Vegetation Management Act 1999Vegetation Management Regulation 2012Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012.2DefinitionsThe dictionary in schedule 8 defines particular words used in this regulation.Part 2Approval of accepted development vegetation clearing codespt hdg sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 4amd 2017 SL No. 103 s 1373Approval of accepted development vegetation clearing codes—Act, s 19PThe following codes are approved as accepted development vegetation clearing codes—(a)the code called ‘Managing category C regrowth vegetation’ made by the Minister on 7 March 2018;(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 May 2018;(g)the code called ‘Managing native forest practice’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;(h)the code called ‘Managing weeds’ made by the Minister on 14 November 2013;(i)the code called ‘Managing clearing for an extractive industry’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014;(j)the code called ‘Managing necessary environmental works’ made by the Minister on 14 July 2014.Note—See section 19P of the Act for when an accepted development vegetation clearing code takes effect.
s 3 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 4amd 2014 SL No. 171 s 4; 2017 SL No. 103 s 138; 2018 SL No. 24 s 6; 2018 SL No. 56 s 144Approval of offsets policy—Act, s 10Cs 4 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 45Approval of regional vegetation management codes—Act, s 14s 5 amd 2012 SL No. 220 s 3om 2013 SL No. 256 s 46Approval of regrowth vegetation code—Act, s 19Ts 6 om 2013 SL No. 256 s 47Approval of particular vegetation management maps—Act, s 20AGs 7 amd 2013 SL No. 127 s 4om 2013 SL No. 256 s 4Part 3Matters relating to regional ecosystems8Regional 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 4Other matters prescribed for the Act9Application 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.
10Application of development approvals and exemptions for Forestry Act 1959—Act, s 70AEach species stated in schedule 6 is prescribed for section 70A(3) of the Act.11Matters prescribed for property vegetation management plans 11 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 5om 2017 SL No. 103 s 139Part 5Fees12FeesThe fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 7.s 12 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 6Part 6Repeal13RepealThe Vegetation Management Regulation 2000, SL No. 243 is repealed.Schedule 1Endangered regional ecosystemssection 8(1) and (6)Part 1Brigalow Belt BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest on alluvial plains11.3.1
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on alluvial plains11.3.11
Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils11.3.21
Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils11.3.24
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 serpentinite11.3.38
Semi-evergreen vine thicket ± Casuarina cristata on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.1
Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata shrubby open forest on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.3
Acacia cambagei woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.6
Eucalyptus populnea with Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest to woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.7
Eucalyptus cambageana woodland to open forest with Acacia harpophylla or A. argyrodendron on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.8
Acacia harpophylla shrubby woodland with Terminalia oblongata on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.9
Eucalyptus populnea or E. woollsiana, Acacia harpophylla, Casuarina cristata open forest to woodland on margins of Cainozoic clay plains11.4.10
Eucalyptus populnea woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.12
Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest in depressions on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.16
Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland in depressions on Cainozoic sand plains and remnant surfaces11.5.17
Semi-evergreen vine thicket and microphyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.13
Eucalyptus brownii or Eucalyptus populnea woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.15
Acacia harpophylla-Eucalyptus cambageana woodland to open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.1
Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.5
Acacia melvillei ± A. harpophylla open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.6
Dichanthium sericeum grassland with clumps of Acacia harpophylla on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.12
Acacia harpophylla open forest on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.14
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.18
Eucalyptus populnea woodland on igneous rocks. Colluvial lower slopes11.12.17
Acacia harpophylla open forest on igneous rocks. Colluvial lower slopes11.12.21
Part 2Central Queensland Coast BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional 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 sediments8.2.13
Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on seasonally inundated alluvial plains with impeded drainage8.3.2
Freshwater wetlands with permanent water and aquatic vegetation8.3.4
Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest in broad drainage areas8.3.11
Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum forma aristatum and/or Ischaemum australe tussock grassland on alluvial and old marine plains8.3.12
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 plains8.5.2
Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or C. intermedia and/or C. tessellaris woodland on low undulating areas on metamorphosed sediments8.11.4
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 rocks8.12.27
Part 3Desert Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Acacia cambagei woodland on lakeside dunes10.3.19
Part 4Mulga Lands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Springs on recent alluvia, ancient alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rock6.3.23
Acacia cambagei ± Casuarina cristata low open forest on clay plains6.4.1
Casuarina cristata ± Acacia harpophylla open forest on clay plains6.4.2
Part 5New England Tableland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus nobilis open forest on alluvial plains13.3.3
Eucalyptus conica, E. microcarpa, E. melliodora woodland on alluvial plains13.3.4
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Angophora floribunda open forest on alluvial plains13.3.7
Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks13.9.2
Eucalyptus melliodora and/or E. moluccana and/or E. microcarpa and/or E. conica woodland on igneous rocks13.12.8
Eucalyptus blakelyi and/or E. caliginosa woodland to open forest on igneous rocks13.12.9
Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on igneous rocks13.12.10
Part 6South East Queensland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Gallery rainforest (notophyll vine forest) on alluvial plains12.3.1
Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland on Quaternary alluvium12.3.3
Eucalyptus populnea woodland on alluvial plains12.3.10
Complex notophyll to microphyll vine forest on alluvial plains12.3.16
Melaleuca irbyana low open forest on alluvial plains12.3.18
Eucalyptus moluccana and/or Eucalyptus tereticornis and E. crebra open forest to woodland, with a sparse to mid-dense understorey of Melaleuca irbyana on alluvial plains12.3.19
Melaleuca quinquenervia, Casuarina glauca± Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. siderophloia open forest on low coastal alluvial plains12.3.20
Complex microphyll vine forest on alluvial plains12.3.21
Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually near coast and in deep red soils12.5.2
Eucalyptus racemosa woodland on remnant Tertiary surfaces12.5.3
Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua, E. microcorys and/or E. pilularis open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils12.5.6
Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks12.5.11
Microphyll to notophyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on remnant Tertiary surfaces12.5.13
Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton rupestris on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually in southern half of bioregion12.8.21
Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton australis on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually in northern half of bioregion12.8.22
Acacia harpophylla open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.23
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks especially trachyte12.8.24
Dichanthium spp. and Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks12.8.27
Acacia harpophylla open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.6
Eucalyptus melanophloia, E. crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.8
Melaleuca irbyana low open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.11
Eucalyptus seeana, Corymbia intermedia, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.12
Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Brachychiton rupestris on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.15
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata and/or E. moluccana, E. tereticornis, E. crebra open forest with Melaleuca irbyana understorey on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.27
Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus interstans± Corymbia intermedia, E. tereticornis woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.28
Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.16
Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on coastal metamorphics and interbedded volcanics12.11.23
Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa and/or E. seeana and Corymbia intermedia woodland on metamorphics± interbedded volcanics12.11.27
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, usually in southern half of bioregion12.12.17
Acacia harpophylla open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.26
Part 7Wet Tropics BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mesophyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach origin7.2.1
Hemarthria uncinata and/or Ischaemum australe ± Sorghum spp. grassland and/or ephemeral sedgelands on seasonally inundated alluvial plains7.3.1
Melaleuca dealbata ± Melaleuca leucadendra open forest on poorly drained alluvial plains7.3.6
Eucalyptus pellita and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. pellita and C. intermedia) on poorly drained alluvial plains7.3.7
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 plains7.3.12
Complex mesophyll vine forest on well-drained alluvium of high fertility7.3.17
Simple to complex semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest on lowland alluvium, predominantly riverine levees7.3.23
Complex of fernlands and sedgelands with emergent rainforest pioneering spp. in permanently wet peat swamps of alluvial plains7.3.30
Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed-tussock grassland on alluvial plains7.3.32
Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata open forest to closed forest on broad swampy drainage lines of alluvial plains7.3.34
Acacia mangium and/or A. celsa and/or A. polystachya closed forest on alluvial plains7.3.35
Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on alluvium7.3.37
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on well-drained alluvial plains of lowlands7.3.40
Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on alluvium in near-coastal areas with moderate rainfall7.3.44
Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland on alluvial plains7.3.46
Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on basalt7.8.3
Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on basalt7.8.19
sch 1 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7amd 2018 SL No. 23 s 3Schedule 2Of concern regional ecosystemssection 8(2) and (6)Part 1Brigalow Belt BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Sedgelands on marine clay plains11.1.3
Corymbia tessellaris woodland on flat coastal dunes11.2.1
Complex of Spinifex sericeus, Ipomoea pes-caprae and Casuarina equisetifolia grassland and herbland on fore dunes11.2.2
Microphyll vine forest (“beach scrub”) on sandy beach ridges and dune swales11.2.3
Lagoons in coastal dune swales11.2.4
Eucalyptus populnea woodland on alluvial plains11.3.2
Eucalyptus coolabah woodland on alluvial plains11.3.3
Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Eucalyptus spp. woodland on alluvial plains11.3.4
Grevillea striata on coastal alluvial plains11.3.13
Eucalyptus coolabah, Acacia stenophylla, Muehlenbeckia florulenta fringing woodland on alluvial plains11.3.15
Eucalyptus populnea woodland with Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata on alluvial plains11.3.17
Springs associated with recent alluvia, but also including those on fine-grained sedimentary rocks, basalt, ancient alluvia and metamorphic rocks11.3.22
Eucalyptus conica, E. nobilis, E. tereticornis, Angophora floribunda on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils11.3.23
Eucalyptus coolabah ± Casuarina cristata open woodland on alluvial plains11.3.28
Eremophila mitchellii open woodland on alluvial plains11.3.33
Acacia tephrina woodland on alluvial plains11.3.34
Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. populnea and/or E. melanophloia on alluvial plains. Higher terraces11.3.36
Semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest, fringing or in the vicinity of watercourses, on lowlands (subregion 1)11.3.40
Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia spp. grassy or shrubby woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.2
Acacia argyrodendron woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.5
Dichanthium sericeum, Astrebla spp. and patchy Acacia harpophylla and Eucalyptus coolabah on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.11
Triodia spp. grassland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.6
Melaleuca tamariscina shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.10
Acacia leptostachya shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.11
Eucalyptus populnea ± Acacia aneura ± E. melanophloia woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.13
Triodia sp. grassland with emergent trees on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces. Highly alkaline soils11.5.14
Micromyrtus capricornia shrubland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.18
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.3
Shrubland (heath) on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.7
Callitris spp. ± vine thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.9
Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.10
Dichanthium sericeum grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.11
Eucalyptus microcarpa, E. exserta woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.12
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia dallachiana woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.14
Semi-evergreen vine thicket or Acacia harpophylla with a semi-evergreen vine thicket understorey on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.4
Eucalyptus populnea, Eremophila mitchellii shrubby woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.7
Eucalyptus populnea and/or Acacia harpophylla open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.10
Acacia harpophylla shrubland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.11
Eucalyptus moluccana or E. microcarpa open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.13
Lysiphyllum carronii, Atalaya hemiglauca ± Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Acacia excelsa open woodland11.9.14
Tall open forest in sheltered gorges on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.2
Semi-evergreen vine thicket in sheltered habitats on medium to coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.8
Springs associated with sandstone11.10.14
Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.10
Eucalyptus orgadophila woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.11
Acacia harpophylla or A. argyrodendron and/or Terminalia oblongata low open forest on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.13
Eucalyptus cambageana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Lowlands11.11.16
Dichanthium sericeum grassland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.17
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on serpentinite11.11.21
Corymbia spp., Lysicarpus angustifolius, Eucalyptus crebra, E. cloeziana woodland on igneous rocks (granite)11.12.5
Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on igneous rocks11.12.8
Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on igneous rocks11.12.10
Melaleuca spp. woodland on igneous rocks. Lowlands11.12.11
Araucaria cunninghamii woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills11.12.12
Lophostemon spp. woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills11.12.14
Allocasuarina torulosa, Livistona decora woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills11.12.15
Mixed low woodland to shrubland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills11.12.16
Montane shrubland on igneous rocks11.12.18
Eucalyptus exserta, E. moluccana, E. crebra, Corymbia citriodora woodland on igneous rocks11.12.19
Corymbia spp., Eucalyptus baileyana, E. dura, E. exserta woodland on igneous rocks11.12.20
Part 2Cape York Peninsula BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Excoecaria agallocha ± Aegiceras corniculatum closed scrub on upper tidal reaches of rivers3.1.4
Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats3.1.7
Evergreen notophyll vine forest in coastal dunefield systems3.2.1
Melaleuca dealbata ± Acacia crassicarpa open forest in dune swales on the west coast3.2.3
Melaleuca leucadendra ± M. dealbata open forest in dune swales and swampy areas3.2.4
Casuarina equisetifolia woodland to open forest on foredunes on mainland and islands3.2.6
Corymbia nesophila ± C. novoguinensis ± Eucalyptus spp. woodland on old stabilised dunes3.2.8
Eucalyptus phoenicea ± Corymbia nesophila woodland on dunefields around Cape Bedford3.2.9
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on the east coast3.2.13
Melaleuca arcana low open forest associated with dune swamps3.2.14
Melaleuca viridiflora and Neofabricia myrtifolia woodland on beach ridges3.2.15
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Terminalia muelleri low woodland on old beach ridges3.2.16
Melaleuca arcana and Thryptomene oligandra open heath in swampy areas on sand plains3.2.20
Acacia humifusa ± Lithomyrtus obtusa dwarf open heath on dunes and headlands3.2.22
Neofabricia myrtifolia and Labichea buettneriana dwarf open heath on sand plains3.2.23
Open herbland of mixed graminoids and forbs on exposed foredunes3.2.24
Ephemeral and perennial lakes in coastal dunefields3.2.27
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays3.2.28
Pisonia grandis low closed forest restricted to a few scattered sand cays3.2.29
Pemphis acidula ± Rhizophora stylosa ± Avicennia marina low closed forest on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays3.2.30
Premna serratifolia closed scrub on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays3.2.31
Lepturus repens closed herbland on sand cays3.2.32
Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath in drainage swamps in east coast dunefields3.2.33
Evergreen mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix spp. on stream banks3.3.4
Evergreen notophyll vine forest with Melaleuca leucadendra on swamps3.3.6
Melaleuca leucadendra ± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on alluvium3.3.11
Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest associated with scattered coastal swamps3.3.12
Melaleuca saligna ± Hakea pedunculata open forest on edges of salt pans3.3.13
Eucalyptus brassiana woodland on alluvial plains3.3.15
Corypha utan open woodland on alluvial plains and old beach ridges in Lakefield National Park3.3.34
Semi-deciduous microphyll vine forest ± Melaleuca spp., associated with sinkholes3.3.39
Terminalia sp. deciduous vine thicket in depressions in Lakefield area3.3.40
Vachellia ditricha low open woodland on erosional plains3.3.44
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland on Mitchell River floodplain3.3.45
Eucalyptus microtheca ± E. chlorophylla low open woodland on Mitchell River alluvia3.3.46
Melaleuca acacioides ± Hakea pedunculata tall shrubland on marine plains3.3.51
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland on coastal plains3.3.57
Grassland and/or sedgeland with Pandanus spp., confined to Torres Strait Islands3.3.62
Melaleuca arcana low open forest in swamps3.3.67
