Vegetation Management Act 1999 Vegetation Management Regulation 2012 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012 . 2 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 8 defines particular words used in this regulation. Part 2 Approval of self-assessable codes pt hdg sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 3 Approval of self-assessable vegetation clearing codes—Act, s 19P The following codes are approved as self-assessable vegetation clearing codes—

(a) the code called ‘Managing category C regrowth vegetation’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(b) the code called ‘Managing category R regrowth vegetation’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(c) the code called ‘Managing clearing to improve operational efficiency of existing agriculture’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(d) the code called ‘Managing clearing for necessary property infrastructure’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(e) the code called ‘Managing encroachment’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(f) the code called ‘Managing fodder harvesting’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(g) the code called ‘Managing native forest practice’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(h) the code called ‘Managing thickened vegetation in the Mulga Lands’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(i) the code called ‘Managing weeds’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;

(j) the code called ‘Managing clearing for an extractive industry’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(k) the code called ‘Managing necessary environmental works’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(l) the code called ‘Managing thickened vegetation in the South East Queensland and the New England Tableland bioregions’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(m) the code called ‘Managing thickened vegetation in the Mitchell Grass Downs and the Channel Country bioregions’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(n) the code called ‘Managing thickened vegetation in the North West Highlands, Gulf Plains, Cape York Peninsula, Wet Tropics and Einasleigh Uplands bioregions’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;

(o) the code called ‘Managing thickened vegetation in the Brigalow Belt, Central Queensland Coast and Desert Uplands bioregions’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014. Notes—

1 The approval under this section of the codes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), (h) and (i) took effect on 2 December 2013.

2 The approval under this section of the codes mentioned in paragraphs (g) and (j) to (o) takes effect on 8 August 2014.

s 3 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 amd 2014 SL No. 171 s 4 4 Approval of offsets policy—Act, s 10C s 4 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 5 Approval of regional vegetation management codes—Act, s 14 s 5 amd 2012 SL No. 220 s 3 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 6 Approval of regrowth vegetation code—Act, s 19T s 6 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 7 Approval of particular vegetation management maps—Act, s 20AG s 7 amd 2013 SL No. 127 s 4 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 4 Part 3 Matters relating to regional ecosystems 8 Regional ecosystems (1) Each regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedule 1 is declared to be an endangered regional ecosystem. (2) Each regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedule 2 is declared to be an of concern regional ecosystem. (3) Each regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedule 3 is declared to be a least concern regional ecosystem. (4) Each regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedule 4 is prescribed as a grassland regional ecosystem for the schedule of the Act, definition grassland regional ecosystem. (5) Each grassland regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedule 5 is prescribed for section 8 (b) of the Act. (6) The regional ecosystem number for each regional ecosystem mentioned in column 1 of schedules 1 to 5 is shown in column 2 of the schedules opposite the regional ecosystem. Part 4 Other matters prescribed for the Act 9 Application for PMAV—Act, s 20C (1) For section 20C (2) (b) of the Act, the following information is prescribed—

(a) the vegetation category areas and the boundaries of the areas proposed for the PMAV;

(b) information to demonstrate that—

(i) the boundaries of the proposed vegetation category areas are accurate; and

(ii) the vegetation category areas proposed are consistent with the floristic composition and structure of the regional ecosystems or vegetation in the area.

(2) The information mentioned in subsection (1) (a) must be supported by a map showing either—

(a) all of the following—

(i) 5 or more points that correspond to identifiable fixed features;

(ii) the Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for each point, acquired by GPS or similar system of satellites that receives and processes information;

(iii) a description of the feature that each point represents; or

(b) a description of the boundaries of the areas by reference to Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for the areas.

10 Application of development approvals and exemptions for Forestry Act 1959 —Act, s 70A Each species stated in schedule 6 is prescribed for section 70A (3) of the Act. 11 Matters prescribed for property vegetation management plan (1) This section prescribes matters for the schedule of the Act, definition property vegetation management plan. (2) The matters to be included in a property vegetation management plan to which a vegetation clearing application relates are—

(a) the location and extent of the area proposed to be cleared under the application; and

(b) the relevant purpose under section 22A (2) of the Act to which the application relates; and

(c) details of the way the proposed clearing achieves the performance outcomes under—

(i) module 8 (native vegetation clearing) of the State development assessment provisions; or

(ii) if the proposed clearing is within a declared area and a declared area code exists for the area—the declared area code for the area; and

(d) if an offset is proposed to satisfy a performance outcome mentioned in paragraph (c)—details on how the clearing of vegetation has been avoided or minimised.

(3) The matters to be included in a property vegetation management plan to which a concurrence agency application relates are—

(a) the location and extent of the area proposed to be cleared under the application; and

(b) the relevant purpose under section 22A (2) of the Act to which the application relates; and

(c) details of the location and extent of—

(i) infrastructure, including buildings, fences, roads and electrical, telecommunication or sewerage services; and

(ii) firebreaks and fire management lines; and

(d) details of the way the proposed clearing achieves the performance outcomes under module 8 (native vegetation clearing) of the State development assessment provisions; and

(e) if an offset is proposed to satisfy a performance outcome mentioned in paragraph (d)—details on how the clearing of vegetation has been avoided or minimised.

(4) The location and extent of the area proposed to be cleared must be shown by—

(a) a map showing—

(i) the boundary of the area on an image base; and

(ii) 5 or more points visible in the image base that correspond to identifiable fixed features; and

(iii) the Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for each point, acquired by GPS or similar system of satellites that receives and processes information; and

(iv) a description of the feature that each point represents; or

(b) a description of the boundary of the area by reference to Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for the area.

