Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 301 made under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of sch 1 (Endangered regional ecosystems) . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of sch 2 (Of concern regional ecosystems) . . . . . . . 5 5 Amendment of sch 3 (Not of concern regional ecosystems) . . . . 28 6 Amendment of sch 4 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 7 Amendment of sch 5 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, s 8 and IPA)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

s1 2 s3 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the VegetationManagementRegulation 2000. 3 Amendment of sch 1 (Endangered regional ecosystems) (1) Schedule 1, part 1, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 11.4.13, 11.5.15, 11.9.8, 11.9.14 and 11.11.17— omit . (2) Schedule 1, part 1, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 11.9.1, 11.9.4, 11.9.5, 11.9.6 and 11.9.12, ‘Cainozoic’— omit . (3) Schedule 1, part 1— insert — ‘ Eucalyptus tereticornis, Melaleuca viridiflora, Corymbia tessellaris and Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. (Glen Geddes) woodland with a grassy ground layer. Occurs on alluvial plains and broad drainage lines derived from serpentinite 11.3.38’. (4) Schedule 1, part 3— insert— ‘Freshwater wetlands with permanent water and aquatic vegetation including Phragmites australis , Nymphaea gigantea , Nymphoides indica , Eleocharis spp., Cyperus spp., and Juncus spp. 8.3.4 Corymbia clarksoniana open forest on Tertiary sand plains including small areas of shale. Includes low rises with Corymbia intermedia open forest, ± Melaleuca viridiflora ± rainforest spp. open forest 8.5.1

s3 3 s3 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Melaleuca viridiflora ± Allocasuarina luehmanii , or M . viridiflora and M. nervosa woodland on Tertiary sand plains 8.5.2’. (5) Schedule 1, part 4— insert— ‘ Acacia harpophylla and/or Eucalyptus cambageana open woodland on Cainozoic lake beds 10.4.3’. (6) Schedule 1, part 8, entry for regional ecosystem number 13.12.4— omit . (7) Schedule 1, part 9, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 12.1.1 and 12.9-10.16— omit . (8) Schedule 1, part 9, entry for regional ecosystem number 12.5.6, ‘tall’— omit . (9) Schedule 1, part 9— insert— ‘Microphyll to notophyll vine forest ± Araucaria cunninghamii on remnant Tertiary surfaces Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks; usually in southern half of bioregion 12.5.13 12.12.17’. (10) Schedule 1, part 9, entry for regional ecosystem number 12.8.21, ‘Southern’— omit, insert — ‘Usually southern’. (11) Schedule 1, part 9, entry for regional ecosystem number 12.8.22, ‘Northern’— omit, insert —

s3 4 s3 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 ‘Usually northern’. (12) Schedule 1, part 10— omit, insert — ‘Part 10 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Mesophyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach origin Hemarthria uncinata and/or Ischaemum australe and/or Cynodon dactylon grassland, and/or ephemeral sedgelands, on seasonally inundated alluvial plains Melaleuca dealbata ± Melaleuca leucadendra open forest on poorly drained alluvial plains Eucalyptus pellita and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. pellita and C. intermedia ), on poorly drained alluvial plains Corymbia tessellaris, Acacia spp., Melaleuca spp., open forest on poorly drained alluvial plains Mixed eucalypt open forest to woodland, dominated by Eucalyptus tereticornis and Corymbia tessellaris ± Melaleuca dealbata , (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on alluvial plains of lowlands Complex mesophyll vine forest on well drained alluvium of high fertility Simple to complex semi-deciduous notophyll to mesophyll vine forest on lowland alluvium Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.2.1 7.3.1 7.3.6 7.3.7 7.3.9 7.3.12 7.3.17 7.3.23

s4 5 s4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Complex of fernlands and sedgelands with emergent rainforest pioneering spp., in permanently wet peat swamps of alluvial plains Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains Melaleuca sp. aff. viridiflora open to closed forest on broad swampy drainage lines of alluvial plains Acacia mangium and/or A. celsa and/or A. polystachya closed forest on alluvial plains Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on alluvium Eucalyptus tereticornis medium to tall open forest on well drained alluvial plains of lowlands Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland, on alluvium, in near-coastal areas with moderate rainfall Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland on alluvial plains Complex semi-evergreen notophyll vine forest of uplands on basalt Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland on basalt Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.3.30 7.3.32 7.3.34 7.3.35 7.3.37 7.3.40 7.3.44 7.3.46 7.8.3 7.8.19’. 4 Amendment of sch 2 (Of concern regional ecosystems) (1) Schedule 2, part 1, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 11.9.7, 11.9.10, 11.9.11, 11.10.2 and 11.10.8, ‘Cainozoic’— omit .

