Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

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11. Appendices Appendix A1. Map Legend - Vegetation Communties 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 196
Client Scale Legend Evergreen vine forest and vine thicket 1a, Evergreen notophyll vine forest + Acmenospermum claviflorum + Syzigium puberulum + Ganophyllum falcatum + Arytera divaricata + Ficus microcarpa + *Mangifera indica.Granite ranges. 1b, Evergreen notophyll vine thicket (windsheared) + Manilkara kauki + Intsia bijuga + Pouteria sericea + Aglaia eleagnoidea + Garcinia warrenii + Pandanus sp. Granite footslopes. 1c, Evergreen notophyll vine thicket (windsheared) + Manilkara kauki + Celtis philippensis + Terminalia muelleri + Diospyros maritima + Thespesia populniodes + Drypetes deplanchei.Coastal dunes. 1d, Mesophyll/notophyll vine forest + Endiandra glauca + Acacia polystachya + Syzygium bungadinia + Canarium australianum + Dysoxylum oppositifolium. Granite and rhyolite slopes 1e, Mesophyll/notophyll vine forest + Myristica insipida + Maranthes corymbosa + Cryptocarya cunninghamii + Dysoxylum latifolium + Calophyllum sil +/- Arenga australasica. Granite footslopes. 1f, Complex notophyll vine forest + Pouteria sp. + Calophyllum sil sp. + Argyrodendron polyandrum + Palaquim galactoxylon + Acmenospermum claviflorum + Licuala ramsayii. Upper slopes on granite. 1g, Evergreen notophyll vine thicket + Calophyllum sil + Syzygium branderhorstii + Diospyros hebecarpa + Schefflera actinophylla + Podocarpus grayae +Licuala ramsayi. Upper slopes on granite. 1h, Evergreen notophyll vine thicket with Buchanania arborescens + Drypetes deplanchei + Eleaodendron melanocarpum + Endiandra glauca + Elaeocarpus arnhemicus + Chionanthus ramiflora. Talus slopes on rhyolite. 1i. Evergreen mesophyll vine forest + Horsfieldia australiana, Syzygium bamagense + Acmena hemilampra subsp. hemilampra + Buchanania arborescens 1j, Tall evergreen notophyll vine forest + Syzygium angophoroides+Acmena hemilampra + Acacia aulacocarpa +Syzygium forte subsp. forte + Podocarpus greyae Deciduous/Semi deciduous vine forest and vine thicket 2a, Deciduous/Semi-deciduous vine forest + Erythrina variegata + Manilkara kauki + Terminalia subacroptera + Mimusops elengii + Cordia subcordata.Calcareous beach ridges. 2b, Semi deciduous vine forest/thicket + Canarium australianum + Terminalia subacroptera + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Cochlospermum gillivreai + Cleistanthus peninsularis + Ficus virens var. sublanceolata. Footslopes on granite and rhyolite. 2c, Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Mimusops elengii + Acacia auricauliformis + Terminalia subactroptera + Diospyros spp. +/- Manilkara kauki +/- Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. platyphylla. Alluvial plains 2d, Semi deciduous vine forest + Tetrameles nudiflora + Canarium australianum + Ficus spp. + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum +/- Alstonia spectabilis. Granite slopes. 2e, Semi deciduous vine thicket + Terminalia subacroptera + Intsia bijuga + Hibiscus tiliaceus + Excoecaria agallocha + Thespesia populneoides + Cathormion umbellatum subsp. moniliforme. 2f, Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Canarium australianum + Manilkara kauki + Dalbergia densa var. australis + Buchanania arborescens + Sterculia sp. (Annan River L.J. Brass 20319) + Cochlospermum gillivraei. Coastal escarpments on rhyolite. 2g, Semi deciduous notophyll vine forest + Canarium australianum + Terminalia subacroptera + Semecarpus australiensis + Buchanania arborescens + Acacia auricauliformis +/- Erythrina variegata +/- Welchiodendron longivalve +/- Parinari nonda +/- Chionanthus ramiflora 2h, Deciduous notophyll vine forest + Erythrina insularis +/- Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla+/- Terminalia subacroptera +/- Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum +/- Canarium australianum + Acacia auricauliformis. Granite and rhyolite footslopes. 2i, Semi deciduous notophyll vine thicket + Berrya javanica + Cupaniopsis anacardioides + Bombax ceiba var. leicocarpum + Diospyros hebecarpa + Mimusops elengii + Melicope peninsularis. Basalt escarpments. 2j, Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest +Bombax ceiba var. leicocarpum + Diospyros hebecarpa +/- Alectryon repandodentatus + Cupaniopsis anacardiodes + Alstonia spectabilis +/- Melicope peninsularis. Basalt hills. 2k, Deciduous vine forest + Gyrocarpus americanus + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Antiaris toxicarya var. macrophylla + Canarium australianum + Cathormion umbellatum subsp. monoliforme + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda +/- Adenanthera pavonina +/- Maranthes corymbosa .Basalt footslopes. 