(5) A property vegetation management plan may include any other information the applicant considers may assist in the assessment of the application. (6) In this section— image base means an image or mosaic of images, including, for example, an aerial photograph or a satellite image. State development assessment provisions see the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009, schedule 26. s 11 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 5 Part 5 Fees 12 Fees The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 7. s 12 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 6 Part 6 Repeal 13 Repeal The Vegetation Management Regulation 2000, SL No. 243 is repealed. Schedule 1 Endangered regional ecosystems section 8 (1) and (6) Part 1 Brigalow Belt Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest on alluvial plains 11.3.1 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on alluvial plains 11.3.11 Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils 11.3.21 Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils 11.3.24 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Melaleuca viridiflora, Corymbia tessellaris and Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa tall woodland with a grassy ground layer on alluvial plains and broad drainage lines derived from serpentinite 11.3.38 Semi-evergreen vine thicket ± Casuarina cristata on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.1 Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata shrubby open forest on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.3 Eucalyptus populnea with Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest to woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.7 Eucalyptus cambageana woodland to open forest with Acacia harpophylla or A. argyrodendron on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.8 Acacia harpophylla shrubby woodland with Terminalia oblongata on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.9 Eucalyptus populnea or E. woollsiana, Acacia harpophylla, Casuarina cristata open forest to woodland on margins of Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.10 Eucalyptus populnea woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.12 Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest in depressions on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.16 Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland in depressions on Cainozoic sand plains and remnant surfaces 11.5.17 Semi-evergreen vine thicket and microphyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.13 Eucalyptus brownii or Eucalyptus populnea woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.15 Acacia harpophylla-Eucalyptus cambageana woodland to open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.1 Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.5 Acacia melvillei± A. harpophylla open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.6 Dichanthium sericeum grassland with clumps of Acacia harpophylla on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.12 Acacia harpophylla open forest on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.14 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.18 Eucalyptus populnea woodland on igneous rocks. Colluvial lower slopes 11.12.17 Acacia harpophylla open forest on igneous rocks. Colluvial lower slopes 11.12.21 Part 2 Cape York Peninsula Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Complex mesophyll vine forest on basalt lowlands 3.8.1 Part 3 Central Queensland Coast Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Melaleuca spp. and/or Corymbia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Acacia spp. open forest on dune sands mixed with alluvial material ± marine sediments 8.2.13 Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on seasonally inundated alluvial plains with impeded drainage 8.3.2 Freshwater wetlands with permanent water and aquatic vegetation 8.3.4 Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest in broad drainage areas 8.3.11 Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum forma aristatum and/or Ischaemum australe tussock grassland on alluvial and old marine plains 8.3.12 Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. intermedia open forest on Tertiary sand plains and rises including small areas of shale (mainly subregion 6) 8.5.1 Melaleuca viridiflora± Allocasuarina luehmanii, or M. viridiflora and M. nervosa woodland, on Tertiary sand plains 8.5.2 Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. intermedia and/or C. tessellaris woodland on low undulating areas on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.4 Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis ± C. intermedia± C. clarksoniana open forest with a secondary tree layer of Livistona decora on low hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.27 Part 4 Desert Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Acacia cambagei woodland on lakeside dunes 10.3.19 Part 5 Gulf Plains Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Springs on recent alluvium 2.3.39 Part 6 Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Springs on recent alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rock 4.3.22 Part 7 Mulga Lands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Springs on recent alluvia, ancient alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rock 6.3.23 Acacia cambagei± Casuarina cristata low open forest on clay plains 6.4.1 Casuarina cristata± Acacia harpophylla open forest on clay plains 6.4.2 Part 8 New England Tableland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus blakelyi woodland on alluvial plains 13.3.1 Eucalyptus nova-anglica open forest on alluvial plains 13.3.2 Eucalyptus nobilis open forest on alluvial plains 13.3.3 Eucalyptus conica, E. microcarpa, E. melliodora woodland on alluvial plains 13.3.4 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Angophora floribunda open forest on alluvial plains 13.3.7 Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 13.9.2 Eucalyptus melliodora and/or E. moluccana and/or E. microcarpa and/or E. conica woodland on igneous rocks 13.12.8 Eucalyptus blakelyi and/or E. caliginosa woodland to open forest on igneous rocks 13.12.9 Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on igneous rocks 13.12.10 Part 9 South East Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Gallery rainforest (notophyll vine forest) on alluvial plains 12.3.1 Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland on Quaternary alluvium 12.3.3 Eucalyptus populnea woodland on alluvial plains 12.3.10 Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually near coast and in deep red soils 12.5.2 Eucalyptus racemosa woodland on remnant Tertiary surfaces 12.5.3 Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua, E. microcorys and/or E. pilularis open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils 12.5.6 Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks 12.5.11 Microphyll to notophyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on remnant Tertiary surfaces 12.5.13 Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton rupestris on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually in southern half of bioregion 12.8.21 Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton australis on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually in northern half of bioregion 12.8.22 Acacia harpophylla open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.23 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks especially trachyte 12.8.24 Dichanthium spp. and Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks 12.8.27 Acacia harpophylla open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.6 Eucalyptus melanophloia, E. crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.8 Melaleuca irbyana low open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.11 Eucalyptus seeana, Corymbia intermedia, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.12 Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton rupestris on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.15 Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.16 Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on coastal metamorphics and interbedded volcanics 12.11.23 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, usually in southern half of bioregion 12.12.17 Acacia harpophylla open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.26 Part 10 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mesophyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach origin 7.2.1 Hemarthria uncinata and/or Ischaemum australe± Sorghum spp. grassland and/or ephemeral sedgelands on seasonally inundated alluvial plains 7.3.1 Melaleuca dealbata±Melaleuca leucadendra open forest on poorly drained alluvial plains 7.3.6 Eucalyptus pellita and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. pellita and C. intermedia) on poorly drained alluvial plains 7.3.7 Corymbia tessellaris, Acacia spp., Melaleuca spp. open forest on poorly drained alluvial plains (some soils with marine plain and dune influence) 7.3.9 Mixed eucalypt open forest to woodland dominated by Eucalyptus tereticornis and Corymbia tessellaris ± Melaleuca dealbata (or vine forest with these species as emergents). Lowland alluvial plains 7.3.12 Complex mesophyll vine forest on well-drained alluvium of high fertility 7.3.17 Simple to complex semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest on lowland alluvium, predominantly riverine levees 7.3.23 Complex of fernlands and sedgelands with emergent rainforest pioneering spp. in permanently wet peat swamps of alluvial plains 7.3.30 Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed-tussock grassland on alluvial plains 7.3.32 Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest to closed forest on broad swampy drainage lines of alluvial plains 7.3.34 Acacia mangium and/or A. celsa and/or A. polystachya closed forest on alluvial plains 7.3.35 Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on alluvium 7.3.37 Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on well-drained alluvial plains of lowlands 7.3.40 Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on alluvium in near-coastal areas with moderate rainfall 7.3.44 Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland on alluvial plains 7.3.46 Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on basalt 7.8.3 Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.19 sch 1 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7 Schedule 2 Of concern regional ecosystems section 8 (2) and (6) Part 1 Brigalow Belt Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Sedgelands on marine clay plains 11.1.3 Corymbia tessellaris woodland on flat coastal dunes 11.2.1 Complex of Spinifex sericeus, Ipomoea pes-caprae and Casuarina equisetifolia grassland and herbland on fore dunes 11.2.2 Microphyll vine forest (“beach scrub”) on sandy beach ridges and dune swales 11.2.3 Lagoons in coastal dune swales 11.2.4 Eucalyptus populnea woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.2 Eucalyptus coolabah woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.3 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Eucalyptus spp. woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.4 Grevillea striata on coastal alluvial plains 11.3.13 Eucalyptus coolabah, Acacia stenophylla, Muehlenbeckia florulenta fringing woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.15 Eucalyptus populnea woodland with Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata on alluvial plains 11.3.17 Springs associated with recent alluvia, but also including those on fine-grained sedimentary rocks, basalt, ancient alluvia and metamorphic rocks 11.3.22 Eucalyptus conica, E. nobilis, E. tereticornis, Angophora floribunda on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils 11.3.23 Eucalyptus coolabah ±Casuarina cristata open woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.28 Eremophila mitchellii open woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.33 Acacia tephrina woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.34 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. populnea and/or E. melanophloia on alluvial plains. Higher terraces 11.3.36 Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia spp. grassy or shrubby woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.2 Acacia argyrodendron woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.5 Acacia cambagei woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.6 Dichanthium sericeum, Astrebla spp. and patchy Acacia harpophylla and Eucalyptus coolabah on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.11 Triodia spp. grassland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.6 Melaleuca tamariscina shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.10 Acacia leptostachya shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.11 Eucalyptus populnea±Acacia aneura± E. melanophloia woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.13 Triodia sp. grassland with emergent trees on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces. Highly alkaline soils 11.5.14 Micromyrtus capricornia shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.18 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.3 Shrubland (heath) on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.7 Callitris spp. ± vine thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.9 Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.10 Dichanthium sericeum grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.11 Eucalyptus microcarpa, E. exserta woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.12 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia dallachiana woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.14 Semi-evergreen vine thicket or Acacia harpophylla with a semi-evergreen vine thicket understorey on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.4 Eucalyptus populnea, Eremophila mitchellii shrubby woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.7 Eucalyptus populnea and/or Acacia harpophylla open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.10 Acacia harpophylla shrubland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.11 Eucalyptus moluccana or E. microcarpa open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.13 Lysiphyllum carronii, Atalaya hemiglauca ± Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Acacia excelsa open woodland 11.9.14 Tall open forest in sheltered gorges on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.2 Semi-evergreen vine thicket in sheltered habitats on medium to coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.8 Springs associated with sandstone 11.10.14 Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.10 Eucalyptus orgadophila woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.11 Acacia harpophylla or A. argyrodendron and/or Terminalia oblongata low open forest on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.13 Eucalyptus cambageana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Lowlands 11.11.16 Dichanthium sericeum grassland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.17 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on serpentinite 11.11.21 Corymbia spp., Lysicarpus angustifolius, Eucalyptus crebra, E. cloeziana woodland on igneous rocks (granite) 11.12.5 Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.8 Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.10 Melaleuca spp. woodland on igneous rocks. Lowlands 11.12.11 Araucaria cunninghamii woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills 11.12.12 Lophostemon spp. woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills 11.12.14 Allocasuarina torulosa, Livistona decora woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills 11.12.15 Mixed low woodland to shrubland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills 11.12.16 Montane shrubland on igneous rocks 11.12.18 Eucalyptus exserta, E. moluccana, E. crebra, Corymbia citriodora woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.19 Corymbia spp., Eucalyptus baileyana, E. dura, E. exserta woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.20 Part 2 Cape York Peninsula Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Excoecaria agallocha±Aegiceras corniculatum closed scrub on upper tidal reaches of rivers 3.1.4 Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats 3.1.7 Evergreen notophyll vine forest in coastal dunefield systems 3.2.1 Melaleuca dealbata±Acacia crassicarpa open forest in dune swales on the west coast 3.2.3 Melaleuca leucadendra± M. dealbata open forest in dune swales and swampy areas 3.2.4 Casuarina equisetifolia woodland to open forest on foredunes on mainland and islands 3.2.6 Corymbia nesophila± C. novoguinensis± Eucalyptus spp. woodland on old stabilised dunes 3.2.8 Eucalyptus phoenicea± Corymbia nesophila woodland on dunefields around Cape Bedford 3.2.9 Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on the east coast 3.2.13 Melaleuca arcana low open forest associated with dune swamps 3.2.14 Melaleuca viridiflora±Terminalia muelleri low woodland on old beach ridges 3.2.16 Leucopogon yorkensis± Asteromyrtus angustifolia closed scrub on dunefields 3.2.17 Shrubland to low open heath of Leucopogon spp. on residual beach ridges and sand dunes 3.2.19 Acacia humifusa± Lithomyrtus obtusa dwarf open heath on dunes and headlands 3.2.22 Neofabricia myrtifolia and Labichea buettneriana dwarf open heath on sand plains 3.2.23 Open herbland of mixed graminoids and forbs on exposed foredunes 3.2.24 Sparse herbland of mixed herbaceous species on foredunes and beach ridges 3.2.25 Ephemeral and perennial lakes in coastal dunefields 3.2.27 Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays 3.2.28 Pisonia grandis low closed forest restricted to a few scattered sand cays 3.2.29 Pemphis acidula±Rhizophora stylosa ± Avicennia marina low closed forest on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays 3.2.30 Premna serratifolia closed scrub on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays 3.2.31 Lepturus repens closed herbland on sand cays 3.2.32 Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath in drainage swamps in east coast dunefields 3.2.33 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest ±Wodyetia bifurcata on colluvium of granite ranges 3.3.3 Evergreen mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix spp. on stream banks 3.3.4 Evergreen notophyll vine forest with Melaleuca leucadendra on swamps 3.3.6 Tall semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket on colluvial plains 3.3.7 Melaleuca leucadendra± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on alluvium 3.3.11 Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest associated with scattered coastal swamps 3.3.12 Melaleuca saligna±Hakea pedunculata open forest on edges of salt pans 3.3.13 Eucalyptus brassiana woodland on alluvial plains 3.3.15 Corypha utan open woodland on alluvial plains and old beach ridges in Lakefield National Park 3.3.34 Semi-deciduous microphyll vine forest ± Melaleuca spp., associated with sinkholes 3.3.39 Terminalia sp. deciduous vine thicket in depressions in Lakefield area 3.3.40 Vachellia ditricha low open woodland on erosional plains 3.3.44 Eucalyptus chlorophylla±Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland on Mitchell River floodplain 3.3.45 Eucalyptus microtheca±E. chlorophylla low open woodland on Mitchell River alluvia 3.3.46 Melaleuca acacioides±Hakea pedunculata tall shrubland on marine plains 3.3.51 Asteromyrtus lysicephala±Jacksonia thesioides open heath on streams on low sandstone plateaus 3.3.54 Imperata cylindrica±Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland on coastal plains 3.3.57 Grassland and/or sedgeland with Pandanus spp., confined to Torres Strait Islands 3.3.62 Permanent lakes and lagoons, frequently with fringing woodlands or sedgelands 3.3.66 Melaleuca arcana low open forest in swamps 3.3.67 Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest and thicket on alluvial plains 3.3.68 Melaleuca dealbata ± Corymbia clarksoniana tall open forest on alluvial plains 3.3.69 Lophostemon suaveolens ± Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. platyphylla± Pandanus sp. ±Livistona muelleri woodland and open forest on the alluvial plains of the northern Torres Strait Islands 3.3.70 Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest restricted to lateritic Carnegie Tableland 3.5.3 Corymbia novoguinensis or C. nesophila ±C. tessellaris woodland on sand plains on northern Cape York Peninsula 3.5.5 Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus brassii woodland on flat sand plains 3.5.13 Melaleuca stenostachya low open woodland on flat plains 3.5.17 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest with Eucalyptus pellita on sandstone plateaus 3.5.20 Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on coastal ranges and lowlands 3.5.21 Corymbia nesophila± Eucalyptus crebra± E. brassiana woodland on plains 3.5.23 Themeda arguens and Dichanthium sericeum closed-tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Corymbia clarksoniana ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on coastal plains 3.5.31 Asteromyrtus brassii ±Syzygium angophoroides ± Acmena hemilampra subsp. hemilampra open forest. Residual sand rises and sheets 3.5.32 Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket on isolated lateritic hill slopes 3.7.1 Acacia shirleyi open forest on lateritic knolls 3.7.2 Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine forest on basalt 3.8.2 Eucalyptus leptophleba or Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris woodland on basalt flows 3.8.3 Imperata cylindrica or Mnesithea rottboellioides tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises 3.8.4 Semi-deciduous and deciduous notophyll vine forest on the Basaltic Islands of the Torres Strait 3.8.5 Terminalia aridicola subsp. chillagoensis and T. platyphylla open woodland on clay soils 3.9.6 Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens and Sarga plumosum closed-tussock grassland on clay plains 3.9.8 Seepage springs from sandstone or Tertiary plateaus and associated rainforests and vine thickets 3.10.1 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest with Callitris intratropica on low hills 3.10.3 Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket or forest ± Gyrocarpus americanus or Eucalyptus pellita emergents on sandstone hills and slopes 3.10.5 Eucalyptus similis± Corymbia nesophila woodland on pediments of sandstone ranges 3.10.8 Allocasuarina littoralis± Acacia crassicarpa low woodland on sandstone plateaus 3.10.14 Neofabricia myrtifolia and Acacia calyculata tall open shrubland on sandstone breakaways 3.10.17 Sedgelands, fernlands and closed heathlands associated with springs on sandstone tablelands 3.10.20 Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on coastal ranges 3.11.1 Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on metamorphic ranges in the south 3.11.2 Corymbia nesophila± Eucalyptus spp. open forest on wetter ranges in south-east 3.11.4 Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on metamorphic coastal ranges 3.11.5 Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. leptophleba± Corymbia nesophila open forest to woodland on hill slopes 3.11.6 Eucalyptus staigeriana woodland on metamorphic ranges 3.11.14 Eucalyptus tardecidens low woodland on metamorphic plateaus 3.11.16 Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19 Semi-deciduous mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest on granite slopes in the McIlwraith Range 3.12.1 Araucarian notophyll vine forest on granitic ridges and mountains 3.12.2 Notophyll vine forest of Welchiodendron longivalve and Acacia polystachya on low hills and rises on volcanics 3.12.4 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest on upper slopes of mountains and ranges 3.12.5 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest ± Wodyetia bifurcata on colluvium of granite ranges 3.12.6 Eucalyptus brassiana and Corymbia clarksoniana open forest on granite ranges 3.12.7 Evergreen notophyll vine forest dominated by Welchiodendron longivalve on headlands 3.12.20 Deciduous vine thicket ± Wodyetia bifurcata on granite boulders 3.12.22 Acacia brassii low open forest on acid volcanics 3.12.23 Corymbia stockeri± Eucalyptus crebra low open forest on granite ranges and headlands 3.12.24 Lophostemon suaveolens and Eucalyptus crebra low open forest on granite 3.12.25 Welchiodendron longivalve and Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland on granite ridge crests 3.12.27 Leptospermum purpurascens tall shrubland on acid volcanic hills 3.12.28 Heteropogon triticeus± Sarga plumosum closed-tussock grassland on continental islands 3.12.29 Imperata cylindrica± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland on steep slopes 3.12.30 Themeda triandra tussock grassland on headlands and islands on acid volcanic rocks 3.12.31 Schizachyrium spp. ± Eriachne spp. tussock grassland on rocky ranges and rock pavements 3.12.32 Granite boulders interspersed with vine thicket 3.12.33 Rock pavements associated with mountains and river beds and some offshore islands 3.12.34 Semi-deciduous mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest on granite slopes of the Torres Strait subregion 3.12.35 Evergreen to complex evergreen mesophyll to notophyll vine forest and thicket on mountain ranges of Torres Strait Islands 3.12.36 Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Corymbia stockerii ±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open woodland on coastal hills 3.12.37 Corymbia clarksoniana ±Corymbia stockerii ±Corymbia nesophila low mixed woodland of Torres Strait Islands 3.12.38 Part 3 Central Queensland Coast Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Sporobolus virginicus tussock grassland on marine sediments 8.1.3 Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sedgeland or Paspalum vaginatum tussock grassland 8.1.4 Melaleuca spp. and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris woodland with a ground stratum of salt tolerant grasses and sedges, usually in a narrow zone adjoining tidal ecosystems 8.1.5 Casuarina equisetifolia woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beaches 8.2.1 Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket to vine forest on coastal dunes 8.2.2 Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Leptospermum neglectum and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium and/or Baeckea frutescens shrubland on coastal sand ridges, parabolic dunes and whaleback dunes 8.2.3 Sedgeland, closed heath or Melaleuca spp. open shrubland to open forest on swampy sand plains with peat 8.2.4 Evergreen notophyll Archontophoenix cunninghamiana vine forest in deep depressions and narrow gullies on coastal parabolic dunes 8.2.5 Corymbia tessellaris ±Acacia leptocarpa ±Allocasuarina littoralis±Banksia integrifolia ± rainforest species open forest on coastal parallel dunes 8.2.6 Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunes 8.2.7 Tussock grassland on coastal dunes 8.2.9 Sand blows with bare sand and areas of sparse herbland or shrubland 8.2.10 Melaleuca spp. closed forest in parallel dune swales 8.2.11 Corymbia intermedia and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Acacia spp. and/or other heath spp. shrublands and woodlands on parallel dunes (subregions 4 and 5) 8.2.12 Banksia integrifolia and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia disparrima ± rainforest spp. tall shrubland on Holocene parabolic dunes 8.2.14 Semi-deciduous to evergreen notophyll to mesophyll vine forest ± sclerophyll emergents fringing or in the vicinity of watercourses 8.3.1 Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains 8.3.5 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia intermedia (or C. clarksoniana) and/or C. tessellaris ± Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on alluvial levees and lower terraces 8.3.6 Syncarpia glomulifera and/or Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Corymbia intermedia open forest on sandy terrace flats and granite outwash 8.3.8 Semi-deciduous complex notophyll vine forest on perched alluvials in valleys of undulating mountain ranges 8.3.9 Semi-evergreen to evergreen notophyll vine forest on gently to moderately sloping alluvial fans adjacent to ranges 8.3.10 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on alluvial and marine plains, often adjacent to estuarine areas 8.3.13 Ischaemum australe and/or Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum forma aristatum tussock grassland on drainage channels in gently undulating upland areas 8.3.14 Open water in river channels, waterholes and lagoons, and exposed stream beds and bars 8.3.15 Eucalyptus drepanophylla±Corymbia clarksoniana±E. platyphylla ±C. dallachiana±Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on broad low rises and gently sloping Tertiary sand plains 8.5.3 Eucalyptus exserta and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or E. crebra and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on Tertiary sand plains 8.5.5 Melaleuca viridiflora± Allocasuarina littoralis woodland on Tertiary sand plains 8.5.6 Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis ± Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on Cainozoic sand plains of uncertain age and origin 8.5.7 Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands and highlands on basalt 8.8.1 Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Corymbia intermedia± Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on low rises in coastal plains 8.9.1 Acacia julifera and/or Eucalyptus spp. ±Corymbia spp. open forest and/or semi-evergreen, simple microphyll low closed forest and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland on slopes of islands on Cretaceous sedimentary rocks 8.10.1 Eucalyptus drepanophylla± E. platyphylla woodland on hills formed from metamorphosed sediments 8.11.1 Semi-evergreen notophyll to microphyll vine forest of foothills and uplands on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.2 Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis±E. drepanophylla open forest on low hills formed from metamorphosed sediments or conglomerate (subregion 2) 8.11.5 Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or E. crebra and/or E. exserta± Corymbia intermedia± C. trachyphloia open forest on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.6 Lophostemon confertus and/or Banksia integrifolia and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland on exposed metamorphic mountain tops 8.11.7 Themeda trianda and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland, or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland with Themeda trianda, on exposed rocky headlands on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.9 Lophostemon spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Allocasuarina littoralis±Eucalyptus spp. ± Corymbia spp. tall open shrubland on exposed hill slopes of islands and headlands on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.10 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. drepanophylla and/or E. exserta and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. xanthope and/or Lophostemon confertus low woodland on metamorphics on islands and headlands 8.11.12 Eucalyptus grandis open forest of wet uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks (predominantly granite) 8.12.4 Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on plateaus and ridges of high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.8 Leptospermum spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Banksia integrifolia shrubland on plateaus of Cretaceous-Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics and Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.10 Tussock grassland, or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland, including areas recently colonised by Timonius timon shrubland, on slopes of islands and headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics 8.12.13 Deciduous to semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket ± Brachychiton spp. ± Araucaria cunninghamii emergents of foothills and uplands (western areas) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.16 Evergreen microphyll to notophyll mossy forest to thicket of ridges and plateaus on highlands to foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.17 Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on elevated tablelands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.23 Eucalyptus tereticornis± E. tereticornis x E. platyphylla woodland on hillslopes of islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.25 Corymbia tessellaris and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on hill slopes of islands and near coastal areas on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics 8.12.26 Semi-evergreen microphyll Acacia fasciculifera, Terminalia spp., Brachychiton spp. vine forest to vine thicket of near-coastal foothills on volcanics (subregion 1) 8.12.28 Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or Acacia spp. and/or Grevillea banksii open shrubland on islands and headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous and Tertiary acid to intermediate rocks 8.12.29 Evergreen notophyll Ristantia waterhousei mossy forest of uplands on rhyolite 8.12.30 Part 4 Channel Country Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Springs on recent alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rocks 5.3.23 Acacia calcicola tall shrubland between sand dunes 5.6.3 Acacia peuce low open woodland between dunes 5.7.8 Part 5 Desert Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on broad stream beds 10.3.5 Acacia excelsa and Grevillea striata low open woodland on lake-fringing dunes 10.3.17 Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on older lake-fringing dunes 10.3.20 Acacia salicina and Grevillea striata low open woodland on sandy alluvial plains 10.3.21 Lysiphyllum carronii low open woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.26 Acacia torulosa shrubland or Triodia longiceps hummock grassland on weathered lake dunes 10.3.29 Casuarina cristata woodland on floodplains 10.3.30 Artesian springs emerging on alluvial plains 10.3.31 Acacia harpophylla low woodland on Cainozoic lake beds (subregion 3) 10.4.2 Acacia cambagei woodland on Cainozoic lake beds (subregion 3) 10.4.4 Terminalia oblongata and Lysiphyllum carronii low open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.6 Casuarina cristata open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.7 Corymbia spp. open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.9 Eucalyptus quadricostata open woodland on sandy plateaus 10.5.9 Acacia aneura low open woodland near the margins of sandy plateaus 10.7.6 Eucalyptus exilipes with or without Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on the perimeter of sandy plateaus 10.7.9 Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland or Lysiphyllum carronii low open woodland on calcareous sandstones 10.9.5 Melaleuca uncinata dwarf open shrubland on Cretaceous sediments 10.9.7 Archidendropsis basaltica low open woodland on Cretaceous sediments 10.9.8 Eucalyptus drepanophylla open woodland on sandstone ranges 10.10.3 Springs associated with margins of sandstone plateaus 10.10.6 Eucalyptus cloeziana open woodland on sandstone ranges 10.10.7 Part 6 Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Permanent or seasonal wetlands frequently fringed by narrow bands of trees and shrubs including Eucalyptus spp. on alluvial plains 9.3.4 Acacia cambagei ± A. harpophylla woodland on cracking clay soils 9.3.9 Eucalyptus chlorophylla ±Corymbia clarksoniana± Terminalia spp. woodland on alluvial plains 9.3.21 Acacia tephrina open forest on alluvial clay plains 9.3.23 Eucalyptus cambageana woodland with a shrub layer of Erempohila mitchellii, Psydrax oleifolia, Flindersia maculosa and Lysiphyllum spp. on clay lenses in Cainozoic plains 9.4.1 Eucalyptus persistens or E. brownii open woodland with a shrub layer of Eremophila mitchellii, Psydrax oleifolia, Flindersia maculosa and Lysiphyllum spp. on clay lenses in Cainozoic plains 9.4.2 Acacia harpophylla and Lysiphyllum carronii open woodland on Cainozoic clays 9.4.3 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on red kandosols on Tertiary plateaus 9.5.2 Melaleuca viridiflora and/or M. stenostachya low open woodland on erosional plains 9.5.14 Melaleuca viridiflora, Grevillea pteridifolia, Allocasuarina littoralis and Callitris intratropica mixed low woodland on Tertiary remnants 9.5.17 Allocasuarina inophloia±Eucalyptus exserta low open woodland on exposed lateritic surfaces on Tertiary plateaus 9.7.4 Eucalyptus chartaboma± Corymbia clarksoniana±Acacia shirleyi woodland on lateritised remnant sand sheets 9.7.6 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Quaternary basalt soils 9.8.3 Springs associated with basalt and alluvium 9.8.8 Eucalyptus tereticornis and Lophostemon suaveolens woodland ± a shrubby understorey on rocky basalt flows 9.8.10 Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland on cracking clays on rocky basalt plains 9.8.12 Springs and their associated vegetation on quartzose sandstone, limestone, metamorphic rock and granite 9.10.2 Corymbia trachyphloia and/or Eucalyptus exilipes woodland on remnant sandstone sheets overlying mountain ranges 9.10.4 Eucalyptus similis± Corymbia erythrophloia open forest on remnant sandstone sheets overlying mountain ranges 9.10.5 Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan 9.10.7 Eucalyptus mediocris and E. cloeziana woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan 9.10.8 Acacia johannis low woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan 9.10.9 Semi-deciduous vine thicket on metamorphic soils (not limestone) 9.11.9 Eucalyptus cambageana ± E. crebra ±E. brownii woodland on low metamorphic rises 9.11.19 Corymbia setosa ±Eucalyptus crebra low open woodland on metamorphic hills 9.11.21 Eucalyptus melanophloia± Corymbia erythrophloia ± Terminalia platyptera low woodland on metamorphic hills 9.11.22 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia leichhardtii and C. lamprophylla woodland on steep to rugged metamorphic hills 9.11.29 Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or Corymbia terminalis±C. dallachiana woodland on aprons surrounding limestone outcrops 9.11.32 Macropteranthes montana low open forest on igneous geologies 9.12.9 Corymbia confertiflora and Eucalyptus crebra± C. clarksoniana open woodland on rolling igneous hills 9.12.10 Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia dallachiana± C. erythrophloia open woodland on pre-Cainozoic basalt loams and flats to undulating plains 9.12.16 Eucalyptus crebra or E. drepanophylla and Corymbia spp. open woodland on flat to undulating country on igneous rocks 9.12.21 Eucalyptus exserta and Lysicarpus angustifolius low open woodland with Triodia bitextura ground layer on sandy soils on igneous rocks 9.12.25 Eucalyptus moluccana±E. crebra and/or E. granitica woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.26 Eucalyptus similis and E. shirleyi± E. crebra low open woodland on low granite hills with rocky outcrops 9.12.29 Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana and Eucalyptus crebra ± C. dallachiana woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.31 Melaleuca viridiflora ± Eucalyptus tereticornis ±E. granitica ± Corymbia intermedia low open woodland on igneous uplands 9.12.39 Schizachyrium fragile and Dichanthium sericeum grassland on undulating hills on pre-Cainozoic mafic igneous rocks 9.12.42 Granite and rhyolite boulders and pavements edged with patches of Callitris intratropica ± vine thicket species 9.12.43 Part 7 Gulf Plains Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Beaches and foredunes 2.2.1 Eucalyptus microtheca, Corymbia spp., Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland with Dichanthium spp. on plains and low rises of texture contrast soils and earths 2.3.8 Excoecaria parvifolia open woodland with sedges in seasonal swamps on grey clay plains 2.3.12 Acacia stenophylla low woodland in seasonal swamps on grey clay plains 2.3.13 Muehlenbeckia florulenta shrubland in channelled depressions in floodplains 2.3.14 Eucalyptus tectifica woodland with Eulalia aurea on plains on solodised solonetz 2.3.19 Eucalyptus microneura woodland in shallow depressions on solodised soils 2.3.35 Eucalyptus platyphylla and Eucalyptus brownii woodland in shallow depressions on plateaus, on podsolics and earths 2.3.37 Sedges in lagoons on plateau surfaces on earths and solodised soils 2.3.38 Callitris glaucophylla woodland on plains on deep sandy soils 2.5.4 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia pocillum woodland on earths on low tablelands 2.5.7 Springs associated with quartzose sandstone or lateritised sandstone gullies and gorges 2.10.8 Part 8 Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Acacia peuce low open woodland on alluvium 4.3.21 Archidendropsis basaltica, Acacia aneura low open woodland 4.7.3 Acacia cambagei low woodland with scattered shrubs such as Eremophila mitchellii and Geijera parviflora on fresh Cretaceous sediments 4.9.11 Acacia harpophylla tall shrubland with scattered emergent Atalaya hemiglauca±Eucalyptus spp. on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.15 Acacia harpophylla± A. cambagei low woodland on undulating clay plains 4.9.17 Part 9 Mulga Lands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus populnea, Casuarina cristata or Acacia harpophylla±Geijera parviflora woodland on clay plains 6.4.3 Eucalyptus populnea, Acacia aneura±Eremophila mitchellii woodland within A. aneura communities 6.5.3 Eucalyptus populnea±E. intertexta± Acacia aneura±Callitris glaucophylla woodland on Quaternary sediments 6.5.5 Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia±Callitris glaucophylla ±Acacia aneura woodland on sand plains 6.5.17 Springs associated with lateritised sandstone 6.7.18 Scattered Acacia aneura around granite boulders 6.12.1 Part 10 New England Tableland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus camaldulensis fringing open forest 13.3.5 Sedgelands on alluvial deposits in igneous landscapes 13.3.6 Eucalyptus laevopinea open forest on metamorphics 13.11.2 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics 13.11.3 Eucalyptus sideroxylon, E. fibrosa subsp. nubila open forest on metamorphics 13.11.5 Low microphyll vine forest on metamorphics 13.11.7 Eucalyptus melliodora and/or Eucalyptus microcarpa/ E. moluccana woodland on metamorphics 13.11.8 Eucalyptus scoparia woodland on igneous rocks 13.12.3 Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. tereticornis open forest on igneous rocks 13.12.4 Shrubland on igneous rocks 13.12.6 Part 11 Northwest Highlands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Acacia georginae low woodland and/or low open woodland on clay plains 1.3.3 Perennial watercourses and associated alluvium 1.3.9 Eucalyptus miniata woodland on red earths on laterised plateaus 1.5.1 Mixed eucalypt woodland on sandy plains 1.5.2 Mixed shrubby woodland on low rocky hills on Tertiary limestones 1.9.2 Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland on hillocks on Mesozoic claystones 1.9.3 Spring wetlands on undeformed fine-grained sedimentary rock 1.9.8 Springs mostly associated with quartzose sandstone and fine-grained sedimentary rocks (limestone) 1.10.6 Springs associated with metamorphic rocks 1.11.5 Part 12 South East Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Casuarina glauca woodland on margins of marine clay plains 12.1.1 Notophyll vine forest on parabolic high dunes 12.2.1 Microphyll to notophyll vine forest on beach ridges 12.2.2 Araucarian vine forest on parabolic high dunes 12.2.3 Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunes 12.2.4 Open or dry heath on dunes and beaches 12.2.13 Sand blows largely devoid of vegetation 12.2.16 Mixed closed-tussock grassland to closed herbland on coral, shingle and sand cays 12.2.17 Abutilon albescens±Wollastonia biflora low shrubland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand cays 12.2.18 Argusia argentea low woodland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand cays 12.2.19 Pandanus tectorius open woodland ±Celtis paniculata and Pisonia grandis, restricted to established cays 12.2.20 Pisonia grandis low closed forest, restricted to established cays 12.2.21 Eucalyptus grandis tall open forest on alluvial plains 12.3.2 Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus robusta woodland on coastal alluvium 12.3.4 Swamps with Cyperus spp., Schoenoplectus spp. and Eleocharis spp. 12.3.8 Eucalyptus nobilis open forest on alluvial plains 12.3.9 Eucalyptus tereticornis±Eucalyptus siderophloia, Corymbia intermedia open forest on alluvial plains, usually near coast 12.3.11 Banksia aemula low woodland on alluvial plains, usually near coast 12.3.14 Corymbia intermedia, Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on granite outwash 12.3.15 Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia intermedia open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils 12.5.5 Eucalyptus hallii open woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks 12.5.8 Sedgeland to heathland in low lying areas on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks 12.5.9 Eucalyptus racemosa, E. latisinensis ±Corymbia gummifera, C. intermedia, E. bancroftii woodland with heathy understorey on remnant Tertiary surfaces 12.5.12 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa and/or Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups 12.7.1 Eucalyptus rhombica, Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups 12.7.2 Eucalyptus oreades tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.2 Simple microphyll fern forest with Nothofagus moorei on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.6 Simple microphyll fern thicket with Acmena smithii on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.7 Eucalyptus saligna or E. grandis tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.8 Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.10 Eucalyptus dunnii tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.11 Eucalyptus obliqua tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.12 Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.13 Poa labillardieri var. labillardierei grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.15 Eucalyptus crebra ±E. melliodora, E. tereticornis woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.16 Simple notophyll vine forest with Ceratopetalum apetalum on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.18 Heath and rock pavement with scattered shrubs or open woodland on Cainozoic igneous hills and mountains 12.8.19 Shrubby woodland with Eucalyptus racemosa or E. dura on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.20 Open forest with Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. helidonica on Cainozoic igneous rocks especially trachyte 12.8.25 Corymbia