Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

Table 16. Summary of survey records for EVR flora
Previously Survey Records /
EVR Taxa Records in Torres Vegetation
Straits
Communities
Alectryon repandodentatus 4 collections from Erub – 2i, 2j, 22a
- Endangered
Mer
Mer – 2j, 2j(e), 21a,
22a, 2j/15a, 2j (x)
Dauan -1a
Muelleragia timorensis -
Endangered
Dischidia littoralis -
Vulnerable
Arenga australasica –
Vulnerable
(NB. Confirmation of
specimens required with
possibility of A.
microcarpa)
Psydrax reticulata -
Vulnerable
Dendrobium biggibum -
Vulnerable
Archidendron hirsutum -
Rare
Chysophyllum roxburghii -
Rare
Diospyros sp. (Bamaga
B.P.Hyland 2517) -Rare
Dauan, Iama, Mer,
Moa, Pumpkin,
Tuda, Waiben
Notes
Widespread and common
species in all forms of vine
forest and vine thicket and
regrowth on Mer and Erub.
Survey record from Mt
Cornwallis on Dauan
extends range eastwards.
- Not recorded on survey
however known from
coastal vine thickets.
Requires wet or post wet
season surveys.
Dauan Dauan - 1a Common on upper slopes
of Mt Cornwallis with a
tentative record from
Moa, Dauan,
Naghir
Neololeba atra - Rare Moa
Erub
Naghir
Waiben, Warral,
Muralug, Iama,
Badu, Moa,
Naghir, Horn,
Zuna
Erub, Hammond,
Horn
Moa – 1e, 2p, 3c, 3d
Naghir – 2a, 2v
Dauan – 1a
Muralug – 2u, 16d
Mabuiag – 2x, 4a, 18a
Friday – 4g, 7b
Moa – 4b, 14a, 14d
Wednesday – 5i, 5q,
14c
Hammond – 6e
Mt Adolphus – 14c
Zuna – 14g, 14l
Warral – 18a, 18d
Mabuiag.
New record for Naghir.
Recorded from Moa in
beach scrub, foothill vine
forest and mountain vine
forest on Moa. Previously
known from Mt Cornwallis
on Dauan (Herbrecs).
Common shrub/small tree
on acid volcanics and
granites recorded
throughout continental
islands.
Muralug – 13j, 13k Coastal vine thicket and
Melaleuca woodlands
Muralug, Horn, Zuna, Moa,
Moa, Badu Moa – 1e, 1f, 2o, 3d, 4a
Badu - 4a
Mer Mer – Non remnant
Previosly reported
on Moa by
Wannan.
Mabuiag – 4a
Moa – 1a
Badu – 4a
Moa – 1i, 2o, 3d
Badu – 4a
Dauan – 7a
Mer – 2j
Iama, Erub, Naghir
Wednesday, Hammond.
Occasional in footslope and
upland vine forest.
Understorey of
Welchiodendron dominated
closed forests, footslope
and upland rainforest.
Pandanus zea - Rare Moa Moa – 1g, 1f, 3c, 3d In best development of
ENVF on swampy and
riverine alluvium and
upland granite.
Pimeliodendron Moa Moa – 1e In best development of
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