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest and thicket on alluvial plains3.3.68
Melaleuca dealbata ± Corymbia clarksoniana tall open forest on alluvial plains3.3.69
Lophostemon suaveolens ± Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. platyphylla ± Pandanus sp. ± Livistona muelleri woodland and open forest on the alluvial plains of the northern Torres Strait Islands3.3.70
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest restricted to lateritic Carnegie Tableland3.5.3
Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland on colluvial plains3.5.15
Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest with Eucalyptus pellita on sandstone plateaus3.5.20
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on coastal ranges and lowlands3.5.21
Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland on plains3.5.25
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest on flat wet plains3.5.26
Melaleuca citrolens ± M. foliolosa ± M. viridiflora low open woodland on plains3.5.27
Themeda triandra and Heteropogon contortus closed tussock grasslands on erosional plains3.5.29
Asteromyrtus brassii ± Syzygium angophoroides ± Acmena hemilampra subsp. hemilampra open forest. Residual sand rises and sheets3.5.32
Corymbia nesophila open forest on sand rises in the Torres Strait Islands3.5.34
Asteromyrtus brassii ± Melaleuca saligna tall shrubland on residual sand plains3.5.43
Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket on isolated lateritic hill slopes3.7.1
Acacia shirleyi open forest on lateritic knolls3.7.2
Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis and Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on ironstone knolls and erosional surfaces3.7.5
Semi-deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine forest on basalt3.8.2
Eucalyptus leptophleba or Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris woodland on basalt flows3.8.3
Imperata cylindrica or Mnesithea rottboellioides tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises3.8.4
Semi-deciduous and deciduous notophyll vine forest on the Basaltic Islands of the Torres Strait3.8.5
Terminalia aridicola subsp. chillagoensis and T. platyphylla open woodland on clay soils3.9.6
Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens and Sarga plumosum closed-tussock grassland on clay plains3.9.8
Seepage springs from sandstone or Tertiary plateaus and associated rainforests and vine thickets3.10.1
Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket or forest ± Gyrocarpus americanus or Eucalyptus pellita emergents on sandstone hills and slopes3.10.5
Allocasuarina littoralis ± Acacia crassicarpa low woodland on sandstone plateaus3.10.14
Sedgelands, fernlands and closed heathlands associated with springs on sandstone tablelands3.10.20
Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on metamorphic ranges in the south3.11.2
Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus spp. open forest on wetter ranges in south-east3.11.4
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on metamorphic coastal ranges3.11.5
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. leptophleba ± Corymbia nesophila open forest to woodland on hill slopes3.11.6
Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands3.11.19
Deciduous vine thicket on karst outcrops3.11.20
Deciduous vine thicket on metamorphic slopes3.11.21
Araucarian notophyll vine forest on granitic ridges and mountains3.12.2
Notophyll vine forest of Welchiodendron longivalve and Acacia polystachya on low hills and rises on volcanics3.12.4
Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest ± Wodyetia bifurcata on colluvium of granite ranges3.12.6
Corymbia tessellaris ± Welchiodendron longivalve ± Eucalyptus cullenii open forest on footslopes of granite hills3.12.9
Evergreen notophyll vine forest dominated by Welchiodendron longivalve on headlands3.12.20
Deciduous vine thicket ± Wodyetia bifurcata on granite boulders3.12.22
Acacia brassii low open forest on acid volcanics3.12.23
Leptospermum purpurascens tall shrubland on acid volcanic hills3.12.28
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland on steep slopes3.12.30
Schizachyrium spp. ± Eriachne spp. tussock grassland on rocky ranges and rock pavements3.12.32
Granite boulders interspersed with vine thicket3.12.33
Rock pavements associated with mountains and river beds and some offshore islands3.12.34
Semi-deciduous mesophyll and/or notophyll vine forest on granite slopes of the Torres Strait subregion3.12.35
Evergreen to complex evergreen mesophyll to notophyll vine forest and thicket on mountain ranges of Torres Strait Islands3.12.36
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Corymbia stockerii ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open woodland on coastal hills3.12.37
Corymbia clarksoniana ± Corymbia stockerii ± Corymbia nesophila low mixed woodland of Torres Strait Islands3.12.38
Eucalyptus crebra ± Corymbia hylandii low woodland to low open forest on skeletal soils in gullies and on foothills of granite hills3.12.39
Welchiodendron longivalve, Acacia brassii low woodland on igneous hills3.12.43
Melaleuca citrolens low open woodland on low granite hills and rolling rises3.12.44
Melaleuca stenostachya shrubland on exposed igneous headlands and hills3.12.46
Heteropogon triticeus or Themeda triandra or Schizachyrium fragile tussock grassland on rocky igneous coastal headlands and islands3.12.48
Part 3Central Queensland Coast BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Sporobolus virginicus tussock grassland on marine sediments8.1.3
Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sedgeland or Paspalum vaginatum tussock grassland8.1.4
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 ecosystems8.1.5
Casuarina equisetifolia woodland and/or sparse herbland to open scrub on foredunes and beaches8.2.1
Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket to vine forest on coastal dunes8.2.2
Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Leptospermum neglectum and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium and/or Baeckea frutescens shrubland on coastal sand ridges, parabolic dunes and whaleback dunes8.2.3
Sedgeland, closed heath or Melaleuca spp. open shrubland to open forest on swampy sand plains with peat8.2.4
Evergreen notophyll Archontophoenix cunninghamiana vine forest in deep depressions and narrow gullies on coastal parabolic dunes8.2.5
Corymbia tessellaris ± Acacia leptocarpa ± Allocasuarina littoralis ± Banksia integrifolia ± rainforest species open forest on coastal parallel dunes8.2.6
Melaleuca spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Eucalyptus robusta open forest in wetlands associated with parabolic dunes8.2.7
Tussock grassland on coastal dunes8.2.9
Sand blows with bare sand and areas of sparse herbland or shrubland8.2.10
Melaleuca spp. closed forest in parallel dune swales8.2.11
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 dunes8.2.14
Semi-deciduous to evergreen notophyll to mesophyll vine forest ± sclerophyll emergents fringing or in the vicinity of watercourses8.3.1
Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains8.3.5
Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia intermedia (or C. clarksoniana) and/or C. tessellaris ± Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on alluvial levees and lower terraces8.3.6
Syncarpia glomulifera and/or Eucalyptus portuensis and/or Corymbia intermedia open forest on sandy terrace flats and granite outwash8.3.8
Semi-deciduous complex notophyll vine forest on perched alluvials in valleys of undulating mountain ranges8.3.9
Semi-evergreen to evergreen notophyll vine forest on gently to moderately sloping alluvial fans adjacent to ranges8.3.10
Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Corymbia tessellaris and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on alluvial and marine plains, often adjacent to estuarine areas8.3.13
Ischaemum australe and/or Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum forma aristatum tussock grassland on drainage channels in gently undulating upland areas8.3.14
Open water in river channels, waterholes and lagoons, and exposed stream beds and bars8.3.15
Eucalyptus drepanophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± E. platyphylla ± C. dallachiana ± Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on broad low rises and gently sloping Tertiary sand plains8.5.3
Eucalyptus exserta and/or Corymbia clarksoniana and/or E. crebra and/or Melaleuca spp. woodland on Tertiary sand plains8.5.5
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Allocasuarina littoralis woodland on Tertiary sand plains8.5.6
Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Eucalyptus latisinensis ± Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on Cainozoic sand plains of uncertain age and origin8.5.7
Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands and highlands on basalt8.8.1
Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Corymbia intermedia ± Syncarpia glomulifera woodland on low rises in coastal plains8.9.1
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 rocks8.10.1
Eucalyptus drepanophylla ± E. platyphylla woodland on hills formed from metamorphosed sediments8.11.1
Semi-evergreen notophyll to microphyll vine forest of foothills and uplands on metamorphosed sediments8.11.2
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 sediments8.11.6
Lophostemon confertus and/or Banksia integrifolia and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland on exposed metamorphic mountain tops8.11.7
Themeda trianda and/or Heteropogon contortus tussock grassland, or Xanthorrhoea latifolia shrubland with Themeda trianda, on exposed rocky headlands on metamorphosed sediments8.11.9
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 sediments8.11.10
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 headlands8.11.12
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 rocks8.12.8
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 rocks8.12.10
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 volcanics8.12.13
Deciduous to semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket ± Brachychiton spp. ± Araucaria cunninghamii emergents of foothills and uplands (western areas) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.16
Evergreen microphyll to notophyll mossy forest to thicket of ridges and plateaus on highlands to foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.17
Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on elevated tablelands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.23
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. tereticornis x E. platyphylla woodland on hillslopes of islands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.25
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 volcanics8.12.26
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 rocks8.12.29
Evergreen notophyll Ristantia waterhousei mossy forest of uplands on rhyolite8.12.30
Part 4Channel Country BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Springs on recent alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rocks5.3.23
Acacia peuce low open woodland between dunes5.7.8
Part 5Desert Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on broad stream beds10.3.5
Acacia excelsa and Grevillea striata low open woodland on lake-fringing dunes10.3.17
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on older lake-fringing dunes10.3.20
Acacia salicina and Grevillea striata low open woodland on sandy alluvial plains10.3.21
Lysiphyllum carronii low open woodland on alluvial plains10.3.26
Acacia torulosa shrubland or Triodia longiceps hummock grassland on weathered lake dunes10.3.29
Casuarina cristata woodland on floodplains10.3.30
Artesian springs emerging on alluvial plains10.3.31
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 beds10.4.6
Casuarina cristata open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.7
Corymbia spp. open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.9
Eucalyptus quadricostata open woodland on sandy plateaus10.5.9
Acacia aneura low open woodland near the margins of sandy plateaus10.7.6
Eucalyptus exilipes with or without Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on the perimeter of sandy plateaus10.7.9
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland or Lysiphyllum carronii low open woodland on calcareous sandstones10.9.5
Melaleuca uncinata dwarf open shrubland on Cretaceous sediments10.9.7
Archidendropsis basaltica low open woodland on Cretaceous sediments10.9.8
Eucalyptus drepanophylla open woodland on sandstone ranges10.10.3
Springs associated with margins of sandstone plateaus10.10.6
Eucalyptus cloeziana open woodland on sandstone ranges10.10.7
Part 6Einasleigh Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Permanent or seasonal wetlands frequently fringed by narrow bands of trees and shrubs including Eucalyptus spp. on alluvial plains9.3.4
Acacia cambagei ± A. harpophylla woodland on cracking clay soils9.3.9
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Terminalia spp. woodland on alluvial plains9.3.21
Acacia tephrina open forest on alluvial clay plains9.3.23
Eucalyptus cambageana woodland with a shrub layer of Erempohila mitchellii, Psydrax oleifolia, Flindersia maculosa and Lysiphyllum spp. on clay lenses in Cainozoic plains9.4.1
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 plains9.4.2
Acacia harpophylla and Lysiphyllum carronii open woodland on Cainozoic clays9.4.3
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on red kandosols on Tertiary plateaus9.5.2
Melaleuca viridiflora and/or M. stenostachya low open woodland on erosional plains9.5.14
Melaleuca viridiflora, Grevillea pteridifolia, Allocasuarina littoralis and Callitris intratropica mixed low woodland on Tertiary remnants9.5.17
Allocasuarina inophloia ± Eucalyptus exserta low open woodland on exposed lateritic surfaces on Tertiary plateaus9.7.4
Eucalyptus chartaboma ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Acacia shirleyi woodland on lateritised remnant sand sheets9.7.6
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Quaternary basalt soils9.8.3
Springs associated with basalt and alluvium9.8.8
Eucalyptus tereticornis and Lophostemon suaveolens woodland ± a shrubby understorey on rocky basalt flows9.8.10
Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland on cracking clays on rocky basalt plains9.8.12
Springs and their associated vegetation on quartzose sandstone, limestone, metamorphic rock and granite9.10.2
Corymbia trachyphloia and/or Eucalyptus exilipes woodland on remnant sandstone sheets overlying mountain ranges9.10.4
Eucalyptus similis ± Corymbia erythrophloia open forest on remnant sandstone sheets overlying mountain ranges9.10.5
Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan9.10.7
Eucalyptus mediocris and E. cloeziana woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan9.10.8
Acacia johannis low woodland on sandstones of Ngarrabullan9.10.9
Semi-deciduous vine thicket on metamorphic soils (not limestone)9.11.9
Eucalyptus cambageana ± E. crebra ± E. brownii woodland on low metamorphic rises9.11.19
Corymbia setosa ± Eucalyptus crebra low open woodland on metamorphic hills9.11.21
Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Corymbia erythrophloia ± Terminalia platyptera low woodland on metamorphic hills9.11.22
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia leichhardtii and C. lamprophylla woodland on steep to rugged metamorphic hills9.11.29
Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or Corymbia terminalis ± C. dallachiana woodland on aprons surrounding limestone outcrops9.11.32
Macropteranthes montana low open forest on igneous geologies9.12.9
Corymbia confertiflora and Eucalyptus crebra ± C. clarksoniana open woodland on rolling igneous hills9.12.10
Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia dallachiana ± C. erythrophloia open woodland on pre-Cainozoic basalt loams and flats to undulating plains9.12.16
Eucalyptus crebra or E. drepanophylla and Corymbia spp. open woodland on flat to undulating country on igneous rocks9.12.21
Eucalyptus exserta and Lysicarpus angustifolius low open woodland with Triodia bitextura ground layer on sandy soils on igneous rocks9.12.25
Eucalyptus moluccana ± E. crebra and/or E. granitica woodland on igneous rocks9.12.26
Eucalyptus similis and E. shirleyi ± E. crebra low open woodland on low granite hills with rocky outcrops9.12.29
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. granitica ± Corymbia intermedia low open woodland on igneous uplands9.12.39
Schizachyrium fragile and Dichanthium sericeum grassland on undulating hills on pre-Cainozoic mafic igneous rocks9.12.42
Granite and rhyolite boulders and pavements edged with patches of Callitris intratropica ± vine thicket species9.12.43
Part 7Gulf Plains BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Tidal lagoons on coastal mud flats2.1.5
Beaches and foredunes2.2.1
Chrysopogon elongatus, Eriachne spp., Perotis rara and Aristida holathera in mixed tussock grasslands on coastal dunes2.2.4
Melaleuca dealbata woodland in swales associated with coastal dunes2.2.5
Mixed sedgelands or tussock grasslands in closed depressions in the swales of coastal dunes2.2.6
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii woodland on plains of calcareous clays2.3.5
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Terminalia platyphylla, Corymbia bella and E. microtheca in mixed woodlands fringing minor watercourses in Cretaceous mudstone landscapes2.3.6
Acacia stenophylla low woodland in seasonal swamps on grey clay plains2.3.13
Muehlenbeckia florulenta shrubland in channelled depressions in floodplains2.3.14
Eucalyptus microtheca woodland to low open woodland with Sarga spp. in seasonally flooded depressions on gleyed podsolics2.3.15
Eucalyptus tectifica woodland with Eulalia aurea on plains on solodised solonetz2.3.19
Eucalyptus leucophylla and Corymbia terminalis woodland in depressions on podsolic soils2.3.27
Eucalyptus platyphylla and Eucalyptus brownii woodland in shallow depressions on plateaus, on podsolics and earths2.3.37
Seasonal swamps. Mixed grassland and sedgelands in closed depressions with Eucalyptus camaldulensis fringes on plateau surfaces2.3.38
Springs on recent alluvium2.3.39
Sporobolus mitchellii ± Cyperus bifax, Astrebla elymoides, Chenopodium auricomum tussock grassland on seasonally inundated alluvial plains and drainage depressions2.3.43
Vachellia ditricha low open woodland on active Quaternary alluvial plains of the Mitchell River delta2.3.47
Shallow, seasonal hypersaline lakes with a fringe of Eucalyptus camaldulensis on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus2.3.48
Seasonal swamps. Mixed herblands and/or low shrublands with a fringe of Eucalyptus microtheca in closed depressions on silty, active Quaternary alluvial plains in the west of the bioregion2.3.49
Evergreen notophyll vine forest on fringes and levees of major watercourses2.3.53
Panicum trachyrhachis closed tussock grassland in shallow depressions on old alluvial plains (recent Pleistocene surface)2.3.57
Eriachne glauca var. glauca, Oryza australiensis and Eulalia aurea tussock grassland in shallow alluvial depressions in the Doomadgee Plains subregion2.3.58
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± Corymbia polycarpa, Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on abandoned stream channels and upper drainage areas in lateritic landscapes2.3.62
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on infrequently flooded Quaternary alluvial plains2.3.64
Neofabricia mjoebergii ± Melaleuca spp., Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low open woodland on abandoned levees on Quaternary deposits (recent Pleistocene surface)2.3.65
Dinebra neesii, Panicum trachyrhachis, Dichanthium sericeum and Oryza spp. in mixed tussock grasslands in shallow depressions on Tertiary clay plains2.3.67
Eucalyptus platyphylla, E. brassiana, Corymbia polycarpa and E. leptophleba in mixed open forests on active Quaternary alluvial plains in sandstone landscapes in the north-east2.3.68
Atalaya hemiglauca and Ventilago viminalis low open woodland on plains on red and brown earths2.5.2
Callitris glaucophylla woodland on plains on deep sandy soils2.5.4
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on sandy, Tertiary remnants overlying lateritised Cretaceous mudstones2.5.21
Acacia torulosa, Corymbia setosa and A. platycarpa in mixed tall shrublands on degraded residuals of inland sand dunes2.5.27
Acacia shirleyi ± Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia spp. woodland on Tertiary sand sheets2.5.29
Corymbia polycarpa and/or C. bella ± Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, C. curtipes woodland on abandoned levees on Tertiary clay plains2.5.40