trachyphloia and Eucalyptus major woodland on igneous rocks 12.8.26 Tall open forest often with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. grandis, E. robusta and Corymbia intermedia on sedimentary rocks. Coastal 12.9–10.1 Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.3 Eucalyptus crebra±E. tereticornis, Corymbia tessellaris, Angophora spp. and E. melanophloia woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.7 Shrubland and low woodland on sandstone lithosols 12.9–10.9 Melaleuca nodosa low open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.10 Eucalyptus corynodes woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.13 Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments 12.9–10.16 Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.18 Eucalyptus montivaga woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.20 Closed sedgeland and/or shrubland on sedimentary rocks. Coastal parts 12.9–10.22 Eucalyptus melanoleuca open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.23 Eucalyptus suffulgens open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.24 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.4 Eucalyptus melanophloia, E. crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.8 Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually higher altitudes 12.11.9 Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in northern half of bioregion 12.11.12 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in northern half of bioregion 12.11.13 Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.14 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia open woodland with Xanthorrhoea johnsonii understorey on serpentinite 12.11.15 Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. portuensis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.17 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.19 Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.20 Allocasuarina luehmannii and Melaleuca nervosa woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.21 Simple notophyll vine forest usually with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.1 Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.6 Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.8 Eucalyptus dura woodland usually on rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.9 Shrubland of rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.10 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia, E. crebra± Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.12 Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa±Lophostemon confertus, Syncarpia glomulifera, Eucalyptus acmenoides woodland usually on rocky near-coastal areas on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.14 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, north of bioregion 12.12.18 Vegetation complex of rocky headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.19 Eucalyptus saligna tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.20 Corymbia intermedia, E. exserta woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.21 Eucalyptus decolor, E. portuensis or E. acmenoides open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.22 Corymbia trachyphloia, Eucalyptus crebra and Callitris endlicheri woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.27 Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.28 Part 13 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Sporobolus virginicus grassland, samphire open forbland to sparse forbland and bare saltpans on plains adjacent to mangroves 7.1.2 Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sparse sedgeland, or Melaleuca quinquenervia low open forest, in swamps which fluctuate periodically between freshwater and estaurine 7.1.3 Mangrove and vine forest closed forest of the brackish zone 7.1.4 Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca spp. ±Acacia spp. ± mangrove spp. woodland on plains adjacent to mangroves 7.1.5 Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on sands of beach origin 7.2.2 Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia crassicarpa and/or C. intermedia and/or C. clarksoniana woodland to closed forest on beach ridges (predominantly Holocene) 7.2.3 Eucalyptus spp. (often E. pellita or Corymbia intermedia) open forest and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on swampy sand plains and Pleistocene beach ridges 7.2.4 Mesophyll to notophyll vine forest of Syzgium forte subsp. forte on sands of beach origin 7.2.5 Mosaic of clumps of notophyll vine forest, sclerophyll spp. shrubland and open woodland, and bare sand blows on aeolian dunes 7.2.6 Casuarina equisetifolia± Corymbia tessellaris open forest ± groved vine forest shrublands on strand and foredunes 7.2.7 Melaleuca leucadendra open forest to woodland on sands of beach origin 7.2.8 Melaleuca quinquenervia shrubland to closed forest, or Lepironia articulata open to closed sedgeland, on dune swales and swampy sand plains of beach origin 7.2.9 Shrubland, sedgeland and heath complex with Thryptomene oligandra and/or Asteromyrtus spp. ±Melaleuca quinquenervia on sand plains of beach origin 7.2.10 Melaleuca 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 origin 7.2.11 Grasslands and sedgelands ± Melaleuca spp. within volcanic craters, often on peat 7.3.2 Mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae on poorly drained alluvial plains 7.3.3 Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi on poorly drained alluvial plains and alluvial areas of uplands 7.3.4 Simple–complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderate to poorly drained alluvial plains of moderate fertility 7.3.10 Corymbia nesophila open forest to woodland on alluvium 7.3.13 Eucalyptus leptophleba± Corymbia clarksoniana ±Melaleuca dealbata woodland to open forest on alluvium in low rainfall areas of the west and north 7.3.14 Corymbia intermedia or C. tessellaris± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on well-drained alluvium 7.3.19 Corymbia intermedia and Syncarpia glomulifera, or C. intermedia and Eucalyptus pellita, or S. glomulifera and Allocasuarina spp., or E. cloeziana, or C. torelliana open forest (or vine forest with these emergents) on alluvial fans at the base of ranges 7.3.20 Eucalyptus portuensis± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland on alluvium on alluvial fans at the base of ranges 7.3.21 Melaleuca leucadendra ± vine forest species open forest to closed forest on alluvium fringing streams 7.3.25 Casuarina cunninghamiana woodland to open forest on alluvium fringing streams 7.3.26 Rivers and streams including riparian herbfield and shrubland on river and stream bed alluvium and rock within stream beds 7.3.28 Sedgelands and grasslands of permanently and semi-permanently inundated swamps, including areas of open water 7.3.29 Lepironia articulata sedgeland to open sedgeland of permanently to semi-permanently inundated peat swamps of alluvial plains 7.3.31 Open water and narrow shoreline sedge fringes of lakes in volcanic craters 7.3.33 Complex mesophyll vine forest or simple notophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on alluvium 7.3.36 Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis robusta on alluvial fans 7.3.38 Eucalyptus tereticornis± E. platyphylla± Corymbia intermedia±Lophostemon suaveolens open woodland to open forest and associated sedgelands and grasslands on broad drainage depressions of uplands 7.3.39 Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. grandis) on alluvium 7.3.42 Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland on uplands on well-drained alluvium 7.3.43 Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on poorly drained alluvium 7.3.47 Eucalyptus portuensis and E. drepanophylla±Corymbia intermedia± C. citriodora open woodland to open forest on dry uplands on alluvium 7.3.48 Notophyll vine forest on rubble terraces of streams 7.3.49 Melaleuca fluviatilis± vine forest species open forest to closed forest on alluvium fringing streams 7.3.50 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia and E. reducta woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface 7.5.1 Eucalyptus portuensis± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface 7.5.2 Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia citriodora and E. drepanophylla woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface 7.5.3 Corymbia intermedia or Melaleuca viridiflora woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface 7.5.4 Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to tall open forest and associated grasslands, predominantly on basalt uplands 7.8.7 Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. reducta± Angophora floribunda open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.8 Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. drepanophylla (or E. granitica), E. portuensis, Corymbia intermedia woodland to open forest, or E. moluccana woodland to open forest, of uplands and highlands on basalt 7.8.10 Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest on basalt foothills and coastal ranges 7.8.11 Complex notophyll vine forest dominated by Backhousia bancroftii on basaltic terraces and scree slopes of the North Johnstone River 7.8.12 Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya involucrigera of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt 7.8.13 Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis robusta, on basalt 7.8.14 Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. grandis emergents) on basalt 7.8.15 Eucalyptus resinifera open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.16 Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia ±C. citriodora open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.17 Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens ± Allocasuarina torulosa open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.18 Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi on metamorphics 7.11.2 Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on moist and dry metamorphic foothills 7.11.3 Syncarpia glomulifera±Eucalyptus pellita open forest of deep soils on metamorphics 7.11.6 Acacia polystachya woodland to closed forest, or Acacia mangium and Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest, on metamorphics 7.11.8 Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest on metamorphics 7.11.10 Corymbia torelliana open forest, usually with a vine forest element, on metamorphics 7.11.13 Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland, or Corymbia intermedia, E. pellita and E. grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on metamorphics 7.11.14 Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland on metamorphics of foothills and uplands 7.11.16 Corymbia intermedia and/or C. tessellaris±Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on coastal metamorphic headlands and foothills 7.11.18 Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland on uplands on metamorphics 7.11.19 Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well-drained metamorphics of very wet and wet footslopes 7.11.23 Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest of metamorphic slopes, often steep and exposed 7.11.24 Simple–complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on amphibolites of the very wet lowlands and foothills 7.11.25 Allocasuarina littoralis and Syncarpia glomulifera open shrubland to closed scrub or Bombax ceiba and Cochlospermum gillivraei open woodland or Acacia spp. shrubland on metamorphic rock pavements 7.11.26 Simple microphyll vine-fern forest or microphyll vine-sedge forest of wet metamorphic uplands and highlands 7.11.27 Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest of exposed metamorphic ridge crests and steep slopes 7.11.28 Microphyll to notophyll vine forests with Ceratopetalum virchowii and/or Uromyrtus metrosideros, Flindersia bourjotiana, F. pimenteliana and Beilschmiedia oligandra of moist uplands on sharply undulating metamorphics 7.11.29 Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya involucrigera on metamorphics 7.11.30 Eucalyptus resinifera± Eucalyptus portuensis±Syncarpia glomulifera open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on metamorphics 7.11.31 Syncarpia glomulifera and/or Allocasuarina spp. ± heathy understorey, woodland to tall woodland to open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on steep rocky metamorphic slopes with shallow soils 7.11.32 Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on metamorphics 7.11.33 Complex of shrublands, low heathy or shrubby woodland and low open forest, with Corymbia tessellaris and C. intermedia or Melaleuca viridiflora, Allocasuarina spp. and Acacia spp. on metamorphic coastal headlands and islands 7.11.34 Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia, Lophostemon suaveolens, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii shrubland on serpentenite foothills with deep red soils 7.11.36 Eucalyptus drepanophylla and Corymbia clarksoniana or C. erythrophloia woodland to open forest on dry uplands on metamorphics between Tolga and Mount Molloy 7.11.37 Lophostemon confertus low woodland to low closed forest ± Acacia celsa, Syncarpia glomulifera and Allocasuarina spp. on steep metamorphic slopes 7.11.38 Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland of metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills 7.11.39 Complex of sclerophyll communities dominated by Syncarpia glomulifera or Melaleuca spp., or sedges, ferns or microphyll vine forest with Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis on highlands, on quartzite or associated metamorphics 7.11.40 Melaleuca viridiflora, M. monantha, Acacia flavescens and Grevillea spp. shrubland with emergent Corymbia clarksoniana, or open woodland of Eucalyptus drepanophylla with M. monantha or Callitris intratropica, on metamorphics 7.11.41 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Pandanus sp., Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleuca dealbata and E. pellita woodland to open forest of perched drainage areas on metamorphics 7.11.42 Corymbia clarksoniana ±C. tessellaris open forest to woodland on metamorphic coastal lowlands and foothills 7.11.43 Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland on coastal metamorphic foothills 7.11.44 Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest on metamorphics 7.11.45 Eucalyptus portuensis open forest, often with Corymbia nesophila, on near-coastal metamorphic foothills north of the Daintree River 7.11.46 Corymbia nesophila open forest on moderate to steep metamorphic slopes 7.11.47 Melaleuca viridiflora± Corymbia clarksoniana±Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on metamorphics 7.11.48 Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana and E. platyphylla open forest to woodland on metamorphic foothills 7.11.49 Eucalyptus platyphylla± E. drepanophylla± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on metamorphics 7.11.50 Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi, on granites and rhyolites 7.12.2 Syncarpia glomulifera ±Eucalyptus pellita open forest of granites and rhyolites on deep soils 7.12.4 Eucalyptus pellita ±Corymbia intermedia open forest, or Acacia mangium and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on granites and rhyolites 7.12.5 Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on granites and rhyolites of the moist and dry lowlands and foothills 7.12.6 Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.9 Notophyll vine forest with emergent Araucaria cunninghamii on moist and dry granite foothills and uplands 7.12.10 Acacia mangium and A. celsa open forest to closed forest or A. polystachya woodland to closed forest of granite and rhyolite foothills 7.12.12 Acacia melanoxylon and A. celsa closed forest of cloudy wet uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.13 Corymbia torelliana open forest usually with a well developed simple notophyll vine forest element on granites and rhyolites 7.12.17 Simple microphyll vine-fern thicket of windswept exposed peaks on granites 7.12.20 Corymbia intermedia and/or C. tessellaris± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to tall open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on coastal granite and rhyolite headlands and near-coastal foothills 7.12.23 Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest to woodland on granite and rhyolite, often on poorly drained soils 7.12.25 Corymbia nesophila woodland to open forest on granites 7.12.33 Eucalyptus portuensis, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on granites and rhyolites in the Kirrama-Oak Hills area 7.12.35 Rock pavements and seepage areas of wet lowlands, uplands and highlands of the eastern escarpment and central range (excluding Hinchinbrook Island and Bishops Peak) on granite and rhyolite with Allocasuarina spp. shrublands and/or sedgelands 7.12.37 Deciduous microphyll vine forest and/or blue-green algae-covered granite and rhyolite boulderfields 7.12.38 Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well-drained granites and rhyolites of very wet and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands 7.12.39 Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.40 Podocarpus grayae, Callitris endlicheri and Acacia celsa heathland/shrubland on steep rocky granite slopes of the Hinchinbrook Island uplands and highlands 7.12.41 Notophyll vine forest with Flindersia brayleyana and Argyrodendron polyandrum on granite uplands of Great Palm Island 7.12.42 Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Stockwellia quadrifida on granites 7.12.43 Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Blepharocarya involucrigera on granites 7.12.44 Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Dryadodaphne trachyphloia on granites 7.12.45 Microphyll vine forest with Gossia bidwillii± Araucaria cunninghamii on steep granite talus and boulder slopes of the Palm Islands 7.12.46 Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest with Argyrodendron polyandrum emergents on rhyolites 7.12.47 Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest on exposed granite and rhyolite ridge crests and steep slopes 7.12.48 Notophyll vine forest and thicket with Planchonella euphlebia and Podocarpus grayae on granites 7.12.49 Simple microphyll vine-fern forest of highlands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.50 Eucalyptus resinifera, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. portuensis, Corymbia abergiana±C. leptoloma woodland of rocky hills on granite and rhyolite in the Paluma-Seaview (south-west) subregion 7.12.51 Eucalyptus resinifera, Corymbia intermedia, Allocasuarina littoralis, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. drepanophylla± E. reducta woodland on granite and rhyolite in the dry to moist rainfall zone 7.12.52 Complex of shrubland and low open forest on wind-exposed granite and rhyolite coastal headlands and islands on skeletal soils 7.12.54 Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest of dry foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.55 Corymbia tessellaris, C. clarksoniana grassy woodland, open woodland and grassland on shallow soils on granites on the Palm Islands 7.12.56 Shrubland and low woodland mosaic with Syncarpia glomulifera, Corymbia abergiana, Eucalyptus portuensis, Allocasuarina littoralis and Xanthorrhoea johnsonii on uplands and highlands on granites 7.12.57 Eucalyptus reducta±E. granitica±Corymbia dimorpha± C. citriodora woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.58 Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on foothills on granites and rhyolites 7.12.59 Melaleuca viridiflora± Corymbia clarksoniana± Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.60 Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia stockeri± C. hylandii±Syncarpia glomulifera±E. portuensis woodland on dry granite hill slopes in the north-west of the bioregion 7.12.62 Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on granites and rhyolites 7.12.63 Xanthorrhoea spp., Allocasuarina littoralis, Banksia plagiocarpa± Leptospermum polygalifolium±Rhodomyrtus trineura subsp. trineura heathland and associated rock pavements of granite uplands and highlands of Hinchinbrook Island and near Bishops Peak 7.12.64 Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low closed forest on exposed rocky slopes on granites and rhyolites 7.12.66 Gleichenia dicarpa, Gahnia sieberiana, Lycopodiella cernua and Lycopodium deuterodensum closed fernland of granite highlands on Thornton Peak and Mt Bartle Frere 7.12.67 Complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy moist to wet highlands on granites 7.12.68 Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. granitica±Corymbia clarksoniana±C. erythrophloia woodland on uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.69 sch 2 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7 Schedule 3 Least concern regional ecosystems section 8 (3) and (6) Part 1 Brigalow Belt Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Sporobolus virginicus grassland on marine clay plains 11.1.1 Samphire forbland on marine clay plains 11.1.2 Mangrove forest and/or woodland on marine clay plains 11.1.4 Corymbia-Melaleuca woodland complex of beach ridges and swales 11.2.5 Acacia cambagei woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.5 Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.6 Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.7 Acacia argyrodendron woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.8 Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.9 Eucalyptus brownii woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.10 Melaleuca viridiflora, M. argentea± M. dealbata woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.12 Eucalyptus spp., Angophora spp., Callitris spp. woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.14 Eucalyptus largiflorens± Acacia cambagei± A. harpophylla woodland to low open woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.16 Eucalyptus populnea, Callitris glaucophylla, Allocasuarina luehmannii shrubby woodland on alluvium 11.3.18 Callitris glaucophylla, Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus melanophloia open forest to woodland on Cainozoic alluvial plains 11.3.19 Forb and/or grassland ± scattered Atalaya hemiglauca, Flindersia maculosa, Acacia spp. on alluvial plains 11.3.20 Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis woodland fringing drainage lines 11.3.25 Eucalyptus moluccana or E. microcarpa woodland to open forest on margins of alluvial plains 11.3.26 Freshwater wetlands 11.3.27 Eucalyptus crebra, E. exserta, Melaleuca spp. woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.29 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia dallachiana woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.30 Ophiuros exaltatus, Dichanthium spp. grassland on alluvial plains 11.3.31 Allocasuarina luehmannii open woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.32 Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.35 Eucalyptus coolabah fringing woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.37 Eucalyptus melanophloia± E. chloroclada open woodland on undulating plains and valleys with sandy soils 11.3.39 Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.4 Eucalyptus orgadophila open woodland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.13 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. populnea, Callitris glaucophylla, Angophora leiocarpa, Allocasuarina luehmannii woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.1 