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Closed Acacia forests
Closed Eucalyptus forests
Closed Lophostemon forests
Mesophyll rainforests
Palm-leaf rainforests
Notophyll rainforests
Notophyll thickets
Eucalyptus forests and woodlands
Melaleuca forests and woodlands
Syncarpia forests and woodlands
Casuarina forests and woodlands
Lophostemon forests and woodlands
Acacia forests and woodlands
Shrublands and heathlands
Grasslands
Sedgelands
Mangrove forests
Mangrove grasslands and herblands
Rainforests Sclerophyll and sclerophyllrainforest transitions
Sclerophyll forests and woodlands Vegetation complexes and mosaics Shrublands and heathlands
Non-woody vegetation
Mangroves
Secondary successional complexes
Coastal beach complexes
Riparian complexes
Wetland complexes
Rock pavement and coastalheadland complexes
Refer to this map as:
SERIES WTMAvegSHEET 8064-2EDITION 1
QUEENSLAND
CAIRNS
Kilometres0 1 2 3 4 5
SERIES WTMAvegSHEET 8064-2EDITION 1
Cairns
Gordonvale
MacalisterRange
Kuranda
Tinaroo
Date of map production: January 2009© Wet Tropics Management Authority 2009ISBN 978-1-921591-31-0
True North, Grid North and Magnetic North are showndiagrammatically for the centre of this map. MagneticNorth is correct for 2008 and moves easterly by 0.1° inabout four years.
GN MNTN
GRIDCONVERGENCE
(0.5°)GRID-MAGNETIC
ANGLE(7.7°)
Atherton
Allanton Hill
Unvegetated, cleared or non-native
Naturally unvegetated
Rural, agricultural or urban areas
1:50 000
Wet Tropics Bioregion
Vegetation Survey
FULL LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE SHOWN WITH FIVE MINUTE TICKS INSIDE THE NEATLINEGREY NUMBERED GRID LINES ARE 1000 METRE INTERVALS OF THE UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR GRID, ZONE 55 (MAP GRID ), GDA
GRID VALUES ARE SHOWN IN FULL ONLY AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE MAPVERTICAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN HEIGHT DATUM; HORIZONTAL DATUM: GDA94; TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION; ELEVATIONS IN METRES
AUSTRALIA
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Vegetation codes in legend boxes above are examples only. For a complete listing of vegetation codes and descriptions see back of map.
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Stafford Point
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Turtle Bay
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VEGETATION MAPPING INFORMATION
Abstract
Citation
Accuracy
Data Sources
Disclaimer
Acknowledgements
Further informationwww.wettropics.gov.au
© Wet Tropics ManagementAuthority 2009
This series of vegetation maps of the Wet Tropics of Queensland Bioregion depicts the vegetationcommunity types identified by J.P Stanton and D. Stanton. The mapping is based on their interpretation of1:25,000 aerial photography. Marked-up photography was scanned and orthorectified to the Authority's1:50,000 GIS drainage coverage using an 80 metre digital elevation model (DEM). Vegetation polygonswere extracted digitally from the scanned images while their vegetation attributes were inputted manually.
WTMA (2009). ' ' [map] Edition 1. 1:50,000. Vegetation of the Wet Tropics ofQueensland. Wet Tropics Management Authority. Cairns.
The positional accuracy of the mapped vegetation polygons is ±12 metres from the true position as depictedon the Australian 1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map Series R733. Horizontal accuracy is estimated at 90%of well-defined detail within ±50 metres of true position.
Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland Bioregion (WTMA2008)Wet Tropics of Queensland World HeritageArea (WTMA)Drainage (WTMA)Spot heights (WTMA)Waterbodies (WTMA: derived from Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland Bioregion and imagery)80m DEM (WTMA)Roads (© Pitney Bowes MapInfoAustralia Pty Ltd, 2008)Railways (Queensland Rail)Estate boundaries (DCDB-Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water)*
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The expert assistance and advice of the Cartography Centre, James Cook University, is gratefullyacknowledged, as is the help received from the Queensland Herbarium, Environmental ProtectionAgency.
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Vegetation Codes and Descriptions
* The boundary of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area along the line of thecoastline is commonly known as the low water mark (LWM).The boundary of the Queensland digital cadastral database (DCDB) along the line of thecoastline is commonly known as the high water mark (HWM).
RAINFORESTS
Mesophyll rainforests
Palm-leaf rainforests
Notophyll rainforests and thickets
Microphyll rainforests and thickets
Backhousia bancroftii
Intsia bijuga Beilschmiedia obtusifoliaPalaquium galactoxylon
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Barringtonia racemosa Hibiscus tiliaceus Heritieralittoralis Archontophoenix alexandrae Licuala ramsayi ramsayi
Calophyllum inophyllum Terminalia arenicola Dilleniaalata Myristica insipida insipida Pouteria myrsinodendron Millettia pinnata Hibiscustiliaceus
Ficus Schefflera actinophyllaAlstonia scholaris
Nauclea orientalis Cryptocarya hypospodiaCastanospermum australe
Aleurites moluccana Alstonia scholarisBombax ceiba leicarpum
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Archontophoenix alexandrae Syzygiumtierneyanum Barringtonia racemosa
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Licuala ramsayi ramsayi.
Licuala ramsayi ramsayi Pandanus
Corymbia torelliana Acacia celsa + Acaciamangium Elaeocarpus grandis Antidesma bunius Grevillea baileyana Flindersia pimenteliana
Argyrodendron polyandrum
Araucaria cunninghamii cunninghamii
Araucaria cunninghamii cunninghamii
Agathis robusta
Araucaria bidwillii
Chionanthus ramiflora Schefflera actinophylla
Blepharocarya involucrigera.
Pouteria euphlebia Podocarpus grayae
Syzygium forte Syzygium banksii Cyclophyllum coprosmoidesspathulatum Acacia crassicarpa Drypetes deplanchei Elaeodendron melanocarpum Aglaiaelaeagnoidea
Blepharocarya involucrigera Atractocarpus sessilisChoriceras tricorne Endiandra glauca Syzygium banksii.
Syzygium angophoroides
Syzygium forte forte Buchanania arborescensChionanthus ramiflora
Stockwellia quadrifida
Grevillea baileyana Fagraea cambageiGarcinia warrenii Mischocarpus exangulatus Pandanus monticola
Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa Agathismicrostachya
Dryadodaphne trachyphloia.
Ceratopetalum virchowii.
Argyrodendron polyandrum Flindersia brayleyana.