Eucalyptus cullenii ± Corymbia confertiflora, E. chlorophylla, Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on Tertiary sand sheets overlying Cretaceous mudstones2.5.41
Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia citriodora and E. acmenoides open forest on high plateaus on earths and sands2.10.3
Melaleuca spp. low open woodland on ledges on skeletal soils2.10.6
Springs associated with quartzose sandstone or lateritised sandstone gullies and gorges2.10.8
Eucalypt woodland and deciduous woodland on hills on granitic rocks2.12.1
Part 8Mitchell Grass Downs BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eragrostis setifolia and Marsilea drummondii ± Chenopodium auricomum open grassland in drainage depressions4.3.13
Acacia peuce low open woodland on alluvium4.3.21
Springs on recent alluvia and fine-grained sedimentary rock4.3.22
Archidendropsis basaltica, Acacia aneura low open woodland4.7.3
Acacia harpophylla tall shrubland with scattered emergent Atalaya hemiglauca ± Eucalyptus spp. on Cretaceous sediments4.9.15
Acacia harpophylla ± A. cambagei low woodland on undulating clay plains4.9.17
Part 9Mulga Lands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus populnea, Casuarina cristata or Acacia harpophylla ± Geijera parviflora woodland on clay plains6.4.3
Eucalyptus populnea, Acacia aneura and/or E. melanophloia woodland on Quaternary sediments6.5.2
Eucalyptus populnea, Acacia aneura ± Eremophila mitchellii woodland within A. aneura communities6.5.3
Eucalyptus populnea ± E. intertexta ± Acacia aneura ± Callitris glaucophylla woodland on Quaternary sediments6.5.5
Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Callitris glaucophylla ± Acacia aneura woodland on sand plains6.5.17
Springs associated with lateritised sandstone6.7.18
Scattered Acacia aneura around granite boulders6.12.1
Part 10New England Tableland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus blakelyi woodland on alluvial plains13.3.1
Eucalyptus nova-anglica open forest on alluvial plains13.3.2
Eucalyptus camaldulensis fringing open forest13.3.5
Sedgelands on alluvial deposits in igneous landscapes13.3.6
Eucalyptus youmanii, E. dealbata, E. caleyi, Callitris endlicheri woodland on metamorphics13.11.1
Eucalyptus laevopinea open forest on metamorphics13.11.2
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics13.11.3
Eucalyptus sideroxylon, E. fibrosa subsp. nubila open forest on metamorphics13.11.5
Low microphyll vine forest on metamorphics13.11.7
Eucalyptus melliodora and/or Eucalyptus microcarpa/ E. moluccana woodland on metamorphics13.11.8
Eucalyptus prava, Acacia blakei, A. neriifolia open woodland to shrubland on rock pavements on metamorphics13.11.9
Eucalyptus scoparia woodland on igneous rocks13.12.3
Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. tereticornis open forest on igneous rocks13.12.4
Shrubland on igneous rocks13.12.6
Semi-evergreen vine thicket, Angophora floribunda woodland on igneous rocks13.12.11
Part 11Northwest Highlands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Perennial watercourses and associated alluvium1.3.9
Mixed tussock grassland on shallow alluvium1.3.10
Terminalia bursarina open woodland on recent levees1.3.12
Mixed shrubland on older sandy alluvium1.5.10
Triodia longiceps hummock grassland on older alluvium1.5.12
Corymbia capricornia low open woodland on red sands around low metamorphic hills1.5.18
Mixed forbland with Acacia stipuligera on linear sand dunes and associated sandplains1.6.1
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on ferricrete and on silcrete1.7.3
Triodia brizoides and/or T. molesta hummock grassland on ferricrete and on silcrete1.7.4
Spring wetlands on undeformed fine-grained sedimentary rock1.9.8
Acacia cambagei low woodland on clays developed on Cambrian limestones1.9.9
Sink holes with low open forest of Celtis strychnoides and Ficus spp.1.9.10
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on Cambrian limestones1.9.12
Eucalyptus miniata woodland on sandstone plateaus1.10.2
Springs mostly associated with quartzose sandstone and fine-grained sedimentary rocks (limestone)1.10.6
Acacia spp. and/or Calytrix exstipulata open shrubland on rock pavement1.10.9
Springs associated with metamorphic rocks1.11.5
Acacia cambagei low woodland on metamorphic hills1.11.7
Eucalyptus odontocarpa open shrubland on siliceous metamorphics1.11.9
Grassland on clays derived from metamorphic rocks1.11.13
Acacia cambagei on clay soils derived from metamorphic rocks1.11.14
Acacia cambagei woodland on igneous hills1.12.4
Mixed tussock grassland on basic igneous rocks1.12.5
Hummock grassland on basic igneous rocks1.12.6
Part 12South East Queensland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Casuarina glauca woodland on margins of marine clay plains12.1.1
Notophyll vine forest on parabolic high dunes12.2.1
Microphyll to notophyll vine forest on beach ridges12.2.2
Araucarian vine forest on parabolic high dunes12.2.3
Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunes12.2.4
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 soils12.2.10
Closed heath on seasonally waterlogged sand plains12.2.12
Open or dry heath on dunes and beaches12.2.13
Sand blows largely devoid of vegetation12.2.16
Mixed closed-tussock grassland to closed herbland on coral, shingle and sand cays12.2.17
Abutilon albescens ± Wollastonia biflora low shrubland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand cays12.2.18
Argusia argentea low woodland, restricted to coral, shingle and sand cays12.2.19
Pandanus tectorius open woodland ± Celtis paniculata and Pisonia grandis, restricted to established cays12.2.20
Pisonia grandis low closed forest, restricted to established cays12.2.21
Eucalyptus grandis tall open forest on alluvial plains12.3.2
Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus robusta woodland on coastal alluvium12.3.4
Swamps with Cyperus spp., Schoenoplectus spp. and Eleocharis spp.12.3.8
Eucalyptus nobilis open forest on alluvial plains12.3.9
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± Eucalyptus siderophloia, Corymbia intermedia open forest on alluvial plains, usually near coast12.3.11
Banksia aemula low woodland on alluvial plains, usually near coast12.3.14
Corymbia intermedia, Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on granite outwash12.3.15
Simple notophyll fringing forest usually dominated by Waterhousea floribunda12.3.17
Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia intermedia open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils12.5.5
Eucalyptus hallii open woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks12.5.8
Sedgeland to heathland in low lying areas on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks12.5.9
Eucalyptus racemosa, E. latisinensis ± Corymbia gummifera, C. intermedia, E. bancroftii woodland with heathy understorey on remnant Tertiary surfaces12.5.12
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa and/or Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups12.7.1
Eucalyptus rhombica, Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups12.7.2
Eucalyptus oreades tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.2
Simple microphyll fern forest with Nothofagus moorei on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.6
Simple microphyll fern thicket with Acmena smithii on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.7
Eucalyptus saligna or E. grandis tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.8
Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.10
Eucalyptus dunnii tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.11
Eucalyptus obliqua tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.12
Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.13
Poa labillardieri var. labillardierei grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.15
Eucalyptus crebra ± E. melliodora, E. tereticornis woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.16
Simple notophyll vine forest with Ceratopetalum apetalum on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.18
Heath and rock pavement with scattered shrubs or open woodland on Cainozoic igneous hills and mountains12.8.19
Shrubby woodland with Eucalyptus racemosa or E. dura on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.20
Open forest with Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. helidonica on Cainozoic igneous rocks especially trachyte12.8.25
Corymbia trachyphloia and Eucalyptus major woodland on igneous rocks12.8.26
Tall open forest often with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. grandis, E. robusta and Corymbia intermedia on sedimentary rocks. Coastal12.9–10.1
Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.3
Eucalyptus crebra ± E. tereticornis, Corymbia tessellaris, Angophora spp. and E. melanophloia woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.7
Shrubland and low woodland on sandstone lithosols12.9–10.9
Melaleuca nodosa low open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.10
Eucalyptus corynodes woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.13
Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments12.9–10.16
Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.18
Eucalyptus montivaga woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.20
Closed sedgeland and/or shrubland on sedimentary rocks. Coastal parts12.9–10.22
Eucalyptus melanoleuca open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.23
Eucalyptus suffulgens open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.24
Eucalyptus decorticans ± Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia woodland on quartzose sandstone12.9–10.25
Eucalyptus baileyana and/or E. planchoniana and/or E. psammitica woodland to open forest on quartzose sandstone12.9–10.26
Eucalyptus cloeziana ± E. propinqua, E. acmenoides, E. microcorys and E. grandis tall open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.29
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.4
Eucalyptus melanophloia, E. crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.8
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually higher altitudes12.11.9
Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in northern half of bioregion12.11.12
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in northern half of bioregion12.11.13
Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.14
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia open woodland with Xanthorrhoea johnsonii understorey on serpentinite12.11.15
Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. portuensis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.17
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.19
Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.20
Allocasuarina luehmannii and Melaleuca nervosa woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.21
Corymbia henryi and/or Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa ± E. crebra, E. carnea, E. tindaliae woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.25
Eucalyptus baileyana and/or E. planchoniana woodland to open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.26
Eucalyptus helidonica, Angophora woodsiana, Corymbia gummifera woodland with a heathy shrub layer dominated by Leptospermum polygalifolium, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii and Banksia spinulosa var. collina on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.28
Simple notophyll vine forest usually with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.1
Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.6
Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.8
Eucalyptus dura woodland usually on rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.9
Shrubland of rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.10
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia, E. crebra ± Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.12
Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa ± Lophostemon confertus, Syncarpia glomulifera, Eucalyptus acmenoides woodland usually on rocky near-coastal areas on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.14
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, north of bioregion12.12.18
Vegetation complex of rocky headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.19
Eucalyptus saligna tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.20
Corymbia intermedia, E. exserta woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.21
Eucalyptus decolor, E. portuensis or E. acmenoides open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.22
Corymbia trachyphloia, Eucalyptus crebra and Callitris endlicheri woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.27
Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.28
Part 13Wet Tropics BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Sporobolus virginicus grassland, samphire open forbland to sparse forbland and bare saltpans on plains adjacent to mangroves7.1.2
Schoenoplectus subulatus and/or Eleocharis dulcis sparse sedgeland, or Melaleuca quinquenervia low open forest, in swamps which fluctuate periodically between freshwater and estuarine7.1.3
Mangrove and vine forest closed forest of the brackish zone7.1.4
Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca spp. ± Acacia spp. ± mangrove spp. woodland on plains adjacent to mangroves7.1.5
Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on sands of beach origin7.2.2
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 ridges7.2.4
Mesophyll to notophyll vine forest of Syzgium forte subsp. forte on sands of beach origin7.2.5
Mosaic of clumps of notophyll vine forest, sclerophyll spp. shrubland and open woodland, and bare sand blows on aeolian dunes7.2.6
Casuarina equisetifolia ± Corymbia tessellaris open forest ± groved vine forest shrublands on strand and foredunes7.2.7
Melaleuca leucadendra open forest to woodland on sands of beach origin7.2.8
Melaleuca quinquenervia shrubland to closed forest, or Lepironia articulata open to closed sedgeland, on dune swales and swampy sand plains of beach origin7.2.9
Shrubland, sedgeland and heath complex with Thryptomene oligandra and/or Asteromyrtus spp. ± Melaleuca quinquenervia on sand plains of beach origin7.2.10
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 origin7.2.11
Grasslands and sedgelands ± Melaleuca spp. within volcanic craters, often on peat7.3.2
Mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae on poorly drained alluvial plains7.3.3
Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi on poorly drained alluvial plains and alluvial areas of uplands7.3.4
Simple–complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderate to poorly drained alluvial plains of moderate fertility7.3.10
Corymbia nesophila open forest to woodland on alluvium7.3.13
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Melaleuca dealbata woodland to open forest on alluvium in low rainfall areas of the west and north7.3.14
Corymbia intermedia or C. tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on well-drained alluvium7.3.19
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 ranges7.3.20
Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland on alluvium on alluvial fans at the base of ranges7.3.21
Melaleuca leucadendra ± vine forest species open forest to closed forest on alluvium fringing streams7.3.25
Casuarina cunninghamiana woodland to open forest on alluvium fringing streams7.3.26
Rivers and streams including riparian herbfield and shrubland on river and stream bed alluvium and rock within stream beds7.3.28
Sedgelands and grasslands of permanently and semi-permanently inundated swamps, including areas of open water7.3.29
Lepironia articulata sedgeland to open sedgeland of permanently to semi-permanently inundated peat swamps of alluvial plains7.3.31
Open water and narrow shoreline sedge fringes of lakes in volcanic craters7.3.33
Complex mesophyll vine forest or simple notophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on alluvium7.3.36
Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis robusta on alluvial fans7.3.38
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. platyphylla ± Corymbia intermedia ± Lophostemon suaveolens open woodland to open forest and associated sedgelands and grasslands on broad drainage depressions of uplands7.3.39
Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. grandis) on alluvium7.3.42
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland on uplands on well-drained alluvium7.3.43
Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on poorly drained alluvium7.3.47
Eucalyptus portuensis and E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia intermedia ± C. citriodora open woodland to open forest on dry uplands on alluvium7.3.48
Notophyll vine forest on rubble terraces of streams7.3.49
Melaleuca fluviatilis ± vine forest species open forest to closed forest on alluvium fringing streams7.3.50
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia and E. reducta woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface7.5.1
Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface7.5.2
Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia citriodora and E. drepanophylla woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface7.5.3
Corymbia intermedia or Melaleuca viridiflora woodland to open forest of uplands on weathered soils of a remnant surface7.5.4
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to tall open forest and associated grasslands, predominantly on basalt uplands7.8.7
Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. reducta ± Angophora floribunda open forest to woodland on basalt7.8.8
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 basalt7.8.10
Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest on basalt foothills and coastal ranges7.8.11
Complex notophyll vine forest dominated by Backhousia bancroftii on basaltic terraces and scree slopes of the North Johnstone River7.8.12
Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya involucrigera of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt7.8.13
Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis robusta, on basalt7.8.14
Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. grandis emergents) on basalt7.8.15
Eucalyptus resinifera open forest to woodland on basalt7.8.16
Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia ± C. citriodora open forest to woodland on basalt7.8.17
Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens ± Allocasuarina torulosa open forest to woodland on basalt7.8.18
Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi on metamorphics7.11.2
Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on moist and dry metamorphic foothills7.11.3
Syncarpia glomulifera ± Eucalyptus pellita open forest of deep soils on metamorphics7.11.6
Acacia polystachya woodland to closed forest, or Acacia mangium and Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest, on metamorphics7.11.8
Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest on metamorphics7.11.10
Corymbia torelliana open forest, usually with a vine forest element, on metamorphics7.11.13
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 metamorphics7.11.14
Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland on metamorphics of foothills and uplands7.11.16
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 foothills7.11.18
Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland on uplands on metamorphics7.11.19
Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well-drained metamorphics of very wet and wet footslopes7.11.23
Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest of metamorphic slopes, often steep and exposed7.11.24
Simple–complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on amphibolites of the very wet lowlands and foothills7.11.25
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 pavements7.11.26
Simple microphyll vine-fern forest or microphyll vine-sedge forest of wet metamorphic uplands and highlands7.11.27
Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest of exposed metamorphic ridge crests and steep slopes7.11.28
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 metamorphics7.11.29
Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya involucrigera on metamorphics7.11.30
Eucalyptus resinifera ± Eucalyptus portuensis ± Syncarpia glomulifera open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents) on metamorphics7.11.31
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 soils7.11.32
Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on metamorphics7.11.33
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 islands7.11.34
Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia, Lophostemon suaveolens, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii shrubland on serpentenite foothills with deep red soils7.11.36
Eucalyptus drepanophylla and Corymbia clarksoniana or C. erythrophloia woodland to open forest on dry uplands on metamorphics between Tolga and Mount Molloy7.11.37