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia spp., with E. moluccana on lower slopes of Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.2 Eucalyptus populnea± E. melanophloia±Corymbia clarksoniana on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.3 Eucalyptus chloroclada, Callitris glaucophylla, C. endlicheri, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.4 Eucalyptus melanophloia and/or Callitris glaucophylla woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces, on deep red sands 11.5.5 Eucalyptus acmenoides and/or Angophora leiocarpa on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnants 11.5.7 Melaleuca spp., Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia intermedia woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.8 Eucalyptus crebra and other Eucalyptus spp. and Corymbia spp. woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.9 Corymbia clarksoniana woodland and other Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.12 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.15 Eucalyptus moluccana and/or E. microcarpa and/or E. woollsiana ± E. crebra woodland on Cainozoic sand plains 11.5.20 Corymbia bloxsomei ±Callitris glaucophylla ±Eucalyptus crebra ±Angophora leiocarpa woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces 11.5.21 Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata and Eucalyptus thozetiana or E. microcarpa woodland on lower scarp slopes on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust 11.7.1 Acacia spp. woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust. Scarp retreat zone 11.7.2 Eucalyptus persistens, Triodia mitchellii open woodland on stripped margins of Cainozoic lateritic duricrust 11.7.3 Eucalyptus decorticans and/or Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia spp., Acacia spp., Lysicarpus angustifolius woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust 11.7.4 Shrubland on natural scalds on deeply weathered coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.7.5 Corymbia citriodora or Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust 11.7.6 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. nubila± Corymbia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust 11.7.7 Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks. Elevated plateaus 11.8.1 Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. melliodora woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.2 Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.4 Eucalyptus orgadophila open woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.5 Macropteranthes leichhardtii thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.6 Eucalyptus albens, E. crebra woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.8 Eucalyptus melanophloia±E. orgadophila woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.2 Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.3 Macropteranthes leichhardtii thicket on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.8 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks 11.9.9 Corymbia citriodora woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.1 Acacia catenulata or A. shirleyi open forest on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Crests and scarps 11.10.3 Eucalyptus decorticans, Lysicarpus angustifolius±Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia spp., Acacia spp. woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.4 Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa±E. mensalis, E. saligna tall open forest on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Tablelands 11.10.5 Angophora leiocarpa, Callitris glaucophylla open woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Broad valleys 11.10.6 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.7 Callitris glaucophylla woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.9 Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia±Callitris glaucophylla woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.11 Eucalyptus populnea woodland on medium to coarse-grained sedimentary rocks 11.10.12 Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia spp. open forest on scarps and sandstone tablelands 11.10.13 Eucalyptus crebra ± Acacia rhodoxylon woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.1 Acacia shirleyi or A. catenulata low open forest on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.2 Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus crebra, E. acmenoides open forest on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Coastal ranges 11.11.3 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Coastal ranges 11.11.4 Microphyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.5 Corymbia leichhardtii, C. clarksoniana woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.6 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa, Corymbia xanthope woodland on serpentinite 11.11.7 Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.8 Eucalyptus populnea or E. brownii woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.9 Eucalyptus persistens low woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.12 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.11.15 Eucalyptus thozetiana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.19 Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Lowlands 11.11.20 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.1 Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.2 Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on igneous rocks especially granite 11.12.3 Semi-evergreen vine thicket and microphyll vine forest on igneous rocks 11.12.4 Corymbia citriodora open forest on igneous rocks (granite) 11.12.6 Eucalyptus crebra woodland with patches of semi-evergreen vine thicket on igneous rocks (boulder-strewn hillsides) 11.12.7 Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland on igneous rocks 11.12.9 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia spp., E. acmenoides woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills 11.12.13 Part 2 Cape York Peninsula Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Rhizophora stylosa± Bruguiera gymnorhiza closed forest, occurs as outer mangroves 3.1.1 Avicennia marina (grey mangrove) low open forest on landward side of tidal zone 3.1.2 Ceriops tagal ± Avicennia marina low closed forest on intertidal areas 3.1.3 Sporobolus virginicus closed-tussock grassland on coastal plains 3.1.5 Sparse herbland or bare saltpans on salt plains and saline flats 3.1.6 Semi-deciduous vine thicket to vine forest on beach dunes and ridges 3.2.2 Acacia crassicarpa on coastal dunes and beach ridges, woodland to open forest 3.2.5 Corymbia intermedia or C. clarksoniana woodland in wet coastal areas 3.2.7 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia clarksoniana± E. brassiana or Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on stabilised dunes 3.2.10 Low microphyll vine forest on coastal dunes and beach ridges 3.2.11 Araucarian microphyll vine forest on coastal dunefields and beach ridges 3.2.12 Melaleuca viridiflora and Neofabricia myrtifolia low open woodland on beach ridges 3.2.15 Asteromyrtus lysicephala± Neofabricia myrtifolia open heath on flat sand plains 3.2.18 Melaleuca arcana and Thryptomene oligandra open heath in swampy areas on sand plains 3.2.20 Neofabricia myrtifolia±Jacksonia thesioides open to closed heath on dunefields 3.2.21 Sparse herbland and/or shrubland and bare sand areas predominantly on sand blows 3.2.26 Closed semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on loamy alluvia 3.3.1 Semi-deciduous mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest on alluvia 3.3.2 Evergreen to semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on alluvia on major watercourses 3.3.5 Corymbia tessellaris, C. clarksoniana open forest on coastal alluvial plains 3.3.8 Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on streamlines, swamps and alluvial terraces 3.3.9 Melaleuca argentea and/or M. fluviatilis±M. leucadendra open forest fringing streams and creeks 3.3.10 Melaleuca saligna±M. viridiflora, Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on drainage swamps 3.3.14 Eucalyptus chlorophylla±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains and colluvial fans 3.3.16 Corymbia clarksoniana and Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on alluvial plains 3.3.17 Corymbia clarksoniana± C. dallachiana woodland on alluvial plains 3.3.18 Corymbia clarksoniana±C. dallachiana woodland on floodplains 3.3.19 Corymbia clarksoniana± Erythrophleum chlorostachys± Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains 3.3.20 Corymbia clarksoniana±Syzygium eucalyptoides woodland on lower slopes of sand ridges and in drainage depressions 3.3.21 Corymbia clarksoniana or C. novoguinensis woodland on alluvial plains 3.3.22 Corymbia clarksoniana or C. polycarpa woodland on stream levees 3.3.23 Eucalyptus leptophleba±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial deposits 3.3.24 Eucalyptus leptophleba± Corymbia tessellaris ± E. platyphylla woodland on riverine levees and floodplains 3.3.25 Corymbia nesophila±Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on sandstone footslopes and fans 3.3.26 Corymbia nesophila± Eucalyptus tetrodonta±E. brassiana woodland on alluvial sediments 3.3.27 Eucalyptus platyphylla±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial and colluvial plains 3.3.28 Corymbia polycarpa±C. curtipes woodland on Mitchell River levees 3.3.29 Corymbia tessellaris± Eucalyptus acroleuca woodland on levees 3.3.30 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia spp. woodland on coastal plains 3.3.31 Melaleuca viridiflora± M. saligna woodland in sinkholes and drainage depressions 3.3.32 Thryptomene oligandra and Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on sides of depressions 3.3.33 Eucalyptus acroleuca open woodland on floodplains in Lakefield National Park 3.3.35 Eucalyptus chlorophylla open woodland on alluvial plains in south of bioregion 3.3.36 Eucalyptus microtheca± Corymbia dallachiana open woodland on floodplains 3.3.37 Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket ± Lagerstroemia archeriana on heavy clay alluvium 3.3.38 Melaleuca clarksonii low open forest in swamps 3.3.41 Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland in drainage areas 3.3.42 Melaleuca viridiflora± Xanthorrhoea johnsonii low woodland on fans and alluvial plains 3.3.43 Melaleuca citrolens± M. foliolosa low open woodland along drainage lines 3.3.47 Melaleuca saligna± M. viridiflora low open woodland on drainage depressions and outwash plains 3.3.48 Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland on low plains 3.3.49 Melaleuca viridiflora± Petalostigma pubescens± M. stenostachya low open woodland on low plains 3.3.50 Melaleuca citrolens and/or Excoecaria parvifolia tall shrubland on eroding drainage areas 3.3.52 Asteromyrtus lysicephala±Baeckea frutescens open heath on Jardine River sand plains 3.3.53 Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Thryptomene oligandra open heath on alluvial plains 3.3.55 Eriachne spp. ±Aristida spp. closed-tussock grassland on alluvial plains 3.3.56 Oryza rufipogon± Eleocharis spp. closed-tussock grassland in seasonally inundated depressions 3.3.58 Themeda arguens, Dichanthium sericeum closed-tussock grassland on marine plains 3.3.60 Panicum spp. and Fimbristylis spp. tussock grassland on inland and coastal alluvial plains 3.3.61 Eleocharis dulcis dominated closed sedgeland on seasonally flooded marine plains 3.3.63 Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum open sedgeland in drainage swamps in dune fields 3.3.64 Ephemeral lakes and lagoons on alluvial plains and depressions 3.3.65 Eucalyptus tetrodonta±Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis tall woodland on deeply weathered plateaus 3.5.1 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia nesophila tall woodland on deeply weathered plateaus and remnants 3.5.2 Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest in small patches on northern plateaus 3.5.4 Eucalyptus phoenicea±E. tetrodonta woodland on sandy colluvia 3.5.6 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on sand plains 3.5.7 Eucalyptus tetrodonta ±Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis ± C. stockeri woodland on erosional plains and sandstone plateaus 3.5.8 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on sand ridges 3.5.9 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia nesophila woodland on sandy gently undulating rises and low hills 3.5.10 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia nesophila woodland on lower slopes of plains and rises 3.5.11 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia nesophila±C. clarksoniana woodland on undulating rises 3.5.12 Melaleuca viridiflora± Acacia spp. ± Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland on scattered coastal sand plains 3.5.14 Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland on colluvial plains 3.5.15 Melaleuca viridiflora± Neofabricia myrtifolia low woodland on colluvial areas 3.5.16 Melaleuca viridiflora and M. stenostachya low open woodland on flat plains 3.5.18 Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Choriceras tricorne open heath on sand sheets 3.5.19 Corymbia clarksoniana ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys ±Corymbia spp. woodland on plains 3.5.22 Eucalyptus chlorophylla±Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland to woodland on undulating plains 3.5.24 Eucalyptus leptophleba± Corymbia tessellaris, E. platyphylla or C. clarksoniana open woodland to woodland on undulating plains 3.5.25 Eucalyptus platyphylla± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest on flat wet plains 3.5.26 Melaleuca citrolens± M. foliolosa± M. viridiflora low open woodland on plains 3.5.27 Asteromyrtus lysicephala ±Thryptomene oligandra ± Neofabricia myrtifolia open heath on pediment fans 3.5.28 Sarga plumosum± Themeda arguens closed-tussock grassland on erosional plains 3.5.29 Eucalyptus cullenii±E. tetrodonta woodland on erosional escarpments and plains 3.7.3 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on ironstone knolls and slopes 3.7.4 Corymbia stockeri, Eucalyptus cullenii woodland on ironstone knolls and erosional surfaces 3.7.5 Melaleuca stenostachya ±Acacia leptostachya woodland on lateritic erosional slopes 3.7.6 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia clarksoniana±C. confertiflora woodland on erosional plains 3.9.1 Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland to open woodland on undulating clay plains 3.9.2 Corymbia clarksoniana woodland ±Melaleuca viridiflora on erosional plains 3.9.3 Eucalyptus leptophleba± Corymbia dallachiana or Eucalyptus platyphylla open woodland on rolling plains 3.9.4 Corymbia papuana±Eucalyptus leptophleba open woodland on rolling plains 3.9.5 Piliostigma malabaricum tall open shrubland on central clay plains 3.9.7 Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta± E. cullenii woodland on sandstone plateaus 3.10.6 Eucalyptus phoenicea±Corymbia nesophila or E. tetrodonta woodland on wetter sandstone 3.10.7 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia stockeri±C. clarksoniana ±C. tessellaris woodland on sandstone plateaus 3.10.9 Eucalyptus tetrodonta ±Corymbia stockeri sens. lat. woodland on sandstone plateaus and slopes 3.10.10 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia nesophila woodland on undulating sandstone hills 3.10.11 Asteromyrtus brassii, Neofabricia myrtifolia and Allocasuarina littoralis low open forest on sandstone plains 3.10.12 Neofabricia myrtifolia and Asteromyrtus brassii low open forest on plains and low rises 3.10.13 Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland on sandstone hillslopes 3.10.15 Melaleuca stenostachya±M. viridiflora ± M. citrolens low open woodland on sandstone ranges 3.10.16 Asteromyrtus lysicephala±Jacksonia thesioides open heath on undulating plains and slopes 3.10.18 Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Neofabricia myrtifolia dwarf open heath on sandstone plateaus and headlands 3.10.19 Corymbia nesophila± Eucalyptus crebra or E. tetrodonta woodland to open forest on sandstone plateaus and slopes 3.10.21 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest on exposed metamorphic and granitic slopes 3.11.3 Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on low metamorphic hills and rises 3.11.7 Eucalyptus cullenii±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on metamorphic ranges 3.11.8 Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on metamorphic hills 3.11.9 Corymbia stockeri± Eucalyptus tetrodonta or E. crebra woodland on metamorphic hills 3.11.10 Corymbia stockeri±Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on hills and erosional surfaces 3.11.11 Eucalyptus leptophleba and E. platyphylla ±Corymbia tessellaris woodland on rolling metamorphic hills 3.11.12 Corymbia nesophila±E. brassiana woodland on metamorphic hills and ranges 3.11.13 Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia dallachiana ± E. chlorophylla or Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland on metamorphic hills 3.11.15 Eucalyptus chlorophylla±Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland to open woodland on metamorphic slopes 3.11.17 Melaleuca stenostachya± M. viridiflora± M. citrolens low open woodland on metamorphic footslopes 3.11.18 Notophyll vine forest on granitic slopes and plateaus 3.12.3 Corymbia clarksoniana± C. tessellaris open forest on coastal ranges and lowlands 3.12.8 Corymbia tessellaris and C. clarksoniana open forest on coastal ranges 3.12.9 Eucalyptus cullenii± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on acid volcanic ranges 3.12.10 Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis±Welchiodendron longivalve woodland on ranges and hills 3.12.11 Corymbia nesophila±Eucalyptus crebra woodland on wet coastal granitic hills 3.12.12 Corymbia nesophila and C. stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on acid volcanic hills 3.12.13 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on rises and ridges 3.12.14 Eucalyptus tetrodonta± Corymbia nesophila woodland on low hills on granites 3.12.15 Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus brassii woodland on granitic hills 3.12.16 Eucalyptus leptophleba or Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland on igneous hills and ranges 3.12.17 Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open woodland on coastal hills 3.12.18 Corymbia confertiflora or Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on volcanic hills and ranges 3.12.19 Deciduous to semi-deciduous vine thicket to forest on granite slopes 3.12.21 Melaleuca viridiflora± Neofabricia myrtifolia± Petalostigma pubescens on low woodland on granitic ranges 3.12.26 Part 3 Central Queensland Coast Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mangrove closed forest of marine clay plains and estuaries 8.1.1 Samphire open forbland on saltpans and plains adjacent to mangroves 8.1.2 Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Allocasuarina littoralis low open forest on Pleistocene parabolic dunes 8.2.8 Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana ±Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banks 8.3.3 Variable woodland to open forest, often including Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus portuensis, C. trachyphloia, E. platyphylla and E. drepanophylla on low hills on metamorphosed sediments 8.11.3 Corymbia citriodora or Eucalyptus molluccana woodland on metamorphosed sediments (subregion 4) 8.11.8 Evergreen notophyll feather palm vine forest of uplands and highlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.1 Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands, highlands and foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.2 Evergreen to semi-evergreen, notophyll to microphyll, vine forest to vine thicket of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.3 Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Lophostemon confertus and/or E. exserta and/or Corymbia trachyphloia and/or E. fibrosa open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.5 Eucalyptus drepanophylla±E. platyphylla±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on low to medium hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.6 Corymbia citriodora±Eucalyptus portuensis±E. drepanophylla (or E. crebra) open forest on hill slopes and undulating plateaus on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.7 Eucalyptus tereticornis±Corymbia intermedia ±Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on undulating uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.9 Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket ±Araucaria cunninghamii on islands and coastal headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary volcanics 8.12.11 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia spp. and/or E. platyphylla and/or Lophostemon suaveolens woodland to open forest on hill slopes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.12 Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. crebra and/or E. exserta and/or Acacia spirorbis and/or Lophostemon confertus low woodland on islands and headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary acid to intermediate volcanics 8.12.14 Semi-evergreen notophyll and/or microphyll to complex notophyll Argyrodendron spp. vine forest ±Araucaria cunninghamii of foothills and uplands on near-coastal ranges and islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.18 Semi-deciduous complex notophyll feather palm vine forest of sheltered gullies and slopes, of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.19 Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. platyphylla ±Corymbia spp. ±E. crebra woodland on low gently undulating landscapes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.20 Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana± C. erthrophloia ±E. platyphylla ± E. excerta±C. trachyphloia woodland on hills and ranges at low to moderate altitudes in drier areas 8.12.22 Eucalyptus resinifera and/or E. portuensis and/or E. acmenoides and/or Allocasuarina spp. closed forest on moist upper slopes of ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.31 Corymbia intermedia ± E. portuensis ± E. exserta open forest to woodland with areas of Allocasuarina spp. ±Banksia integrifolia open forest on high ranges on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 8.12.32 Part 4 Channel Country Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus camaldulensis± Melaleuca spp. woodland on levees and banks of major rivers 5.3.1 Eucalyptus camaldulensis± E. coolabah open woodland on levees and banks of drainage lines 5.3.2 Eucalyptus camaldulensis±Atalaya hemiglauca± Acacia cambagei± Acacia georginae ± Acacia cyperophylla woodland on drainage lines within ranges 5.3.4 Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland with Muehlenbeckia florulenta shrubland on braided channel systems 5.3.5 Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland on alluvial plains 5.3.6 Eucalyptus coolabah± Lysiphyllum gilvum±Acacia cambagei low open woodland on drainage lines 5.3.7 Eucalyptus coolabah low open woodland with Muehlenbeckia florulenta on braided drainage lines 5.3.8 Acacia cambagei±Eucalyptus coolabah tall shrubland on braided channels 5.3.9 Acacia cambagei low open woodland ±Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla±Eremophila spp. on alluvium 5.3.10 Acacia georginae tall shrubland with Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla±Eremophila