Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

Fraser Coast Regional Ecosystem Information

Regional Ecosystem 12.11.10

Biodiversity Status No concern at present

Priority 3

Short Description Notophyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on metamorphics +/- interbedded volcanics

Notes

Comments 12.11.10: Widely distributed along coastal and sub coastal ranges such as Darlington and D'Aguilar Ranges, upper Mary Valley, Woowoonga Range and Bania. Best developed examples are on moist lower slopes, e.g. Mitchell Creek in Imbil area, and Enoggera Creek west of Brisbane.

Special Values 12.11.10: Habitat for threatened plant including Fontainea rostrata, Planchonella eerwah, Macadamia integrifolia, M. tetraphylla and near threatened species including Arytera dictyoneura.

Fraser Coast Region Distribution All mapped areas in far south-west of region.

Long Description Notophyll and notophyll/microphyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii. Characteristic species include Argyrodendron trifoliolatum, Argyrodendron sp. (Kin Kin W.D.Francis AQ81198), Backhousia subargentea, Dissiliaria baloghioides, Brachychiton discolor, Beilschmiedia obtusifolia, Diospyros pentamera, Grevillea robusta, Gmelina leichhardtii and Ficus macrophylla forma macrophylla. Occurs on Palaeozoic and older moderately to strongly deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics. Not a Wetland. (BVG1M: 2a).

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