Acacia celsa
Blepharocarya involucrigera Acacia celsaFlindersia bourjotiana Syzygium angophoroides Dillenia alata
Argyrodendron polyandrum
Argyrodendron polyandrum Strychnospsilosperma Croton insularis Brombya platynema Geijera salicifolia Elaeodendronmelanocarpum
Terminalia arenicola Acacia polystachya
Melia azedarach Pleiogynium timorenseGanophyllum falcatum Paraserianthes toona Ficus racemosa Argyrodendron polyandrumAlstonia scholaris
Ganophyllum falcatum Pleiogyniumtimorense Argyrodendron polyandrum Paraserianthes toona Melia azedarach Chionanthusramiflora
Agathis robusta Argyrodendron polyandrum
Ceratopetalum virchowii
Cinnamomum propinquum
Complex mesophyll vine forests (CMVF)
Mesophyll vine forests (MVF)
Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forests (SDMVF)
Feather palm vine forests (FPVF)
Fan palm vine forests (FAPVF)
Complex notophyll vine forests (CNVF)
Araucarian notophyll vine forests (ANVF)
Notophyll vine forests (NVF)
Notophyll vine thickets (NVT)
Simple notophyll vine forests (SNVF)
Semi-evergreen notophyll vine forests (SENVF)
Semi-evergreen notophyll vine thickets (SENVT)
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forests (SDNVF)
Simple microphyll vine-fern forests (SMVF)
1a Complex mesophyll vine forest (on deep fertile soils). Very wet and wet lowlands and foothills mainlyon basalts and alluvium.
1b Complex mesophyll vine forest (on deep fertile soils). Moist to very wet (± cloud) uplands mainly onbasalts and alluvium.
1c Complex mesophyll vine forest (gallery forests). Moist and wet lowlands and foothills on alluvium.
1d Complex mesophyll vine forest dominated by (on basaltic terraces and screeslopes). Very wet foothills on basalts. (subtype of 1a)
1e Complex mesophyll vine forest characterised by , and(on calcareous sand ridges). Very wet lowlands on dunes. (variant of 1a)
2a Mesophyll vine forest. Very wet to moist lowlands to uplands on a variety of geologies.
2b Mesophyll vine forest. Very wet lowlands on dunes.
2c Mesophyll vine forest with prominent in the sub-canopy and canopy. Wetand very wet lowlands on alluvium. (subtype of 2a)
2d Mesophyll vine forest characterised by + +with + var. prominent in the sub-
canopy (seasonally inundated swamps). Very wet lowlands on alluvium. (subtype of 2a)
2e Mesophyll vine forest characterised by + ++ var. + + +
(on beach ridge deposits). Very wet lowlands on dunes. (variant of 2b)
2f Mesophyll vine forest (on unstable rock slopes) commonly with spp.,and . Wet to very wet uplands on metamorphics. (variant of 2a)
3a Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest. Moist and wet lowlands and foothills on a variety of geologies.
3b Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest characterised by ,and (on coarse granitic outwash). Wet lowlands on alluvium. (variant of 1c)
3c Semi-deciduous mesophyll vine forest with occasional + ±var. emergents and some sclerophyll components (on steep slopes). Wet
foothills on metamorphics. (variant of 3a)
4a Mesophyll feather palm vine forest dominated by (seasonal swamp).Very wet lowlands on alluvium.
4b Mesophyll feather palm vine forest characterised by ++ (seasonal swamp). Very wet lowlands on alluvium. (subtype of
4a)
4c Mesophyll feather palm vine forest dominated by (steep upper slopes andgully bottoms). Wet and very wet uplands on granites. (subtype of 4a)
5a Mesophyll fan palm vine forest dominated by var. Wet and very wetlowlands to uplands on alluvium.
5b Simple notophyll fan-palm vine forest dominated by var. and spp.(swamp). Wet uplands on metamorphics, alluvium and granites. (variant of 5a)
6a Complex notophyll vine forest. Wet and moist (± cloud) uplands and highlands mostly on basalts.
6b Complex notophyll vine forest (on boulder fields). Very wet lowlands and foothills on granites.
6c Complex notophyll vine forest characterised by ++ + + +
+ emergent (riverine floodplains). Dry foothills on alluvium. (variant of7c)
7a Notophyll vine forest characterised by var. emergents. Dryfoothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites.
7b Notophyll vine forest characterised by var. (steep rockyslopes). Very wet uplands on granites. (variant of 7a)
7c Complex notophyll vine forests often with emergent . Moist foothills and uplands onmetamorphics and granites.
7d Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by emergents. Wet uplands andhighlands on granites. (variant of 10a)
8a Notophyll vine forest. Moist lowlands on dunes.
8b Notophyll vine forest. Moist highlands on basalts.
8c Notophyll vine-fern forest characterised by + (onunstable escarpments). Very wet foothills on basalts. (variant of 2a)
8d Notophyll vine forest dominated by Moist to very wet foothills anduplands on a variety of geologies.
8e Notophyll vine forest characterised by + (on steep slopes).Moist to very wet foothills to highlands on granites. (subtype of 14a)
9a Notophyll vine thicket ± ± ± var.± ± ± ±(restricted to coastal sands on Hinchinbrook Island). Wet lowlands on dunes. (variant of
8a)
9b Low notophyll vine thicket (restricted to Orpheus and Curacoa Islands on transported coastal cobbleand boulder ridges). Moist lowlands on granites. (variant of 8a)
9c Notophyll vine thicket (on exposed rocky headlands). Wet foothills on granites.
9d Notophyll vine thicket dominated by + ++ + Moist to very wet lowlands on dunes.
10a Simple notophyll vine forest. Moist to very wet uplands and highlands on metamorphics, granites andrhyolites.
10b Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by (seasonal swamp). Wetlowlands on alluvium.
10c Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by subsp. + +. Moist to very wet lowlands on dunes.
10d Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by . Very wet uplands on granites andmetamorphics.
10e Simple notophyll vine-fern forest characterised by + ++ + (in seepage areas). Moist
foothills on metamorphics.
10f Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by with emergent. Moist highlands on rhyolites. (subtype of 10a)
10g Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Very wet uplands on granites(subtype of 10a)
10h Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Very wet uplands onmetamorphics (subtype of 10a)
10i Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by +Wet uplands on granites. (variant of 10a)
10j Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by (on sharply broken topography). Wet foothillson metamorphics. (variant of 10a)
10k Simple notophyll vine forest (shallow soils and severe drainage subject to wind shearing in exposedsituations). Moist to very wet uplands and highlands on granites and metamorphics. (subtype of 10a)
10l Simple notophyll vine forest characterised by + ++ + (on shallow sand islands above
swamps). Moist to very wet lowlands on alluvium and dunes. (subtype of 2a)
11a Semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest. Moist and dry foothills and uplands on granites andmetamorphics.
12a Simple notophyll semi-evergreen vine thicket. Dry uplands on rhyolites.
