FRASER COAST PLANTS
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Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region
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Fraser Coast Regional ecosystem information
Regional Ecosystem
12.3.20
Biodiversity Status
Priority
1
Short Description
Melaleuca quinquenervia, Casuarina glauca +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. siderophloia open forest on low coastal alluvial plains
Notes
Listed under the EPBC act as an endangered ecological community where the canopy is dominated by Casuarina glauca. .
Comments
Previously mapped as 12.3.5a. May be subject to storm surge inundation. Extensively cleared for sugar cane and urban development in south of bioregion. Subject to weed invasion, especially groundsel Baccharis halimifolia.
Special Values
Fraser Coast region distribution
Scattered coastal mainland areas
Long Description
Melaleuca quinquenervia, Casuarina glauca +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. siderophloia open forest. Occurs on lowest terraces of Quaternary alluvial plains in coastal areas. (BVG1M: 22a)
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