Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

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Fraser Coast Regional ecosystem information

Regional Ecosystem   12.12.1

 

Priority   4

Short Description  Simple notophyll vine forest usually with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks

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Fraser Coast region distribution  All mapped in an area in the far south-west of the region at Mount Walsh National Park, Boompa.

Long Description  Notophyll and notophyll/microphyll vine forest, sometimes with Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and/or Lophostemon confertus closed forest. The plant families Lauraceae, Myrtaceae and Elaeocarpaceae are diagnostic of the type and Pleioluma queenslandica is common in the northern half of the bioregion. Araucaria cunninghamii is often present on margins. Occurs in gullies on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks especially granite and rhyolite. (BVG1M: 4a)

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