12b Semi-evergreen notophyll vine thicket with emergent . Moist uplands ongranites.
12c Semi-evergreen notophyll vine thicket characterised by ++ + + +
. Dry uplands on rhyolites.
13a Complex semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest. Moist and dry foothills and uplands on basalts.
13b Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest charactered by + (oncoastal headlands). Moist lowlands and foothills on metamorphics, alluvium and rhyolites. (variant of3a)
13c Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest characterised by + ++ + + +
. Moist lowlands on dunes. (variant of 7c)
13d Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest characterised by ++ + + +(on rocky gorges and talus slopes). Moist foothills and uplands on metamorphics and
granites. (subtype of 7c)
14a Simple microphyll vine-fern forest. Moist to very wet (± cloud) highlands on granites, metamorphicsand rhyolites.
14b Microphyll vine forest dominated by + . Moist uplands ongranites. (variant of 7c)
14c Simple microphyll vine-fern forest characterised by (on exposed ridges).Very wet highlands on granites. Very wet highlands on granites (subtype of 14a)
14d Simple microphyll vine-fern forest characterised by . Very wet (± cloud)highlands on granites. (subtype of 14a)
14e Simple microphyll vine-fern forest characterised by . Very wet uplands onmetamorphics. (subtype of 14a)
14f Microphyll vine-sedge forest characterised by + ++ + . Wet (± cloud) uplands on
metamorphics. (subtype of 14a)
15a Microphyll vine thicket characterised by emergent var. Moistand dry foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites.
15b Microphyll vine thicket (restricted to Mount Fox on unconsolidated pyroclastic volcanic cones). Dryuplands on basalts.
15c Microphyll vine thicket with emergent var. +(impeded drainage). Very wet uplands on granites and metamorphics.
15d Microphyll vine thicket commonly with ± ± ±. Moist and wet lowlands on dunes. (subtype of 8a)
16a Deciduous microphyll vine thicket. Moist and dry foothills on granites.
16b Deciduous microphyll vine thicket characterised by (on steep rock talus and boulderslopes). Moist foothills on granites. (variant of 16a)
17a Simple microphyll vine-fern thicket. Very wet (± cloud) highlands on granites.
17b Microphyll vine thicket characterised by + ++ + + (on
steep boulder field and scree slopes). Wet uplands on granites. (subtype of 17a)
18a Closed forest ± variable rainforest species. Very wet to dry foothills to highlands ongranites and metamorphics.
18b Closed forest + . Moist to very wet lowlands and foothills mostly ongranites.
18c Closed forest + variable rainforest species. Moist to very wet foothills and uplandson metamorphics and granites.
18d Closed forest + . Wet (± cloud) highlands on granites and rhyolites.
18e Closed forest + variable rainforest and sclerophyll forest species (on seasonalwatercourses). Wet foothills on metamorphics.
18f Closed thicket + + + ++ (on shallow sand dunes overlying saline soils).
Moist lowlands on dunes.
19a Closed forest + ± subsp.± variable rainforest species. Wet to dry uplands on metamorphics, rhyolites and granites.
19b Open to closed forest + + subsp.± ± variable rainforest species. Wet and very wet lowlands and
foothills mostly on metamorphics.
20a Open to closed forest + variable rainforest and sclerophyll forest species. Verywet to dry foothills to highlands on a variety of geologies.
21a Low to medium, open to closed forest. Moist to very wet lowlands on dunes.
21b Medium open forest + ± ±± . Moist lowlands and foothills on granites and alluvium.
21c Low open forest ± . Moist to very wet lowlands to uplands ona variety of geologies.
21d Low open forest + . Moist foothills on granites.
21e Low woodland. Moist foothills on metamorphics and granites.
21f Low open forest. Wet foothills on rhyolites.
22a Low open woodland + +(restricted to Hinchinbrook Island). Wet lowlands and foothills on alluvium and colluvium.
22b Low woodland + ± ±. Moist to very wet foothills on granites and metamorphics.
22c Low open woodland and shrubland (on shallow soils). Dry to very wet uplandsmostly on granites and rhyolites.
22d Medium open forest ± . Dry to wet foothills and uplands onmetamorphics, granites and rhyolites.
22e Tall subsp. woodland + ±subsp. ± ± an understorey of
+ (riparian). Dry to wet lowlands to uplands mostly on alluvial deposits.
22f Low open subsp. forest (on coastal headlands). Moist foothills ongranites.
23a Medium open forest + + subsp.± ± . Moist and dry uplands on rhyolites and
granites.
24a Medium subsp. woodland + ±± subsp. ± ±
. Moist and dry uplands and highlands mainly on granites and rhyolites.
25a Medium / woodland + subsp.+ Dry to wet lowlands to uplands on a variety of geologies.
25b Medium woodland. Moist and wet foothills on granites and alluvium.
25c Medium woodland + + . Moistlowlands on dunes.
25d Medium woodland + + ±± ± subsp. . Moist and
dry lowlands and foothills on granites, rhyolites and alluvium. (subtype of 25a)
26a Low to medium woodland and open woodland + +(on coastal headlands). Moist lowlands and foothills on metamorphics.
27a Low open woodland + + . Moistfoothills on granites.
27b Low sparse woodland + +± ± ± .
Dry uplands on metamorphics.
28a Medium woodland + + +(on old beach ridges). Wet and very wet lowlands on dunes.
28b Medium to tall open forest + . Moist to very wet lowlandsand foothills on a variety of geologies.
28c Medium woodland + ± ±subsp. ± ± ±
subsp. Moist to very wet foothills mainly on granites and metamorphics.
28d Medium open forest + subsp. ±± ± . Wet to dry uplands mostly on granites and
rhyolites.
28e Medium open forest + ± . Moistand dry uplands on granites, rhyolites and laterites.
28f Medium woodland + ± subsp.± . Moist and dry uplands and highlands on granites and
rhyolites.
29a Medium to tall open forest. Moist foothills on metamorphics, granites andalluvium.
29b Medium woodland ± ± .Moist foothills on metamorphics, granites and alluvium.
30a Low to medium woodland and open woodland + subsp.+ + subsp. . Moist foothills and
uplands on granites.
31a Medium open forest + + ++ spp. + ± (on
prograding dunes). Wet to dry lowlands on dunes.
31b Medium to tall woodland ± . Very wet to dry lowlands andfoothills on a variety of geologies.
31c Medium woodland + subsp. ±± ± . Moist to very wet lowlands and
foothills mostly on metamorphics.
31d Low to medium open woodland ± ±(restricted to Palm Island). Moist foothills on granites.
31e Medium woodland (restricted to Mount Fox on a pyroclastic volcanic cone). Dryuplands on basalts.
