Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

Fraser Coast Regional Ecosystem Information

Regional Ecosystem 12.2.12

Biodiversity Status No concern at present

Priority 2

Short Description Closed heath on seasonally waterlogged sand plains

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Special Values 12.2.12: Habitat for threatened plant species including Blandfordia grandiflora, Acacia baueri and near threatened species including Boronia rivularis, Durringtonia paludosa. Habitat for threatened fauna including the ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus. 12.2.12a: Habitat for threatened plant species including Blandfordia grandiflora, Acacia baueri and near threatened species including Boronia rivularis, Durringtonia paludosa. Habitat for threatened fauna including the ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus. 12.2.12b: Habitat for threatened species including Blandfordia grandiflora, Acacia baueri and near threatened species including Boronia rivularis, Durringtonia paludosa. Habitat for threatened fauna including the ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus wallicus.

Fraser Coast Region Distribution Coastal Burrum Heads to Takura and Tuan Forest to Tin Can Bay.

Long Description Closed or wet heath +/- stunted emergent shrubs/low trees. Characteristic shrubs include Banksia spp. (especially B. robur) Boronia falcifolia, Epacris spp., Baeckea frutescens, Schoenus brevifolius, Leptospermum spp., Hakea actites, Melaleuca thymifolia, M. nodosa, Xanthorrhoea fulva with Baloskion spp. and Sporadanthus spp. in ground layer. Occurs on poorly drained Quaternary coastal dunes and sandplains. Low part of sand mass coastal landscapes where water collects from both overland flow and infiltration from adjoining sand dunes. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 29a). Vegetation communities in this regional ecosystem include: 12.2.12a: Empodisma minus, Machaerina rubiginosa, Epacris microphylla closed heathland with emergent low shrubs of Leptospermum liversidgei. Occurs on Poorly drained Quaternary coastal dunes and sandplains. Low part of sand mass coastal landscapes where water collects from both overland flow and infiltration from adjoining sand dunes. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 29a). 12.2.12b: Xanthorrhoea fulva wet heathland. Occurs on Poorly drained Quaternary coastal dunes and sandplains. Low part of sand mass coastal landscapes where water collects from both overland flow and infiltration from adjoining sand dunes. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 29a).

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