Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

Fraser Coast Regional Ecosystem Information

Regional Ecosystem 12.2.9

Biodiversity Status No concern at present

Priority 4

Short Description Banksia aemula low open woodland on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soils

Notes

Comments 12.2.9: One of the communities included under the common name 'wallum'. Floristically rich. Mostly on sand mass islands with a naturally restricted extent on the mainland south of Noosa. Extensively cleared for urban development.

Special Values 12.2.9: Habitat for near threatened plant species including Macarthuria complanata.

Fraser Coast Region Distribution K'gari and on the mainland between Burrum Heads and Pialba and Tuan and Tin Can Bay.

Long Description Banksia aemula low open woodland. Mallee eucalypts sometimes present, e.g. Eucalyptus latisinensis. Occurs on Quaternary coastal dunes and sandplains with deeply leached soils. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 29a).

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