freelingii on alluvium 5.3.11 Chenopodium auricomum± Duma florulenta open shrubland in swamps and some clay pans between dunes 5.3.12 Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on swamps 5.3.13 Atriplex nummularia open shrubland on clay pans between dunes 5.3.14 Maireana spp. open shrubland on clay pans between dunes and floodplains 5.3.15 Eragrostis australasica open grassland on alluvial plains and clay pans between dunes 5.3.16 Tecticornia spp. open-succulent shrubland fringing playa lakes or clay pans 5.3.17 Short grasses ± forbs open herbland on braided channel systems 5.3.18 Seasonally variable sparse to open herbland on frequently flooded but not distinctly channelled areas on alluvial plains, common dominants include Sporobolus mitchellii and/or Eragrostis setifolia and/or a range of ephemeral herbs 5.3.19 Eucalyptus coolabah± Eucalyptus camaldulensis open woodland fringing billabongs and permanent waterholes 5.3.20 Seasonally variable sparse to open herbland on infrequently flooded alluvia of major rivers, their distributaries and larger creeklines, Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp., Astrebla spp., Asteraceae spp. and/or short grasses 5.3.21 Sparse herbland on clay pans and lakes 5.3.22 Acacia aneura low woodland on Quaternary deposits 5.5.1 Acacia aneura±Acacia sibirica ±Eremophila latrobei tall shrubland on Quaternary deposits 5.5.2 Acacia aneura, Acacia sibirica tall shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets 5.5.3 Acacia sibirica ± Acacia aneura±Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on Quaternary sediments 5.5.4 Acacia sibirica ±Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on crests and tops of sandstone ranges 5.5.5 Archidendropsis basaltica and/or Acacia aneura± Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sand plains 5.5.6 Crotalaria eremaea± Eragrostis eriopoda open forbland on isolated and/or deflated sand dunes on alluvium 5.6.1 Acacia georginae and/or Acacia cambagei, Eremophila obovata±Eremophila macdonnellii tall shrubland on clay plains between sand dunes 5.6.2 Atalaya hemiglauca±Acacia aneura± Acacia spp. ± Corymbia terminalis tall open shrubland on sand dunes 5.6.4 Triodia basedowii hummock grassland on sides of, or between, dunes 5.6.5 Triodia basedowii hummock grassland wooded with Acacia spp., Senna spp., Grevillea spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. on sand plains and dune fields 5.6.6 Triodia basedowii hummock grassland wooded with Eucalyptus pachyphylla on sand plains 5.6.7 Zygochloa paradoxa±Crotalaria eremaea ± Triodia basedowii open grassland on sand dunes 5.6.8 Acacia shirleyi± Acacia catenulata± Acacia aneura± Acacia cyperophylla tall shrubland on tops and scarps of residuals 5.7.1 Acacia shirleyi± Eucalyptus thozetiana tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ±Acacia aneura± Acacia cyperophylla on scarps of residuals 5.7.2 Eucalyptus normantonensis tall shrubland with Triodia spp. on slopes and plateau margins of residuals 5.7.3 Eucalyptus thozetiana tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Eucalyptus normantonensis on plateau margins and slopes of residuals 5.7.4 Acacia sibirica open shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Acacia aneura±Acacia shirleyi open shrubland on crests and tops of ranges 5.7.5 Acacia cambagei tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ±Senna spp. on eroding pediments 5.7.6 Acacia cambagei tall shrubland with Eragrostis xerophila, Sporobolus actinocladus on sediments on undulating plains 5.7.7 Aristida spp., Eriachne pulchella open grassland wooded with Eucalyptus spp. ± Acacia sibirica on plains 5.7.9 Aristida latifolia and Aristida contorta sparse grassland wooded with Acacia tetragonophylla±Senna spp. on weathered Cretaceous sediments 5.7.10 Fluctuating climax of Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena sp. ± short grasses, open herbland on mantled pediments with dense silcrete cover 5.7.11 Acacia cyperophylla± A. aneura tall shrubland on scarps and low hills 5.7.12 Acacia cyperophylla± A. cambagei or A. georginae± Atalaya hemiglauca tall shrubland on drainage lines 5.7.13 Acacia sibirica, Hakea eyreana± Acacia aneura ± Eremophila freelingii open shrubland on sandstones 5.7.14 Senna spp., Eremophila spp. ± Acacia tetragonophylla open shrubland on Tertiary limestone 5.9.1 Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii± Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla± Acacia georginae±Acacia spp. open shrubland on Cambrian limestone 5.9.2 Astrebla spp. herbland ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments 5.9.3 Aristida contorta± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover 5.9.4 Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp., Salsola australis open herbland on Cretaceous sediments 5.9.5 Part 5 Desert Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Acacia argyrodendron low open woodland on alluvial plains (western) 10.3.1 Acacia argyrodendron with or without Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on alluvial plains (eastern) 10.3.2 Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana low open woodland to open woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.3 Acacia cambagei low open woodland to low woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.4 Eucalyptus brownii open woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.6 Astrebla spp., Iseilema vaginiflorum and/or Dichanthium fecundum or Bothriochloa ewartiana tussock grassland on alluvial plains 10.3.7 Aristida latifolia and Brachyachne convergens sparse-tussock grassland or Sclerolaena spp. dwarf open shrubland on alluvial plains 10.3.8 Eucalyptus whitei open woodland on sandy alluvial fans 10.3.9 Corymbia dallachiana and C. terminalis open woodland on old alluvial plains (western) 10.3.10 Corymbia citriodora or C. leichhardtii woodland to tall woodland on alluvium in valleys 10.3.11 Corymbia dallachiana and C. plena or C. terminalis open woodland on sandy alluvial terraces (eastern) 10.3.12 Melaleuca fluviatilis and/or Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland along watercourses 10.3.13 Eucalyptus camaldulensis and/or E. coolabah open woodland along channels and on floodplains 10.3.14 Grasslands, sedgelands, ephemeral herblands and open woodland in depressions on sand plains 10.3.15 Triodia longiceps hummock grassland, ephemeral open herblands, and Melaleuca bracteata low woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.16 Clay pans, Fimbristylis sp. (Lake Buchanan) open sedgeland and spare-tussock grasslands on shallow alluvial plains (Lake Buchanan) 10.3.22 Halosarcia spp. open-succulent shrubland, Diplachne fusca sparse-tussock grassland and bare clay pan on lake bed (Lake Galilee) 10.3.23 Ephemeral lake bed (Lake Buchanan) 10.3.24 Eremophila mitchellii tall open shrubland on alluvial plains 10.3.25 Eucalyptus populnea open woodland on alluvial plains 10.3.27 Eucalyptus melanophloia or E. crebra open woodland on sandy alluvial fans 10.3.28 Acacia argyrodendron open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.1 Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.3 Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.5 Astrebla squarrosa and Iseilema vaginiflorum± Dichanthium sericeum and Panicum laevinode open-tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.8 Eucalyptus similis and/or Corymbia brachycarpa and/or Corymbia setosa low open woodland on sand plains 10.5.1 Corymbia plena with or without C. dallachiana or C. terminalis woodland on sand plains 10.5.2 Eucalyptus crebra or E. drepanophylla open woodland on sand plains 10.5.4 Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on sand plains 10.5.5 Grevillea striata, G. parallela and Acacia sericophylla low open woodland or Corymbia terminalis open woodland on relict sand plains 10.5.7 Corymbia setosa with Grevillea pteridifolia and/or Melaleuca nervosa low open woodland on sand plains 10.5.8 Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on sand plains 10.5.10 Eucalyptus whitei or E. melanophloia open woodland on red sand plateaus 10.5.11 Eucalyptus populnea open woodland on sand plains 10.5.12 Eucalyptus whitei open woodland or Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland or Triodia pungens open-hummock grassland on silcrete 10.7.1 Eucalyptus persistens or Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland or Triodia pungens hummock grassland on ferricrete above scarps 10.7.2 Acacia shirleyi woodland or A. catenulata low woodland at margins of plateaus 10.7.3 Eucalyptus persistens low open woodland on pediments below scarps 10.7.4 Eucalyptus thozetiana open woodland on scarps and on pediments below scarps 10.7.5 Melaleuca spp. and/or Acacia leptostachya shrubland on ferricrete (eastern) 10.7.7 Melaleuca spp. and/or Acacia spp. open shrubland on ferricrete (western) 10.7.8 Eucalyptus whitei open woodland or Corymbia setosa low open woodland on ferricrete 10.7.10 Eucalyptus melanophloia low open woodland on ferricrete 10.7.11 Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra open woodland on ferricrete 10.7.12 Ephemeral sparse-tussock grassland ground below scarps 10.7.13 Acacia argyrodendron low open woodland or dwarf open shrubland of chenopods or scald on Cretaceous sediments 10.9.1 Acacia cambagei and/or Eucalyptus thozetiana low woodland to open woodland on calcareous sandstones 10.9.2 Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland to woodland on Mesozoic sediments 10.9.3 Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cretaceous sediments 10.9.6 Acacia shirleyi woodland or A. catenulata low open woodland on sandstone ranges 10.10.1 Acacia burdekensis or A. julifera low open woodland and bare rock platforms on sandstone ranges 10.10.2 Eucalyptus exilipes and/or Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on sandstone ranges 10.10.4 Corymbia trachyphloia and/or C. lamprophylla or Eucalyptus mediocris open woodland on sandstone ranges 10.10.5 Part 6 Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus camaldulensis and/or E. tereticornis ±Melaleuca spp. ± Casuarina cunninghamiana fringing woodland on channels and levees 9.3.1 Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. chlorophylla ± Corymbia dallachiana woodland on river levees and terraces 9.3.2 Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. dominated mixed woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plains 9.3.3 Eucalyptus brownii ± Eucalyptus spp. ±Corymbia spp. open woodland on alluvial plains 9.3.5 Eucalyptus platyphylla ±Eucalyptus spp. ±Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains 9.3.6 Wetlands and seasonally inundated grasslands with a fringing open woodland of mixed Eucalyptus spp. on Tertiary surfaces 9.3.7 Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on alluvial deposits 9.3.8 Melaleuca bracteata low closed forest ±Eucalyptus spp. emergents or vine thicket species on swamps in basalt plains 9.3.10 Wetlands (sometimes ephemeral) with aquatic species and fringed with Eucalyptus spp. communities within basalt plains and flows 9.3.11 River beds and associated waterholes on major rivers and channels 9.3.12 Melaleuca spp., Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Casuarina cunninghamiana fringing open forest on streams and channels 9.3.13 Melaleuca spp. ± Acacia spp. ± Syzygium spp. ± Leptospermum spp. fringing woodland on channels and levees 9.3.14 Eucalyptus tereticornis ± Casuarina cunninghamiana ± Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland on channels and levees 9.3.15 Eucalyptus tereticornis ±E. platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plains 9.3.16 Casuarina cunninghamiana and/or Eucalyptus camaldulensis or E. tereticornis fringing open forest on channels and levees on basalt flows 9.3.17 Eucalyptus coolabah and/or E. leptophleba woodland on alluvial plains 9.3.19 Eucalyptus microneura ±Corymbia spp. ± E. leptophleba woodland on alluvial plains 9.3.20 Eucalyptus crebra or E. cullenii±Corymbia spp. open woodland on alluvial levees and terraces 9.3.22 Melaleuca viridiflora and/or M. citrolens low woodland ± Corymbia spp. emergents on alluvial deposits 9.3.24 Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ±Iseilema spp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils 9.3.25 Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp. or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits 9.3.26 Iseilema sp., Dichanthium sp. grassland ± Eucalyptus spp. or Corymbia spp. emergents on alluvials on basalt geologies 9.3.27 Eucalyptus similis open forest on red kandosols on Tertiary plateaus, mesas and tablelands 9.5.1 Eucalyptus crebra ±E. drepanophylla and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on sand plains 9.5.3 Eucalyptus melanophloia ±Corymbia dallachiana woodland on sand plains 9.5.4 Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus portuensis, E. crebra and C. citriodora in mixed open forests on red kandosols on Tertiary surfaces 9.5.5 Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia spp. woodland on yellow kandosols on Tertiary remnant surfaces 9.5.6 Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia erythrophloia ±C. polycarpa woodland on kandosols 9.5.7 Eucalyptus cullenii and/or E. leptophleba woodland on undulating plains on remnant Tertiary surfaces 9.5.8 Corymbia clarksoniana and/or Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. platyphylla woodland on plains 9.5.9 Eucalyptus microneura ±Terminalia spp. woodland on sand sheets 9.5.10 Eucalyptus persistens± E. crebra woodland on flats on Tertiary remnant plains 9.5.11 Eucalyptus chlorophylla and/or E. tardecidens woodland on Tertiary plains 9.5.12 Melaleuca citrolens and/or Macropteranthes montana low woodland with Eucalyptus spp. emergents on Tertiary sand sheets 9.5.13 Melaleuca monantha ± M. viridiflora ± Callitris intratropica mixed low woodland on valley infill 9.5.15 Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on Tertiary remnants 9.5.16 Eucalyptus persistens woodland on laterised and deeply weathered surfaces on undulating terrain 9.7.1 Acacia shirleyi low open forest to woodland on mesas and lateritised surfaces 9.7.2 Eucalyptus crebra or E. portuensis ±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on lateritised surfaces and edges of Tertiary surfaces 9.7.3 Corymbia setosa and/or C. peltata low open woodland on lateritised and deeply weathered surfaces 9.7.5 Eucalyptus crebra±Corymbia dallachiana ±E. leptophleba open woodland on plains and rocky rises of basalt geologies 9.8.1 Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. erythrophloia open woodland on basalt plains 9.8.2 Eucalyptus crebra ± E. tereticornis open woodland on basalt plains 9.8.4 Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema vaginiflorum grassland to Corymbia terminalis open woodland on basalt plains 9.8.5 Acacia cambagei low woodland on scree slopes and footslopes of basalt tablelands 9.8.6 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on cones, craters and rocky basalt flows with little soil development 9.8.7 Eucalyptus orgadophila ± Corymbia spp. open woodland on basalt plains and rocky basalt hills 9.8.9 Eucalyptus microneura±Corymbia spp. ±Terminalia spp. woodland on basalt plains 9.8.11 Iseilema spp. and/or Dichanthium spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains 9.8.13 Eucalyptus chartaboma±E. tetrodonta woodland on sandstone scarps and plateaus with shallow sandy soils 9.10.1 Acacia shirleyi± mixed species woodland to open forest on sandstone 9.10.3 Eucalyptus melanophloia low woodland on skeletal soils on metamorphics hills 9.11.1 Eucalyptus crebra (or several other ironbark species) ±Corymbia spp. woodland on shallow texture contrast soils on low metamorphic hills and lowlands 9.11.2 Eucalyptus cullenii or E. staigeriana±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on skeletal soils on metamorphic hills 9.11.3 Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia clarksoniana, C. citriodora±E. portuensis open forest on shallow soils on metamorphic hills and ranges 9.11.4 Eucalyptus persistens ±E. crebra woodland on low metamorphic hills 9.11.5 Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or E. cullenii ±Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on texture contrast soils on metamorphic hills 9.11.7 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on limestone rock outcrops 9.11.8 Eucalyptus cloeziana, Corymbia citriodora, E. portuensis and E. cullenii mixed woodland on steep dissected hills on highly metalliferous metamorphic rocks 9.11.10 Eucalyptus cullenii, Corymbia hylandii and E. tetrodonta ±Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on metamorphic hills 9.11.12 Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia hylandii or C. erythrophloia open woodland on undulating plains and rises 9.11.13 Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia citriodora± Corymbia spp. woodland on metamorphic hills and mountains in far south-west of bioregion 9.11.14 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. cullenii and/or E. whitei ± Corymbia pocillum or C. erythrophloia woodland on metamorphic hills 9.11.15 Eucalyptus crebra ±Corymbia erythrophloia or C. pocillum woodland on steep to rolling hills 9.11.16 Corymbia peltata ± Eucalyptus crebra ±E. shirleyi or E. melanophloia low open woodland on metamorphic hills and mountains 9.11.17 Eucalyptus quadricostata ±Corymbia erythrophloia ± C. leichhardtii open woodland on metamorphic hills and ranges 9.11.18 Eucalyptus microneura ± Corymbia erythrophloia or C. pocillum low open woodland on rolling metamorphic hills and rises 9.11.23 Eucalyptus microneura or Melaleuca citrolens or E. whitei low open woodland with Triodia spp. ground layer on metamorphic low gravelly hills and rises 9.11.24 Eucalyptus tardecidens or E. chlorophylla ± Corymbia spp. ±E. cullenii low woodland on steep to rolling metamorphic hills and rises 9.11.25 Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. cullenii and/or Corymbia clarksoniana ± E. platyphylla woodland on undulating terrain to rolling hills 9.11.26 Acacia shirleyi ±Eucalyptus microneura ± E. crebra woodland on metamorphic hills and outcrops 9.11.28 Acacia leptostachya low woodland with emergents on stony and rocky metamorphic hills 9.11.30 Corymbia terminalis and/or Eucalyptus crebra and/or C. erythrophloia woodland on aprons surrounding limestone outcrops 9.11.31 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and/or E. drepanophylla low open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.1 Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia citriodora, E. granitica or E. crebra, C. intermedia or C. clarksoniana mixed woodland on steep hills and ranges on igneous hills close to Wet Tropics boundary 9.12.2 Eucalyptus chartaboma± Eucalyptus spp. ± Corymbia spp. woodland on sandy soils on igneous rocks 9.12.3 Eucalyptus shirleyi and/or E. melanophloia and/or Corymbia peltata and/or Callitris intratropica low open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.4 Eucalyptus quadricostata ±C. peltata open woodland on igneous hills and steep hills 9.12.5 Eucalyptus microneura ± Terminalia spp. ± Corymbia spp. low open woodland on igneous hills 9.12.6 Eucalyptus cullenii ±Corymbia leichhardtii ± C. erythrophloia woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.7 Semi-evergreen vine thicket on rocky outcrops and shallow soils of igneous rocks 9.12.8 Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. whitei ± Corymbia erythrophloia open woodland on steep to rolling hills on igneous rocks 9.12.11 Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia erythrophloia ± E. microneura open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.12 Eucalyptus crebra±Corymbia peltata ±C. pocillum ± Callitris intratropica low woodland on hills and steep hills on igneous rocks 9.12.13 Eucalyptus crebra and E. similis ±Callitris intratropica low open woodland on hills on igneous rocks 9.12.14 Eucalyptus staigeriana ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys low open woodland on hills on igneous rocks 9.12.15 Eucalyptus atrata ±Corymbia citriodora ± E. portuensis woodland on mountains and hills on igneous rocks 9.12.17 Eucalyptus crebra or E. exilipes ± Corymbia citriodora ±C. peltata open woodland on granites with thin sand sheet 9.12.18 Eucalyptus crebra or E. granitica ± Corymbia citriodora ±E. portuensis mixed woodland on igneous hills 9.12.19 Eucalyptus pachycalyx± E. cloeziana ± Corymbia leichhardtii woodland on steep igneous hills 9.12.20 Eucalyptus drepanophylla, Corymbia clarksoniana or C. intermedia and C. dallachiana woodland on steep rugged igneous ranges 9.12.22 Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. cebra, Corymbia leichhardtii and C. lamprophylla low open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.23 Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and Corymbia peltata woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.24 Eucalyptus melanophloia and/or E. shirleyi±Corymbia erythrophloia low open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.27 Eucalyptus melanophloia low open woodland, often with E. crebra, on low hills on igneous rocks 9.12.28 Corymbia leichhardtii and Eucalyptus cloeziana mixed woodland on igneous hills 9.12.30 Eucalyptus persistens woodland on rhyolites and granites 9.12.32 Eucalyptus microneura ±Corymbia pocillum low open woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.33 Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Araucaria cunninghamii on steep hills on igneous rocks 9.12.34 Corymbia leichhardtii, C. lamprophylla, Pleiogynium timorense ±Araucaria cunninghamii open woodland on igneous hills 9.12.35 Cochlospermum gregorii or C. gillivraei deciduous low woodland on rocky outcrops 9.12.36 Acacia shirleyi ±Corymbia pocillum ±Eucalyptus microneura woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.37 Acacia shirleyi± Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on igneous rocks 9.12.38 Melaleuca citrolens± Terminalia platyptera±Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland on rolling igneous hills 9.12.40 Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland on undulating low granodiorite hills 9.12.44 Part 7 Gulf Plains Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Offshore tidal sands and mud flats, including sea grass beds 2.1.1 Tidal low coastal rises of shells, sand or mud, and associated gutters, usually with mangroves 2.1.2 Tidal channels and associated levees, usually with mangroves 2.1.3 Infrequently inundated clay plains and low samphire rises 2.1.4 Secondary dunes and swales 2.2.2 Grassland on low plains adjacent to estuarine zone 2.3.1 Freshwater and brackish wetlands in old river channels on low plains adjacent to estuarine zone 2.3.2 Astrebla spp. grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.3 Dichanthium spp. (blue grass) and Eulalia aurea (brown top) grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.4 Lysiphyllum cunninghamii woodland on plains of calcareous clays 2.3.5 Deciduous scrubs on plains of cracking clay 2.3.6 Acacia cambagei woodland on plains on clays 2.3.7 Eucalyptus microtheca, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland and Aristida spp. on plains and low rises of texture contrast soils and earths 2.3.9 Eucalyptus microtheca and Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland, and Melaleuca viridiflora woodlands and savannahs, on plains 2.3.10 Eucalyptus microtheca, Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland and Dichanthium spp. on grey clay plains 2.3.11 Eucalyptus microtheca woodland to low open