32a Low to medium woodland and open woodland + +. Moist and dry uplands mostly on metamorphics and granites.
33a Medium woodland + + +(on shallow soils with impeded drainage). Moist foothills on alluvium. (subtype
of 59b)
34a Tall open forest. Dry to wet foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites.
34b
34c Medium open woodland. Dry to wet foothills to highlands on granites andrhyolites. (subtype of 34a)
35a Low to medium woodland + + . Dryfoothills and uplands on granites, metamorphics and basalts.
35b Medium open / woodland + subsp. .Dry uplands on granites and laterites.
36a Low woodland + ± ±. Moist foothills mostly on metamorphics.
36b Low open woodland ± ±subsp. Moist foothills and uplands on metamorphics.
37a Open woodland + . Dry lowlands on alluvium.
37b Medium woodland + + ±± . Dry lowlands on alluvium.
37c Medium woodland + + +(restricted to Orpheus Island). Moist foothills on granites.
37d Medium open / forest. Moist and dry foothills on granitesand metamorphics.
37e Low open woodland + (on soils with impededdrainage). Dry foothills and uplands on metamorphics.
37f Medium open woodland + . Dry uplands onmetamorphics.
37g Low to medium / woodland ++ spp. Dry uplands on metamorphics, granites and rhyolites.
38a Tall open forest. Wet to dry (± cloud) uplands and highlands on a variety ofgeologies.
38b Tall open forest + x + ++ + . Dry (± cloud) uplands mostly on granites.
(subtype of 38a)
39a Medium woodland + + ±± subsp. ± ±
. Wet to dry foothills and uplands on metamorphics, alluvium and granites.
39b Medium open forest + + subsp.+ . Dry foothills on alluvium. (subtype of 39a)
40a Medium woodland. Dry uplands and highlands on a variety of geologies.
41a Medium open woodland + (seasonal swamp). Wet and verywet lowlands on alluvium. (subtype of 19b)
42a Medium open forest. Moist and dry lowlands to uplands mostly on alluvium.
42b Low to medium woodland + + .Moist and dry lowlands and foothills on a variety of geologies.
42c Medium woodland + + ++ + + +
spp. Dry foothills on alluvium. (subtype of 39a)
43a Medium to tall open forest + . Wet foothills and uplands onmetamorphics.
43b Medium open forest + ± ±± ± subsp. . Moist
and dry foothills and uplands on a variety of geologies.
43c Low to medium woodland + ++ ± (on steep rocky hillsides). Wet to dry foothills and uplandsmostly on granites and rhyolites.
43d Low to medium open woodland + / ++ ± ± ±
+ (rocky hillslopes). Dry uplands on granites and rhyolites.
43e Low to medium woodland ± ±± subsp. ± ± ±
± . Moist and dry uplands and highlands on granites, rhyolites andmetamorphics.
43f Low woodland + subsp. +subsp. + ± ± ±
Uromyrtus tenella
Syzygium kuranda Pouteria euphlebia Podocarpusgrayae Musgravea stenostachya Stenocarpus cryptocarpus
Araucaria cunninghamii cunninghamii.
Licuala ramsayi ramsayi Oraniopsis appendiculata
Mimusops elengi Terminalia muelleri Pouteria sericeaExocarpos latifolius
Gossia bidwillii
Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis Uromyrtus tenellusRhodomyrtus macrocarpa Placospermum coriaceum Musgravea stenostachya Acacia celsa
Acacia celsa
Acacia mangium Acacia celsa
Acacia polystachya
Acacia melanoxylon Acacia celsa
Acacia polystachya
Acacia mangium Acacia crassicarpa Hibiscus tiliaceus Breynia cernuaCupaniopsis anacardioides Terminalia muelleri
Corymbia torelliana Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus tereticornistereticornis
Eucalyptus pellita Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus tereticornistereticornis Corymbia torelliana
Lophostemon confertus
Acacia crassicarpa
Acacia mangium Lophostemon suaveolens Eucalyptus pellita Corymbiatessellaris Corymbia intermedia
Acacia flavescens Allocasuarina littoralis
Acacia flavescens Acacia cincinnata
Acacia polystachya
Acacia julifera
Allocasuarina littoralis Corymbia intermedia Lophostemon suaveolens
Allocasuarina littoralis Eucalyptus pellita Allocasuarina torulosa Acaciacrassicarpa
Allocasuarina littoralis
Allocasuarina torulosa Acacia celsa
Casuarina cunninghamiana cunninghamiana Lophostemon suaveolensEucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Melaleuca leucadendra Melaleucaviminalis Bursaria tenuifolia
Casuarina equisetifolia equisetifolia
Corymbia abergiana Eucalyptus portuensis Syncarpia glomuliferaglomulifera Corymbia leptoloma Acacia flavescens
Corymbia citriodora citriodora Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbiaintermedia Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Eucalyptus drepanophylla Xanthorrhoeajohnsonii
Corymbia clarksoniana Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus tereticornistereticornis Lophostemon suaveolens.
Corymbia clarksoniana
Corymbia clarksoniana Corymbia tessellaris Acacia crassicarpa
Corymbia clarksoniana Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus drepanophyllaEucalyptus platyphylla Melaleuca dealbata Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis
Corymbia dallachiana Corymbia tessellarisThemeda triandra
Corymbia hylandii Eucalyptus cullenii Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Corymbia hylandii Corymbia dallachiana Corymbia abergiana +Petalostigma pubescens Melaleuca stenostachya Callitris intratropica Melaleuca viridiflora
Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus pellita Lophostemon suaveolens Melaleucadealbata
Corymbia intermedia Allocasuarina torulosa
Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus pellita Acacia mangium Eucalyptustereticornis tereticornis Acacia celsa Lophostemon suaveolens Syncarpia glomulifera
glomulifera.
Corymbia intermedia Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Lophostemonconfertus Allocasuarina torulosa Banksia aquilonia
Corymbia intermedia Allocasuarina torulosa Lophostemon suaveolens
Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus resinifera Syncarpia glomuliferaglomulifera Eucalyptus drepanophylla
Corymbia nesophila
Corymbia nesophila Corymbia clarksoniana Erythrophleum chlorostachys
Corymbia stockeri Syncarpia glomuliferaglomulifera Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia citriodora citriodora
Corymbia tessellaris Melaleuca dealbata Corymbia intermediaLophostemon suaveolens Acacia Canarium australianum Deplanchea tetraphylla
Corymbia tessellaris Corymbia intermedia
Corymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Corymbiaintermedia Eucalyptus platyphylla Lophostemon suaveolens
Corymbia tessellaris Corymbia intermedia Corymbiaclarksoniana
Corymbia tessellaris
Eucalyptus atrata Corymbia hylandii Corymbiadallachiana
Eucalyptus chlorophylla Corymbia clarksoniana Eucalyptus platyphyllaMelaleuca viridiflora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus granitica Corymbia erythrophloia
Eucalyptus crebra granitica Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis
Eucalyptus cullenii Corymbia nesophila Eucalyptus platyphylla Melaleucanervosa
Eucalyptus cullenii Eucalyptus platyphylla Corymbia citriodoracitriodora.
