Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

5.2.51 Regional Ecosystem 3.5.17a
Description: Melaleuca stenostachya +/_ Melaleuca viridiflora on flat plains.
Status: Of Concern
Vegetation Communities: VC13i
Reference Sites: 2 Quaternary (MO025, MO028)
Photograph 108. Mosaic of
sedgeland and low open forest
(VC17i, VC9a) communities on
residual sand sheets in the north west
of Moa Island.
Vegetation Community 13i: Mapped areas of VC 13i on Land Zone 5 are restricted to Friday
and Wednesday Islands where it is represented as a shrubland, or rarely as low woodland, with a
canopy dominated by Melaleuca stenostachya. Associated canopy species include Asteromyrtus
symphyocarpa, Melaleuca viridiflora with Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis frequently
forming an emergent tree layer, becoming dominant where it merges with VC5m. This
community occupies deeply weathered alluvial deposits, generally on gully heads where older
alluvial landforms are preserved as incised terraces. Derivation of these landform features is
described briefly in Section 5.1.5.
Photograph 109. Tall shrubland of
Melaleuca stenostachya with
emergent Corymbia spp. on deeply
weathered alluvial remnants.
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