Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

Photograph 106. Vegetation
Community 13c on residual sand
plain. Moa Island Site M019.
Photograph 107. Low woodland of
Melaleuca viridiflora and Corymbia
clarksoniana (VC13f) on remnant
sand plain at site MO112.
Vegetation Community 17i: Vegetation Community 17i is a relatively extensive formation
associated with residual sand plains on north-west side of Moa Island where it is represented as
RE sub-type 3.3.15b, in recognition of its association with VC13c. The community was not
sampled on the ground, being observed from helicopter, although some indication of its
constituent species can be ascertained from Site MO149 where a swampland within the broader
VC17i community was sampled and where Dapsilanthus spathaceus formed the dominant ground
cover, typical of other open shrubland communities on the broader residual plain. Low emergent
shrubs including Melaleuca viridiflora, Pandanus sp. and Asteromyrtus brassii to 1m are
associated with the community. This community has been assigned to the new RE sub-unit of
RE3.5.15b (based on Herbarium recommendations) in recognition of its distinctive floristic and
structural characteristics, and its association with the broader mosaic of shrubland and low
woodland communities comprising RE3.5.15.
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