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2 tall highland Eucalypt open forest legend

tall to very tall open-forest on permanently damp highlands and uplands +/- E. grandis +/- Syncarpia glomulifera +/- Eucalyptus resinifera +/- well developed understorey with sclerophyllous and/or rainforest species

WT 7.12.14 Notophyll vine forest with rose gum (Eucalyptus grandis) emergents on cloudy wet granite and rhyolite upland ridges

7.12.14a Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 2

LANDFORM und / low hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Tall forest with eucalyptus grandis, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. intermedia +/- E. resinifera +/- Casuarina torulosa. Notophyll vine midstratum or subcanopy; NOTES separated from 327; GEOLOGY SOIL PR

WT C 7.12.21 Tall open rose gum (Eucalyptus grandis) forest on cloudy moist granite and rhyolite uplands and highlands

7.12.21 C Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 2

LANDFORM und; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Tall forest with Eucalyptus grandis, Syncarpia glomulifera +/- E. resinifera +/- E. intermedia. Midstratum shrubby. Ground stratum with Gahnia aspera and fern spp.; NOTES separated from 500 - same as 500 but with open grassy or sedgy understorey; GEOLOGY SOIL PR

WT C 7.12.22 Tall open red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera) forest on moist granite and rhyolite uplands and highlands

7.12.22 C Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 2

LANDFORM hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Tall forest with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. intermedia, Syncarpia glomulifera +/- E. grandis; GEOLOGY SOIL SGV, CPg

BBN C 11.12.19 Eucalyptus exserta, E. moluccana, E. crebra, Corymbia citriodora woodland on igneous rocks. Steep hills and ranges

11.12.19x2 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 2

LANDFORM steep slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Very tall forest with Eucalyptus grandis. Midstratum closed, with rainforest tree spp.; NOTES (or WT outlier 7.12.14); GEOLOGY SOIL MStG

11.12.19x3 Granite and acid volcanic ranges 2 2

LANDFORM slopes and tops; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Tall forest with Eucalyptus grandis and/or E. resinifera. Midstratum open, with scattered shrubs to dense rainforest. Ground stratum with Calochlaena dubia, Pteridium esculentum and other fern spp, shrubs and vines.; NOTES (or WT outlier 7.12.21) Some mixing of Gr and Re, but generally separate units, not differentiable by remote sensing.; GEOLOGY SOIL MStG

E11 riverine woodland on inland plains legend

Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. coolabah, E. tereticornis, Melaleuca western plains riparian

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

9.3.1a ~ C plains 2 E11

LANDFORM river channels and banks; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Forest / woodland with Eucalyptus camaldulensis and/or E. tereticornis, Melaleuca fluviatilis +/- M. leucadendra +/- Casuarina cunninghamiana +/- Lophostemon grandiflorus +/- Melaleuca viminalis +/- M. linariifolia, +/- Pleiogynium timorense +/- Nauclea orientalis +/- Cryptostegia grandiflora. Eucalyptus tessellaris +/- E. platyphylla on higher banks; GEOLOGY SOIL Qha

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

9.3.3x1a ~ C plains 2 E11

LANDFORM flat / riverine; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus coolibah with open grassy and sedgy
understorey; NOTES Should be separate RE from 9.3.3; GEOLOGY SOIL AB Qa black cracking clay

9.3.3x1b ~ C plains 2 E11

LANDFORM flat flood forest; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus coolibah and shrubby understorey; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa - brown clay/loam

9.3.3x3 ~ C plains 2 E11

LANDFORM braided creeks and fanout alluvials; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Eucalyptus tessellaris, E. platyphylla, E. clarksoniana, E. crebra +/- E. tereticornis and/or E. camaldulensis; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

EIU 9.3.10 Mountain coolibah (Eucalyptus orgadophila), black tea tree (Melaleuca bracteata) woodland-low open woodland and springs on black soil plains

9.3.10x3 plains 2 E11

LANDFORM broad creeklines and densely vegetated swamps basalt country; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low closed woodland with Melaleuca bracteata; NOTES Should be new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa

EIU 9.10.1 Eucalypt and/or paperbark woodlands on sands, earths and skeletal soils and sandstone

9.10.1x4 sandstone ranges 2 E11

LANDFORM pockets in GBW; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland to open woodland with Eucalyptus tessellaris, E.
camaldulensis or E. camaldulensis/tereticornis or E. tereticornis and E. platyphylla; NOTES Should be new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL CF

 

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