Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems

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Vegetation Community Description Geologies 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. R 2g Semi deciduous notophyll vine forest + Canarium australianum + Terminalia subacroptera + Semecarpus australiensis + Buchanania arborescens + Acacia auriculiformis +/- Erythrina variegata +/- Welchiodendron longivalve +/- Parinari nonda +/- Chionanthus ramiflora. A 2h Deciduous notophyll vine forest + Erythrina insularis +/- Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla+/- Terminalia subacroptera +/- Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum +/- Canarium australianum + Acacia auriculiformis. G,R 2i Semi deciduous notophyll vine thicket + Berrya javanica + Cupaniopsis anacardioides + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + B Diospyros hebecarpa + Mimusops elengi + Melicope 2j peninsularis. Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest + Bombax ceiba var. B leiocarpum + Diospyros hebecarpa +/- Alectryon 2k repandodentatus + Cupaniopsis anacardiodes + Alstonia spectabilis +/- Melicope peninsularis. Deciduous vine forest + Gyrocarpus americanus + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla + Canarium australianum + Cathormion umbellatum subsp. B, GD, R monoliforme + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda +/- 2l Adenanthera pavonina +/- Maranthes corymbosa. Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Gyrocarpus americanus + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda + Manilkara kauki + Diospyros maritima + Celtis philippensis. D 2m Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest + Milletia pinnata + Terminalia spp. + Diospyros maritima + Manilkara kauki + Aglaia elaeagnoidea + Pouteria obovata + Drypetes deplanchei +/- Erythrina spp. D 2n Semi deciduous notophyll vine thicket + Canarium australianum + Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla + Acacia auriculiformis + Terminalia subacroptera + Manilkara kauki + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum. G 2o Semi deciduous notophyll vine forest + Acacia auriculiformis + Barringtonia calyptrata + Maranthes corymbosa + Syzygium forte subsp. forte + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Canarium australianum. MG 2p Semi deciduous vine thicket (windsheared) + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Premna serratifolia + Acacia crassicarpa + D Manilkara kauki + Drypetes deplanchei + Terminalia 2q subacroptera +/- Arenga australasica. Tall semi deciduous vine forest + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Berrya javanica + Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda + Canarium australianum +/- Albizia lebbeck +/- Syzygium bamagense +/- Maranthes corymbosa. Gd 2r Semi deciduous vine forest + Sterculia quadrifida + Canarium Gd, G australianum + Cleistanthus peninsularis + Terminalia 2s subacroptera + Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla +/- Paraserianthes toona + Alstonia actinophylla +/- Xanthoxylum rhetsa +/- Maniltoa lenticellata var. lenticellata. Semi-deciduous notophyll vine thicket (windsheared) + Pouteria G 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 26
Vegetation Community Description sericea + Ficus virens var. sublanceolata + Schefflera actinophylla + Garcinia warrenii + Syzygium puberulum. Geologies 2t Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest and occasional thicket with Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Canarium australianum + Terminalia spp. + Acacia polystachya. G, Gd, R 2u Semi-deciduous vine forest + Manilkara kauki + Terminalia spp. + Sterculia quadrifida + Premna serratifolia + Acacia crassicarpa + Drypetes deplanchei + Millettia pinnata. D 2v Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Acacia polystachya and R 2w Terminalia subacroptera. Deciduous vine thicket + Garuga floribunda var. floribunda+ Gyrocarpus americanus + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum +/- Antiaris toxicaria var. macrophylla. B 2x Deciduous vine thicket + Cochlospermum gillivraei + Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum + Terminalia subacroptera +Sterculia quadrifida + Psydrax reticulata + Drypetes deplanchei. R 2y Semi-deciduous vine thicket + Manilkara kauki + Terminalia subacroptera + Cordia subcordata + Premna serratifolia + Indeterminate species. D 2z Low groved notophyll vine thicket + Sterculia quadrifida + Manilkara kauki + Eugenia reinwardtiana + Pandanus sp. D 2xx Semi-deciduous vine forest + Terminalia catappa + Acacia auriculiformis + Myristica insipida Swamp and riparian forest and forest complexes A 3a Lophostemon suaveolens + Melaleuca quinquenervia + Syzygium angophoroides + Asteromyrtus brassii + Dillenia alata swamp forest complex A, As, D 3b Medium to tall Melaleuca leucadendra +/- Melaleuca argentea + Syzygium forte subsp. forte + Dillenia alata open forest. A 3c Tall Melaleuca dealbata / Melaleuca leucadendra open forest/Acacia sp. open forest / Mesophyll vine forest complex. A 3d Evergreen mesophyll vine forest / Sclerophyll vine forest complex + Syzygium forte subsp. forte + Syzygium bamagense + A Horsfieldia Australiana +/- Melaleuca leucadendra +/- 3e Lophostemon suaveolens. (1i/3b- 50/50) Melaleuca quinquenervia + Pandanus sp. +/- Deplanchea D tetraphylla swamp forest/ Lophostemon suaveolens +/- 3f Asteromyrtus brassii +/- Acacia crassicarpa +/- Deplanchea tetraphylla open swamp forest complex (7d/8b -50/50). Lophostemon suaveolens + Melaleuca leucadendra + Corymbia clarksoniana open forest. A 3g Tall Melaleuca dealbata + Acacia crassicarpa + Acmena hemilampra + Deplanchea tetraphylla + Syzygium forte subsp. forte swamp forest complex. Welchiodendron dominant closed to open forests and woodlands A 4a Welchiodendron longivalve + Acacia polystachya +/- Terminalia subacroptera +/- Canarium australianum +/- Bombax ceiba var. leiocarpum open to closed forest. A, G, MG, Gd, R 4b Welchiodendron longivalve low woodland, low open woodland and tall open shrubland G, R 4c Low Welchiodendron longivalve + Melaleuca dealbata open forest. Eucalypt dominant open forests and woodlands G, A 5a Corymbia novoguinensis +/- Corymbia stockeri subsp. As peninsularis woodland and open forest. 3d Environmental – Torres Strait Regional Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008 27
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Vegetation Community 2h: This commu
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idgelines, Acacia polystachya may f
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This habitat is unique in the natio
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RE: Native Regrowth Communities: Na
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