s4 6 s4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (2) Schedule 2, part 1— insert — ‘ Acacia tephrina woodland on alluvial plains 11.3.34 Eucalyptus moluccana or E. microcarpa open forest on fine grained sedimentary rocks Lysiphyllum carronii, Atalaya hemiglauca ± Eucalyptus melanophloia ± Acacia excelsa open woodland Eucalyptus orgadophila woodland on deformed and metamorphosed sediments and interbedded volcanics 11.9.13 11.9.14 11.11.11 Dichanthium sericeum grassland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding 11.11.17’. (3) Schedule 2, part 2, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 3.3.59 and 3.10.4— omit . (4) Schedule 2, part 2— insert— ‘ Gahnia sieberiana open to closed heath. Drainage swamps in east coast dunefields Melaleuca arcana low open forest in swamps 3.2.33 3.3.67 Simple evergreen notophyll vine forest with Eucalyptus pellita on sandstone plateaus Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest on coastal lowlands 3.5.20 3.5.21 Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus crebra ± E. brassiana woodland on plains 3.5.23 Asteromyrtus lysicephala , Thryptomene oligandra open heath on pediment fans 3.5.28

s4 7 s4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Themeda arguens , Dichanthium sericeum closed tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Corymbia clarksoniana , Erythrophleum chlorostachys woodland on coastal plains south east Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones 3.5.31 3.8.4 Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia , Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19’. (5) Schedule 2, part 3, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 8.1.2, 8.3.4, 8.5.1 and 8.5.2— omit. (6) Schedule 2, part 5, entry for regional ecosystem number 10.4.3— omit . (7) Schedule 2, part 5— insert — ‘ Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cainozoic lake beds Eucalyptus exilipes with or without Corymbia leichhardtii low open woodland on the perimeter of sandy plateaus Acacia cambagei low woodland on Cretaceous sediments 10.4.5 10.7.9 10.9.6’. (8) Schedule 2, part 6, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 9.3.7, 9.5.12 and 9.10.1— omit . (9) Schedule 2, part 6—

s4 8 s4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 insert — ‘ Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± 9.3.21’. Terminalia spp. woodland on alluvial plains (10) Schedule 2, part 7, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 2.3.23, 2.3.24, 2.3.33, 2.7.1, 2.9.3 and 2.9.7— omit . (11) Schedule 2, part 9, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 6.3.8 and 6.3.24— omit . (12) Schedule 2, part 9— insert — ‘ Eucalyptus populnea ± E. melanophloia ± Callitris glaucophylla ± Acacia aneura woodland on sand plains Scattered Acacia aneura around granite boulders 6.5.17 6.12.1’. (13) Schedule 2, part 10— insert — ‘ Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. tereticornis open forest on 13.12.4’. igneous rocks (14) Schedule 2, parts 12 and 13— omit, insert —

s4 9 s4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 ‘Part 12 South East Queensland Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Casuarina glauca open forest on margins of marine clay plains Notophyll vine forest on parabolic high dunes Microphyll/notophyll vine forest on beach ridges Araucarian vine forest on parabolic high dunes Syncarpia hillii, Lophostemon confertus tall open to closed forest on parabolic high dunes Open heath on dunes and beaches Sand blows largely devoid of vegetation Eucalyptus grandis tall open forest on alluvial plains Melaleuca quinquenervia , Eucalyptus robusta open forest on or near coastal alluvial plains Swamps with Cyperus spp., Schoenoplectus spp. and Eleocharis spp. Eucalyptus nobilis tall open forest on alluvial plains Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia open forest on alluvial plains usually near coast Eucalyptus latisinensis or E. exserta, Melaleuca viridiflora on alluvial plains Closed heathland on seasonally waterlogged alluvial plains usually near coast Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 12.1.1 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.13 12.2.16 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.8 12.3.9 12.3.11 12.3.12 12.3.13

s 4 10 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Banksia aemula woodland on alluvial plains usually near coast Corymbia intermedia, Syncarpia glomulifera open forest on granite outwash Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia intermedia woodland on remnant Tertiary surfaces. Usually deep red soils Eucalyptus hallii woodland on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks Sedgeland to heathland in low lying areas on complex of remnant Tertiary surface and Tertiary sedimentary rocks Eucalyptus racemosa, E. latisinensis ± Corymbia gummifera, C. intermedia, E. bancroftii woodland with heathy understorey on remnant Tertiary surfaces Eucalyptus dura, Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups Eucalyptus rhombica, Corymbia trachyphloia woodland on jump-ups Eucalyptus oreades tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks Simple microphyll fern forest with Nothofagus moorei on Cainozoic igneous rocks Simple microphyll fern thicket with Acmena smithii on Cainozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus saligna or E. grandis tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 12.3.14 12.3.15 12.5.5 12.5.8 12.5.9 12.5.12 12.7.1 12.7.2 12.8.2 12.8.6 12.8.7 12.8.8

s 4 11 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus laevopinea tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.10 Eucalyptus dunnii tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.11 Eucalyptus obliqua tall open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.12 Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.13 Poa labillardieri grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.15 Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticorni s woodland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.16 Simple notophyll vine forest with Ceratopetalum apetalum on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.18 Montane shrubland on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.19 Shrubby woodland with Eucalyptus racemosa or E. dura on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.20 Open forest with Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. helidonica on Cainozoic igneous rocks especially trachyte 12.8.25 Corymbia trachyphloia and Eucalyptus major woodland on igneous rocks 12.8.26 Shrubby open forest often with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. grandis, Corymbia intermedia on sedimentary rocks. Coastal 12.9-10.1 Eucalyptus moluccana on sedimentary rocks 12.9-10.3 Eucalyptus crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks 12.9-10.7 Shrubland/low woodland on sandstone lithosols 12.9-10.9

