentle lower slopes.; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. tessellaris +/- E. clarksoniana +/- E. dallachiana +/- E. drepanophylla; NOTES (or BBN outlier 11.3.35) same as 400 in BBN.

EIU 9.5.3 Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) woodland on yellow earths on plains

9.5.3a ~ C Cainozoic sand deposits, usually forming extensive uniform, near level or gently undulating 2 E1

LANDFORM flattish; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus crebra or E. drepanophylla or E. crebra/drepanophylla, E. clarksoniana, E. dallachiana +/- E. erythrophloia. Midstratum open, with Planchonia careya, Melaleuca nervosa, Grevillea glauca +/- G. parallela +/- Acacia leptostachya +/- A. disparrima +/- Bursaria incana. E. platyphylla in slight depressions; GEOLOGY SOIL TQa, Qr, TQr. Light brown or pale sand over laterite

9.5.3x3 ~ C Cainozoic sand deposits, usually forming extensive uniform, near level or gently undulating 2 E1

LANDFORM flat; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus clarksoniana, E. dallachiana. Variable midstratum with Petalostigma banksii and/or P. pubescens +/- Alphitonia excelsa +/- Acacia longispicata; NOTES 400 - may not be typical of unit; GEOLOGY SOIL TQr/TQd/Tqa - light brown sandy loam

EIU 9.11.4 Lemon scented gum (Corymbia citriodora) and ironbark (Eucalyptus drepanophylla) open forest on shallow soils of hills and ranges

9.11.4a Metamorphosed ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. crebra, E. clarksoniana, E. citriodora +/- E. tereticornis. Midstratum moderate, +/- Acacia flavescens; GEOLOGY SOIL KGuDCk

EIU 9.11.7 Poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on texture contrast soils of lowlands

9.11.7x1 Metamorphosed ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM flat / und; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. clarksoniana, E. platyphylla +/- E. tessellaris +/- Melaleuca viridiflora; GEOLOGY SOIL AM/s

9.11.7x2 Metamorphosed ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla and E. platyphylla; GEOLOGY SOIL KGuDCk

9.11.7x3 Metamorphosed ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hills; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. platyphylla, Pleiogynium timorense and vine thicket spp; NOTES Same as 381 BBN; GEOLOGY SOIL Dd

EIU 9.12.1 Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) and bloodwood (Corymbia spp.) woodland on shallow soils of low hills and ranges

9.12.1x2 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM gentle slopes / und; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus crebra, E. clarksoniana and E. dallachiana. Midstratum open, with Planchonia careya; GEOLOGY SOIL MCG

9.12.1x8 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM flattish; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus aff crebra, E. clarksoniana, E. tereticornis and E. dallachiana. Midstratum moderate, with Planchonia careya +/- Melaleuca viridiflora +/- M. nervosa +/- Acacia flavescens +/- Grevillea glauca +/- Xylomelum scottianum; GEOLOGY SOIL SpCG

9.12.1x12 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM flat / und; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. dallachiana, E. platyphylla, E. clarksoniana +/- E. tessellaris. Minor E. crebra and E. erythrophloia in west; GEOLOGY SOIL SPG, MG

9.12.1x13 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hills and escarpments; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Open woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. dallachiana, E. platyphylla +/- E. erythrophloia +/- E. acmenoides +/- E. tessellaris +/- E. tereticornis. Midstratum moderate, with Acacia flavescens, Planchonia careya, Bursaria incana, +/- Cochlospermum gillivraei +/- Grevillea parallela +/- Xylomelum scottianum +/- Erythrina vespertilio +/- Lophostemon confertus; GEOLOGY SOIL CPG, SCG,SGF, SGV,CPgp,PBM, WNR, SJV, MG, Odg Tv/a, Tv/b

9.12.1x18 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM valley; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. platyphylla, E. dallachiana and E. clarksoniana; NOTES ?should be landzone 3 or 5. Same as 428 in BBN.; GEOLOGY SOIL BaG, DrG

EIU 9.12.2 Ironbark (Eucalyptus granitica), white mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides) and lemon scented gum (Corymbia citriodora) open forest on shallow soils of hills and ranges

9.12.2x1 ~ C Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. clarksoniana, E. drepanophylla or E. granitica +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. tereticornis; GEOLOGY SOIL SGV, WNR, Pr, SGV

9.12.2x12 ~ C Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM low hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland on lower slopes and valleys with Eucalyptus moluccana and on rises with E. citriodora, E. acmenoides, E. drepanophylla.; NOTES Should perhaps be treated as a heterogeneous unit, although the two types are intergradational and largely inseparable from remote sensing.; GEOLOGY SOIL PCV

BBN 11.3.12 Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains

11.3.12x ~ C plains 2 E1

LANDFORM flat / gentle slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora and Eucalyptus spp. +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. dallachiana +/- E. drepanophylla +/- E. clarksoniana; GEOLOGY SOIL semi duplex pale grey loam

BBN 11.3.30 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia dallachiana woodland on alluvial plains

11.3.30x4 ~ E plains 2 E1

LANDFORM flat / very gentle slopes of outwash fans and older alluvial plain; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low woodland with Petalostigma pubescens and scattered Eucalyptus spp +/- E. dallachiana +/- E. platyphylla +/- Melaleuca viridiflora; GEOLOGY SOIL pale grey/brown loam +/- rocky rhyolite

BBN 11.3.35 Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains

11.3.35 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM alluvial / all fan. Extensive on flats. Also gentle basal slopes.; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. tessellaris, +/- E. clarksoniana, +/- minor E. drepanophylla, +/- minor E. dallachiana; GEOLOGY SOIL predominantly light brown sandy loam

11.3.35x1 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM flats / gentle depressions; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or E. brownii; NOTES (mosaic of 11.3.10 and 11.3.35) Heterogenous unit. Pl and Br generally separate, but cannot be differentiated by remote sensing; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam

11.3.35x2 plains 2 E1

LANDFORM alluvial terraces, flood channels, outwashes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus tessellaris +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. clarksoniana; NOTES May fit if description is broadened, but suggest new RE, as it is a different unit to 400 (typical 11.3.35); GEOLOGY SOIL light brown sandy loam

BBN 11.11.15 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics. Undulating plains

11.11.15x2 Metamorphosed ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Very open woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. platyphylla +/- Pleiogynium timorense +/- minor vine thicket spp; NOTES Suggest new RE, maybe in combination with 371. Surely belongs in broad veg 6!; GEOLOGY SOIL BF - limestone

BBN 11.12.9 Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland on igneous rocks

11.12.9 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hills on coastal plain; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. platyphylla, E. dallachiana, E. clarksoniana +/- E. erythrophloia +/- E. acmenoides +/- Cochlospermum gillivraei +/- Lophostemon grandiflorus. Midstratum +/- Acacia flavescens; GEOLOGY SOIL JV and granite

11.12.9x2 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 E1

LANDFORM hillslopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Very open grassy woodland with Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- E. tessellaris; NOTES Suggest new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL rocky granitic

 

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