Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

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
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