s 4 12 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Melaleuca nodosa low open forest on sedimentary rocks Eucalyptus corynodes woodland on sedimentary rocks Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on sedimentary rocks Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus crebra woodland on sedimentary rocks Eucalyptus montivaga open forest on sedimentary rocks Closed sedgeland/shrubland on sedimentary rocks. Coastal parts Eucalyptus melanoleuca open forest on sedimentary rocks Eucalyptus suffulgens open forest on sedimentary rocks Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Eucalyptus melanophloia , E. crebra woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics. Usually higher altitudes Araucarian complex microphyll vine forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics; usually northern half of bioregion Semi-evergreen vine thicket on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics; usually northern half of bioregion Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 12.9-10.10 12.9-10.13 12.9-10.16 12.9-10.18 12.9-10.20 12.9-10.22 12.9-10.23 12.9-10.24 12.11.4 12.11.8 12.11.9 12.11.12 12.11.13

s 4 13 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Eucalyptus crebra, E. tereticornis woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Woodland with Xanthorrhoea sp. on serpentinite Eucalyptus acmenoides or E. portuensis open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Eucalyptus fibrosa open forest on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Corymbia intermedia, Lophostemon suaveolens woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Allocasuarina luehmannii, Melaleuca nervosa woodland on metamorphics ± interbedded volcanics Simple notophyll vine forest usually with abundant Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (gully vine forest) on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus acmenoides ± Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, especially granite Eucalyptus montivaga tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus melanophloia woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Shrubby woodland with Eucalyptus dura usually on rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Shrubland of rocky peaks on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. crebra or E. siderophloia , Lophostemon suaveolens open forest on granite Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 12.11.14 12.11.15 12.11.17 12.11.19 12.11.20 12.11.21 12.12.1 12.12.4 12.12.6 12.12.8 12.12.9 12.12.10 12.12.12

s 4 14 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Shrubby woodland usually of rocky near coastal areas on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks; north of bioregion Vegetation complex of rocky headlands, predominantly but not exclusively on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus saligna tall open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Corymbia intermedia, E. exserta woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus decolor, E. portuensis or E. acmenoides open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Corymbia trachyphloia, Eucalyptus crebra and Callitris endlicheri woodland on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus moluccana open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 12.12.14 12.12.18 12.12.19 12.12.20 12.12.21 12.12.22 12.12.27 12.12.28

s 4 15 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 ‘Part 13 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Sporobolus virginicus grassland, samphire open forbland to sparse forbland, and bare saltpans, on plains adjacent to mangroves Schoenoplectus litoralis and/or Eleocharis dulcis sparse sedgeland, or Melaleuca quinquenervia shrubland to open forest, in swamps which fluctuate periodically between freshwater and estaurine Mangrove and vine forest communities of the brackish zone Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca spp. ± Acacia spp. ± mangrove spp. shrubland, open woodland and open forest on plains adjacent to mangroves Notophyll to microphyll vine forest on beach ridges and sand plains of beach origin Corymbia tessellaris and/or Acacia crassicarpa and/or C. intermedia and/or C. clarksoniana closed forest to woodland, of beach ridges, predominantly of Holocene age Eucalyptus spp. (often E. pellita or Corymbia intermedia ) open forest and/or Lophostemon suaveolen s open forest on swampy sand plains of beach origin, and Pleistocene beach ridges Mesophyll/notophyll vine forest of Syzgium forte subsp. forte on beach ridges and sand plains of beach origin Mosaic of clumps of notophyll vine forest, sclerophyll spp. shrublands and open woodlands, and bare sand blows, on aeolian dunes Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.1.4 7.1.5 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6

s 4 16 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Casuarina equisetifolia ± Corymbia tessellaris open forest ± groved vine forest shrublands of the beach strand and foredune Melaleuca leucadendra open forest to woodland on sands of beach origin Melaleuca quinquenervia shrubland to closed forest, or Lepironia articulata open to closed sedgeland on dune swales and swampy sand plains of beach origin Shrubland, sedgeland and heath complex with Thryptomene oligandra and/or Asteromyrtus spp., ± Melaleuca quinquenervia on sand plains of beach origin Melaleuca viridiflora ± Lophostemon suaveolens ± emergent Eucalyptus spp. woodland to open forest, or Melaleuca sp. aff. viridiflora open forest to woodland, on swampy sand plains of beach origin Grasslands and sedgelands ± Melaleuca spp., of wetlands within volcanic craters, often on peat Mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae on poorly drained alluvial plains Mesophyll vine forest with Licuala ramsayi on poorly drained alluvial plains and alluvial areas of uplands Simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderate to poorly drained alluvial plains of moderate fertility Corymbia nesophila open forest to woodland on alluvium Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.2.7 7.2.8 7.2.9 7.2.10 7.2.11 7.3.2 7.3.3 7.3.4 7.3.10 7.3.13

