Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

5.2.76 Regional Ecosystem 3.12.37 (New RE)
Photograph 177. Evergreen
notophyll thicket VC1h on Mabuiag
Island. Site MA48.
Preliminary Description: Eucalyptus platyphylla +/- Corymbia stockerii +/- Corymbia
clarksoniana woodland to open woodland on coastal hills.
Status (Preliminary): Not of Concern
Vegetation Communities: 5t, 5u
Reference Sites: 8 Quaternary.
A new RE has been erected to incorporate Eucalyptus platyphylla dominant communities that are
manifest on coastal headlands and footslopes of the Inner Island Group. The RE comprises VC5t
and VC5u, restricted to Horn and Muralug Islands respectively.
Vegetation Community 5t: This community is mapped exclusively on Horn Island, where it
represents a relatively extensive woodland and open forest community on the islands eastern side.
The canopy of this community ranges from 18 to 27m and comprises (in order of decreasing
abundance) Eucalyptus platyphylla, Corymbia stockeri subsp. peninsularis, Corymbia nesophila
and Welchiodendron longivalve. The community often demonstrates a relatively well-developed
shrub layer composed of Welchiodendron longivalve and Acacia spp. Limited floristic sampling
was undertaken in this community and further structural survey would aid its description.
Photograph 178. Vegetation
Community 5t on the eastern side of
Horn Island.
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