Ecosystems of the Fraser Coast Region

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Fraser Coast Regional ecosystem information

Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.22

Biodiversity Status

Priority 3

Short Description Closed sedgeland and/or shrubland on sedimentary rocks. Generally coastal

Notes NULL

Comments 12.9-10.22: Under threat of becoming rare locally in some parts of the bioregion.

Special Values 12.9-10.22: Habitat for near threatened species Melaleuca cheelii.

Fraser Coast region distribution One area mapped only in south-east of region at Kauri Creek, Tin Can Bay

Long Description Closed sedgeland to heathland with emergent trees. Characteristic species include Schoenus brevifolius and/or Machaerina juncea and/or Banksia robur and/or Melaleuca nodosa. Sometimes grading into Banksia aemula woodland on rises. Usually occurs on lower slopes subject to periodic water logging on Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 34f).

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