s 4 17 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Melaleuca dealbata woodland to open forest, on alluvium, in low rainfall areas of the west and north Corymbia intermedia or C. tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on well drained alluvium Corymbia intermedia and Syncarpia glomulifera , or C. intermedia and Eucalyptus pellita , or Syncarpia glomulifera and Allocasuarina spp., or E. cloeziana , or C. torelliana open forests (or vine forests with these species as emergents), on alluvial fans at the base of ranges Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland on alluvium Melaleuca leucadendra ± vine forest species, open to closed forest, on alluvium fringing streams Casuarina cunninghamiana woodland to open forest on alluvium fringing streams Rivers and streams including riparian herbfield and shrubland on river and stream bed alluvium, and rock within stream beds Sedgelands and grasslands of permanently and semi-permanently inundated swamps, including areas of open water Lepironia articulata sedgeland to open sedgeland, of permanently to semi-permanently inundated peat swamps of alluvial plains Lakes within volcanic craters, including open water, and narrow shoreline sedge fringes Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.3.14 7.3.19 7.3.20 7.3.21 7.3.25 7.3.26 7.3.28 7.3.29 7.3.31 7.3.33

s 4 18 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Complex mesophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on alluvium Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis robusta , on alluvial fans Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. platyphylla ± Corymbia intermedia ± Lophostemon suaveolens open woodland to open forest, and associated sedgelands and grasslands, on broad drainage depressions of uplands Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with emergent E. grandis ), on alluvium Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland, on uplands on well drained alluvium Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest, on poorly drained alluvium Eucalyptus portuensis and E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia intermedia, ± C. citriodora open woodland to open forest, on dry uplands on alluvium Notophyll vine forest on rubble terraces of streams Melaleuca fluviatilis ± vine forest species, open to closed forest, on alluvium fringing streams Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia and E. reducta woodland to open forest of uplands, on weathered soils of a remnant surface Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland of uplands, on weathered soils of a remnant surface Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.3.36 7.3.38 7.3.39 7.3.42 7.3.43 7.3.47 7.3.48 7.3.49 7.3.50 7.5.1 7.5.2

s 4 19 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Column 2 Regional ecosystem number Eucalyptus portuensis, Corymbia citriodora and E. drepanophylla woodland to open forest of uplands, on weathered soils of a remnant surface 7.5.3 Corymbia intermedia or Melaleuca viridiflora 7.5.4 woodland to open forest of uplands, on weathered soils of a remnant surface Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest, and associated grasslands, predominantly on basalt uplands 7.8.7 Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. reducta ± Angophora floribunda open forest to woodland, on basalt 7.8.8 Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. drepanophylla (or E. granitica ), E. portuensis, Corymbia intermedia woodland to open forest, or E. moluccana woodland to open forest, on basalt 7.8.10 Closed vineland of wind disturbed vine forest on basalt 7.8.11 Complex notophyll vine forest dominated by Backhousia bancroftii on basaltic terraces and scree slopes of the North Johnstone River 7.8.12 Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya 7.8.13 involucrigera of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt Complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Agathis 7.8.14 robusta , on basalt Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. grandis emergents), on basalt 7.8.15 Eucalyptus resinifera open forest to woodland on basalt 7.8.16 Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia ± C. 7.8.17 citriodora woodland to open forest on basalt

s 4 20 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens ± Allocasuarina torulosa open forest to woodland on basalt Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi , on metamorphics Semi–deciduous mesophyll vine forest on metamorphics, of the moist and dry foothills and lowlands Syncarpia glomulifera ± Eucalyptus pellita open forest of metamorphics, on deep soils Acacia polystachya woodland to closed forest, or Acacia mangium and Acacia celsa open to closed forest, on metamorphics Acacia celsa open to closed forest on metamorphics Corymbia torelliana open forest usually with a vine forest element, on metamorphics Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland, or Corymbia intermedia, E. pellita, and E. grandis, open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on metamorphics Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland, on wet and moist metamorphics of foothills and uplands Corymbia intermedia and/or C. tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis medium to tall open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on coastal metamorphic headlands and near-coastal foothills Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.8.18 7.11.2 7.11.3 7.11.6 7.11.8 7.11.10 7.11.13 7.11.14 7.11.16 7.11.18

s 4 21 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland of uplands, on metamorphics Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well drained metamorphics of very wet and wet footslopes Closed vineland of wind disturbed vine forest, on metamorphics Simple-complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on amphibolites of the very wet lowlands and foothills Rock pavements with Allocasuarina littoralis and Syncarpia glomulifera open to closed shrublands or Bombax ceiba and Cochlospermum gillivraei open woodland, or Acacia spp. shrubland, on metamorphics Simple microphyll vine-fern forest or microphyll vine-sedge forest of wet metamorphic uplands and highlands Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest of exposed metamorphic ridge crests and steep slopes Microphyll to notophyll vine forests with Ceratopetalum virchowii and/or Uromyrtus metrosideros, Flindersia bourjotiana, F. pimenteliana and Beilschmeidia oligandra ± emergent Licuala ramsayi and Oraniopsis appendiculata , and associated sedgelands, shrublands and fernlands, of moist uplands, on sharply undulating metamorphics Simple notophyll vine forest of Blepharocarya involucrigera on metamorphics Eucalyptus resinifera ± Eucalyptus portuensis ± Syncarpia glomulifera open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on metamorphics Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.11.19 7.11.23 7.11.24 7.11.25 7.11.26 7.11.27 7.11.28 7.11.29 7.11.30 7.11.31