Lophostemon confertus low woodland to low closed forest ± Acacia celsa, Syncarpia glomulifera and Allocasuarina spp. on steep metamorphic slopes7.11.38
Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed-tussock grassland of metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills7.11.39
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 metamorphics7.11.40
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 metamorphics7.11.41
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Pandanus sp., Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleuca dealbata and E. pellita woodland to open forest of perched drainage areas on metamorphics7.11.42
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest to woodland on metamorphic coastal lowlands and foothills7.11.43
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland on coastal metamorphic foothills7.11.44
Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest on metamorphics7.11.45
Eucalyptus portuensis open forest, often with Corymbia nesophila, on near-coastal metamorphic foothills north of the Daintree River7.11.46
Corymbia nesophila open forest on moderate to steep metamorphic slopes7.11.47
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on metamorphics7.11.48
Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana and E. platyphylla open forest to woodland on metamorphic foothills7.11.49
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on metamorphics7.11.50
Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi, on granites and rhyolites7.12.2
Syncarpia glomulifera ± Eucalyptus pellita open forest of granites and rhyolites on deep soils7.12.4
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 rhyolites7.12.5
Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on granites and rhyolites of the moist and dry lowlands and foothills7.12.6
Acacia celsa open forest to closed forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.9
Notophyll vine forest with emergent Araucaria cunninghamii on moist and dry granite foothills and uplands7.12.10
Acacia mangium and A. celsa open forest to closed forest or A. polystachya woodland to closed forest of granite and rhyolite foothills7.12.12
Acacia melanoxylon and A. celsa closed forest of cloudy wet uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites7.12.13
Corymbia torelliana open forest usually with a well developed simple notophyll vine forest element on granites and rhyolites7.12.17
Simple microphyll vine-fern thicket of windswept exposed peaks on granites7.12.20
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 foothills7.12.23
Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest to woodland on granite and rhyolite, often on poorly drained soils7.12.25
Corymbia nesophila woodland to open forest on granites7.12.33
Eucalyptus portuensis, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on granites and rhyolites in the Kirrama-Oak Hills area7.12.35
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 sedgelands7.12.37
Deciduous microphyll vine forest and/or blue-green algae-covered granite and rhyolite boulderfields7.12.38
Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well-drained granites and rhyolites of very wet and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands7.12.39
Closed vineland of wind-disturbed vine forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.40
Podocarpus grayae, Callitris endlicheri and Acacia celsa heathland/shrubland on steep rocky granite slopes of the Hinchinbrook Island uplands and highlands7.12.41
Notophyll vine forest with Flindersia brayleyana and Argyrodendron polyandrum on granite uplands of Great Palm Island7.12.42
Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Stockwellia quadrifida on granites7.12.43
Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Blepharocarya involucrigera on granites7.12.44
Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Dryadodaphne trachyphloia on granites7.12.45
Microphyll vine forest with Gossia bidwillii ± Araucaria cunninghamii on steep granite talus and boulder slopes of the Palm Islands7.12.46
Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest with Argyrodendron polyandrum emergents on rhyolites7.12.47
Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest on exposed granite and rhyolite ridge crests and steep slopes7.12.48
Notophyll vine forest and thicket with Planchonella euphlebia and Podocarpus grayae on granites7.12.49
Simple microphyll vine-fern forest of highlands on granites and rhyolites7.12.50
Eucalyptus resinifera, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. portuensis, Corymbia abergiana ± C. leptoloma woodland of rocky hills on granite and rhyolite in the Paluma-Seaview (south-west) subregion7.12.51
Eucalyptus resinifera, Corymbia intermedia, Allocasuarina littoralis, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. drepanophylla ± E. reducta woodland on granite and rhyolite in the dry to moist rainfall zone7.12.52
Complex of shrubland and low open forest on wind-exposed granite and rhyolite coastal headlands and islands on skeletal soils7.12.54
Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest of dry foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites7.12.55
Corymbia tessellaris, C. clarksoniana grassy woodland, open woodland and grassland on shallow soils on granites on the Palm Islands7.12.56
Shrubland and low woodland mosaic with Syncarpia glomulifera, Corymbia abergiana, Eucalyptus portuensis, Allocasuarina littoralis and Xanthorrhoea johnsonii on uplands and highlands on granites7.12.57
Eucalyptus reducta ± E. granitica ± Corymbia dimorpha ± C. citriodora woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.58
Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on foothills on granites and rhyolites7.12.59
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.60
Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia stockeri ± C. hylandii ± Syncarpia glomulifera ± E. portuensis woodland on dry granite hill slopes in the north-west of the bioregion7.12.62
Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on granites and rhyolites7.12.63
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 Peak7.12.64
Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low closed forest on exposed rocky slopes on granites and rhyolites7.12.66
Gleichenia dicarpa, Gahnia sieberiana, Lycopodiella cernua and Lycopodium deuterodensum closed fernland of granite highlands on Thornton Peak and Mt Bartle Frere7.12.67
Complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy moist to wet highlands on granites7.12.68
Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. granitica ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. erythrophloia woodland on uplands on granites and rhyolites7.12.69
sch 2 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7amd 2018 SL No. 23 s 4Schedule 3Least concern regional ecosystemssection 8(3) and (6)Part 1Brigalow Belt BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Sporobolus virginicus grassland on marine clay plains11.1.1
Samphire forbland on marine clay plains11.1.2
Mangrove forest and/or woodland on marine clay plains11.1.4
Corymbia-Melaleuca woodland complex of beach ridges and swales11.2.5
Acacia cambagei woodland on alluvial plains11.3.5
Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on alluvial plains11.3.6
Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains11.3.7
Acacia argyrodendron woodland on alluvial plains11.3.8
Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains11.3.9
Eucalyptus brownii woodland on alluvial plains11.3.10
Melaleuca viridiflora, M. argentea ± M. dealbata woodland on alluvial plains11.3.12
Eucalyptus spp., Angophora spp., Callitris spp. woodland on alluvial plains11.3.14
Eucalyptus largiflorens ± Acacia cambagei ± A. harpophylla woodland to low open woodland on alluvial plains11.3.16
Eucalyptus populnea, Callitris glaucophylla, Allocasuarina luehmannii shrubby woodland on alluvium11.3.18
Callitris glaucophylla, Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus melanophloia open forest to woodland on Cainozoic alluvial plains11.3.19
Forb and/or grassland ± scattered Atalaya hemiglauca, Flindersia maculosa, Acacia spp. on alluvial plains11.3.20
Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis woodland fringing drainage lines11.3.25
Eucalyptus moluccana or E. microcarpa woodland to open forest on margins of alluvial plains11.3.26
Freshwater wetlands11.3.27
Eucalyptus crebra, E. exserta, Melaleuca spp. woodland on alluvial plains11.3.29
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia dallachiana woodland on alluvial plains11.3.30
Ophiuros exaltatus, Dichanthium spp. grassland on alluvial plains11.3.31
Allocasuarina luehmannii open woodland on alluvial plains11.3.32
Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains11.3.35
Eucalyptus coolabah fringing woodland on alluvial plains11.3.37
Eucalyptus melanophloia ± E. chloroclada open woodland on undulating plains and valleys with sandy soils11.3.39
Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.4
Eucalyptus orgadophila open woodland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.13
Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. populnea, Callitris glaucophylla, Angophora leiocarpa, Allocasuarina luehmannii woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.1
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia spp., with E. moluccana on lower slopes of Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.2
Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Corymbia clarksoniana on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.3
Eucalyptus chloroclada, Callitris glaucophylla, C. endlicheri, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.4
Eucalyptus melanophloia and/or Callitris glaucophylla woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces, on deep red sands11.5.5
Eucalyptus acmenoides and/or Angophora leiocarpa on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnants11.5.7
Melaleuca spp., Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia intermedia woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.8
Eucalyptus crebra and other Eucalyptus spp. and Corymbia spp. woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.9
Corymbia clarksoniana woodland and other Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.12
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.15
Eucalyptus moluccana and/or E. microcarpa and/or E. woollsiana ± E. crebra woodland on Cainozoic sand plains11.5.20
Corymbia bloxsomei ± Callitris glaucophylla ± Eucalyptus crebra ± Angophora leiocarpa woodland on Cainozoic sand plains and/or remnant surfaces11.5.21
Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata and Eucalyptus thozetiana or E. microcarpa woodland on lower scarp slopes on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust11.7.1
Acacia spp. woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust. Scarp retreat zone11.7.2
Eucalyptus persistens, Triodia mitchellii open woodland on stripped margins of Cainozoic lateritic duricrust11.7.3
Eucalyptus decorticans and/or Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia spp., Acacia spp., Lysicarpus angustifolius woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust11.7.4
Shrubland on natural scalds on deeply weathered coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.7.5
Corymbia citriodora or Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust11.7.6
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. nubila ± Corymbia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. woodland on Cainozoic lateritic duricrust11.7.7
Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks. Elevated plateaus11.8.1
Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. melliodora woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.2
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.4
Eucalyptus orgadophila open woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.5
Macropteranthes leichhardtii thicket on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.6
Eucalyptus albens, E. crebra woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.8
Eucalyptus melanophloia ± E. orgadophila woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.2
Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.3
Macropteranthes leichhardtii thicket on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.8
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on fine-grained sedimentary rocks11.9.9
Corymbia citriodora woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.1
Acacia catenulata or A. shirleyi open forest on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Crests and scarps11.10.3
Eucalyptus decorticans, Lysicarpus angustifolius ± Eucalyptus spp., Corymbia spp., Acacia spp. woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.4
Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa ± E. mensalis, E. saligna tall open forest on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Tablelands11.10.5
Angophora leiocarpa, Callitris glaucophylla open woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks. Broad valleys11.10.6
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.7
Callitris glaucophylla woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.9
Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia ± Callitris glaucophylla woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.11
Eucalyptus populnea woodland on medium to coarse-grained sedimentary rocks11.10.12
Eucalyptus spp. and/or Corymbia spp. open forest on scarps and sandstone tablelands11.10.13
Eucalyptus crebra ± Acacia rhodoxylon woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.1
Acacia shirleyi or A. catenulata low open forest on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.2
Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus crebra, E. acmenoides open forest on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Coastal ranges11.11.3
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Coastal ranges11.11.4
Microphyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.5
Corymbia leichhardtii, C. clarksoniana woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.6
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa, Corymbia xanthope woodland on serpentinite11.11.7
Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.8
Eucalyptus populnea or E. brownii woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.9
Eucalyptus persistens low woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.12
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics11.11.15
Eucalyptus thozetiana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding11.11.19
Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding. Lowlands11.11.20
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on igneous rocks11.12.1
Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on igneous rocks11.12.2
Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis, Angophora leiocarpa woodland on igneous rocks especially granite11.12.3
Semi-evergreen vine thicket and microphyll vine forest on igneous rocks11.12.4
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 rocks11.12.9
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia spp., E. acmenoides woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills11.12.13
Part 2Cape York Peninsula BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Rhizophora stylosa ± Bruguiera gymnorhiza closed forest, occurs as outer mangroves3.1.1
Avicennia marina (grey mangrove) low open forest on landward side of tidal zone3.1.2
Ceriops tagal ± Avicennia marina low closed forest on intertidal areas3.1.3
Sporobolus virginicus closed-tussock grassland on coastal plains3.1.5
Sparse herbland or bare saltpans on salt plains and saline flats3.1.6
Semi-deciduous vine thicket to vine forest on beach dunes and ridges3.2.2
Acacia crassicarpa on coastal dunes and beach ridges, woodland to open forest3.2.5
Corymbia intermedia or C. clarksoniana woodland in wet coastal areas3.2.7
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia clarksoniana ± E. brassiana or Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on stabilised dunes3.2.10
Low microphyll vine forest on coastal dunes and beach ridges3.2.11
Araucarian microphyll vine forest on coastal dunefields and beach ridges3.2.12
Leucopogon yorkensis open scrub on dunefields3.2.17
Asteromyrtus lysicephala ± Neofabricia myrtifolia open heath on flat sand plains3.2.18
Neofabricia myrtifolia ± Jacksonia thesioides open to closed heath on dunefields3.2.21
Sparse herbland of mixed herbaceous species on foredunes and beach ridges3.2.25
Sparse herbland and/or shrubland and bare sand areas predominantly on sand blows3.2.26
Closed semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on loamy alluvia3.3.1
Evergreen to semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on alluvia on major watercourses3.3.5
Corymbia tessellaris, C. clarksoniana open forest on coastal alluvial plains3.3.8
Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on streamlines, swamps and alluvial terraces3.3.9
Melaleuca argentea and/or M. fluviatilis ± M. leucadendra open forest fringing streams and creeks3.3.10
Melaleuca saligna ± M. viridiflora, Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on drainage swamps3.3.14
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains and colluvial fans3.3.16
Corymbia clarksoniana and Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on alluvial plains3.3.17
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. dallachiana woodland on alluvial plains3.3.18
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. dallachiana woodland on floodplains3.3.19
Corymbia clarksoniana ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys ± Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains3.3.20
Corymbia clarksoniana ± Syzygium eucalyptoides woodland on lower slopes of sand ridges and in drainage depressions3.3.21
Corymbia clarksoniana or C. novoguinensis woodland on alluvial plains3.3.22
Corymbia clarksoniana or C. polycarpa woodland on stream levees3.3.23
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial deposits3.3.24
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia tessellaris ± E. platyphylla woodland on riverine levees and floodplains3.3.25
Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± E. brassiana woodland on alluvial sediments3.3.27
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial and colluvial plains3.3.28
Corymbia polycarpa ± C. curtipes woodland on Mitchell River levees3.3.29
Corymbia tessellaris ± Eucalyptus acroleuca woodland on levees3.3.30
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia spp. woodland on coastal plains3.3.31
Melaleuca viridiflora ± M. saligna woodland in sinkholes and drainage depressions3.3.32
Thryptomene oligandra and Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on sides of depressions3.3.33
Eucalyptus acroleuca open woodland on floodplains in Lakefield National Park3.3.35
Eucalyptus chlorophylla open woodland on alluvial plains in south of bioregion3.3.36
Eucalyptus microtheca ± Corymbia dallachiana open woodland on floodplains3.3.37
Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket ± Lagerstroemia archeriana on heavy clay alluvium3.3.38
Melaleuca clarksonii low open forest in swamps3.3.41
Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland in drainage areas3.3.42
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Xanthorrhoea johnsonii low woodland on fans and alluvial plains3.3.43
Melaleuca citrolens ± M. foliolosa low open woodland along drainage lines3.3.47
Melaleuca saligna ± M. viridiflora low open woodland on drainage depressions and outwash plains3.3.48
Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland on low plains3.3.49
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Petalostigma pubescens ± M. stenostachya low open woodland on low plains3.3.50
Melaleuca citrolens and/or Excoecaria parvifolia tall shrubland on eroding drainage areas3.3.52
Asteromyrtus lysicephala ± Baeckea frutescens open heath on Jardine River sand plains3.3.53
Open heath to shrubland of Asteromyrtus lysicephala along creeks on plateaus3.3.54
Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Thryptomene oligandra open heath on alluvial plains3.3.55
Eriachne spp. ± Aristida spp. closed-tussock grassland on alluvial plains3.3.56
Oryza rufipogon ± Eleocharis spp. closed-tussock grassland in seasonally inundated depressions3.3.58
Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on erosional plains3.3.59
Themeda arguens, Dichanthium sericeum closed-tussock grassland on marine plains3.3.60
Panicum spp. and Fimbristylis spp. tussock grassland on inland and coastal alluvial plains3.3.61
Eleocharis dulcis dominated closed sedgeland on seasonally flooded marine plains3.3.63
Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum open sedgeland in drainage swamps in dune fields3.3.64
Ephemeral lakes and lagoons on alluvial plains and depressions3.3.65
Permanent lakes and lagoons, frequently with fringing woodlands or sedgelands3.3.66
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest in small patches on northern plateaus3.5.4
Corymbia novoguinensis ± C. tessellaris woodland on sand plains on northern Cape York Peninsula3.5.5
Eucalyptus phoenicea ± E. tetrodonta woodland on sandy colluvia3.5.6
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on sand ridges3.5.9
Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Choriceras tricorne open heath on sand sheets3.5.19
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland to woodland on undulating plains3.5.24
Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest on sand plains3.5.33
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia nesophila woodland with heathy understorey on sand plains3.5.35
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia nesophila woodland on undulating plains and remnant plateaus3.5.36
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia stockeri woodland to tall open forest on erosional plains and remnant plateaus3.5.37
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± E. cullenii, Corymbia stockeri and Melaleuca spp. woodland on remnant surfaces3.5.38
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on sand plains3.5.39
Melaleuca stenostachya ± Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland ± M. viridiflora shrub layer on outwash plains3.5.40
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to low open woodland on plains3.5.41
Asteromyrtus brassii and/or Neofabricia myrtifolia low open forest to woodland on sand plains3.5.42
Eucalyptus cullenii ± E. tetrodonta woodland on erosional escarpments and plains3.7.3
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on ironstone knolls and slopes3.7.4
Melaleuca stenostachya ± Acacia leptostachya woodland on lateritic erosional slopes3.7.6
Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland to open woodland on undulating clay plains3.9.2
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia dallachiana or Eucalyptus platyphylla open woodland on rolling plains3.9.4
Corymbia papuana ± Eucalyptus leptophleba open woodland on rolling plains3.9.5
Piliostigma malabaricum tall open shrubland on central clay plains3.9.7
Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± E. cullenii woodland on sandstone plateaus3.10.6
Eucalyptus phoenicea ± Corymbia nesophila or E. tetrodonta woodland on wetter sandstone3.10.7
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia stockeri ± C. clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris woodland on sandstone plateaus3.10.9
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia stockeri sens. lat. woodland on sandstone plateaus and slopes3.10.10
Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland on sandstone hillslopes3.10.15
Melaleuca stenostachya ± M. viridiflora ± M. citrolens low open woodland on sandstone ranges3.10.16
Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Neofabricia myrtifolia dwarf open heath on sandstone plateaus and headlands3.10.19
Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus crebra or E. tetrodonta woodland to open forest on sandstone plateaus and slopes3.10.21
Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest on coastal ranges3.11.1
Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest on exposed metamorphic and granitic slopes3.11.3
Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on low metamorphic hills and rises3.11.7
Eucalyptus cullenii ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on metamorphic ranges3.11.8
Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis woodland on metamorphic hills3.11.9
Corymbia stockeri ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta or E. crebra woodland on metamorphic hills3.11.10
Corymbia stockeri ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on hills and erosional surfaces3.11.11
Eucalyptus leptophleba and E. platyphylla ± Corymbia tessellaris woodland on rolling metamorphic hills3.11.12
Corymbia nesophila ± E. brassiana woodland on metamorphic hills and ranges3.11.13
Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia dallachiana ± E. chlorophylla or Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland on metamorphic hills3.11.15
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland to open woodland on metamorphic slopes3.11.17
Melaleuca stenostachya ± M. viridiflora ± M. citrolens low open woodland on metamorphic footslopes3.11.18
Notophyll vine forest on granitic slopes and plateaus3.12.3
Eucalyptus brassiana and Corymbia clarksoniana open forest on granite ranges3.12.7
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on coastal ranges and lowlands3.12.8
Eucalyptus cullenii ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on acid volcanic ranges3.12.10
Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis ± Welchiodendron longivalve woodland on ranges and hills3.12.11
Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open woodland on coastal hills3.12.18
Deciduous to semi-deciduous vine thicket to forest on granite slopes3.12.21
Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodlands on igneous hills and rises3.12.40
Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland ± heath species on granite hills and rises3.12.41
Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on low to undulating granite hills3.12.42
Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland to low open woodland on steep igneous hills and footslopes3.12.45
Mixed heath species tall shrubland to dwarf shrubland on igneous hills3.12.47
Part 3Central Queensland Coast BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mangrove closed forest of marine clay plains and estuaries8.1.1
Samphire open forbland on saltpans and plains adjacent to mangroves8.1.2
Corymbia spp. and/or Eucalyptus spp. and/or Acacia spp. and/or Allocasuarina littoralis low open forest on Pleistocene parabolic dunes8.2.8
Melaleuca leucadendra and/or M. fluviatilis and/or Casuarina cunninghamiana ± Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on creek banks8.3.3
Variable woodland to open forest, often including Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus portuensis, C. trachyphloia, E. platyphylla and E. drepanophylla on low hills on metamorphosed sediments8.11.3
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 rocks8.12.1
Evergreen notophyll to complex notophyll vine forest of uplands, highlands and foothills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.2
Evergreen to semi-evergreen, notophyll to microphyll, vine forest to vine thicket of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.3
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 rocks8.12.5
Eucalyptus drepanophylla ± E. platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on low to medium hills on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.6
Corymbia citriodora ± Eucalyptus portuensis ± E. drepanophylla (or E. crebra) open forest on hill slopes and undulating plateaus on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.7
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± Corymbia intermedia ± Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on undulating uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.9
Semi-evergreen microphyll vine thicket ± Araucaria cunninghamii on islands and coastal headlands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks and Tertiary volcanics8.12.11
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 rocks8.12.12
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 volcanics8.12.14
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 rocks8.12.18
Semi-deciduous complex notophyll feather palm vine forest of sheltered gullies and slopes, of foothills and uplands on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.19
Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E. platyphylla ± Corymbia spp. ± E. crebra woodland on low gently undulating landscapes on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks8.12.20
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 areas8.12.22
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 rocks8.12.31
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 rocks8.12.32
Part 4Channel Country BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± Melaleuca spp. woodland on levees and banks of major rivers5.3.1
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± E. coolabah open woodland on levees and banks of drainage lines5.3.2
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± Atalaya hemiglauca ± Acacia cambagei ± Acacia georginae ± Acacia cyperophylla woodland on drainage lines within ranges5.3.4
Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland with Muehlenbeckia florulenta shrubland on braided channel systems5.3.5
Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland on alluvial plains5.3.6
Eucalyptus coolabah ± Lysiphyllum gilvum ± Acacia cambagei low open woodland on drainage lines5.3.7
Eucalyptus coolabah low open woodland with Muehlenbeckia florulenta on braided drainage lines5.3.8
Acacia cambagei ± Eucalyptus coolabah tall shrubland on braided channels5.3.9
Acacia cambagei low open woodland ± Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla ± Eremophila spp. on alluvium5.3.10
Acacia georginae tall shrubland with Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla ± Eremophila freelingii on alluvium5.3.11
Chenopodium auricomum ± Duma florulenta open shrubland in swamps and some clay pans between dunes5.3.12
Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on swamps5.3.13
Atriplex nummularia open shrubland on clay pans between dunes5.3.14
Maireana spp. open shrubland on clay pans between dunes and floodplains5.3.15
Eragrostis australasica open grassland on alluvial plains and clay pans between dunes5.3.16
Tecticornia spp. open-succulent shrubland fringing playa lakes or clay pans5.3.17
Short grasses ± forbs open herbland on braided channel systems5.3.18
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 herbs5.3.19
Eucalyptus coolabah ± Eucalyptus camaldulensis open woodland fringing billabongs and permanent waterholes5.3.20
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 grasses5.3.21
Sparse herbland on clay pans and lakes5.3.22
Acacia aneura low woodland on Quaternary deposits5.5.1
Acacia aneura ± Acacia sibirica ± Eremophila latrobei tall shrubland on Quaternary deposits5.5.2
Acacia aneura, Acacia sibirica tall shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets5.5.3
Acacia sibirica ± Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on Quaternary sediments5.5.4
Acacia sibirica ± Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on crests and tops of sandstone ranges5.5.5
Archidendropsis basaltica and/or Acacia aneura ± Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sand plains5.5.6
Crotalaria eremaea ± Eragrostis eriopoda open forbland on isolated and/or deflated sand dunes on alluvium5.6.1
Acacia georginae and/or Acacia cambagei, Eremophila obovata ± Eremophila macdonnellii tall shrubland on clay plains between sand dunes5.6.2
Acacia calcicola ± A. aneura tall shrubland between sand dunes5.6.3
Atalaya hemiglauca ± Acacia aneura ± Acacia spp. ± Corymbia terminalis tall open shrubland on sand dunes5.6.4
Triodia basedowii hummock grassland on sides of, or between, dunes5.6.5
Triodia basedowii hummock grassland wooded with Acacia spp., Senna spp., Grevillea spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. on sand plains and dune fields5.6.6
Triodia basedowii hummock grassland wooded with Eucalyptus pachyphylla on sand plains5.6.7
Zygochloa paradoxa ± Crotalaria eremaea ± Triodia basedowii open grassland on sand dunes5.6.8
Acacia shirleyi ± Acacia catenulata ± Acacia aneura ± Acacia cyperophylla tall shrubland on tops and scarps of residuals5.7.1
Acacia shirleyi ± Eucalyptus thozetiana tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Acacia aneura ± Acacia cyperophylla on scarps of residuals5.7.2
Eucalyptus normantonensis tall shrubland with Triodia spp. on slopes and plateau margins of residuals5.7.3
Eucalyptus thozetiana tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Eucalyptus normantonensis on plateau margins and slopes of residuals5.7.4
Acacia sibirica open shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Acacia aneura ± Acacia shirleyi open shrubland on crests and tops of ranges5.7.5
Acacia cambagei tall shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Senna spp. on eroding pediments5.7.6
Aristida spp., Eriachne pulchella open grassland wooded with Eucalyptus spp. ± Acacia sibirica on plains5.7.9
Aristida latifolia and Aristida contorta sparse grassland wooded with Acacia tetragonophylla ± Senna spp. on weathered Cretaceous sediments5.7.10
Acacia cyperophylla ± A. aneura tall shrubland on scarps and low hills5.7.12
Acacia cyperophylla ± A. cambagei or A. georginae ± Atalaya hemiglauca tall shrubland on drainage lines5.7.13
Acacia sibirica, Hakea eyreana ± Acacia aneura ± Eremophila freelingii open shrubland on sandstones5.7.14
Triodia longiceps ± Triodia spp. hummock grassland on talus slopes of dissected tablelands and residuals5.7.15
Senna spp., Eremophila spp. ± Acacia tetragonophylla open shrubland on Tertiary limestone5.9.1
Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii ± Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla ± Acacia georginae ± Acacia spp. open shrubland on Cambrian limestone5.9.2
Astrebla spp. herbland ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments5.9.3
Aristida contorta ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover5.9.4
Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp., Salsola australis open herbland on Cretaceous sediments5.9.5
Part 5Desert Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional 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 plains10.3.3
Acacia cambagei low open woodland to low woodland on alluvial plains10.3.4
Eucalyptus brownii open woodland on alluvial plains10.3.6
Astrebla spp., Iseilema vaginiflorum and/or Dichanthium fecundum or Bothriochloa ewartiana tussock grassland on alluvial plains10.3.7
Aristida latifolia and Brachyachne convergens sparse-tussock grassland or Sclerolaena spp. dwarf open shrubland on alluvial plains10.3.8
Eucalyptus whitei open woodland on sandy alluvial fans10.3.9
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 valleys10.3.11
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 watercourses10.3.13
Eucalyptus camaldulensis and/or E. coolabah open woodland along channels and on floodplains10.3.14
Grasslands, sedgelands, ephemeral herblands and open woodland in depressions on sand plains10.3.15
Triodia longiceps hummock grassland, ephemeral open herblands, and Melaleuca bracteata low woodland on alluvial plains10.3.16
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 plains10.3.25
Eucalyptus populnea open woodland on alluvial plains10.3.27
Eucalyptus melanophloia or E. crebra open woodland on sandy alluvial fans10.3.28
Acacia argyrodendron open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.1
Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.3
Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.5
Astrebla squarrosa and Iseilema vaginiflorum ± Dichanthium sericeum and Panicum laevinode open-tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.8
Eucalyptus similis and/or Corymbia brachycarpa and/or Corymbia setosa low open woodland on sand plains10.5.1
Corymbia plena with or without C. dallachiana or C. terminalis woodland on sand plains10.5.2
Eucalyptus crebra or E. drepanophylla open woodland on sand plains10.5.4
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on sand plains10.5.5
Grevillea striata, G. parallela and Acacia sericophylla low open woodland or Corymbia terminalis open woodland on relict sand plains10.5.7
Corymbia setosa with Grevillea pteridifolia and/or Melaleuca nervosa low open woodland on sand plains10.5.8
Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on sand plains10.5.10
Eucalyptus whitei or E. melanophloia open woodland on red sand plateaus10.5.11
Eucalyptus populnea open woodland on sand plains10.5.12
Eucalyptus whitei open woodland or Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland or Triodia pungens open-hummock grassland on silcrete10.7.1
Eucalyptus persistens or Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland or Triodia pungens hummock grassland on ferricrete above scarps10.7.2
Acacia shirleyi woodland or A. catenulata low woodland at margins of plateaus10.7.3
Eucalyptus persistens low open woodland on pediments below scarps10.7.4
Eucalyptus thozetiana open woodland on scarps and on pediments below scarps10.7.5
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 ferricrete10.7.10
Eucalyptus melanophloia low open woodland on ferricrete10.7.11
Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra open woodland on ferricrete10.7.12
Ephemeral sparse-tussock grassland ground below scarps10.7.13
Acacia argyrodendron low open woodland or dwarf open shrubland of chenopods or scald on Cretaceous sediments10.9.1
Acacia cambagei and/or Eucalyptus thozetiana low woodland to open woodland on calcareous sandstones10.9.2
Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland to woodland on Mesozoic sediments10.9.3
Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cretaceous sediments10.9.6
Acacia shirleyi woodland or A. catenulata low open woodland on sandstone ranges10.10.1
Acacia burdekensis or A. julifera low open woodland and bare rock platforms on sandstone ranges10.10.2
Eucalyptus exilipes and/or Corymbia leichhardtii open woodland on sandstone ranges10.10.4
Corymbia trachyphloia and/or C. lamprophylla or Eucalyptus mediocris open woodland on sandstone ranges10.10.5
Part 6Einasleigh Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus camaldulensis and/or E. tereticornis ± Melaleuca spp. ± Casuarina cunninghamiana fringing woodland on channels and levees9.3.1
Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. chlorophylla ± Corymbia dallachiana woodland on river levees and terraces9.3.2
Corymbia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. dominated mixed woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plains9.3.3
Eucalyptus brownii ± Eucalyptus spp. ± Corymbia spp. open woodland on alluvial plains9.3.5
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Eucalyptus spp. ± Corymbia spp. woodland on alluvial plains9.3.6
Wetlands and seasonally inundated grasslands with a fringing open woodland of mixed Eucalyptus spp. on Tertiary surfaces9.3.7
Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on alluvial deposits9.3.8
Melaleuca bracteata low closed forest ± Eucalyptus spp. emergents or vine thicket species on swamps in basalt plains9.3.10
Wetlands (sometimes ephemeral) with aquatic species and fringed with Eucalyptus spp. communities within basalt plains and flows9.3.11
River beds and associated waterholes on major rivers and channels9.3.12
Melaleuca spp., Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Casuarina cunninghamiana fringing open forest on streams and channels9.3.13
Melaleuca spp. ± Acacia spp. ± Syzygium spp. ± Leptospermum spp. fringing woodland on channels and levees9.3.14
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± Casuarina cunninghamiana ± Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland on channels and levees9.3.15
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial flats, levees and plains9.3.16
Casuarina cunninghamiana and/or Eucalyptus camaldulensis or E. tereticornis fringing open forest on channels and levees on basalt flows9.3.17
Eucalyptus coolabah and/or E. leptophleba woodland on alluvial plains9.3.19
Eucalyptus microneura ± Corymbia spp. ± E. leptophleba woodland on alluvial plains9.3.20
Eucalyptus crebra or E. cullenii ± Corymbia spp. open woodland on alluvial levees and terraces9.3.22
Melaleuca viridiflora and/or M. citrolens low woodland ± Corymbia spp. emergents on alluvial deposits9.3.24
Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema spp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils9.3.25
Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp. or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits9.3.26
Iseilema sp., Dichanthium sp. grassland ± Eucalyptus spp. or Corymbia spp. emergents on alluvials on basalt geologies9.3.27
Eucalyptus similis open forest on red kandosols on Tertiary plateaus, mesas and tablelands9.5.1
Eucalyptus crebra ± E. drepanophylla and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on sand plains9.5.3
Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Corymbia dallachiana woodland on sand plains9.5.4
Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus portuensis, E. crebra and C. citriodora in mixed open forests on red kandosols on Tertiary surfaces9.5.5
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia spp. woodland on yellow kandosols on Tertiary remnant surfaces9.5.6
Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia erythrophloia ± C. polycarpa woodland on kandosols9.5.7
Eucalyptus cullenii and/or E. leptophleba woodland on undulating plains on remnant Tertiary surfaces9.5.8
Corymbia clarksoniana and/or Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. platyphylla woodland on plains9.5.9
Eucalyptus microneura ± Terminalia spp. woodland on sand sheets9.5.10
Eucalyptus persistens ± E. crebra woodland on flats on Tertiary remnant plains9.5.11
Eucalyptus chlorophylla and/or E. tardecidens woodland on Tertiary plains9.5.12
Melaleuca citrolens and/or Macropteranthes montana low woodland with Eucalyptus spp. emergents on Tertiary sand sheets9.5.13
Melaleuca monantha ± M. viridiflora ± Callitris intratropica mixed low woodland on valley infill9.5.15
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on Tertiary remnants9.5.16
Eucalyptus persistens woodland on laterised and deeply weathered surfaces on undulating terrain9.7.1
Acacia shirleyi low open forest to woodland on mesas and lateritised surfaces9.7.2
Eucalyptus crebra or E. portuensis ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on lateritised surfaces and edges of Tertiary surfaces9.7.3
Corymbia setosa and/or C. peltata low open woodland on lateritised and deeply weathered surfaces9.7.5
Eucalyptus crebra ± Corymbia dallachiana ± E. leptophleba open woodland on plains and rocky rises of basalt geologies9.8.1
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. erythrophloia open woodland on basalt plains9.8.2
Eucalyptus crebra ± E. tereticornis open woodland on basalt plains9.8.4
Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema vaginiflorum grassland to Corymbia terminalis open woodland on basalt plains9.8.5
Acacia cambagei low woodland on scree slopes and footslopes of basalt tablelands9.8.6
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on cones, craters and rocky basalt flows with little soil development9.8.7
Eucalyptus orgadophila ± Corymbia spp. open woodland on basalt plains and rocky basalt hills9.8.9
Eucalyptus microneura ± Corymbia spp. ± Terminalia spp. woodland on basalt plains9.8.11
Iseilema spp. and/or Dichanthium spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains9.8.13
Eucalyptus chartaboma ± E. tetrodonta woodland on sandstone scarps and plateaus with shallow sandy soils9.10.1
Acacia shirleyi ± mixed species woodland to open forest on sandstone9.10.3
Eucalyptus melanophloia low woodland on skeletal soils on metamorphics hills9.11.1
Eucalyptus crebra (or several other ironbark species) ± Corymbia spp. woodland on shallow texture contrast soils on low metamorphic hills and lowlands9.11.2
Eucalyptus cullenii or E. staigeriana ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on skeletal soils on metamorphic hills9.11.3
Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia clarksoniana, C. citriodora ± E. portuensis open forest on shallow soils on metamorphic hills and ranges9.11.4
Eucalyptus persistens ± E. crebra woodland on low metamorphic hills9.11.5
Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or E. cullenii ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on texture contrast soils on metamorphic hills9.11.7
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on limestone rock outcrops9.11.8
Eucalyptus cloeziana, Corymbia citriodora, E. portuensis and E. cullenii mixed woodland on steep dissected hills on highly metalliferous metamorphic rocks9.11.10
Eucalyptus cullenii, Corymbia hylandii and E. tetrodonta ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on metamorphic hills9.11.12
Eucalyptus cullenii and Corymbia hylandii or C. erythrophloia open woodland on undulating plains and rises9.11.13
Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia citriodora ± Corymbia spp. woodland on metamorphic hills and mountains in far south-west of bioregion9.11.14
Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. cullenii and/or E. whitei ± Corymbia pocillum or C. erythrophloia woodland on metamorphic hills9.11.15
Eucalyptus crebra ± Corymbia erythrophloia or C. pocillum woodland on steep to rolling hills9.11.16
Corymbia peltata ± Eucalyptus crebra ± E. shirleyi or E. melanophloia low open woodland on metamorphic hills and mountains9.11.17
Eucalyptus quadricostata ± Corymbia erythrophloia ± C. leichhardtii open woodland on metamorphic hills and ranges9.11.18
Eucalyptus microneura ± Corymbia erythrophloia or C. pocillum low open woodland on rolling metamorphic hills and rises9.11.23
Eucalyptus microneura or Melaleuca citrolens or E. whitei low open woodland with Triodia spp. ground layer on metamorphic low gravelly hills and rises9.11.24
Eucalyptus tardecidens or E. chlorophylla ± Corymbia spp. ± E. cullenii low woodland on steep to rolling metamorphic hills and rises9.11.25
Eucalyptus leptophleba and/or E. cullenii and/or Corymbia clarksoniana ± E. platyphylla woodland on undulating terrain to rolling hills9.11.26
Acacia shirleyi ± Eucalyptus microneura ± E. crebra woodland on metamorphic hills and outcrops9.11.28
Acacia leptostachya low woodland with emergents on stony and rocky metamorphic hills9.11.30
Corymbia terminalis and/or Eucalyptus crebra and/or C. erythrophloia woodland on aprons surrounding limestone outcrops9.11.31
Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and/or E. drepanophylla low open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.1
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 boundary9.12.2
Eucalyptus chartaboma ± Eucalyptus spp. ± Corymbia spp. woodland on sandy soils on igneous rocks9.12.3
Eucalyptus shirleyi and/or E. melanophloia and/or Corymbia peltata and/or Callitris intratropica low open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.4
Eucalyptus quadricostata ± C. peltata open woodland on igneous hills and steep hills9.12.5
Eucalyptus microneura ± Terminalia spp. ± Corymbia spp. low open woodland on igneous hills9.12.6
Eucalyptus cullenii ± Corymbia leichhardtii ± C. erythrophloia woodland on igneous rocks9.12.7
Semi-evergreen vine thicket on rocky outcrops and shallow soils of igneous rocks9.12.8
Eucalyptus crebra and/or E. whitei ± Corymbia erythrophloia open woodland on steep to rolling hills on igneous rocks9.12.11
Eucalyptus crebra and Corymbia erythrophloia ± E. microneura open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.12
Eucalyptus crebra ± Corymbia peltata ± C. pocillum ± Callitris intratropica low woodland on hills and steep hills on igneous rocks9.12.13
Eucalyptus crebra and E. similis ± Callitris intratropica low open woodland on hills on igneous rocks9.12.14
Eucalyptus staigeriana ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys low open woodland on hills on igneous rocks9.12.15
Eucalyptus atrata ± Corymbia citriodora ± E. portuensis woodland on mountains and hills on igneous rocks9.12.17
Eucalyptus crebra or E. exilipes ± Corymbia citriodora ± C. peltata open woodland on granites with thin sand sheet9.12.18
Eucalyptus crebra or E. granitica ± Corymbia citriodora ± E. portuensis mixed woodland on igneous hills9.12.19
Eucalyptus pachycalyx ± E. cloeziana ± Corymbia leichhardtii woodland on steep igneous hills9.12.20
Eucalyptus drepanophylla, Corymbia clarksoniana or C. intermedia and C. dallachiana woodland on steep rugged igneous ranges9.12.22
Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. cebra, Corymbia leichhardtii and C. lamprophylla low open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.23
Eucalyptus drepanophylla or E. crebra and/or E. xanthoclada and Corymbia peltata woodland on igneous rocks9.12.24
Eucalyptus melanophloia and/or E. shirleyi ± Corymbia erythrophloia low open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.27
Eucalyptus melanophloia low open woodland, often with E. crebra, on low hills on igneous rocks9.12.28
Corymbia leichhardtii and Eucalyptus cloeziana mixed woodland on igneous hills9.12.30
Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana and E. crebra ± C. dallachiana woodland on igneous rocks9.12.31
Eucalyptus persistens woodland on rhyolites and granites9.12.32
Eucalyptus microneura ± Corymbia pocillum low open woodland on igneous rocks9.12.33
Semi-evergreen vine thicket with Araucaria cunninghamii on steep hills on igneous rocks9.12.34
Corymbia leichhardtii, C. lamprophylla, Pleiogynium timorense ± Araucaria cunninghamii open woodland on igneous hills9.12.35
Cochlospermum gregorii or C. gillivraei deciduous low woodland on rocky outcrops9.12.36
Acacia shirleyi ± Corymbia pocillum ± Eucalyptus microneura woodland on igneous rocks9.12.37
Acacia shirleyi ± Eucalyptus shirleyi woodland on igneous rocks9.12.38
Melaleuca citrolens ± Terminalia platyptera ± Corymbia dallachiana low open woodland on rolling igneous hills9.12.40
Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland on undulating low granodiorite hills9.12.44
Part 7Gulf Plains BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Tidal low coastal rises of shells, sand or mud, and associated gutters, usually with mangroves2.1.2
Tidal channels and associated levees, usually with mangroves2.1.3
Infrequently inundated clay plains and low samphire rises2.1.4
Semi-deciduous microphyll vine thicket on coastal dunes2.2.3
Corymbia bella ± C. polycarpa, C. confertiflora, Grevillea striata, Pandanus sp. woodland on coastal dunes2.2.7
Grassland on low plains adjacent to estuarine zone2.3.1
Freshwater and brackish wetlands in old river channels on low plains adjacent to estuarine zone2.3.2
Astrebla spp. grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.3
Dichanthium spp. (blue grass) and Eulalia aurea (brown top) grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.4
Acacia cambagei woodland on plains on clays2.3.7
Eucalyptus microtheca, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland and Aristida spp. on plains and low rises of texture contrast soils and earths2.3.9
Eucalyptus microtheca and Eucalyptus chlorophylla low open woodland, and Melaleuca viridiflora woodlands and savannahs, on plains2.3.10
Eucalyptus microtheca, Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland and Dichanthium spp. on grey clay plains2.3.11
Eucalyptus microtheca and/or Excoecaria parvifolia open woodland on seasonally flooded plains/depressions with numerous distributary channels2.3.12
Deepwater lagoons with water lilies and sedges2.3.16
Eucalyptus microtheca woodland on channels in fine textured alluvial plains2.3.17
Atalaya hemiglauca and Grevillea striata low woodland on low rises and plains on red loamy soils2.3.18
Corymbia bella, Corymbia polycarpa and Eucalyptus pruinosa woodland on low rises and plains on pale sandy soils2.3.20
Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia spp. woodland on low rises and plains on fine sands and red earths2.3.21
Corymbia polycarpa and Melaleuca spp. woodland on sandy channels and levees2.3.22
Melaleuca spp. woodland to open forest on sands in channels and on levees2.3.24
Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Nauclea orientalis open forest fringing major tributaries2.3.26
Melaleuca spp. woodland in depressions and shallow valleys on solodised soils and pale earths2.3.28
Melaleuca spp. woodland fringing depressions and broad valleys on solodised soils2.3.29
Melaleuca spp. woodland in seasonally flooded depressions on podsolic soils2.3.30
Aristida spp. grassland in depressions and valley bottoms on fine-textured yellow earths2.3.32
Eucalyptus microtheca open woodland and sedges in circular depressions in sand plains on cracking clays2.3.33
Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland and sedges in circular depressions on podsolic soils2.3.34
Melaleuca spp. low woodland in bottoms of shallow valleys on solodised soils2.3.36
Eucalyptus microtheca and/or E. microneura and/or Lysiphyllum spp. open woodland on active Quaternary alluvial plains2.3.40
Aristida dominii, Chloris sp., Eriachne spp. ± Eragrostis basedowii, Iseilema sp. tussock grassland on active Quaternary alluvial plains of major watercourses2.3.41
Eucalyptus microtheca ± Excoecaria parvifolia, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, Melaleuca spp. open woodland on Quaternary alluvial plains with coarse-grained parent material2.3.42
Eriachne spp., Dichanthium spp., Chrysopogon fallax, Eulalia aurea and Oryza australiensis in mixed tussock grasslands on active Quaternary alluvial plains in the Mitchell-Gilbert Fans subregion2.3.44
Eucalyptus microtheca or E. chlorophylla ± Excoecaria parvifolia, Corymbia confertiflora and Terminalia spp. low open woodland on breakaways and erosional surfaces of major watercourses2.3.45
Corymbia terminalis, C. aparrerinja ± Lysiphyllum cunninghamii woodland on river levees in dry, southern parts of the bioregion2.3.46
Waterholes, bare sand and rock in the channels of major watercourses2.3.50
Seasonal swamps. Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± Melaleuca viridiflora open woodland in closed depressions on Tertiary sand sheets2.3.51
Melaleuca spp., Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Lophostemon grandiflorus and Livistona rigida in mixed woodlands fringing major spring-fed watercourses2.3.52
Corymbia polycarpa ± Melaleuca viridiflora open woodland fringing minor watercourses on Tertiary sand sheets in the north-east2.3.54
Seasonal swamps (wooded). Melaleuca viridiflora and/or M. clarksonii low woodland in closed depressions on Tertiary to Quaternary deposits in the north2.3.55
Melaleuca stenostachya and M. citrolens ± Eucalyptus microtheca, E. chlorophylla woodland on Quaternary alluvial plains in the north of the bioregion2.3.56
Excoecaria parvifolia, Melaleuca spp., Grevillea striata and Hakea pedunculata in mixed tall open shrublands on coastal alluvial surfaces2.3.59
Melaleuca acacioides and/or M. foliolosa tall shrubland on Quaternary alluvial deposits and breakaways2.3.60
Eucalyptus microtheca woodland in seasonal swamps on active Quaternary alluvial plains2.3.61
Eucalyptus microtheca ± Excoecaria parvifolia, Atalaya hemiglauca woodland on scroll plains associated with meanders of major watercourses2.3.63
Seasonal swamps (wooded). Eucalyptus microtheca and/or Melaleuca viridiflora low open woodland in closed depressions in the Doomadgee Plains subregion2.3.66
Dichanthium spp., Iseilema spp., Aristida spp. and Brachyachne convergens in mixed tussock grasslands on active Quaternary alluvial deposits derived from coarse-grained parent material in the west2.3.69
Eucalyptus pruinosa low woodland on old alluvial plains (recent Pleistocene surface)2.3.70
Eucalyptus microneura ± E. leptophleba and Corymbia confertiflora woodland on active Quaternary alluvial plains of watercourses from the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion2.3.71
Corymbia spp. and Erythrophleum chlorostachys in mixed woodlands on levees in active Quaternary alluvial systems (river deltas)2.3.72
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Chrysopogon fallax and Themeda avenacea in mixed tussock grasslands on Tertiary clay plains2.4.1
Astrebla spp., Iseilema spp. ± Aristida latifolia, Eulalia aurea tussock grassland on Tertiary clay deposits2.4.2
Acacia cambagei low woodland on Tertiary clay deposits and shallow clay depressions on plateau surfaces2.4.3
Eucalyptus microtheca ± Excoecaria parvifolia low open woodland on Tertiary and early Quaternary clay plains2.4.4
Atalaya hemiglauca, Grevillea striata, Acacia victoriae and Vachellia sutherlandii in mixed low open woodlands on Tertiary clay plains2.4.5
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, Atalaya hemiglauca and Grevillea striata low woodland on plains on earths and sandy soils2.5.1
Evergreen scrub on plains on mainly deep sandy soils2.5.3
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia polycarpa open woodland on pale earths and sands on plains2.5.5
Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Corymbia spp. woodland to open forest on plains on red and yellow earths2.5.6
Eucalyptus tetrodonta open forest on plains on deep podsolic soils2.5.8
Eucalyptus microneura woodland on plains and plateaus on earths, podsolics and skeletal soils2.5.9
Eucalyptus leucophylla, Corymbia terminalis and Eucalyptus tectifica woodland on sand plains on podsolic soils2.5.10
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on plains on lateritic podsolic soils2.5.11
Eucalyptus pruinosa low woodland on plains and low rises on red and yellow earths2.5.12
Melaleuca spp. low woodland on plains on earths and podsolics (south)2.5.14
Melaleuca citrolens and/or M. stenostachya low open woodland on Tertiary outwash deposits and sand sheets in the east2.5.17
Corymbia setosa ± C. polycarpa, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, C. pocillum low open woodland on Tertiary sand sheets2.5.18
Eucalyptus tetrodonta, E. chartaboma, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, Corymbia pocillum in mixed woodlands on sand sheets on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus2.5.19
Eucalyptus similis and/or E. chartaboma ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys, Corymbia spp. woodland on undulating Tertiary sand sheets, moderately high in the landscape2.5.20
Corymbia spp., Eucalyptus pruinosa and Lysiphyllum cunninghamii in mixed woodlands on abandoned levees associated with clay plains2.5.22
Eucalyptus pruinosa, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, E. chlorophylla and Corymbia setosa in mixed low open woodlands on sand sheets overlying Tertiary lateritic surfaces2.5.23
Eucalyptus crebra and/or Corymbia citriodora ± C. brachycarpa, E. mediocris open forest on sand sheets on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus2.5.24
Eucalyptus similis and E. crebra ± Corymbia brachycarpa woodland on sand sheets on Mesozoic sandstone plateaus2.5.25
Eucalyptus melanophloia, Acacia julifera subsp. gilbertensis, Corymbia setosa and Melaleuca spp. in mixed low woodlands on Tertiary sand sheets2.5.26
Corymbia polycarpa and/or C. grandifolia ± C. confertiflora, Erythrophleum chlorostachys open woodland on reworked sand deposits on broad plains and plateau surfaces2.5.28
Melaleuca spp., Lysiphyllum cunninghamii and Terminalia spp. in mixed low woodlands on Tertiary sand sheets2.5.30
Eucalyptus pruinosa, Grevillea striata and Atalaya hemiglauca ± Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland on plains and low rises derived from deeply weathered siltstones2.5.31
Eucalyptus microtheca open woodland on level plains derived from deeply weathered siltstones2.5.32
Melaleuca spp. ± Eucalyptus pruinosa, Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa, Terminalia canescens low open woodland on sand sheets in the west2.5.33
Acacia cambagei low woodland on gravelly deposits and deeply weathered surfaces2.5.34
Aristida latifolia ± Enneapogon polyphyllus, Brachyachne convergens, Sporobolus spp., tussock grassland on thin, residual sand deposits overlying Tertiary clay plains2.5.35
Eucalyptus tectifica ± E. chlorophylla, Corymbia grandifolia, Grevillea striata woodland on Tertiary sand sheets2.5.36
Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys, Terminalia platyptera, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii woodland on Tertiary sand sheets overlying Cretaceous mudstones2.5.37
Acacia cambagei, Grevillea striata and Atalaya hemiglauca± Corymbia aparrerinja low open woodland on Quaternary sand sheets overlying clay plains2.5.38
Eucalyptus pruinosa and/or Corymbia terminalis and/or C. aparrerinja low open woodland on Tertiary sand and gravel deposits2.5.39
Acacia shirleyi low open forest or Melaleuca tamariscina shrubland on laterised mudstones on skeletal soils2.7.1
Acacia shirleyi, Eucalyptus shirleyi, Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris or Melaleuca acacioides woodland on low scarps on skeletal soils2.7.2
Triodia spp. grassland on plateaus on skeletal soils and shallow earths2.7.3
Eucalyptus leucophloia low woodland on lateritic scarps on skeletal soils2.7.4
Terminalia canescens and Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris woodland on dissected plateau margins on skeletal soils2.7.5
Astrebla spp. grassland downs on shales with cracking clay soils2.9.1
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea grassland on shales with cracking clay soils2.9.2
Deciduous scrub and grasslands on deep cracking clays on mudstones2.9.3
Acacia cambagei low woodland on shales with cracking clay soils2.9.4
Melaleuca spp. and Corymbia polycarpa woodland on pale earths on mudstones2.9.6
Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland on lowlands on earths and clays2.9.7
Eucalyptus microneura woodland on undulating plains on sandstones with sands and earths2.10.1
