This regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management (Regional Ecosystems) Amendment Regulation 2022.
This regulation commences on 7 September 2022.
This regulation amends the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012.
4Amendment of sch 2 (Of concern regional ecosystems)
(1)Schedule 2, part 5, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 10.3.20 and 10.3.21—
omit.(2)Schedule 2, part 6—
insert—
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on limestone rock outcrops
9.11.8
(3)Schedule 2, part 7, entry for regional ecosystem number 2.3.19—
omit.(4)Schedule 2, part 7—
insert—
Grevillea striata ± Atalaya hemiglauca low woodland on deflated coastal dunes
2.2.8
Lakes with a fringe of Eucalyptus microtheca, E. camaldulensis and Excoecaria parvifolia on lateritic plateau surfaces in the Donors Plateau subregion
2.3.73
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on waning slopes of clayey sandstone and siltstone around margins of Tertiary lateritic surfaces
2.5.42
Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material
2.5.43
Eucalyptus persistens, Corymbia trachyphloia, E. exilipes and C. citriodora in mixed woodlands on exposed ferricrete on Mesozoic sandstone plateau margins
2.7.12
Flats of exposed, lateritised Tertiary sandstone, commonly adjacent to rivers
2.7.18
Petalostigma banksii ± Gardenia vilhelmii tall shrubland ± emergent Eucalyptus persistens, Melaleuca citrolens on sandstone hillslopes and colluvial deposits
2.7.20
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia confertiflora, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, C. polycarpa woodland on silicified conglomerate low hills
2.7.21
Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia terminalis, C. erythrophloia, C. dallachiana ± E. chlorophylla, E. microneura woodland on undulating rises and lowlands on Cretaceous mudstone
2.9.10
Rock pavements and outcrops with patches of Acacia spp., Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in dissected Mesozoic sandstone ranges
2.10.9
Triodia spp. grassland on slopes or crests of Mesozoic sandstone ranges
2.10.11
Acacia orthocarpa, A. stipuligera, Jacksonia ramosissima, Petalostigma banksii and Grevillea spp. in mixed shrublands on Mesozoic sandstone ranges
2.10.12
Acacia leptostachya and/or Acacia julifera subsp. julifera ± Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. low woodland on Mesozoic sandstone outcrops
2.10.14
Corymbia capricornia or C. confertiflora low open woodland on isolated rocky metamorphic hills
2.11.2
5Amendment of sch 3 (Least concern regional ecosystems)
(1)Schedule 3, part 5, entry for regional ecosystem number 10.3.2—
omit.(2)Schedule 3, part 6, entry for regional ecosystem number 9.11.8—
omit.(3)Schedule 3, part 7—
insert—
Eucalyptus tectifica ± Corymbia confertiflora woodland on old alluvial plains
2.3.19
Melaleuca citrolens low open woodland on breakaways and outcrops of exposed ferricrete on erosional surfaces
2.7.8
Eucalyptus provecta low woodland on footslopes, flats and low rises of lateritised mudstone
2.7.9
Melaleuca foliolosa ± Macropteranthes montana, Acacia shirleyi, Eucalyptus provecta, Corymbia gilbertensis tall shrubland to low open forest on low rises, breakaways and stripped surfaces on lateritised Cretaceous mudstone
2.7.10
Corymbia gilbertensis, Acacia meiosperma, Cochlospermum gregorii, Melaleuca viridiflora, A. leptostachya in mixed woodlands to shrublands on lateritised Tertiary sandstone hills
2.7.11
Calytrix leptophylla open heath ± emergent Petalostigma banksii, Eucalyptus microneura and E. chartaboma on ferricrete outcrops within undulating Tertiary sand sheets
2.7.13
Corymbia capricornia and/or Eucalyptus miniata low open woodland on margins of broad, Tertiary lateritic surfaces
2.7.14
Melaleuca citrolens, Eucalyptus pruinosa subsp. pruinosa, Petalostigma banksii and M. viridiflora in mixed low woodlands on Tertiary lateritic plateau surfaces
2.7.15
Acacia meiosperma ± Cochlospermum gregorii, Acacia shirleyi, Corymbia pocillum, Calytrix leptophylla shrubland on lateritic breakaways
2.7.16
Micromyrtus forsteri and/or Calytrix leptophylla open shrubland ± emergent Acacia shirleyi, Corymbia serendipita, A. meiosperma on lateritised Tertiary sandstone hills
2.7.17
Triodia spp. hummock grassland ± emergent Eucalyptus spp., Melaleuca spp., Corymbia spp. on slopes and crests of lateritised sandstone and mudstone
2.7.19
Eucalyptus microneura ± Terminalia spp., Grevillea striata woodland on Cretaceous mudstone plains and hillslopes
2.9.8
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, Ventilago viminalis, Atalaya hemiglauca, Corymbia terminalis in mixed low woodlands on plains and low rises of Cretaceous mudstone
2.9.9
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia setosa, C. leichhardtii and E. whitei in mixed woodlands on stripped surfaces and low rises on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus
2.10.10
Eucalyptus crebra or E. whitei low open woodland on slopes of sandstone ranges
2.10.13
6Amendment of sch 4 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule)
Schedule 4, part 7—
insert—
Triodia spp. grassland on slopes or crests of Mesozoic sandstone ranges
2.10.11
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on waning slopes of clayey sandstone and siltstone around margins of Tertiary lateritic surfaces
2.5.42
Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material
2.5.43
7Amendment of sch 5 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, section 8)
Schedule 5, part 6—
insert—
Eriachne spp., Aristida latifolia ± Chrysopogon fallax tussock grassland on outwash deposits of eroded lateritic material
2.5.43
8Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary)
Schedule 8—
insert—ferricrete means the soil profile referred to, and described as, ferricrete in the document called ‘Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook’, 3rd edition, published by the CSIRO for the National Committee on Soil and Terrain.footslope means the landform referred to, and described, as footslope in the document called ‘Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook’, third edition, published by the CSIRO for the National Committee on Soil and Terrain.