s 4 22 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Syncarpia glomulifera and/or Allocasuarina spp. ± heathy understorey, medium to tall woodland to open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents), of steep rocky metamorphic slopes with shallow soils Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on metamorphics Complex of shrublands, low heathy or shrubby woodlands and low forests, with Corymbia tessellaris and C. intermedia or Melaleuca viridiflora , Allocasuarina spp. and Acacia spp. on metamorphic coastal headlands and islands Allocasuarina littoralis, Corymbia intermedia, Lophostemon suaveolens shrubland with Xanthorrhoea johnsonii on serpentenite foothills with deep red soils Eucalyptus drepanophylla and Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest, of dry uplands on metamorphics, between Tolga and Mount Molloy Lophostemon confertus low woodland to low closed forest ± Acacia celsa, Syncarpia glomulifera and Allocasuarina spp. on steep metamorphic slopes Themeda triandra , or Imperata cylindrica , Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills Complex of sclerophyll communities dominated by Syncarpia glomulifera or Melaleuca spp. or sedges or ferns, or microphyll vine forest with Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis , of very wet highlands, on quartzite or associated metamorphics Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.11.32 7.11.33 7.11.34 7.11.36 7.11.37 7.11.38 7.11.39 7.11.40

s 4 23 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Shrubland of Melaleuca viridiflora, M. monantha, Acacia flavescens, and Grevillea spp. with emergent Corymbia clarksoniana , or open woodland of Eucalyptus drepanophylla with M. monantha or Callitris intratropica , on metamorphics Eucalyptus tereticornis, Pandanus sp., Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleuca dealbata and E. pellita woodland to open forest, in perched drainage areas on peats on metamorphic rocks Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris open forest to woodland of metamorphic coastal lowlands and foothills Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest to woodland of coastal metamorphic foothills Eucalyptus cloeziana open forest on metamorphics Eucalyptus portuensis open forest, often with Corymbia nesophila , on near-coastal metamorphic foothills north of the Daintree River Corymbia nesophila open forest of moderate to steep metamorphic slopes Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest, on metamorphics Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia clarksoniana and E. platyphylla open forest to woodland, on moist metamorphic foothills Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on metamorphics Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.11.41 7.11.42 7.11.43 7.11.44 7.11.45 7.11.46 7.11.47 7.11.48 7.11.49 7.11.50

s 4 24 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Notophyll or mesophyll vine forest with Archontophoenix alexandrae or Licuala ramsayi , on granites and rhyolites Syncarpia glomulifera ± Eucalyptus pellita open forest of granites and rhyolites, on deep soils Eucalyptus pellita ± Corymbia intermedia open forest, or Acacia mangium and Lophostemon suaveolens open forest (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on granites and rhyolites Semi–deciduous mesophyll vine forest on granites and rhyolites, of the moist and dry lowlands and foothills Acacia celsa open to closed forest on granites and rhyolites Notophyll vine forest with emergent Araucaria cunninghamii on moist and dry granite foothills and uplands Acacia mangium and A. celsa open to closed forest, or A. polystachya woodland to closed forest on granites and rhyolites Acacia melanoxylon and A. celsa closed forest, on uplands and highlands, on granites and rhyolites Corymbia torelliana open forest usually with a well developed simple notophyll vine forest element, on granites and rhyolites Simple microphyll vine-fern thicket of cloudy wet and moist windswept high exposed peaks on granite Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.2 7.12.4 7.12.5 7.12.6 7.12.9 7.12.10 7.12.12 7.12.13 7.12.17 7.12.20

s 4 25 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Corymbia intermedia and/or C. tessellaris ± Eucalyptus tereticornis medium to tall open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on coastal granite and rhyolite headlands and near-coastal foothills Eucalyptus cloeziana woodland to open forest on granite and rhyolite Corymbia nesophila woodland to open forest on granite Eucalyptus portuensis, E. tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia woodland, on extensive dissected granites and rhyolites in the Kirrama–Oak Hills area Rock pavements and seepage areas of wet lowlands, uplands and highlands of the eastern escarpment and central range (excluding high granite areas of Hinchinbrook Island and Bishops Peak) on granite and rhyolite, with Allocasuarina spp. shrublands and/or sedgelands Deciduous microphyll vine forest and/or blue-green algae-covered granite and rhyolite boulderfields Complex mesophyll vine forest on fertile, well drained granites and rhyolites of very wet and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands Closed vineland of wind disturbed vine forest, on granites and rhyolites Podocarpus grayae, Callitris endlicheri and Acacia celsa heathland/shrubland on steep rocky granite slopes of the Hinchinbrook Island uplands and highlands Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.23 7.12.25 7.12.33 7.12.35 7.12.37 7.12.38 7.12.39 7.12.40 7.12.41