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Eucalyptus platyphylla
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Corymbia clarksoniana Eucalyptus platyphyllaCorymbia tessellaris Corymbia dallachiana
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Corymbia intermedia Corymbia clarksonianaAcacia polystachya
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Melaleuca monantha
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Callitris intratropica
Eucalyptus drepanophylla Eucalyptus granitica Corymbia clarksonianaAcacia
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus grandis Eucalyptus pellita grandis Eucalyptus pellita Corymbiaintermedia Acacia celsa Allocasuarina torulosa
Eucalyptus leptophleba Corymbia clarksoniana Eucalyptus platyphyllaErythrophleum chlorostachys Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Corymbia tessellarisMelaleuca monantha
Eucalyptus leptophleba Melaleuca dealbata Eucalyptus tereticornistereticornis Eucalyptus platyphylla
Eucalyptus moluccana
Eucalyptus pellita Corymbia intermedia
Eucalyptus platyphylla
Eucalyptus platyphylla Corymbia intermedia Lophostemon suaveolens
Eucalyptus platyphylla Eucalyptus leptophleba Corymbia hylandiiMelaleuca viridiflora Melaleuca stenostachya Grevillea glauca Petalostigma pubescensAcacia
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia nesophila
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus drepanophyllaEucalyptus platyphylla Lophostemon suaveolens Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptus drepanophyllaXanthorrhoea johnsonii Cycas media
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia dimorpha Corymbia leichhardtiiEucalyptus shirleyi Grevillea glauca Eucalyptus exserta Eucalyptus granitica Corymbiaclarksoniana Acacia leptostachya
Eucalyptus portuensis Eucalyptus drepanophylla Corymbia intermediaCorymbia citriodora citriodora Lophostemon suaveolens Melaleuca viridiflora Acacia
flavescens Allocasuarina littoralis
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia citriodora citriodora Eucalyptus lockyeriexuta Eucalyptus granitica Melaleuca viridiflora Eucalyptus crebra Lophostemon
Microphyll vine thickets (MVT)
Deciduous microphyll thickets (DVT)
Microphyll fern thickets (MFT)
SCLEROPHYLL AND SCLEROPHYLL RAINFOREST TRANSITIONS
SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS AND WOODLANDS
ClosedAcacia forests
Closed Eucalyptus forests
Closed Lophostemon forests
Acacia forests and woodlands
Eucalyptus forests and woodlands
Casuarina forests and woodlands
Medium open woodland + Corymbia abergiana + subsp.c + + subsp.(on rocky slopes). Dry highlands on granites.
Eucalyptus cloeziana Corymbia citriodoraitriodora + Eucalyptus portuensis Eucalyptus shirleyi Eucalyptus lockyeri lockyeri
suaveolens
Eucalyptus portuensis Corymbia citriodora citriodora Syncarpiaglomulifera glomulifera Lophostemon confertus
Eucalyptus reducta Syncarpia glomulifera glomuliferaAllocasuarina torulosa
Eucalyptus reducta Corymbia citriodora citriodora Eucalyptusportuensis.
Eucalyptus reducta Eucalyptus granitica Corymbia citriodoracitriodor Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Corymbia dimorpha Corymbia leichhardtii.
Eucalyptus reducta Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Corymbiaintermedia
Eucalyptus reducta Corymbia citriodora citriodora Corymbiaabergiana Eucalyptus drepanophylla Acacia calyculata Jacksonia thesioides.
Eucalyptus resinifera Corymbia intermedia Syncarpia glomuliferaglomulifera Allocasuarina torulosa Eucalyptus grandis Callitris macleayana
Eucalyptus resinifera Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Corymbialeptoloma Eucalyptus portuensis Allocasuarina Corymbia abergiana Corymbiaintermedia
Eucalyptus shirleyi Corymbia leichhardtii Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbiacitriodora citriodora Grevillea glauca
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptusreducta Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora floribunda
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Eucalyptus platyphylla
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Eucalyptus portuensis Eucalyptuscrebra Eucalyptus granitica Corymbia intermedia Allocasuarina torulosa Angophorafloribunda
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Eucalyptus pellita Corymbiaintermedia Melaleuca dealbata Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbia tessellaris Acaciamangium.
Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Corymbia clarksonianaEucalyptus pellita Lophostemon suaveolens Melaleuca dealbata Melaleuca viridifloraPandanus
Eucalyptus tetrodonta Corymbia nesophila Erythrophleum chlorostachysCorymbia tessellaris Eucalyptus portuensis Eucalyptus brassiana
Eucalyptus tetrodonta Eucalyptus brassiana Melaleuca acacioides Petalostigmapubescens Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Lophostemon confertus
Lophostemon suaveolens
Lophostemon suaveolens Lophostemon confertusCorymbia intermedia Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus exserta Schefflera actinophylla
Lophostemon grandiflorus
Melaleuca argentea
Melaleuca cajuputi platyphylla
Melaleuca dealbata Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbia tessellaris Acaciamangium Livistona drudei
Melaleuca dealbata Melaleuca leucadendra
Melaleuca dealbata
Melaleuca fluviatilis Casuarina cunninghamiana cunninghamianaEucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbia intermediaNauclea orientalis
Melaleuca foliolosa
Melaleuca leucadendra
Melaleuca leucadendra Corymbia tessellaris Acacia crassicarpa Melaleucaviridiflora
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Melaleuca quinquenervia forest Eucalyptus pellita Allocasuarina littoralis
Melaleuca quinquenervia Asteromyrtus lysicephala Deplancheatetraphylla Dillenia alata Gahnia sieberiana Pandanus Lepironia articulata
Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca viridiflora
Melaleuca quinquenervia Acrostichum Blechnum indicumEleocharis
Melaleuca quinquenervia Acacia crassicarpa
Melaleuca saligna Melaleuca viridiflora Lophostemon suaveolens Eucalyptuschlorophylla
Melaleuca stenostachya Melaleuca viridiflora
Melaleuca viridiflora
Melaleuca viridiflora Corymbia clarksoniana Eucalyptus platyphyllaLophostemon suaveolens Eucalyptus drepanophylla
Melaleuca viridiflora Melaleuca quinquenervia Banksia robur Banksia spinulosa
Melaleuca viridiflora Lophostemon suaveolens
Melaleuca viridiflora Melaleuca leucadendra Excoecaria agallocha Melaleucadealbata Acacia leptostachya
