Description: 9.3.1 is river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and/or forest red gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) ± river she-oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana) ± teatree (Melaleuca fluviatilis) and /or weeping teatree (Melaleuca leucadendra) fringing woodland to open forest. Carbeen (Corymbia tessellaris), Clarkson’s bloodwood (Corymbia clarksoniana), ghost gum (Corymbia dallachiana) and poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) are sometimes present. A scattered mid layer of trees and shrubs including Terminalia platyphylla, northern swamp box (Lophostemon grandiflorus), black tea-tree (Melaleuca bracteata), Melaleuca linariifolia, Callistemon viminalis, Melaleuca trichostachya, Burdekin plum (Pleiogynum timorense), Nauclea orientalis and occassionally Pandanus sp. may be present. 9.3.1 occurs mostly in subregion 3.

9.3.1 occurs in the Desert Uplands as an outlier regional ecosystem of the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion.

Brief vegetation community descriptions:

In the Desert Uplands 9.3.1 is open-woodland to woodland of river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) or forest red gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) usually with weeping teatree (Melaleuca leucadendra) with or without teatree (Melaleuca fluviatilis) and occasionally coolibah (Eucalyptus coolabah).

Fauna values:

Significant habitat as drought refuge, wildlife corridors and for arboreal mammals.

Comments:

Rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora infestation and high total grazing pressures are leading to degradation. Timber harvesting is removing significant habitat trees.

References

Morgan, G. (1999). Desert Uplands. In Sattler, P.S. and Williams, R.D. (eds) The Conservation Status of Queensland's Biogeographical Ecosystems. Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane.

Thompson, E.J. and Turpin, G.P. (In prep.). Vegetation Survey of the Desert Uplands Bioregion. Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency, Toowong.

Compiled by E.J. Thompson and D. Sharp, Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency. Fauna images and information supplied by Alex Kutt, EPA, Townsville. G.Morgan, EPA, Townsville made significant contribution to information provided in the fact sheets. Funded by the NHT Bushcare program and Queensland Herbarium, EPA.