s 4 26 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Notophyll vine forest with Flindersia brayleyana and Argyrodendron polyandrum on wet granite uplands of Great Palm Island Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Stockwellia quadrifida on granite Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Blepharocarya involucrigera on granite Simple notophyll vine forest dominated by Dryadodaphne sp. (Mt Lewis B.P. Hyland+RFK1496) of wet highlands on granite Microphyll vine forest with Gossia bidwillii ± Araucaria cunninghamii on steep rock granite talus and boulder slopes of the Palm Islands Notophyll-microphyll semi-evergreen vine forest with Argyrodendron polyandrum emergents, on rhyolite Wind-sheared notophyll vine forest of exposed granite and rhyolite ridge-crests and steep slopes Notophyll vine forest and thicket with Pouteria euphlebia and Podocarpus grayae on granite Simple microphyll vine-fern forest on granite and rhyolite, of wet highlands Eucalyptus resinifera, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. portuensis, Corymbia abergiana , ± C. leptoloma medium woodland, of dry to moist rocky hills on granite and rhyolite in the Paluma–Seaview (south-west) subregion Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.42 7.12.43 7.12.44 7.12.45 7.12.46 7.12.47 7.12.48 7.12.49 7.12.50 7.12.51

s 4 27 s 4 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Eucalyptus resinifera, Corymbia intermedia, Allocasuarina littoralis, Syncarpia glomulifera, E. drepanophylla ± E. reducta woodland, of dry to moist hills on granite and rhyolite Complex of shrublands and low open forests on wind-exposed granite and rhyolite coastal headlands and islands, on skeletal soils Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest of dry foothills and uplands on granite and rhyolite Corymbia tessellaris , C. clarksoniana grassy woodland, open woodland and grassland, on shallow soils on granite, on the Palm Islands Shrubland and low woodland mosaic with Syncarpia glomulifera, Corymbia abergiana, Eucalyptus portuensis, Allocasuarina littoralis , and Xanthorrhoea johnsonii , on moist and dry uplands and highlands on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus reducta, E. granitica, Corymbia dimorpha, C. citriodora and Syncarpia glomulifera woodland, on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus leptophleba and Corymbia clarksoniana open forest to woodland, on moist foothills on granite and rhyolite Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest, on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus spp. (any ironbark species) and/or Corymbia stockeri , ± C. hylandii ± Syncarpia glomulifera ± E. portuensis woodland on dry granite hillslopes in the north-west of the bioregion Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.52 7.12.54 7.12.55 7.12.56 7.12.57 7.12.58 7.12.59 7.12.60 7.12.62

s 5 28 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Eucalyptus moluccana woodland on granite and rhyolite Heathlands with Xanthorrhoea spp., Allocasuarina littoralis, Banksia plagiocarpa ± Leptospermum polygalifolium ± Rhodomyrtus trineura subsp. trineura , and associated rock pavements, of wet granite uplands and highlands of Hinchinbrook Island and the vicinity of Bishops Peak Exposed rocky slopes on granite and rhyolite, with Lophostemon confertus low shrubland or low to medium closed forest Gleichenia dicarpa, Gahnia sieberiana, Lycopodiella cernua, Lycopodium deuterodensum closed fernland of granite highlands, on Thornton Peak and Mt Bartle Frere Complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy moist to wet highlands on granite Eucalyptus drepanophylla and/or E . granitica ± Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. erythrophloia woodland, or dry uplands on granite and rhyolite Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.63 7.12.64 7.12.66 7.12.67 7.12.68 7.12.69’. 5 Amendment of sch 3 (Not of concern regional ecosystems) (1) Schedule 3, part 1, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 11.3.34, 11.3.38, 11.9.13, 11.10.11 and 11.11.11— omit . (2) Schedule 3, part 1, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 11.7.1, 11.7.2, 11.7.3, 11.7.4, 11.7.6, 11.7.7, 11.9.2, 11.9.3, 11.9.9, 11.10.1, 11.10.3, 11.10.5, 11.10.6, 11.10.7, 11.10.9 and 11.10.12, ‘Cainozoic’—

s 5 29 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 omit . (3) Schedule 3, part 1— insert — ‘ Eucalyptus orgadophila open woodland on Cainozoic clay plains Semi-evergreen vine thicket on Cainozoic sand plains/remnant surfaces Macropteranthes leichhardtii thicket on fine grained sedimentary rocks Eucalyptus populnea, E. melanophloia ± Callitris glaucophylla woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks (4) Schedule 3, part 2— insert — ‘ Corymbia clarksoniana + Erythrophleum chlorostachys + Corymbia spp. + Eucalyptus spp. woodland on plains Eucalyptus chlorophylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana open woodland to woodland on undulating plains Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia tessellaris , Eucalyptus platyphylla or C. clarksoniana open woodland to woodland on undulating plains Eucalyptus platyphylla ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland to open forest on flat wet plains Melaleuca citrolens ± M. foliolosa ± M. viridiflora ± M. acacioides low open woodland on plains Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum ± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains 11.4.13 11.5.15 11.9.8 11.10.11’. 3.5.22 3.5.24 3.5.25 3.5.26 3.5.27 3.5.29