Melaleuca viridiflora Petalostigma pubescens Grevillea glaucaXanthorrhoea johnsonii Corymbia clarksoniana Corymbia dallachiana
Melaleuca viridiflora
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Eucalyptus resiniferaCorymbia intermedia Callitris macleayana Allocasuarina torulosa
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Corymbia intermediaEucalyptus pellita Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis Acacia celsa Acacia mangium
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Melaleuca quinquenervia
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Allocasuarina torulosaEucalyptus intermedia Allocasuarina littoralis
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Allocasuarina littoralisBanksia aquilonia
Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera
ia glomulifera glomulifera Eucalyptus portuensisAllocasuarina littoralis Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Merremia peltata Entada phaseoloidesCissus Calamus
Paspalum longifolium Leersia hexandra
Tristaniopsis exiliflora Xanthostemon chrysanthusMelaleuca leucadendra Grevillea baileyana Grevillea hilliana Blepharocarya involucrigera
Atractocarpus fitzalanii fitzalanii Millettia pinnata
Lophostemon suaveolensChionanthus ramiflora Acacia flavescens Pittosporum spinescens Wikstroemia indica
Melaleuca viminalis
Melaleuca fluviatilis
Gahnia sieberianaLepironia articulata Thoracostachyum sumatranum Melaleuca quinquenervia Pandanus spp
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Casuarina equisetifolia equisetifolia Acacia crassicarpa Argusia argentea Syzygium forteforte Calophyllum inophyllum Pandanus
Hibiscus tiliaceus Calophyllum inophyllum
Corymbia tessellaris Corymbiaintermedia Lithomyrtus obtusa Acacia crassicarpa Canarium australianum Guioa acutifoliaMelaleuca leucadendra
Gleichenia dicarpa Gahnia sieberiana Lycopodiella cernua Lycopodiumdeuterodensum Smilax glyciphylla Hibbertia scandens
Dicranopteris linearis Gleichenia dicarpa Gahnia sieberiana Schoenus melanostachys
Melaleuca viridiflora Allocasuarinalittoralis Casuarina equisetifolia equisetifolia Lophostemon suaveolens Acaciaholosericea Acacia polystachya Lophostemon grandiflorus Thryptomene oligandraPittosporum ferrugineum Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Alyxia spicata
Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbia tessellarisCorymbia intermedia Acacia Eucalyptus platyphylla Melaleuca viridiflora
Allocasuarina littoralis Syncarpia glomulifera glomuliferaLophostemon confertus Banksia aquilonia Leptospermum Borya septentrionalis
Leptospermum neglectum Banksia aquiloniaAllocasuarina littoralis Syncarpia glomulifera glomulifera Allocasuarina torulosa Acaciacelsa Rhodomyrtus trineura
Lophostemon grandiflorus Lophostemon confertus
(on rock pavements). Dry uplands on granites.
43g Low woodland + subsp. +subsp. + shrub layer of (on rocky slopes). Moist and
dry uplands and highlands on rhyolites.
44a Medium to tall open forest + subsp. +. Wet to dry highlands mainly on granites.
44b Medium open forest + subsp. ±Moist and dry uplands on granites and metamorphics.
44c Medium woodland + + subsp.a + subsp. ± ±
Dry uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites.
44d Medium open woodland + subsp. ±(shallow soils). Moist and dry uplands and highlands on rhyolites and granites.
44e Low open woodland + subsp. +± + + Dry uplands on
granites.
45a Tall open forest + + subsp.+ ± ± . Wet uplands and
highlands mostly on granites and rhyolites.
45b Medium woodland + subsp. ++ + spp. ± ±. Moist and dry uplands and highlands on rhyolites and granites. (variant of 45a)
46a Low woodland ± ± ±subsp. ± . Dry uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites.
47a Tall open subsp. forest + ++ ± . Moist and dry uplands and highlands on
basalts, granites and laterites.
47b Medium to tall open subsp. woodland + (inbroad valleys). Dry uplands on alluvium.
47c Medium to tall open subsp. forest and woodland. Very wet to dryfoothills to highlands on a variety of geologies.
47d Medium subsp. woodland + +/ + + ±
. Dry uplands and highlands mostly on granites.
47e Low to medium subsp. woodland + ++ + ± ±
Moist and wet lowlands and foothills mostly on alluvium.
47f Low to medium subsp. woodland + ++ + + (+
sp. on drainage lines). Moist foothills and uplands on metamorphics and alluvium. (subtypeof 47e)
48a Medium / woodland + ±± ± . Moist foothills on alluvium and
(weathered lateritic aeolian) dunes.
48b Low woodland + ± ±± . Moist foothills on alluvium.
49a Medium open forest. Moist and dry uplands on granites and rhyolites.
49b Low to medium open forest (on seasonally waterlogged soils). Dry to verywet lowlands to uplands on a variety of geologies.
49c Low to medium woodland and open woodland ± ±± ± ± (on steep
slopes). Dry uplands mostly on granites.
49d Low open to closed forest ± associated species (on rocky drainage lines).Moist uplands on granites and metamorphics.
50a Medium open forest (on drainage lines). Moist foothills on alluvium. (variant of55a)
51a Medium to tall open subsp. woodland (swamp). Wet and very wetlowlands on alluvium.
52a Medium open forest + + ++ . Moist lowlands on alluvium.
52b Medium to tall woodland + (swamp). Wet to dry lowlandson alluvium and dunes.
52c Tall open forest (restricted to Orpheus Island). Moist lowlands on alluvium.(variant of 52b).
53a Medium open forest + subsp. +subsp. + + +
(riparian). Dry lowlands on alluvium.
54a Low open forest. Moist lowlands on alluvium.
55a Medium to tall forest (swamp). Very wet to dry lowlands on alluvium.
55b Medium open forest + + +. Moist to very wet lowlands on alluvium and dunes.
56a Medium forest and woodland (swamp). Moist to very wet lowlands andfoothills mostly on alluvium.
56b Medium + + . Very wet andwet foothills on metamorphics.
56c Medium open forest to woodland ± ±± ± ± spp. ± (swamp). Wet
lowlands on (deep fibrous) peat.
56d Low open woodland + (swamp). Wet and very wetlowlands on alluvium. (subtype of 56a)
56e Low open woodland and shrubland + spp ++ sp. Very wet to dry lowlands on (brackish) alluvium (subtype of 56a)
56f Medium open forest + (on organic hardpan). Very wetlowlands on dunes. (subtype of 56a)
57a Low open forest + + ±(seasonal swamp). Moist lowlands and foothills on alluvium. (variant of 59a)
58a Low woodland + (on soils with impeded drainage). Dryfoothills mostly on alluvium (variant of 59a)
59a Low woodland (on soils with impeded drainage). Very wet to dry lowlands touplands mostly on alluvium.
