Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems
Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems
Appendix 2 - Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems
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<strong>Vegetation</strong><br />
Community<br />
Description Geologies<br />
Boulder slope vinel<strong>and</strong>/shrubl<strong>and</strong> complexes<br />
19a Open vinel<strong>and</strong>/deciduous shrubl<strong>and</strong>/boulder slope complex. G, Gd<br />
Wetl<strong>and</strong> complexes <strong>and</strong> mosaics<br />
20a Eleocharis dulcis closed sedgel<strong>and</strong>. A<br />
20b Open wetl<strong>and</strong> complex. D<br />
Successional vine forest communities<br />
21a Low vine forest <strong>and</strong> vine thicket with Barringtonia calyptrata +<br />
Macaranga involucrata var. mallotoides + Hibiscus tiliaceus +<br />
Semecarpus australiensis successional vine forest <strong>and</strong> thicket.<br />
Anthropogenically altered (secondary) vine forest <strong>and</strong> thicket<br />
22a Tall palm (Cocos nucifera) woodl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> open forest with<br />
mesophyll/notophyll vine forest sub-canopy of Myristica insipida<br />
<strong>and</strong> Lepidopetalum fructoglabrum.<br />
22b Semi deciduous vine thicket (secondary) + Buchanania<br />
arborescens + Manilkara kauki + Scolopia braunii + Drypetes<br />
deplanchei + Terminalia muelleri.<br />
Saline transitional communities<br />
23a Low Excoecaria agallocha + Hibiscus tiliaceus + Thespesia<br />
populneoides + Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. platyphylla open<br />
forest.<br />
23b Pemphis acidula +/- Terminalia subacroptera +/- Premna<br />
serratifolia closed shrubl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
23c Semi deciduous transitional vine forest + Xylocarpus granatum +<br />
Manilkara kauki.<br />
Mangrove forest, woodl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> shrubl<strong>and</strong> complexes<br />
D<br />
24a Mangrove closed <strong>and</strong> open forest, woodl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> shrubl<strong>and</strong><br />
complexes (24d/24c – 80/20).<br />
E<br />
24b Pemphis acidula + Osbornia octodonta closed shrubl<strong>and</strong>. E<br />
24c Avicennia marina subsp. eucalyptifolia open to closed forest. E<br />
24d Open to closed forest of Bruguiera gymnorhiza +/- Rhizophora<br />
stylosa.<br />
Samphire herbl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> shrubl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> salt pans<br />
E<br />
25a Dwarf halophytic shrubl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> saltpan. E<br />
25b Salt pan. E<br />
26a<br />
Samphire grassl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Closed Sporobolus sp. grassl<strong>and</strong>. E<br />
26b Sporobolus sp. Grassl<strong>and</strong> / Chenopod forbl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> herbl<strong>and</strong><br />
complex (26a/25a - 50/50).<br />
Estuarine wetl<strong>and</strong> complexes <strong>and</strong> mosaics<br />
E<br />
27a Schoenoplectus sp. sedgel<strong>and</strong>. E<br />
27b Tall Schoenoplectus sp. Sedgel<strong>and</strong> / Estuarine wetl<strong>and</strong> complex. E<br />
*indicates pre-clearing community only<br />
3d Environmental – Torres Strait <strong>Regional</strong> Ecosystem Mapping Project – August 2008<br />
V<br />
B<br />
D<br />
E<br />
D<br />
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