s 5 30 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus crebra (sens. lat.) or 3.10.21 E. tetrodonta woodland to open forest on sandstone plateaus and slopes Melaleuca stenostachya ± M. viridiflora ± M. citrolens 3.11.18’. low open woodland on metamorphic footslopes (5) Schedule 3, part 3— insert — ‘Samphire open forbland to isolated clumps of forbs on saltpans and plains adjacent to mangroves 8.1.2’. (6) Schedule 3, part 5, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 10.4.5, 10.7.9 and 10.9.6— omit . (7) Schedule 3, part 6, entry for regional ecosystem number 9.3.21— omit . (8) Schedule 3, part 6— insert — ‘Wetlands and seasonally inundated grasslands with a fringing open woodland of mixed Eucalyptus spp. on Tertiary surfaces Eucalyptus tardecidens and/or E. chlorophylla woodland on Tertiary plains 9.3.7 9.5.12 Eucalyptus chartaboma dominated woodland on 9.10.1’. sandstone scarps and plateaus with shallow sandy soils (9) Schedule 3, part 7— insert — ‘Molloy red box ( Eucalyptus leptophleba ) and cabbage 2.3.23 gum ( Corymbia confertiflora ) woodland on sandy alluvial terraces and levees

s 5 31 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Weeping paperbark ( Melaleuca spp.) woodland-open 2.3.24 forest on sands in channels and on levees Coolibah ( Eucalyptus microtheca ) open woodland and sedges in circular depressions in sand plains Lancewood ( Acacia shirleyi ) low open forest or Melaleuca tamariscina shrubland on laterised mudstones on skeletal soils Deciduous scrub and grasslands on deep cracking clays on mudstones 2.3.33 2.7.1 2.9.3 Eucalyptus chlorophylla woodland on lowlands on earths and clays 2.9.7’. (10) Schedule 3, part 9, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 6.5.17 and 6.12.1— omit . (11) Schedule 3, part 9— insert — ‘ Eucalyptus largiflorens ± Acacia cambagei woodland 6.3.8 on alluvium Eucalyptus coolabah or E. populnea woodland on alluvial plains 6.3.24’. (12) Schedule 3, part 12, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 12.3.2, 12.3.4, 12.8.16, 12.9-10.18, 12.11.8, 12.11.12, 12.11.17 and 12.12.4— omit . (13) Schedule 3, part 12— insert — ‘ Corymbia spp., Banksia integrifolia, Callitris columellaris, Acacia spp. open forest to low closed forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregion 12.2.5

s 5 32 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Melaleuca quinquenervia or M. viridflora open forest 12.2.7 to woodland on sand plains Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on coastal alluvium 12.3.5 Lophostemon confertus open forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks 12.8.9 Open forest complex with Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus siderophloia or E. crebra or E decolor , E. major and/or E. longirostrata , E. acmenoides or E. portuensis on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.3 Angophora leiocarpa , Eucalyptus crebra woodland on 12.12.24 Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa woodland to open forest on Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks 12.12.25’. (14) Schedule 3, part 12, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 12.2.6, 12.2.9 and 12.2.10, ‘Deeply’— omit, insert — ‘Usually deeply’. (15) Schedule 3, part 12, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 12.11.3 and 12.11.5, ‘Tall open’— omit, insert — ‘Open’. (16) Schedule 3, part 12, entry for regional ecosystem number 12.11.11, after ‘volcanics;’— insert — ‘usually’. (17) Schedule 3, part 12, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 12.11.18 and 12.12.15, ‘tall’— omit. (18) Schedule 3, part 13— omit, insert —

s 5 33 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 ‘Part 13 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Mangrove closed forest to open shrubland of areas subject to regular tidal inundation Melaleuca quinquenervia and/or Melaleuca cajaputi closed forest to shrubland on poorly drained alluvial plains Melaleuca viridiflora ± Eucalyptus spp. ± Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to open woodland on alluvial plains Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland to open forest on alluvial plains Corymbia clarksoniana ± C. tessellaris ± Eucalyptus drepanophylla open forest to open woodland on alluvial plains Complex mesophyll vine forest on well drained basalt lowlands and foothills Complex notophyll to mesophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt Simple to complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy wet highlands on basalt Simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (excluding amphibolites) of moderate fertility of the moist and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands Eucalyptus pellita ± Corymbia intermedia open forest (or vine forest with E. pellita and C. intermedia emergents), on metamorphics Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.1.1 7.3.5 7.3.8 7.3.16 7.3.45 7.8.1 7.8.2 7.8.4 7.11.1 7.11.5