59b Medium woodland + ± ±± . Moist and dry lowlands to uplands mostly on
alluvium.
59c Low woodland + + +(fringing swamp). Dry foothills on alluvium. (variant of 59a)
59d Low woodland + (on soils with impeded drainage).Very wet to dry lowlands and foothills on alluvium and dunes (subtype of 59a)
59e Low open forest + + ±± . Moist lowlands on (brackish) alluvium. (variant of 59a)
59f Open woodland and shrubland + + ++ + . Dry foothills and uplands
on metamorphics. (variant of 59a)
59g Low open sp. aff. forest (swamp). Wet to dry lowlands on alluvium. (variant of59a)
60a Tall open to closed subsp. forest ± ±± ± . Dry to wet uplands on
metamorphics, granites and rhyolites.
60b Medium to tall open subsp. forest + +± subsp. ± ± +
variable rainforest species in understorey. Moist to very wet foothills and uplands mostly onmetamorphics and granites.
60c Medium open subsp. forest + (seasonalswamp on quartzite). Very wet uplands on metamorphics.
60d Medium open subsp. forest and woodland +± ± . Dry to very wet lowlands to highlands on a varietyof geologies.
60e Low to medium subsp. woodland + ±. Dry to wet foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites.
60f Low open subsp. forest and low woodland. Dry to wet uplands ongranites and rhyolites. (subtype of 60e)
60g Low Syncarp subsp. woodland and shrubland + ++ (on skeletal soils). Dry and moist uplands and
highlands on granites and rhyolites.
61a Variable rainforest secondary successional forest complex. Very wet to dry lowlands to highlands on avariety of geologies.
61b Vine dominated secondary successional communities ± ± +spp. ± spp. Moist to very wet foothills mostly on granites and metamorphics.
61c Variable sclerophyll derived secondary successional forest and woodland complex. Very wet to drylowlands to highlands on a variety of geologies.
61d Secondary successional grassland complex + + (on hardsetting, poorly drained soils). Wet and moist lowlands on alluvium.
61e Variable communities of native vegetation with a significant component of exotic species in thecanopy, understorey and/or ground cover. Wet and moist lowlands on a variety of geologies.
62a Variable medium to tall open to closed woodland ±± ± ± ± ±
subsp. ± (fringing young streams). Very wet to dryfoothills to highlands on alluvium and granites.
62b Variable low to medium open to closed shrubland, forest and woodland ± ±± ± ± (on in-
stream rock cobble deposits). Moist to very wet lowlands on alluvium. (variant of 62a)
62c shrubland (on rock cobble deposits of the active flood plain of major streams). Wetto dry foothills and uplands on alluvium, granites and rhyolites. (subtype of 62a)
62d Notophyll vine thicket with emergent and medium to tall open forest/woodland(on coarse gravel beds of fast flowing streams). Dry foothills on alluvium.
62e Variable herbland, grassland and shrubland communities (on mobile flood-deposited gravel and sandbanks in the beds of major streams). Very wet to dry lowlands to uplands on alluvium.
63a Sedgeland interspersed with low to medium woodland and vine forest + ++ ± + . ±
various vine forest species (permanent swamp). Very wet lowlands on alluvium.
63b Variable shrubland-sedgeland complex (perennially inundated areas of peatsoils). Wet and very wet lowlands on alluvium and dunes. (subtype of 56a)
64a Variable open to closed shrubland, grassland and low to medium woodland and forest complex ±subsp. ± ± ±
subsp. ± ± spp. Very wet to dry lowlands on dunes.
64b Low to medium woodland ± (on periodically inundatedbrackish swales). Moist and wet lowlands on dunes.
64c Variable shrubland, low open forest and low closed forest complex ± ±± ± ± ± ±
± vine forest species (restricted to Hinchinbrook Island). Wet lowlands ondunes.
65a Closed fernland + + ++ + + emergent shrubs (restricted to Bartle Frere
and Thornton Peak). Very wet (± cloud) highlands on granites.
65b fernland + + ±± emergent or scattered shrubs. Moist to very wet uplands and highlands mostly on granites.
66a Variable low heathland, shrubland and grassland complex + ±± subsp. ± ±
± ± ± ±± ± (on coastal headlands). Moist to
wet lowlands and foothills on granites and metamorphics.
66b Variable sclerophyll forest and woodland complex ± ±± ± spp. ± ± (on steepexposed coastal headlands). Moist to very wet foothills on granites and metamorphics.
66c Shrubland/heathland complex + ± subsp. ±± ± spp. ± (on
mountain rock pavement). Very wet to dry foothills to highlands on granites and rhyolites.
66d Low open forest and closed shrub complex + + +± subsp. ± ±
± (on mountainous rocky escarpments). Wet to dry (± cloud) uplands andhighlands on granites.
66e Variable forest and woodland complex ± ± ±
Lophostemon forests and woodlands
Melaleuca forests and woodlands
Syncarpia forests and woodlands
Secondary successional complexes
Riparian complexes
Wetland complexes
Coastal beach complexes
Fern complexes
Rock pavement and coastal headland complexes
VEGETATION COMPLEXES AND MOSAICS
± ± ±(on shallow soils and rock pavements). Wet to dry foothills and uplands on granites and rhyolites.
66f Variable shrubland complex + ± subsp. ±± Moist and dry uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites.
66g Medium deciduous var. / woodland ±complex. Wet foothills on granites and metamorphics.
66h Medium semi-deciduous woodland complex. Moist and dry uplands ongranites.
67a Tall shrubland + + (on steep mountain slopes).Wet and very wet foothills to highlands on granites.
67b Closed shrubland + + +± ± (on exposed coastal headlands). Wet lowlands andfoothills on granites and rhyolites.
67c Open to closed heathland and shrubland + ++ ± ± . Moist
lowlands on (longitudinal) dunes.
67d Tall open shrubland + ± . Verywet lowlands on dunes.
67e Tall shrubland + + ++ . Very wet foothills on ultrabasic geologies.
67f Low open to closed shrubland + +± + (on shallow soils). Wet and very wet uplands
and highlands on granites.
67g / subsp. shrubland + variable vine thicketspecies. Moist and dry lowlands on (granite) alluvium.
67h Closed / shrubland. Very wet to dry foothills anduplands on granites, rhyolites and alluvium.
67i shrubland with + ++ . Wet and moist uplands on metamorphics.
67j / shrubland + . Wet and very wetlowlands on dunes.
67k shrubland, heathland and low open forest. Wet lowlands on dunes.
68a Closed grassland ± subsp. (seasonallyinundated). Very wet lowlands on alluvium.