woodland with Sorghum spp. in seasonally flooded depressions on gleyed podsolics 2.3.15 Deepwater lagoons with water lilies and sedges 2.3.16 Eucalyptus microtheca woodland on channels in fine textured alluvial plains 2.3.17 Atalaya hemiglauca and Grevillea striata low woodland on low rises and plains on red loamy soils 2.3.18 Corymbia bella, Corymbia polycarpa and Eucalyptus pruinosa woodland on low rises and plains on pale sandy soils 2.3.20 Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia spp. woodland on low rises and plains on fine sands and red earths 2.3.21 Corymbia polycarpa and Melaleuca spp. woodland on sandy channels and levees 2.3.22 Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia confertiflora woodland on sandy alluvial terraces and levees 2.3.23 Melaleuca spp. woodland to open forest on sands in channels and on levees 2.3.24 Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on levees and floodplains 2.3.25 Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Nauclea orientalis open forest fringing major tributaries 2.3.26 Eucalyptus leucophylla and Corymbia terminalis woodland in depressions on podsolic soils 2.3.27 Melaleuca spp. woodland in depressions and shallow valleys on solodised soils and pale earths 2.3.28 Melaleuca spp. woodland fringing depressions and broad valleys on solodised soils 2.3.29 Melaleuca spp. woodland in seasonally flooded depressions on podsolic soils 2.3.30 Melaleuca spp. low woodland in depressions and valley bottoms on fine-textured yellow earths 2.3.31 Aristida spp. grassland in depressions and valley bottoms on fine-textured yellow earths 2.3.32 Eucalyptus microtheca open woodland and sedges in circular depressions in sand plains on cracking clays 2.3.33 Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland and sedges in circular depressions on podsolic soils 2.3.34 Melaleuca spp. low woodland in bottoms of shallow valleys on solodised soils 2.3.36 Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, Atalaya hemiglauca and Grevillea striata low woodland on plains on earths and sandy soils 2.5.1 Atalaya hemiglauca and Ventilago viminalis low open woodland on plains on red and brown earths 2.5.2 Evergreen scrub on plains on mainly deep sandy soils 2.5.3 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia polycarpa open woodland on pale earths and sands on plains 2.5.5 Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia spp. woodland to open forest on plains on red and yellow earths 2.5.6 Eucalyptus tetrodonta open forest on plains on deep podsolic soils 2.5.8 Eucalyptus microneura woodland on plains and plateaus on earths, podsolics and skeletal soils 2.5.9 Eucalyptus leucophylla, Corymbia terminalis and Eucalyptus tectifica woodland on sand plains on podsolic soils 2.5.10 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on plains on lateritic podsolic soils 2.5.11 Eucalyptus pruinosa low woodland on plains and low rises on red and yellow earths 2.5.12 Corymbia polycarpa woodland on sand plains on lateritic podsolic soils 2.5.13 Melaleuca spp. low woodland on plains on earths and podsolics (south) 2.5.14 Melaleuca spp. woodland on plains on earths and podsolics (north) 2.5.15 Melaleuca foliolosa shrubland on dissected plains on alkaline earths and texture contrast soil 2.5.16 Acacia shirleyi low open forest or Melaleuca tamariscina shrubland on laterised mudstones on skeletal soils 2.7.1 Acacia shirleyi, Eucalyptus shirleyi, Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris or Melaleuca acacioides woodland on low scarps on skeletal soils 2.7.2 Triodia spp. grassland on plateaus on skeletal soils and shallow earths 2.7.3 Eucalyptus leucophloia low woodland on lateritic scarps on skeletal soils 2.7.4 Terminalia canescens and Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris woodland on dissected plateau margins on skeletal soils 2.7.5 Eucalypt woodland on hills and lowlands on basalts 2.8.1 Astrebla spp. grassland downs on shales with cracking clay soils 2.9.1 Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea grassland on shales with cracking clay soils 2.9.2 Deciduous scrub and grasslands on deep cracking clays on mudstones 2.9.3 Acacia cambagei low woodland on shales with cracking clay soils 2.9.4 Acacia cambagei low woodland in depressions on sand plains 2.9.5 Melaleuca spp. and Corymbia polycarpa woodland on pale earths on mudstones 2.9.6 Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland on lowlands on earths and clays 2.9.7 Eucalyptus microneura woodland on undulating plains on sandstones with sands and earths 2.10.1 Mixed eucalypt woodland on plateaus, mesas and scarps on shallow soils 2.10.2 Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus acmenoides open forest on high plateaus on earths and sands 2.10.3 Eucalyptus microneura woodland and Triodia pungens hummock grassland on scarps and stony ledges 2.10.4 Acacia shirleyi woodland and Triodia pungens hummock grassland on scarps and stony ledges 2.10.5 Melaleuca spp. low open woodland on ledges on skeletal soils 2.10.6 Eucalypt woodland on Precambrian sandstones 2.10.7 Eucalypt woodland and deciduous woodland on stony hills on folded sediments 2.11.1 Eucalypt woodland and deciduous woodland on hills on granitic rocks 2.12.1 Part 8 Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus camaldulensis± Melaleuca spp. woodland on drainage lines 4.3.1 Eucalyptus camaldulensis± E. coolabah woodland on drainage lines 4.3.2 Eucalyptus coolabah, E. camaldulensis±Lysiphyllum gilvum open woodland on drainage lines 4.3.3 Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland on drainage lines and/or plains 4.3.4 Eucalyptus coolabah± E. camaldulensis± Acacia georginae open woodland on drainage lines and/or plains 4.3.5 Atalaya hemiglauca±Acacia georginae± A. cyperophylla woodland on alluvium 4.3.6 Acacia cambagei low woodland on braided channels or alluvial plains 4.3.8 Acacia georginae and Eragrostis setifolia tall open shrubland on drainage lines and alluvial plains 4.3.9 Corymbia terminalis± Lysiphyllum gilvum and Acacia victoriae low open woodland on alluvium 4.3.10 Eucalyptus coolabah±E. camaldulensis open woodland on alluvium, billabongs and permanent waterholes 4.3.11 Chenopodium auricomum± Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on swamps 4.3.12 Eragrostis setifolia and Marsilea drummondii±Chenopodium auricomum open grassland in drainage depressions 4.3.13 Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ±Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.14 Astrebla squarrosa±Dichanthium spp. ±Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.15 Astrebla elymoides± A. squarrosa± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.16 Astrebla pectinata±Astrebla spp. ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.17 Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa±Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains 4.3.18 Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium 4.3.19 Atriplex spp. and Sclerolaena spp. ±Astrebla spp. ± short grasses ± forbs open herbland on braided or flat alluvial plains 4.3.20 Acacia tephrina low woodland on alluvium 4.3.23 Chenopodium auricomum ± Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on depressions on floodplains 4.3.24 Astrebla pectinata±Aristida latifolia± Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone 4.4.1 Astrebla pectinata and Iseilema spp. grassland 4.4.2 Acacia aneura± Atalaya hemiglauca± Grevillea striata low woodland on sand plains 4.5.1 Acacia aneura tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets 4.5.2 Acacia aneura, Triodia brizoides or Triodia molesta tall open shrubland on Tertiary sand sheets 4.5.3 Archidendropsis basaltica and/or Acacia aneura± Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sand plains 4.5.4 Corymbia terminalis, Triodia pungens± Acacia spp., Senna spp., Eucalyptus spp. low open woodland on sand plains 4.5.5 Acacia cambagei, Senna spp., Sida platycalyx tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets 4.5.6 Acacia georginae (or A. cambagei), Sida platycalyx, Sclerolaena cornishiana tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets 4.5.7 Triodia pungens hummock grassland wooded with Acacia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. on Quaternary sand sheets 4.5.8 Acacia cambagei, Archidendropsis basaltica and mixed species open woodland on sand plains 4.5.9 Acacia shirleyi, Triodia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. low woodland on scarps 4.7.1 Eucalyptus normantonensis tall open shrubland with Triodia spp. on plateau margins 4.7.2 Acacia cambagei tall open shrubland with Triodia spp. ±Senna spp. near eroding edges of Tertiary plateaus 4.7.4 Acacia chisholmii low shrubland 4.7.6 Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland ±Corymbia terminalis ± Triodia spp. 4.7.7 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland 4.7.8 Astrebla lappacea± Aristida latifolia± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.1 Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata± A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.2 Astrebla pectinata and herbs ± Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.4 Seasonally variable mosaic of Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open-tussock grassland and sparse to open forbland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.5 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with mixed tree species on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.6 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia tephrina± A. cambagei and Atalaya hemiglauca on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.7 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Atalaya hemiglauca± Alectryon oleifolius±Flindersia maculosa on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.8 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia sutherlandii or A. victoriae on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.9 Acacia georginae tall open shrubland on Cambrian limestone 4.9.10 Corymbia terminalis low open woodland with Astrebla pectinata±Eulalia aurea on plains and low lying areas 4.9.12 Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii ± S. artemisioides subsp. oligophylla± Acacia georginae±Acacia spp. open shrubland on tops and footslopes of Cambrian limestone residuals 4.9.13 Acacia georginae or A. cambagei low open woodland with Astrebla spp. on limestone 4.9.14 Acacia cambagei± scattered shrub species including Santalum lanceolatum and Eremophila mitchellii tall open shrubland 4.9.16 Archidendropsis basaltica and mixed species including Ventilago viminalis and Lysiphyllum carronii on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.18 Clumps of Acacia harpophylla low woodland to tall shrubland with Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments sometimes with a covering of Tertiary deposits 4.9.19 Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ±Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments with ashy soils 4.9.20 Part 9 Mulga Lands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on alluvium within Acacia aneura associations 6.3.1 Eucalyptus camaldulensis± E. coolabah±Acacia cambagei woodland on major drainage lines or rivers 6.3.2 Eucalyptus camaldulensis±E. coolabah± E. populnea, Acacia stenophylla woodland on alluvium 6.3.3 Acacia cambagei±Eucalyptus ochrophloia woodland on alluvium 6.3.4 Eucalyptus ochrophloia±Acacia cambagei± E. coolabah woodland on alluvium 6.3.5 Acacia cambagei low woodland on braided channels or alluvial plains 6.3.6 Eucalyptus coolabah, Acacia stenophylla low open woodland on alluvium 6.3.7 Eucalyptus largiflorens± Acacia cambagei woodland on alluvium 6.3.8 Eucalyptus coolabah, E. populnea open woodland on alluvium 6.3.9 Tecticornia spp. open-succulent shrubland on alluvium 6.3.10 Eleocharis pallens± short grasses ± Eragrostis australasica open herbland on clays, associated with ephemeral lakes, billabongs and permanent waterholes 6.3.11 Acacia omalophylla± A. microsperma± Eucalyptus coolabah tall open shrubland on alluvium 6.3.12 Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp., species of Asteraceae and/or short grasses open herbland on alluvial plains 6.3.13 Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium 6.3.14 Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium 6.3.15 Callitris glaucophylla, Acacia excelsa, Geijera parviflora±Acacia aneura woodland on alluvial dunes 6.3.16 Callitris glaucophylla, Corymbia tessellaris, Acacia excelsa±C. clarksoniana open woodland on old alluvial dunes and sand plains 6.3.17 Eucalyptus populnea±Eremophila mitchellii±Acacia aneura± E. melanophloia woodland on flat alluvial plains 6.3.18 Acacia aneura, A. excelsa and/or Geijera parviflora low woodland on low alluvial sand dunes 6.3.21 Acacia victoriae± Eucalyptus spp. tall open shrubland on old levees 6.3.22 Eucalyptus coolabah or E. populnea woodland on alluvial plains 6.3.24 Acacia harpophylla and/or A. cambagei low woodland to woodland on alluvial plains 6.3.25 Acacia harpophylla and/or A. cambagei low woodland on Quaternary deposits overlying older sediments 6.4.4 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia open forest on undulating lowlands 6.5.1 Eucalyptus populnea, Acacia aneura and/or E. melanophloia woodland on Quaternary sediments 6.5.2 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea low woodland on run-on plains 6.5.6 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea± E. intertexta low woodland on run-on areas 6.5.7 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea± Eremophila gilesii low woodland 6.5.8 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea±E. melanophloia shrubby low woodland on Quaternary sediments 6.5.9 Acacia aneura±Eucalyptus populnea±Grevillea striata, A. excelsa, Hakea ivoryi low woodland on sand plains 6.5.10 Acacia aneura± Eucalyptus populnea low woodland on sand plains 6.5.11 Acacia aneura± Eucalyptus populnea±E. melanophloia± Brachychiton populneus low woodland on sand plains 6.5.13 Acacia aneura±Eucalyptus populnea±Eremophila gilesii tall open shrubland on Quaternary sediments 6.5.14 Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea± Eremophila sturtii tall open shrubland on sand plains 6.5.15 Acacia aneura groved with Corymbia terminalis or C. blakei tall open shrubland on Quaternary sediments 6.5.16 Acacia aneura±Eucalyptus populnea±E. melanophloia± Eremophila mitchellii low open woodland on plains 6.5.18 Callitris glaucophylla± Angophora melanoxylon ±Eucalyptus melanophloia±E. chloroclada open woodland on Cainozoic sediments derived from old alluvial levees and dunes 6.5.19 Atalaya hemiglauca±Acacia aneura± Acacia spp. ±Corymbia terminalis tall open shrubland on low dunes over alluvium 6.6.1 Triodia mitchellii±T. marginata hummock grassland wooded with Eucalyptus melanophloia±Eucalyptus spp. and Acacia spp. on low dunes 6.6.2 Acacia catenulata±A. shirleyi ±Eucalyptus spp. open scrub on crests and slopes 6.7.1 Acacia microsperma open forest on upper and footslopes 6.7.2 Eucalyptus thozetiana or E. cambageana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on scarps 6.7.5 Eucalyptus thozetiana±Acacia aneura open woodland on scarps and slopes 6.7.6 Acacia catenulata± Eucalyptus thozetiana and/or A. ensifolia low open woodland with Triodia spp. and/or A. petraea± A. aneura on scarps and plateaus 6.7.7 Acacia aneura±A. clivicola± Eremophila latrobei tall open shrubland on residuals 6.7.9 Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea± Corymbia terminalis tall shrubland on residuals 6.7.10 Acacia aneura±Eucalyptus cambageana±Eucalyptus thozetiana± Eremophila latrobei tall shrubland on residuals 6.7.11 Acacia aneura± Eucalyptus populnea±E. melanophloia±Eremophila gilesii tall shrubland on residuals 6.7.12 Acacia catenulata ±A. petraea tall shrubland on scarps and tops of ranges 6.7.13 Acacia clivicola ±Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on crests and tops of residuals 6.7.14 Acacia brachystachya, A. aneura open shrubland on the lower slopes of residuals 6.7.15 Acacia clivicola, Eucalyptus exserta open shrubland on colluvials associated with residuals 6.7.16 Eriachne mucronata open grassland wooded with Acacia aneura and/or Corymbia terminalis on plains or flat tops of residuals 6.7.17 Acacia tephrina±A. cambagei low open woodland on undulating plains over Cretaceous sediments 6.9.2 Acacia harpophylla woodland with emergent Eucalyptus cambageana with stony soils derived from Cretaceous sediments 6.9.3 Acacia cambagei, Senna spp., Sida platycalyx tall open shrubland on undulating mantled pediments and scarp retreat zones 6.9.4 Part 10 New England Tableland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus youmanii, E. dealbata, E. caleyi, Callitris endlicheri woodland on metamorphics 13.11.1 Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on metamorphics 13.11.4 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata open forest on metamorphics 13.11.6 Eucalyptus campanulata open forest on igneous rocks 13.12.1 Eucalyptus andrewsii, E. youmanii woodland on igneous rocks 13.12.2 Eucalyptus youmanii on igneous rocks 13.12.5 Part 11 Northwest Highlands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains 1.3.1 Eucalyptus microtheca low open woodland to woodland on alluvial floodplains and channels 1.3.2 Acacia cambagei low open woodland to woodland on earths in valleys 1.3.4 Mixed eucalypt open woodland on sandy alluvial terraces 1.3.5 Corymbia aparrerinja, Corymbia terminalis open woodland on sandy terraces 1.3.6 Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on channels and levees (south) 1.3.7 Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on channels and levees (north) 1.3.8 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on red earths on plateaus 1.5.3 Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland on red earths in valleys 1.5.4 Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on red earth plains 1.5.5 Atalaya hemiglauca, Ventilago viminalis, Grevillea striata low open woodland on red earth plains 1.5.6 Corymbia terminalis and/or Acacia aneura low open woodland on sandy red earth plains 1.5.7 Acacia cambagei and Atalaya hemiglauca low open woodland on red earth plains 1.5.8 Ventilago viminalis low open woodland on loams on sand sheet margins 1.5.9 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on skeletal soils on lateritic scarps and plateaus 1.7.1 Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on calcareous red/brown earths 1.7.2 Astrebla spp. (Mitchell grass) grassland on shallow clays on limestones 1.9.1 Mixed shrubby woodland on rocky limestone hills 1.9.4 Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland to woodland on low hills on limestones and calcareous shales 1.9.5 Eucalyptus leucophloia and Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on limestone hills 1.9.6 Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on shale hills 1.9.7 Corymbia capricornia low open woodland on sandstone plateaus 1.10.1 Eucalyptus miniata woodland on sandstone plateaus 1.10.2 Corymbia aspera low open woodland on rocky soils 1.10.3 Eucalyptus leucophloia and/or Acacia spp. low open woodland on stony sandstone plateaus 1.10.4 Acacia shirleyi open forest on skeletal soils and earths on sandstone plateaus 1.10.5 Eucalyptus leucophloia and Corymbia grandifolia low open woodland on stony low hills and colluvium 1.10.7 Eucalyptus pruinosa open woodland on slopes adjoining sandstone plateaus 1.10.8 Mixed shrubby woodland on folded limestones 1.11.1 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland 1.11.2 Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on basic metamorphics 1.11.3 Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on shallow soils in valleys below folded sediments 1.11.4 Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on granites 1.12.1 Eucalyptus melanophloia (silver-leaved ironbark) low open woodland on low hills and torfields on biotite granites 1.12.2 Part 12 Southeast Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Saltpan vegetation including grassland, herbland and sedgeland on marine clay plains 12.1.2 Mangrove shrubland to low closed forest on marine clay plains and estuaries 12.1.3 Corymbia intermedia ± Lophostemon confertus ± Banksia spp. ± Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregion 12.2.5 Eucalyptus racemosa open forest on dunes and sand plains, usually deeply leached soils 12.2.6 Melaleuca quinquenervia or, rarely, M. dealbata open forest on sand plains 12.2.7 Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on parabolic high dunes 12.2.8 Banksia aemula low open woodland on dunes and sand plains, usually deeply leached soils 12.2.9 Mallee Eucalyptus planchoniana ± Corymbia gummifera, E. racemosa subsp. racemosa, Banksia aemula woodland on dunes and sand plains, especially southern sand mass islands, usually deeply leached soils 12.2.10 Corymbia tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis, C. intermedia and Livistona decora woodland on beach ridges in northern half of bioregion 12.2.11 Closed heath on seasonally waterlogged sand plains 12.2.12 Foredune complex 12.2.14 Gahnia sieberiana, Empodisma minus, Gleichenia spp. closed sedgeland in coastal swamps 12.2.15 Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on coastal alluvium 12.3.5 Melaleuca quinquenervia ±Eucalyptus tereticornis, Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on coastal alluvial plains 12.3.6 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana ± Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland 12.3.7 Eucalyptus latisinensis or E. exserta, Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains 12.3.12 Closed heathland on seasonally waterlogged alluvial plains usually near coast 12.3.13 Open forest complex with Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata on subcoastal remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils 12.5.1 Eucalyptus latisinensis ±Corymbia intermedia, C. trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia, Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus exserta woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surfaces and Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments 12.5.4 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata± Eucalyptus portuensis or E. acmenoides, E. fibrosa subsp. fibrosa open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils 12.5.7 Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Banksia aemula low open woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks 12.5.10 Eucalyptus campanulata tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.1 Complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks at altitude of less than 600m 12.8.3 Complex notophyll vine forest with Araucaria spp. on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.4 Complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually at altitude of more than 600m 12.8.5 Lophostemon confertus open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.9 Eucalyptus eugenioides, E. biturbinata, E. melliodora ±E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.14 Eucalyptus melanophloia ±E. crebra, E. tereticornis, Corymbia tessellaris woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.17 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata ± Eucalyptus crebra open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.2 Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.4 Woodland complex often with Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. Trachyphloia, C. citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra, E. fibrosa subsp. fibrosa on