s 5 34 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Complex notophyll vine forest with Agathis robusta emergents, on metamorphics of moist foothills and uplands Simple notophyll vine forest of moist to very wet metamorphic uplands and highlands Corymbia nesophila , Corymbia clarksoniana, Eucalyptus platyphylla , open woodland to open forest on gently sloping metamorphic lowlands and foothills Eucalyptus leptophleba woodland to open forest on dry metamorphic uplands Eucalyptus portuensis ± Corymbia citriodora woodland to open forest, on metamorphics Corymbia clarksoniana and/or Eucalyptus drepanophylla open forest to woodland on metamorphics Simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained granites and rhyolites of moderate fertility of the moist and wet lowlands, foothills and uplands Simple to complex microphyll to notophyll vine forest, often with Agathis robusta or A. microstachya , on granites and rhyolites of moist foothills and uplands Simple notophyll vine forest and notophyll semi-evergreen vine forest of rocky areas and talus, of moist granite and rhyolite foothills and uplands Simple to complex notophyll vine forest of cloudy wet and moist uplands and highlands on granites and rhyolites, including small areas of Araucaria bidwilli Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.11.7 7.11.12 7.11.20 7.11.21 7.11.35 7.11.51 7.12.1 7.12.7 7.12.11 7.12.16

s 5 35 s 5 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Simple microphyll vine-fern forest with Balanops austaliana, Elaeocarpus spp., Trochocarpa bellendenkerensis , Uromyrtus spp. ± Agathis atropurpurea of cloudy wet highlands, on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus grandis open forest to woodland, or Corymbia intermedia, E. pellita, and E. grandis , open forest to woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on granites and rhyolites Eucalyptus resinifera ± Eucalyptus portuensis ± Syncarpia glomulifera tall open forest to tall woodland (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on moist to wet granite and rhyolite uplands and highlands Eucalyptus portuensis and Corymbia intermedia open forest to woodland (or vine forest with E. portuensis and C. intermedia emergents), on wet and moist foothills and uplands on granite and rhyolite Syncarpia glomulifera ± Corymbia intermedia ± Allocasuarina spp. closed forest to woodland, or Lophostemon suaveolens, Allocasuarina littoralis, C. intermedia shrubland, (or vine forest with these species as emergents), on exposed ridgelines or steep rocky slopes, on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus reducta open forest to woodland on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus platyphylla ± E. drepanophylla ± Corymbia spp. open woodland to open forest on granite and rhyolite Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.19 7.12.21 7.12.22 7.12.24 7.12.26 7.12.27 7.12.28

s 6 36 s 6 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Column 1 Regional ecosystem Corymbia intermedia and/or Lophostemon suaveolens open forest to woodland ± areas of Allocasuarina littoralis and A. torulosa , of uplands, on granite and rhyolite Corymbia citriodora ± Eucalyptus portuensis woodland to open forest on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus portuensis and/or E. drepanophylla , ± Corymbia intermedia ± C. citriodora , ± E. granitica , open woodland to open forest on dry uplands on granite Corymbia clarksonian a ± C. tessellaris, ± Eucalyptus drepanophylla ± C. intermedia open forest to woodland, or E. drepanophylla woodland, of moist to dry lowlands, foothills and uplands on granite and rhyolite Eucalyptus tereticornis ± E. granitica woodland to open forest of moist and dry foothills and uplands on granite and rhyolite Rock pavements or areas of skeletal soil, on granite and rhyolite, mostly of dry western or southern areas, often with shrublands to closed forests of Acacia spp. and/or Lophostemon suaveolens and/or Allocasuarina littoralis and/or Eucalyptus lockyeri subsp. exuta Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.12.29 7.12.30 7.12.34 7.12.53 7.12.61 7.12.65’. 6 Amendment of sch 4 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule) (1) Schedule 4, part 1, entry for regional ecosystem number 11.9.3— omit . (2) Schedule 4, part 2, entry for regional ecosystem number 3.3.59—

s 7 37 s 7 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 omit . (3) Schedule 4, part 2— insert— ‘Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum ± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains 3.5.29 Themeda arguens , Dichanthium sericeum closed tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed 3.8.4 tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia , Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19’. (4) Schedule 4— insert— ‘Part 11 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains Themeda triandra , or Imperata cylindrica , Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.3.32 7.11.39’. 7 Amendment of sch 5 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, s 8 and IPA)) (1) Schedule 5, part 2—

s 7 38 s 7 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation No. 301, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 insert— ‘Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum ± Themeda arguens closed tussock grassland on erosional plains 3.5.29 Themeda arguens , Dichanthium sericeum closed tussock grassland on low undulating rises 3.5.30 Imperata cylindrica ± Mnesithea rottboellioides closed 3.8.4 tussock grassland on basalt vents and cones Themeda triandra tall grassland or Asteromyrtus lysicephala, Neofabricia myrtifolia , Grevillea pteridifolia dwarf open heathlands on headlands and islands 3.11.19’. (2) Schedule 5— insert— ‘Part 11 Wet Tropics Bioregion Column 1 Regional ecosystem Imperata cylindrica and/or Sorghum nitidum and/or Mnesithea rottboellioides and/or Themeda triandra closed tussock grassland on alluvial plains Themeda triandra , or Imperata cylindrica , Sorghum nitidum and Mnesithea rottboellioides closed tussock grassland, on metamorphic headlands and near-coastal hills Column 2 Regional ecosystem number 7.3.32 7.11.39’.

39 Vegetation Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 301, 2005 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 8 December 2005. 2 Notified in the gazette on 9 December 2005. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2005