68b grassland + ± . Wet and very wetlowlands on alluvium and metamorphics.
68c var. grassland + emergent +(swamp). Very wet lowlands on alluvium.
68d Closed grassland ± shrubland. Dry to very wet lowlands touplands on a variety of geologies.
68e Closed grassland + (on steep hillslopes of coastal islands).Moist foothills on granites.
69a Closed sedgeland (seepage areas on slopes). Wet foothills on granites.
69b sedgeland + + with emergent+ (swamp). Wet uplands on alluvium. (subtype of 56a)
69c sedgeland + (swamp). Very wet lowlands on alluviumand (fibrous) peat.
69d sedgeland (in drainage lines adjoining subsp.woodland). Dry uplands on alluvium and (fibrous) peat.
69e + + + + spp.sedgeland (semi-permanent swamp). Very wet lowlands on alluvium.
69f Variable sedgeland characterised by shallow drainage depressions associated with groundwaterseepage (seasonal swamps). Moist and dry lowlands to highlands on a variety of geologies.
69g Sedgeland associated with peat swamps in volcanic crater lakes. Moist and dry uplands on peat.
69h Sedgeland fringing volcanic crater lakes. Moist uplands on alluvium.
70a Medium closed mangrove forest and shrubland mosaic. Species may include spp.,spp., spp., . (species zonation determined by soil salinity and
frequency of tidal inundation). Moist to very wet lowlands on (saline to brackish) alluvium.
70b Medium closed mangrove forest + + spp. + spp. +emergents. Moist lowlands on (brackish) alluvium. (variant of 70a)
70c Medium closed forest + spp. ± spp. ± ±spp. Moist lowlands on (brackish) alluvium. (variant of 70a)
70d forest ± ± ± ±± ± ± ±
. Very wet lowlands on (brackish) alluvium. (variant of 70a)
70e subsp. + herbland (samphire flats). Moist lowlands on(hyper-saline) alluvium.
70f grassland. Moist lowlands on (saline) alluvium.
Lophostemon suaveolens Timonius timon Ficus rubiginosa Acacia leptostachya
Acacia leptostachya Eucalyptus lockyeri exuta Lophostemonconfertus Lophostemon suaveolens.
Bombax ceiba leiocarpum Cochlospermum gillivraeiErythrophleum chlorostachys
Canarium australianum
Acacia celsa Callitris endlicheri Podocarpus grayae
Acacia flavescens Allocasuarina littoralis Melaleuca viridiflora Alyxia spicataLophostemon grandiflorus Acacia calyculata
Asteromyrtus lysicephala Asteromyrtus angustifoliaThryptomene oligandra Acacia crassicarpa Jacksonia thesioides Leucopogon yorkensis
Allocasuarina littoralis Melaleuca viridiflora Lophostemon suaveolens
Allocasuarina littoralis Lophostemon suaveolens Corymbia intermedia Acaciacrassicarpa Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Allocasuarina littoralis Leptospermum polygalifolium Banksiaaquilonia Banksia plagiocarpa Acrotriche aggregata
Corymbia tessellaris Casuarina equisetifolia equisetifolia
Lophostemon confertus Lophostemon suaveolens
Lophostemon suaveolens Allocasuarina littoralis Corymbia intermedia Eucalyptuspellita Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
Melaleuca viridiflora Lophostemon suaveolens Allocasuarina littoralis
Thryptomene oligandra
Hemarthria uncinata Ischaemum australe arundinaceum
Imperata cylindrica Sorghum nitidum Mnesithea rottboellioides
Ischaemum australe arundinaceum Melaleuca quinquenerviaLophostemon suaveolens
Themeda triandra Allocasuarina littoralis
Themeda triandra Imperata cylindrica
Gahnia sieberiana
Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Lepironia articulata Melaleucaquinquenervia Banksia robur
Lepironia articulata Melaleuca quinquenervia
Lepironia articulata Eucalyptus tereticornis tereticornis
Cyperus lucidus Actinoscirpus grossus Lepironia articulata Gahnia sieberiana Persicaria
RhizophoraBruguiera Avicennia Ceriops spp
Heritiera littoralis Bruguiera Avicennia Livistonadrudei
Nypa fruticans Rhizophora Bruguiera Avicennia eucalyptifoliaCeriops
Heritiera littoralis Bruguiera gymnorhiza Sonneratia alba Barringtonia racemosaArchontophoenix alexandrae Elaeocarpus grandis Melicope elleryana Acacia mangiumSyzygium tierneyanum
Halosarcia indica leiostachya Suaeda australis
Sporobolus virginicus
SHRUBLANDS AND HEATHLANDS
NON-WOODY VEGETATION
MANGROVES
Grasslands
Sedgelands
Mangrove forests
Mangrove grasslands and herblands
a
d
b
cless than c
betweenand 2X
cd
more than 2Xd
less than a
less than b
Nanophyll
Microphyll
Notophyll
Mesophyll
Macrophyll
GROWTH FORM (modified from Specht 1970)
>30
10-30
<10
<3
>2
1-2
0.5-1
<0.5
Trees Shrubs, Ferns Grasses, Sedges, Herbs
tall
medium
low
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
tall
medium
low
low
na
na
na
na
tall
tall
medium
low
Height (metres)
Specht, R.L. (1970). Vegetation. In: The Australian Landscape. G.W. Leeper (ed.).Melbourne University Press.
Tracey, J.G. (1982). The Vegetation of the Humid Tropical Region of NorthQueensland. CSIRO, Melbourne.
Walker, J., & Hopkins, M.S. (1990). Vegetation. In: Australian Soil and Land SurveyField Handbook second edition (McDonald, R.C., Isbell, R.F., Speight, J.G., Walker,J. & Hopkins, M.S.) Inkata Press, Melbourne.
LEAF SIZE CATEGORIES FOR RAINFOREST TREES
(Walker and Hopkins 1990)
DEFINITIONS
Variants
Subtypes
refer to distinct unusual occurrences of a more common vegetation type that are ableto be explained by atypical environmental controlling factors.
represent major discernable floristic sub-associations of more common vegetationtypes generally found under similar habitat conditions to the more common type.
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REFERENCES
CLIMATIC ZONES (after Tracey 1982)
Zone Mean Annual Rainfall
Very Wet
Wet
Moist
Dry
>3000 mm
200 - 3000 mm
1600 - 2000 mm
1300 - 1600 mm
Rainfall Driest 6 Months
>750 mm
500 - 750 mm
300 - 500 mm
200 - 300 mm
ALTITUDINAL ZONES (after Tracey 1982)
Zone Altitude (metres)
Highlands
Uplands
Foothills
Lowlands
>800
400-800
40-400
0-40