quartzose sandstone 12.9–10.5 Eucalyptus pilularis tall open forest on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.14 Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. major, E. siderophloia ± Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.17 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9–10.19 Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. portuensis woodland, usually with Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia, on Cainozoic to Proterozoic sediments 12.9–10.21 Simple notophyll vine forest often with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.1 Eucalyptus saligna or E. grandis, E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus tall open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.2 Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua± E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus, Corymbia intermedia, E. acmenoides open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.3 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. major open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.5 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.6 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.7 Notophyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.10 Araucarian microphyll vine forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in southern half of bioregion 12.11.11 Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.18 Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics 12.11.22 Eucalyptus pilularis tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks especially granite 12.12.2 Open forest complex with Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus siderophloia or E. crebra or E decolor, E. major and/or E. longirostrata, E. acmenoides or E. portuensis on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.3 Eucalyptus acmenoides±Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, especially granite 12.12.4 Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.5 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.7 Eucalyptus portuensis or E. acmenoides, Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.11 Araucarian complex microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.13 Corymbia intermedia ± Eucalyptus propinqua, E. siderophloia, E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.15 Notophyll vine forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.16 Eucalyptus tereticornis±E. eugenioides woodland on crests, upper slopes and elevated valleys and plains on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.23 Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.24 Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland to open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.25 Part 13 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mangrove closed shrub to open forest of areas subject to regular tidal inundation 7.1.1 Melaleuca quinquenervia and/or Melaleuca cajaputi closed forest to shrubland on poorly drained alluvial plains 7.3.5 Melaleuca viridiflora± Eucalyptus spp. ± Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to open woodland on poorly drained alluvial plains 7.3.8 Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on alluvial plains 7.3.16 Corymbia clarksoniana± C. tessellaris± E. drepanophylla open forest to open woodland on alluvial plains 7.3.45 Complex mesophyll to mesophyll vine forest on well-drained basalt lowlands and foothills 7.8.1 Complex mesophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt, including small areas of wind-sheared notophyll vine forest on ridgelines 7.8.2 Simple to complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy wet highlands on basalt 7.8.4 Simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (excluding amphibolites) of moderate fertility of the moist and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands 7.11.1 Eucalyptus pellita± Corymbia intermedia open forest (or vine forest with E. pellita and C. intermedia emergents) on lowlands and foothills on metamorphics 7.11.5 Complex notophyll vine forest with Agathis robusta emergents on foothills and uplands on metamorphics 7.11.7 Simple notophyll vine forest of moist to very wet metamorphic uplands and highlands 7.11.12 Corymbia nesophila, Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus platyphylla open woodland to open forest on gently sloping metamorphic lowlands and foothills 7.11.20 Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest on metamorphic uplands of the dry rainfall zone 7.11.21 Eucalyptus portuensis ±Corymbia citriodora woodland to open forest on metamorphics 7.11.35 Corymbia clarksoniana and/or Eucalyptus drepanophylla open forest to woodland on metamorphics 7.11.51 Simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest of moderately to poorly drained granites and rhyolites of moderate fertility of the moist and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands 7.12.1 Simple to complex microphyll to notophyll vine forest, often with Agathis robusta or A. microstachya, on granites and rhyolites of moist foothills and uplands 7.12.7 Simple to complex notophyll vine forest and semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of rocky areas and talus on moist foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.11 Simple to complex notophyll vine forest, including small areas of Araucaria bidwillii, of cloudy wet and moist uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.16 Simple microphyll vine–fern forest with Balanops australiana, Elaeocarpus spp. ± Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis±Uromyrtus spp. ±Agathis atropurpurea of cloudy wet highlands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.19 Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland, or Corymbia intermedia, E. pellita and E. grandis open forest to woodland, (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on granites and rhyolites 7.12.21 Eucalyptus resinifera±E. portuensis±Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest to tall woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) of granite and rhyolite uplands and highlands 7.12.22 Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. portuensis and C. intermedia emergents) on foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.24 Syncarpia glomulifera± Corymbia intermedia± Allocasuarina spp. open forest, or Lophostemon suaveolens, Allocasuarina littoralis, C. intermedia shrubland ± vine forest spp. on exposed ridgelines or steep slopes on granites and rhyolites 7.12.26 Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on uplands and highlands on shallow granitic and rhyolitic soils 7.12.27 Eucalyptus platyphylla± E. drepanophylla± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.28 Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland ± areas of Allocasuarina littoralis and A. torulosa on uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.29 Corymbia citriodora± Eucalyptus portuensis woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites 7.12.30 Eucalyptus portuensis and/or E. drepanophylla± C. intermedia± C. citriodora±E. granitica open woodland to open forest on uplands on granites 7.12.34 Corymbia clarksoniana± C. tessellaris±Eucalyptus drepanophylla±C. intermedia open forest to woodland, or E. drepanophylla woodland, of moist to dry lowlands, foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.53 Eucalyptus tereticornis± E. granitica woodland to open forest of foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites 7.12.61 Rock pavements or areas of skeletal soil on granite and rhyolite of dry western or southern areas ± shrublands to closed forests of Acacia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Eucalyptus lockyeri subsp. exuta 7.12.65 sch 3 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7 Schedule 4 Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule section 8 (4) and (6) Part 1 Brigalow Belt Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils 11.3.21 Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils 11.3.24 Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.4 Dichanthium sericeum, Astrebla spp. and patchy Acacia harpophylla, Eucalyptus coolabah on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.11 Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rock 11.8.10 Dichanthium sericeum grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 11.8.11 Part 2 Cape York Peninsula Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats 3.1.7 Eriachne spp. ± Aristida spp. closed tussock grassland in longitudinal drainage depressions 3.3.56 Imperata cylindrica± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on coastal plains 3.3.57 Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains 3.5.29 Themeda arguens, Dichanthium sericeum closed tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Imperata cylindrica± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones 3.8.4 Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on plains in central Peninsula 3.9.8 Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19 Heteropogon triticeus± Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on continental islands 3.12.29 Imperata cylindrica± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on steep slopes 3.12.30 Schizachyrium spp. ± Eriachne spp. tussock grassland on rocky ranges and rock pavements 3.12.32 Part 3 Central Queensland Coast Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Grassland or Xanthorrhoea latifolia subsp. latifolia shrubland/heathland with Themeda triandra and/or Heteropogon contortus on exposed rocky headlands on metamorphosed sediments, subject to strong sea breezes and salt-laden winds 8.11.9 Part 4 Channel Country Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Aristida spp., Eriachne pulchella open grassland wooded with Eucalyptus spp. ± Acacia stowardii on plains 5.7.9 Aristida latifolia and A. contorta sparse grassland wooded with Acacia tetragonophylla± Senna spp. on Cretaceous sediments 5.7.10 Astrebla pectinata± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with gibbers 5.9.3 Aristida contorta± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover 5.9.4 Part 5 Desert Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla spp., Iseilema vaginiflorum and/or Dichanthium fecundum or Bothriochloa ewartiana tussock grassland on alluvial plains 10.3.7 Aristida latifolia and Brachyachne convergens sparse-tussock grassland or Sclerolaena spp. dwarf open shrubland on alluvial plains 10.3.8 Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. and/or Panicum laevinode tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.8 Part 6 Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema sp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils 9.3.25 Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp., or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits 9.3.26 Astrebla spp. ±Iseilema vaginiflorum tussock grassland ± emergent Corymbia terminalis on basalt plains 9.8.5 Dichanthium spp. or Bothriochloa spp. ±Iseilema spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains 9.8.13 Heteropogon triticeus, H. contortus grassland sparsely wooded with Cochlospermum gillivraei, Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia hylandii on skeletal soils on crests of hills 9.12.41 Dichanthium sericeum, Heteropogon contortus, Aristida spp. grassland very sparsely wooded with Corymbia spp. And Terminalia spp. on rolling hills of acid volcanics 9.12.42 Part 7 Gulf Plains Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.3 Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.) and brown top (Eulalia aurea) grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.4 Wire grass (Aristida spp.) grassland in depressions and valley bottoms, on fine-textured yellow earths 2.3.32 Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland downs on shales on cracking clays 2.9.1 Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.), browntop downs (Eulalia aurea) grassland on shales on cracking clays 2.9.2 Part 8 Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.14 Astrebla squarrosa±Dichanthium spp. ±Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.15 Astrebla elymoides±A. squarrosa± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.16 Astrebla pectinata±Astrebla spp. ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.17 Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa± Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains 4.3.18 Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium 4.3.19 Astrebla pectinata± Aristida latifolia± Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone 4.4.1 Astrebla and Iseilema grassland 4.4.2 Astrebla lappacea±Aristida latifolia±Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.1 Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata±A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.2 Astrebla squarrosa±A. pectinata±Iseilema spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.3 Astrebla pectinata and herbs ±Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.4 Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open herbland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.5 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia tephrina± A. cambagei and Atalaya hemiglauca on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.7 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Atalaya hemiglauca± Alectryon oleifolius±Flindersia maculosa on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.8 Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia sutherlandii or A. victoriae on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.9 Astrebla lappacea ±Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.20 Part 9 Mulga Lands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium 6.3.14 Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium 6.3.15 Eriachne mucronata open grassland wooded with Acacia aneura and/or Corymbia terminalis on plains or flat tops of residuals 6.7.17 Part 10 Northwest Highlands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on alluvial plains 1.3.1 Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on shallow clays on limestones 1.9.1 Part 11 South East Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mixed closed-tussock grassland to closed herbland on coral, shingle and sand cays 12.2.17 Dichanthium spp., Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks 12.8.27 Part 12 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains 7.3.32 Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills 7.11.39 sch 4 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 8 Schedule 5 Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, section 8 section 8 (5) and (6) Part 1 Brigalow Belt Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils 11.3.21 Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils 11.3.24 Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains 11.4.4 Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rock 11.8.10 Part 2 Cape York Peninsula Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats 3.1.7 Imperata cylindrica±Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on coastal plains 3.3.57 Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains 3.5.29 Themeda arguens, Dichanthium sericeum closed tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Imperata cylindrica±Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones 3.8.4 Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on plains in central Peninsula 3.9.8 Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19 Heteropogon triticeus±Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on continental islands 3.12.29 Imperata cylindrica± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on steep slopes 3.12.30 Part 3 Channel Country Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla pectinata± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with gibbers 5.9.3 Aristida contorta± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover 5.9.4 Part 4 Desert Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. and/or Panicum laevinode tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.8 Part 5 Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema sp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils 9.3.25 Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp., or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits 9.3.26 Dichanthium spp. or Bothriochloa spp. ± Iseilema spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains 9.8.13 Part 6 Gulf Plains Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.3 Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.) and brown top (Eulalia aurea) grassland on plains of cracking clays 2.3.4 Wire grass (Aristida spp.) grassland in depressions and valley bottoms, on fine-textured yellow earths 2.3.32 Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland downs on shales on cracking clays 2.9.1 Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.), browntop downs (Eulalia aurea) grassland on shales on cracking clays 2.9.2 Part 7 Mitchell Grass Downs Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.14 Astrebla squarrosa± Dichanthium spp. ±Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium 4.3.15 Astrebla elymoides± A. squarrosa±Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.16 Astrebla pectinata±Astrebla spp. ±Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium 4.3.17 Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa±Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains 4.3.18 Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium 4.3.19 Astrebla pectinata± Aristida latifolia±Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone 4.4.1 Astrebla and Iseilema grassland 4.4.2 Astrebla lappacea± Aristida latifolia± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.1 Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata± A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.2 Astrebla squarrosa± A. pectinata± Iseilema spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.3 Astrebla pectinata and herbs ± Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.4 Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open herbland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.5 Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ±Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments 4.9.20 Part 8 Mulga Lands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium 6.3.14 Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium 6.3.15 Part 9 Northwest Highlands Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on alluvial plains 1.3.1 Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on shallow clays on limestones 1.9.1 Part 10 South East Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Dichanthium spp., Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks 12.8.27 Part 11 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains 7.3.32 Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills 7.11.39 Schedule 6 Species prescribed for Act, section 70A(3) section 10 Part 1 Trees of any diameter overbark Common name Botanical name Sandalwood Santalum lanceolatum Part 2 Trees with a diameter overbark of more than 29cm at 1.3m above ground level Common name Botanical name Blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis Broad-leaved red ironbark Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa Caley’s ironbark Eucalyptus caleyi Cooktown ironbark Erythrophleum chlorostachys Darwin stringybark Eucalyptus tetrodonta Forest red gum Eucalyptus tereticornis Grey ironbark Eucalyptus drepanophylla Grey ironbark (in south) Eucalyptus siderophloia (in south) Gympie messmate Eucalyptus cloeziana Lemon-scented gum (sometimes also called spotted gum) Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora Melville Island bloodwood Corymbia nesophila Narrow-leaved red ironbark Eucalyptus crebra River red gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Rose gum Eucalyptus grandis Spotted gum Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata Sugar gum Angophora costata Sydney blue gum Eucalyptus saligna Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys White mahogany Eucalyptus acmenoides White mahogany Eucalyptus apothalassica White mahogany Eucalyptus mediocris White mahogany Eucalyptus portuensis White mahogany Eucalyptus psammitica White stringybark Eucalyptus eugenioides White stringybark Eucalyptus mensalis White stringybark Eucalyptus reducta White stringybark Eucalyptus tindaliae Yellow box Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow jacket Eucalyptus bloxsomei Part 3 Trees with a diameter overbark of more than 19cm at 1.3m above ground level Common name Botanical name White cypress pine Callitris glaucophylla Schedule 7 Fees section 12 $ 1 Application for making a PMAV (Act, s 20C(2)(c)) 405.20 2 Application for approval of a draft area management plan for an area (Act, s 20M(3)(b))— (a) if the draft area management plan is for 1 to 10 properties or public places in the area 572.00 plus 229.30 for each property or public place in the area (b) if the draft area management plan is for 11 to 20 properties or public places in the area 2866.00 plus 200.60 for each property or public place after the 10th in the area (c) if the draft area management plan is for 21 to 30 properties or public places in the area 4874.00 plus 172.00 for each property or public place after the 20th in the area (d) if the draft area management plan is for more than 30 properties or public places in the area 6597.00 plus 143.20 for each property or public place after the 30th in the area up to a maximum of 8031.00 3 Application for approval of a draft area management plan (Act, s 20M(3)(b)) that provides only for vegetation clearing— (a) to control non-native plants or declared pests nil (b) to ensure public safety nil 4 Application for accreditation of an existing planning document for an area (Act, s 20M(3)(b)) nil 5 Application for approval of an amendment of an area management plan for an area (Act, s 20ZC(4)(b))— (a) for a plan that relates only to a public place 344.10 (b) otherwise 229.30 plus 114.60 for each parcel of land, or public place, in the area up to a maximum of 5737.00 6 Application for approval of an amendment of an area management plan (Act, s 20ZC(4)(b)) that provides only for amending the plan— (a) to control non-native plants or declared pests nil (b) to ensure public safety nil 7 Preparing a restoration plan (Act, s 55AB(4))— (a) if a field visit is not required 824.00 (b) if a field visit is required 3540.00 sch 7 amd 2013 SL No. 84 s 56; 2013 SL No. 256 s 9; 2014 SL No. 78 s 57 sub 2015 SL No. 39 s 62 Schedule 8 Dictionary section 2 field visit means an inspection or assessment of an area by an authorised officer to assist in the development of a restoration plan for the area. GPS means global positioning system. identifiable fixed features include road intersections, fence intersections, survey marks and built infrastructure. key resource area means a key resource area under the Planning Act. Map Grid of Australia 1994 means the cartesian coordinate system called the Map Grid of Australia 1994 under the ‘Geocentric Datum of Australia Technical Manual’, published by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping. Editor’s note— At the commencement of this provision, a copy of the manual was available on the committee’s website at <www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/gda/gdatm/>. property means a parcel of land or a group of contiguous parcels of land managed as part of a single enterprise.