2l, Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Gyrocarpus americanus + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda + Manilkara kauki + Diospyros maritima + Celtis philippensis. Coastal dune. 2m, Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest + Milletia pinnata + Terminalia spp. + Diospyros maritima + Manilkara kauki + Aglaia eleagnoidea + Pouteria obovata + Drypetes deplanchei +/- Erythrina spp. Coral cays. 2n, Semi deciduous notophyll vine thicket + Canarium australianum + Antiaris toxicarya var. macrophylla + Acacia auricauliformis + Terminalia subacroptera + Manilkara kauki + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum. Granite headlands. 2o, Semi deciduous notophyll vine forest + Acacia sp. (DGF8919+) + Barringtonia calyptrata + Maranthes corymbosa + Syzygium forte subsp. forte + Bombax ceiba var. leicarpum + Canarium australianum. Footslopes on metagranite. 2p, Semi deciduous vine thicket (windsheared) + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Premna serratifolia + Acacia crassicarpa + Manikara kauki + Drypetes deplanchei + Terminalia subacroptera +/- Arenga australasica. Coastal dunes. 2q, Tall semi deciduous vine forest + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Berrya javanica + Antiaris toxicarya var. macrophylla + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda + Canarium australianum +/- Albizia lebbeck +/- Syzygium bamagense +/- Maranthes corymbosa. Diorite knolls and footslopes. 2r, Semi deciduous vine forest + Sterculia quadrifida + Canarium australianum + Cleistanthus peninsularis + Terminalia subacroptera + Antiaris toxicarya var. macrophylla +/- Paraserianthes toona + Alstonia actinophylla +/- Xanthoxylon rhetsa +/- Maniltoa lenticellata var. lenticellata. Diorite footslopes. 2s, Semi-deciduous notophyll vine thicket (windsheared) + Pouteria sericea + Ficus virens var. sublanceolata + Schefflera actinophylla + Garcinea warrenii + Syzygium puberulum. Granite hillslopes. 2t, Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest and occasional thicket with Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Canarium australianum + Terminalia spp. + Acacia polystachya. 2u, Semi-deciduous vine forest + Manilkara kauki + Terminalia spp. + Sterculia quadrifida + Premna serratifolia + Acacia crassicarpa + Drypetes deplanchei + Millettia pi¤ata. Coastal dunes. 2v, Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Acacia polystachya and Terminalia subacroptera. Coastal headlands on rhyolite and granite. 2w, Deciduous vine thicket + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda+ Gyrocarpus americana + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum +/- Antiaris toxicarya var. macrophylla. Escarpments on basalt and scoria cones. 2x, Deciduous vine thicket + Cochlospermum gillivraei + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Terminalia subacroptera +Sterculia quadrifida + Psydrax reticulata + Drypetes deplanchei. Acid volcanic pavements. 2y, Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Manilkara kauki + Terminalia subacroptera + Cordia subcordata + Premna serratifolia + Indeterminate species. Coral cays. 2z, Low groved notophyll vine thicket + Sterculia quadrifida + Manilkara kauki + Eugenia reinwardtiana + Pandanus sp. Beach ridges. Legend- Vegetation Communities and Broad Vegetation Groups of the Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait Regional Authority 3D Environmental Vegetation Assessment & Mapping Specialists P. O. Box 959 Kenmore, Qld 4069 Phone: (07) 3411 9072; (07) 3878 4344 Mobile: 0404 577 285; 0409 426 916 www.3denvironmental.com.au File Path C:\3D Environmental\ Drawn By DG Checked DS Torres\3d_TS_Maps_legend.mxd Date 28/08/08 A3
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Acknowledgments This project was fu
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5.2.6 Regional Ecosystem 3.1.7 (New
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1. Introduction Three (3)d Environm
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Photograph 29. Open forest with dom
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glauca, Rhodamnia macrocarpa, Sterc
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occurs on drainage swamps, it has b
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That this community is marginal to
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Vegetation Community 2j: Vegetation
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canopy species in most locations, a
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