Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

not differentiated from the broader woodland/shrubland complex. This RE is associated with
deeply weathered terraces and remnant alluvial features, typically in lower mid-slope locations.
More detailed analysis of these associated landforms is provided in Section 5.1.4.
5.2.50 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.15
Photograph 103. Vegetation
Community 5a at Site MO23.
Photograph 104. Typical
representation of VC5q occurring on
a deeply weathered alluvial feature
(FRQ9).
Description: Melaleuca viridiflora ± Acacia spp. ± Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland
on scattered coastal sand plains.
Status: Not of Concern
Vegetation Communities: 13d, 13c, 13a, 13f, 17i
Reference Sites: 1 Secondary (MO19), 12 Quaternary (Moa & Muralug)
Regional Ecosystem 3.5.15 exists as a mosaic of Melaleuca viridiflora dominant shrubland and
low woodland VC’s, largely restricted to Moa Island with small areas also mapped on Muralug.
These VC’s occupy residual sandy plains, formed on deeply weathered granite on Moa, and clays
on Muralug, and their formation is largely a response to infertile soils and poor drainage.
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