Mixed eucalypt woodland on plateaus, mesas and scarps on shallow soils2.10.2
Eucalyptus microneura woodland and Triodia pungens hummock grassland on scarps and stony ledges2.10.4
Acacia shirleyi woodland and Triodia pungens hummock grassland on scarps and stony ledges2.10.5
Eucalypt woodland and deciduous woodland on stony hills on folded sediments2.11.1
Part 8Mitchell Grass Downs BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± Melaleuca spp. woodland on drainage lines4.3.1
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± E. coolabah woodland on drainage lines4.3.2
Eucalyptus coolabah, E. camaldulensis ± Lysiphyllum gilvum open woodland on drainage lines4.3.3
Eucalyptus coolabah open woodland on drainage lines and/or plains4.3.4
Eucalyptus coolabah ± E. camaldulensis ± Acacia georginae open woodland on drainage lines and/or plains4.3.5
Atalaya hemiglauca ± Acacia georginae ± A. cyperophylla woodland on alluvium4.3.6
Acacia cambagei low woodland on braided channels or alluvial plains4.3.8
Acacia georginae and Eragrostis setifolia tall open shrubland on drainage lines and alluvial plains4.3.9
Corymbia terminalis ± Lysiphyllum gilvum and Acacia victoriae low open woodland on alluvium4.3.10
Eucalyptus coolabah ± E. camaldulensis open woodland on alluvium, billabongs and permanent waterholes4.3.11
Chenopodium auricomum ± Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on swamps4.3.12
Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.14
Astrebla squarrosa ± Dichanthium spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.15
Astrebla elymoides ± A. squarrosa ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.16
Astrebla pectinata ± Astrebla spp. ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.17
Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa ± Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains4.3.18
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium4.3.19
Atriplex spp. and Sclerolaena spp. ± Astrebla spp. ± short grasses ± forbs open herbland on braided or flat alluvial plains4.3.20
Acacia tephrina low woodland on alluvium4.3.23
Chenopodium auricomum ± Muehlenbeckia florulenta open shrubland on depressions on floodplains4.3.24
Astrebla pectinata ± Aristida latifolia ± Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone4.4.1
Astrebla pectinata and Iseilema spp. grassland4.4.2
Acacia aneura tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets4.5.2
Acacia aneura, Triodia brizoides or Triodia molesta tall open shrubland on Tertiary sand sheets4.5.3
Archidendropsis basaltica and/or Acacia aneura ± Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sand plains4.5.4
Corymbia terminalis, Triodia pungens ± Acacia spp., Senna spp., Eucalyptus spp. low open woodland on sand plains4.5.5
Acacia cambagei, Senna spp., Sida platycalyx tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets4.5.6
Acacia georginae (or A. cambagei), Sida platycalyx, Sclerolaena cornishiana tall open shrubland on Quaternary sand sheets4.5.7
Triodia pungens hummock grassland wooded with Acacia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. on Quaternary sand sheets4.5.8
Acacia cambagei, Archidendropsis basaltica and mixed species open woodland on sand plains4.5.9
Acacia shirleyi, Triodia spp. ± Eucalyptus spp. low woodland on scarps4.7.1
Eucalyptus normantonensis tall open shrubland with Triodia spp. on plateau margins4.7.2
Acacia cambagei tall open shrubland with Triodia spp. ± Senna spp. near eroding edges of Tertiary plateaus4.7.4
Acacia chisholmii low shrubland4.7.6
Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland ± Corymbia terminalis ± Triodia spp.4.7.7
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland4.7.8
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.1
Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.2
Astrebla pectinata and herbs ± Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.4
Seasonally variable mosaic of Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open-tussock grassland and sparse to open forbland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.5
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with mixed tree species on Cretaceous sediments4.9.6
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia tephrina ± A. cambagei and Atalaya hemiglauca on Cretaceous sediments4.9.7
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Atalaya hemiglauca ± Alectryon oleifolius ± Flindersia maculosa on Cretaceous sediments4.9.8
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia sutherlandii or A. victoriae on Cretaceous sediments4.9.9
Acacia georginae tall open shrubland on Cambrian limestone4.9.10
Acacia cambagei low woodland with scattered shrubs such as Eremophila mitchellii and Geijera parviflora on fresh Cretaceous sediments4.9.11
Corymbia terminalis low open woodland with Astrebla pectinata ± Eulalia aurea on plains and low lying areas4.9.12
Senna artemisioides subsp. helmsii ± S. artemisioides subsp. oligophylla ± Acacia georginae ± Acacia spp. open shrubland on tops and footslopes of Cambrian limestone residuals4.9.13
Acacia georginae or A. cambagei low open woodland with Astrebla spp. on limestone4.9.14
Acacia cambagei ± scattered shrub species including Santalum lanceolatum and Eremophila mitchellii tall open shrubland4.9.16
Archidendropsis basaltica and mixed species including Ventilago viminalis and Lysiphyllum carronii on Cretaceous sediments4.9.18
Clumps of Acacia harpophylla low woodland to tall shrubland with Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments sometimes with a covering of Tertiary deposits4.9.19
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments with ashy soils4.9.20
Part 9Mulga Lands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on alluvium within Acacia aneura associations6.3.1
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± E. coolabah ± Acacia cambagei woodland on major drainage lines or rivers6.3.2
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ± E. coolabah ± E. populnea, Acacia stenophylla woodland on alluvium6.3.3
Acacia cambagei ± Eucalyptus ochrophloia woodland on alluvium6.3.4
Eucalyptus ochrophloia ± Acacia cambagei ± E. coolabah woodland on alluvium6.3.5
Acacia cambagei low woodland on braided channels or alluvial plains6.3.6
Eucalyptus coolabah, Acacia stenophylla low open woodland on alluvium6.3.7
Eucalyptus largiflorens ± Acacia cambagei woodland on alluvium6.3.8
Eucalyptus coolabah, E. populnea open woodland on alluvium6.3.9
Tecticornia spp. open-succulent shrubland on alluvium6.3.10
Eleocharis pallens ± short grasses ± Eragrostis australasica open herbland on clays, associated with ephemeral lakes, billabongs and permanent waterholes6.3.11
Acacia omalophylla ± A. microsperma ± Eucalyptus coolabah tall open shrubland on alluvium6.3.12
Atriplex spp., Sclerolaena spp., species of Asteraceae and/or short grasses open herbland on alluvial plains6.3.13
Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium6.3.14
Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium6.3.15
Callitris glaucophylla, Acacia excelsa, Geijera parviflora ± Acacia aneura woodland on alluvial dunes6.3.16
Callitris glaucophylla, Corymbia tessellaris, Acacia excelsa ± C. clarksoniana open woodland on old alluvial dunes and sand plains6.3.17
Eucalyptus populnea ± Eremophila mitchellii ± Acacia aneura ± E. melanophloia woodland on flat alluvial plains6.3.18
Acacia aneura, A. excelsa and/or Geijera parviflora low woodland on low alluvial sand dunes6.3.21
Acacia victoriae ± Eucalyptus spp. tall open shrubland on old levees6.3.22
Eucalyptus coolabah or E. populnea woodland on alluvial plains6.3.24
Acacia harpophylla and/or A. cambagei low woodland to woodland on alluvial plains6.3.25
Acacia harpophylla and/or A. cambagei low woodland on Quaternary deposits overlying older sediments6.4.4
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia open forest on undulating lowlands6.5.1
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea low woodland on run-on plains6.5.6
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea ± E. intertexta low woodland on run-on areas6.5.7
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea ± Eremophila gilesii low woodland6.5.8
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia shrubby low woodland on Quaternary sediments6.5.9
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± Grevillea striata, A. excelsa, Hakea ivoryi low woodland on sand plains6.5.10
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea low woodland on sand plains6.5.11
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Brachychiton populneus low woodland on sand plains6.5.13
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± Eremophila gilesii tall open shrubland on Quaternary sediments6.5.14
Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus populnea ± Eremophila sturtii tall open shrubland on sand plains6.5.15
Acacia aneura groved with Corymbia terminalis or C. blakei tall open shrubland on Quaternary sediments6.5.16
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Eremophila mitchellii low open woodland on plains6.5.18
Callitris glaucophylla ± Angophora melanoxylon ± Eucalyptus melanophloia ± E. chloroclada open woodland on Cainozoic sediments derived from old alluvial levees and dunes6.5.19
Atalaya hemiglauca ± Acacia aneura ± Acacia spp. ± Corymbia terminalis tall open shrubland on low dunes over alluvium6.6.1
Triodia mitchellii ± T. marginata hummock grassland wooded with Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Eucalyptus spp. and Acacia spp. on low dunes6.6.2
Acacia catenulata ± A. shirleyi ± Eucalyptus spp. open scrub on crests and slopes6.7.1
Acacia microsperma open forest on upper and footslopes6.7.2
Eucalyptus thozetiana or E. cambageana, Acacia harpophylla woodland on scarps6.7.5
Eucalyptus thozetiana ± Acacia aneura open woodland on scarps and slopes6.7.6
Acacia catenulata ± Eucalyptus thozetiana and/or A. ensifolia low open woodland with Triodia spp. and/or A. petraea ± A. aneura on scarps and plateaus6.7.7
Acacia aneura ± A. clivicola ± Eremophila latrobei tall open shrubland on residuals6.7.9
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± Corymbia terminalis tall shrubland on residuals6.7.10
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus cambageana ± Eucalyptus thozetiana ± Eremophila latrobei tall shrubland on residuals6.7.11
Acacia aneura ± Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Eremophila gilesii tall shrubland on residuals6.7.12
Acacia catenulata ± A. petraea tall shrubland on scarps and tops of ranges6.7.13
Acacia clivicola ± Eucalyptus spp. open shrubland on crests and tops of residuals6.7.14
Acacia brachystachya, A. aneura open shrubland on the lower slopes of residuals6.7.15
Acacia clivicola, Eucalyptus exserta open shrubland on colluvials associated with residuals6.7.16
Eriachne mucronata open grassland wooded with Acacia aneura and/or Corymbia terminalis on plains or flat tops of residuals6.7.17
Acacia tephrina ± A. cambagei low open woodland on undulating plains over Cretaceous sediments6.9.2
Acacia harpophylla woodland with emergent Eucalyptus cambageana with stony soils derived from Cretaceous sediments6.9.3
Acacia cambagei, Senna spp., Sida platycalyx tall open shrubland on undulating mantled pediments and scarp retreat zones6.9.4
Part 10New England Tableland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on metamorphics13.11.4
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata open forest on metamorphics13.11.6
Eucalyptus campanulata open forest on igneous rocks13.12.1
Eucalyptus andrewsii, E. youmanii woodland on igneous rocks13.12.2
Eucalyptus youmanii on igneous rocks13.12.5
Part 11Northwest Highlands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Acacia cambagei low open woodland to woodland on earths in valleys1.3.4
Mixed eucalypt open woodland on sandy alluvial terraces1.3.5
Corymbia aparrerinja, Corymbia terminalis open woodland on sandy terraces1.3.6
Eucalyptus camaldulensis woodland on channels and levees (south)1.3.7
Eucalyptus chlorophylla open woodland on alluvium1.3.11
Eucalyptus leucophylla woodland on levees and minor drainage lines1.3.13
Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on levees of minor streams in limestone country1.3.14
Eucalyptus pruinosa low woodland on recent alluvium1.3.15
Eucalyptus miniata woodland on red earths on laterised plateaus1.5.1
Mixed eucalypt woodland on sandy plains1.5.2
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on red earths on plateaus1.5.3
Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland on red earths in valleys1.5.4
Atalaya hemiglauca, Ventilago viminalis, Grevillea striata low open woodland on red earth plains1.5.6
Corymbia terminalis and/or Acacia aneura low open woodland on sandy red earth plains1.5.7
Melaleuca citrolens and/or Eucalyptus pruinosa woodland on sandy plains1.5.11
Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on older alluvial and residual soils1.5.13
Corymbia aparrerinja open woodland on sandy red earths1.5.14
Aristida contorta annual grasslands on hard setting red soils1.5.15
Acacia cambagei low woodlands on red earths1.5.16
Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on sandy red earth plains1.5.17
Acacia georginae and A. aneura low woodland on sandy red plains1.5.19
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on skeletal soils on lateritic scarps and plateaus1.7.1
Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on calcareous red/brown earths1.7.2
Acacia shirleyi low woodland on lateritic scarps and hills1.7.5
Acacia shirleyi low woodland on red soil plains overlying ferricrete1.7.6
Corymbia capricornia ± Eucalyptus leucophloia or E. miniata low open woodland on silcrete1.7.7
Astrebla spp. (Mitchell grass) grassland on shallow clays on limestones1.9.1
Mixed shrubby woodland on rocky limestone hills1.9.4
Eucalyptus leucophylla low open woodland to woodland on low hills on limestones and calcareous shales1.9.5
Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on shale hills1.9.7
Corymbia terminalis and/or Eucalyptus leucophylla and/or Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland on limestone1.9.11
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on shale hills1.9.13
Triodia pungens hummock grassland with emergent Eucalyptus pruinosa on Precambrian shales1.9.14
Corymbia aspera low open woodland on rocky soils1.10.3
Eucalyptus leucophloia and/or Acacia spp. low open woodland on stony sandstone plateaus1.10.4
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland1.11.2
Corymbia terminalis low open woodland on basic metamorphics1.11.3
Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on shallow soils in valleys below folded sediments1.11.4
Corymbia terminalis and Lysiphyllum cunninghamii low open woodland on folded limestones1.11.6
Terminalia aridicola and/or Corymbia aspera low open woodland to low woodland, usually with vine-scrub species, on rock outcrops1.11.8
Mixed low open woodland on metamorphic plains1.11.10
Triodia spp. hummock grassland on metamorphic hills (south)1.11.11
Triodia pungens hummock grassland (north)1.11.12
Eucalyptus leucophloia low open woodland on granites1.12.1
Eucalyptus melanophloia (silver-leaved ironbark) low open woodland on low hills and torfields on biotite granites1.12.2
Eucalyptus leucophylla and/or Corymbia terminalis ± C. aparrerinja low open woodland on igneous rocks1.12.3
Terminalia aridicola and Brachychiton collinus low open woodland on torfields1.12.7
Part 12Southeast Queensland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Saltpan vegetation including grassland, herbland and sedgeland on marine clay plains12.1.2
Mangrove shrubland to low closed forest on marine clay plains and estuaries12.1.3
Corymbia intermedia ± Lophostemon confertus ± Banksia spp. ± Callitris columellaris open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregion12.2.5
Eucalyptus racemosa open forest on dunes and sand plains, usually deeply leached soils12.2.6
Melaleuca quinquenervia or, rarely, M. dealbata open forest on sand plains12.2.7
Eucalyptus pilularis open forest on parabolic high dunes12.2.8
Banksia aemula low open woodland on dunes and sand plains, usually deeply leached soils12.2.9
Corymbia tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis, C. intermedia and Livistona decora woodland on beach ridges in northern half of bioregion12.2.11
Foredune complex12.2.14
Gahnia sieberiana, Empodisma minus, Gleichenia spp. closed sedgeland in coastal swamps12.2.15
Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on coastal alluvium12.3.5
Melaleuca quinquenervia ± Eucalyptus tereticornis, Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on coastal alluvial plains12.3.6
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana ± Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland12.3.7
Eucalyptus latisinensis or E. exserta, Melaleuca viridiflora var. viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains12.3.12
Closed heathland on seasonally waterlogged alluvial plains usually near coast12.3.13
Open forest complex with Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata on subcoastal remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils12.5.1
Eucalyptus latisinensis ± Corymbia intermedia, C. trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia, Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus exserta woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surfaces and Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments12.5.4
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata ± Eucalyptus portuensis or E. acmenoides, E. fibrosa subsp. fibrosa open forest on remnant Tertiary surfaces, usually deep red soils12.5.7
Eucalyptus latisinensis and/or Banksia aemula low open woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks12.5.10
Eucalyptus campanulata tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.1
Complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks at altitude of less than 600m12.8.3
Complex notophyll vine forest with Araucaria spp. on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.4
Complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks, usually at altitude of more than 600m12.8.5
Lophostemon confertus open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.9
Eucalyptus eugenioides, E. biturbinata, E. melliodora ± E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.14
Eucalyptus melanophloia ± E. crebra, E. tereticornis, Corymbia tessellaris woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks12.8.17
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata ± Eucalyptus crebra open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.2
Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.4
Woodland complex often with Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. Trachyphloia, C. citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra, E. fibrosa subsp. fibrosa on quartzose sandstone12.9–10.5
Eucalyptus pilularis tall open forest on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.14
Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. major, E. siderophloia ± Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.17
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland on sedimentary rocks12.9–10.19
Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. portuensis woodland, usually with Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia, on Cainozoic to Proterozoic sediments12.9–10.21
Simple notophyll vine forest often with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.1
Eucalyptus saligna or E. grandis, E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus tall open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.2
Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua ± E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus, Corymbia intermedia, E. acmenoides open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.3
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. major open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.5
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.6
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.7
Notophyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.10
Araucarian microphyll vine forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics, usually in southern half of bioregion12.11.11
Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.18
Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.22
Eucalyptus carnea, E. tindaliae, Corymbia intermedia ± E. siderophloia or E. crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics12.11.24
Eucalyptus pilularis tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks especially granite12.12.2
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 rocks12.12.3
Eucalyptus acmenoides ± Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, especially granite12.12.4
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus crebra open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.5
Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.7
Eucalyptus portuensis or E. acmenoides, Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.11
Araucarian complex microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.13
Corymbia intermedia ± Eucalyptus propinqua, E. siderophloia, E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.15
Notophyll vine forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.16
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. eugenioides woodland on crests, upper slopes and elevated valleys and plains on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.23
Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.24
Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland to open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks12.12.25
Part 13Wet Tropics BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mangrove closed shrub to open forest of areas subject to regular tidal inundation7.1.1
Melaleuca quinquenervia and/or Melaleuca cajaputi closed forest to shrubland on poorly drained alluvial plains7.3.5
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Eucalyptus spp. ± Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to open woodland on poorly drained alluvial plains7.3.8
Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on alluvial plains7.3.16
Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris ± E. drepanophylla open forest to open woodland on alluvial plains7.3.45
Complex mesophyll to mesophyll vine forest on well-drained basalt lowlands and foothills7.8.1
Complex mesophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt, including small areas of wind-sheared notophyll vine forest on ridgelines7.8.2
Simple to complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy wet highlands on basalt7.8.4
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 uplands7.11.1
Eucalyptus pellita ± Corymbia intermedia open forest (or vine forest with E. pellita and C. intermedia emergents) on lowlands and foothills on metamorphics7.11.5
Complex notophyll vine forest with Agathis robusta emergents on foothills and uplands on metamorphics7.11.7
Simple notophyll vine forest of moist to very wet metamorphic uplands and highlands7.11.12
Corymbia nesophila, Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus platyphylla open woodland to open forest on gently sloping metamorphic lowlands and foothills7.11.20
Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest on metamorphic uplands of the dry rainfall zone7.11.21
Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia citriodora woodland to open forest on metamorphics7.11.35
Corymbia clarksoniana and/or Eucalyptus drepanophylla open forest to woodland on metamorphics7.11.51
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 uplands7.12.1
Simple to complex microphyll to notophyll vine forest, often with Agathis robusta or A. microstachya, on granites and rhyolites of moist foothills and uplands7.12.7
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 rhyolites7.12.11
Simple to complex notophyll vine forest, including small areas of Araucaria bidwillii, of cloudy wet and moist uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites7.12.16
Simple microphyll vine–fern forest with Balanops australiana, Elaeocarpus spp. ± Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis ± Uromyrtus spp. ± Agathis atropurpurea of cloudy wet highlands on granites and rhyolites7.12.19
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 rhyolites7.12.21
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 highlands7.12.22
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 rhyolites7.12.24
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 rhyolites7.12.26
Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on uplands and highlands on shallow granitic and rhyolitic soils7.12.27
Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.28
Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland ± areas of Allocasuarina littoralis and A. torulosa on uplands on granites and rhyolites7.12.29
Corymbia citriodora ± Eucalyptus portuensis woodland to open forest on granites and rhyolites7.12.30
Eucalyptus portuensis and/or E. drepanophylla ± C. intermedia ± C. citriodora ± E. granitica open woodland to open forest on uplands on granites7.12.34
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 rhyolites7.12.53
Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. granitica woodland to open forest of foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites7.12.61
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. exuta7.12.65
sch 3 sub 2013 SL No. 256 s 7amd 2018 SL No. 23 s 5Schedule 4Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedulesection 8(4) and (6)Part 1Brigalow Belt BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils11.3.21
Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils11.3.24
Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.4
Dichanthium sericeum, Astrebla spp. and patchy Acacia harpophylla, Eucalyptus coolabah on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.11
Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rock11.8.10
Dichanthium sericeum grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks11.8.11
Part 2Cape York Peninsula BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats3.1.7
Eriachne spp. ± Aristida spp. closed tussock grassland in longitudinal drainage depressions3.3.56
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on coastal plains3.3.57
Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on erosional plains3.3.59
Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum ± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains3.5.29
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones3.8.4
Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on plains in central Peninsula3.9.8
Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands3.11.19
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on steep slopes3.12.30
Schizachyrium spp. ± Eriachne spp. tussock grassland on rocky ranges and rock pavements3.12.32
Heteropogon triticeus or Themeda triandra or Schizachyrium fragile tussock grassland on rocky igneous coastal headlands and islands3.12.48
Part 3Central Queensland Coast BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional 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 winds8.11.9
Part 4Channel Country BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Aristida spp., Eriachne pulchella open grassland wooded with Eucalyptus spp. ± Acacia stowardii on plains5.7.9
Aristida latifolia and A. contorta sparse grassland wooded with Acacia tetragonophylla ± Senna spp. on Cretaceous sediments5.7.10
Triodia longiceps ± Triodia spp. hummock grassland on talus slopes of dissected tablelands and residuals5.7.15
Astrebla pectinata ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with gibbers5.9.3
Aristida contorta ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover5.9.4
Part 5Desert Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla spp., Iseilema vaginiflorum and/or Dichanthium fecundum or Bothriochloa ewartiana tussock grassland on alluvial plains10.3.7
Aristida latifolia and Brachyachne convergens sparse-tussock grassland or Sclerolaena spp. dwarf open shrubland on alluvial plains10.3.8
Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. and/or Panicum laevinode tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.8
Part 6Einasleigh Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema sp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils9.3.25
Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp., or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits9.3.26
Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema vaginiflorum tussock grassland ± emergent Corymbia terminalis on basalt plains9.8.5
Dichanthium spp. or Bothriochloa spp. ± Iseilema spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains9.8.13
Dichanthium sericeum, Heteropogon contortus, Aristida spp. grassland very sparsely wooded with Corymbia spp. And Terminalia spp. on rolling hills of acid volcanics9.12.42
Part 7Gulf Plains BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Chrysopogon elongatus, Eriachne spp., Perotis rara and Aristida holathera in mixed tussock grasslands on coastal dunes2.2.4
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.3
Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.) and brown top (Eulalia aurea) grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.4
Wire grass (Aristida spp.) grassland in depressions and valley bottoms, on fine-textured yellow earths2.3.32
Aristida dominii, Chloris sp., Eriachne spp. ± Eragrostis basedowii, Iseilema sp. tussock grassland on active Quaternary alluvial plains of major watercourses2.3.41
Sporobolus mitchellii ± Cyperus bifax, Astrebla elymoides, Chenopodium auricomum tussock grassland on seasonally inundated alluvial plains and drainage depressions2.3.43
Eriachne spp., Dichanthium spp., Chrysopogon fallax, Eulalia aurea and Oryza australiensis in mixed tussock grasslands on active Quaternary alluvial plains in the Mitchell-Gilbert Fans subregion2.3.44
Panicum trachyrhachis closed tussock grassland in shallow depressions on old alluvial plains (recent Pleistocene surface)2.3.57
Eriachne glauca var. glauca, Oryza australiensis and Eulalia aurea tussock grassland in shallow alluvial depressions in the Doomadgee Plains subregion2.3.58
Dinebra neesii, Panicum trachyrhachis, Dichanthium sericeum and Oryza spp. in mixed tussock grasslands in shallow depressions on Tertiary clay plains2.3.67
Dichanthium spp., Iseilema spp., Aristida spp. and Brachyachne convergens in mixed tussock grasslands on active Quaternary alluvial deposits derived from coarse-grained parent material in the west2.3.69
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Chrysopogon fallax and Themeda avenacea in mixed tussock grasslands on Tertiary clay plains2.4.1
Astrebla spp., Iseilema spp. ± Aristida latifolia, Eulalia aurea tussock grassland on Tertiary clay deposits2.4.2
Aristida latifolia ± Enneapogon polyphyllus, Brachyachne convergens, Sporobolus spp., tussock grassland on thin, residual sand deposits overlying Tertiary clay plains2.5.35
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland downs on shales on cracking clays2.9.1
Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.), browntop downs (Eulalia aurea) grassland on shales on cracking clays2.9.2
Part 8Mitchell Grass Downs BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.14
Astrebla squarrosa ± Dichanthium spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.15
Astrebla elymoides ± A. squarrosa ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.16
Astrebla pectinata ± Astrebla spp. ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.17
Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa ± Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains4.3.18
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium4.3.19
Astrebla pectinata ± Aristida latifolia ± Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone4.4.1
Astrebla and Iseilema grassland4.4.2
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.1
Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.2
Astrebla pectinata and herbs ± Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.4
Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open herbland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.5
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia tephrina ± A. cambagei and Atalaya hemiglauca on Cretaceous sediments4.9.7
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Atalaya hemiglauca ± Alectryon oleifolius ± Flindersia maculosa on Cretaceous sediments4.9.8
Astrebla spp. grassland wooded with Acacia sutherlandii or A. victoriae on Cretaceous sediments4.9.9
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.20
Part 9Mulga Lands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium6.3.14
Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium6.3.15
Eriachne mucronata open grassland wooded with Acacia aneura and/or Corymbia terminalis on plains or flat tops of residuals6.7.17
Part 10Northwest Highlands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on shallow clays on limestones1.9.1
Part 11South East Queensland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mixed tussock grassland on shallow alluvium1.3.10
Triodia longiceps hummock grassland on older alluvium1.5.12
Aristida contorta annual grasslands on hard setting red soils1.5.15
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on ferricrete and on silcrete1.7.3
Triodia brizoides and/or T. molesta hummock grassland on ferricrete and on silcrete1.7.4
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on Cambrian limestones1.9.12
Triodia pungens hummock grassland with emergent Eucalyptus pruinosa on Precambrian shales1.9.14
Triodia spp. hummock grassland on metamorphic hills (south)1.11.11
Triodia pungens hummock grassland (north)1.11.12
Grassland on clays derived from metamorphic rocks1.11.13
Mixed tussock grassland on basic igneous rocks1.12.5
Hummock grassland on basic igneous rocks1.12.6
Mixed closed-tussock grassland to closed herbland on coral, shingle and sand cays12.2.17
Dichanthium spp., Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks12.8.27
Part 12Wet Tropics BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains7.3.32
Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills7.11.39
sch 4 amd 2013 SL No. 256 s 8; 2018 SL No. 23 s 6Schedule 5Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, section 8section 8(5) and (6)Part 1Brigalow Belt BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains. Cracking clay soils11.3.21
Themeda avenacea grassland on alluvial plains. Basalt derived soils11.3.24
Dichanthium spp., Astrebla spp. grassland on Cainozoic clay plains11.4.4
Themeda triandra grassland on Cainozoic igneous rock11.8.10
Part 2Cape York Peninsula BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Schoenoplectus spp. sedgelands in depressions on tidal flats3.1.7
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on coastal plains3.3.57
Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum ± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains3.5.29
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones3.8.4
Heteropogon triticeus, Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on plains in central Peninsula3.9.8
Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia, Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands3.11.19
Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on steep slopes3.12.30
Part 3Channel Country BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla pectinata ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with gibbers5.9.3
Aristida contorta ± short grasses ± forbs on Cretaceous sediments with dense gravel cover5.9.4
Part 4Desert Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium sericeum and/or Astrebla spp. and/or Panicum laevinode tussock grassland on Cainozoic lake beds10.4.8
Part 5Einasleigh Uplands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium spp., and/or Astrebla spp. ± Iseilema sp. grassland on alluvial deposits derived from basalt soils9.3.25
Mixed grassland to open grassland including Eragrostis sp., Aristida sp., Enneapogon sp., Iseilema sp., Chloris sp., or Dichanthium sp. on non-basalt derived alluvial deposits9.3.26
Dichanthium spp. or Bothriochloa spp. ± Iseilema spp. tussock grassland on basalt plains9.8.13
Part 6Gulf Plains BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.3
Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.) and brown top (Eulalia aurea) grassland on plains of cracking clays2.3.4
Wire grass (Aristida spp.) grassland in depressions and valley bottoms, on fine-textured yellow earths2.3.32
Eriachne glauca var. glauca, Oryza australiensis and Eulalia aurea tussock grassland in shallow alluvial depressions in the Doomadgee Plains subregion2.3.58
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland downs on shales on cracking clays2.9.1
Blue grass (Dichanthium spp.), browntop downs (Eulalia aurea) grassland on shales on cracking clays2.9.2
Part 7Mitchell Grass Downs BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla lappacea, Astrebla spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.14
Astrebla squarrosa ± Dichanthium spp. ± Eulalia aurea grassland on alluvium4.3.15
Astrebla elymoides ± A. squarrosa ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.16
Astrebla pectinata ± Astrebla spp. ± Aristida latifolia grassland on alluvium4.3.17
Eulalia aurea, Astrebla squarrosa ± Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvial plains4.3.18
Dichanthium spp., Eulalia aurea, Astrebla spp. grassland on alluvium4.3.19
Astrebla pectinata ± Aristida latifolia ± Eulalia aurea grassland on Tertiary sediments overlying limestone4.4.1
Astrebla and Iseilema grassland4.4.2
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.1
Astrebla lappacea and A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.2
Astrebla pectinata and herbs ± Astrebla spp. grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.4
Astrebla lappacea and Sclerolaena spp. ± Enneapogon spp. open herbland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.5
Astrebla lappacea ± Aristida latifolia ± Panicum decompositum grassland on Cretaceous sediments4.9.20
Part 8Mulga Lands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Astrebla spp., Dichanthium spp. open grassland on alluvium6.3.14
Astrebla lappacea, A. pectinata ± A. elymoides grassland on alluvium6.3.15
Part 9Northwest Highlands BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Mixed tussock grassland on shallow alluvium1.3.10
Triodia longiceps hummock grassland on older alluvium1.5.12
Aristida contorta annual grasslands on hard setting red soils1.5.15
Triodia pungens hummock grassland on ferricrete and on silcrete1.7.3
Mitchell grass (Astrebla spp.) grassland on shallow clays on limestones1.9.1
Grassland on clays derived from metamorphic rocks1.11.13
Mixed tussock grassland on basic igneous rocks1.12.5
Part 10South East Queensland BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Dichanthium spp., Themeda triandra grassland on igneous rocks12.8.27
Part 11Wet Tropics BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem number
Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains7.3.32
Themeda triandra, or Imperata cylindrica, Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills7.11.39
sch 5 amd 2018 SL No. 23 s 7Schedule 6Species prescribed for Act, section 70A(3)section 10Part 1Trees of any diameter overbarkCommon nameBotanical name
SandalwoodSantalum lanceolatum
Part 2Trees with a diameter overbark of more than 29cm at 1.3m above ground levelCommon nameBotanical name
BlackbuttEucalyptus pilularis
Broad-leaved red ironbarkEucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa
Caley’s ironbarkEucalyptus caleyi
Cooktown ironbarkErythrophleum chlorostachys
Darwin stringybarkEucalyptus tetrodonta
Forest red gumEucalyptus tereticornis
Grey ironbarkEucalyptus drepanophylla
Grey ironbark (in south)Eucalyptus siderophloia (in south)
Gympie messmateEucalyptus cloeziana
Lemon-scented gum (sometimes also called spotted gum)Corymbia citriodora subsp. citriodora
Melville Island bloodwoodCorymbia nesophila
Narrow-leaved red ironbarkEucalyptus crebra
River red gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Rose gumEucalyptus grandis
Spotted gumCorymbia citriodora subsp. variegata
Sugar gumAngophora costata
Sydney blue gumEucalyptus saligna
TallowwoodEucalyptus microcorys
White mahoganyEucalyptus acmenoides
White mahoganyEucalyptus apothalassica
White mahoganyEucalyptus mediocris
White mahoganyEucalyptus portuensis
White mahoganyEucalyptus psammitica
White stringybarkEucalyptus eugenioides
White stringybarkEucalyptus mensalis
White stringybarkEucalyptus reducta
White stringybarkEucalyptus tindaliae
Yellow boxEucalyptus melliodora
Yellow jacketEucalyptus bloxsomei
Part 3Trees with a diameter overbark of more than 19cm at 1.3m above ground levelCommon nameBotanical name
White cypress pineCallitris glaucophylla
Schedule 7Feessection 12$
1Application for making a PMAV (Act, s 20C(2)(c))449.20
2Preparing a restoration plan (Act, s 55AB(4))—
(a)if a field visit is not required 913.00
(b)if a field visit is required 3,924.00
sch 7 amd 2013 SL No. 84 s 56; 2013 SL No. 256 s 9; 2014 SL No. 78 s 57sub 2015 SL No. 39 s 62; 2016 SL No. 59 s 78; 2017 SL No. 71 s 78amd 2018 SL No. 56 s 15sub 2018 SL No. 63 s 76Schedule 8Dictionarysection 2field 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 ...def key resource area om 2017 SL No. 103 s 140Map 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.property means a parcel of land or a group of contiguous parcels of land managed as part of a single enterprise.