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Rainforests and vine thickets have a present extent of 36,469 km 2, of which 22,694 km 2 is in protected areas. [1] Rainforests and vine thickets are present in 36 of Australia's bioregions. The largest extent of rainforest in Australia is in the Queensland tropical rain forests ecoregion (Wet Tropics bioregion).
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropical rainforests or temperate rainforests, but other types have been described.
Dry rainforest or vine thickets; Sedgelands, rushes or reeds; Other grasslands; Regrowth or modified forests and woodlands; Regrowth or modified shrublands; Regrowth or modified graminoids; Regrowth or modified chenopod shrublands, samphire or forblands; Unclassified native vegetation; Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings; Unknown/No data
Only 3% exceed 20 ha, and the largest is 200 ha. Monsoon rainforest is composed of semi-deciduous or deciduous trees which lose their leaves towards the end of the dry season ("raingreen"). Woody vines are common, and they climb into the tree canopies; lower-canopied monsoon rainforests are also known as monsoon vine thickets.
Western Vine Thickets To note, the open eucalypt forest is a broad, crescent-shaped vegetation community that is found from Gladstone, Queensland to as far as Quorn, South Australia in the southwest, which incorporates Southeast Australia temperate forests in southern Victoria and the Mediterranean woodlands in western Victoria and eastern ...
Another tiny friend found in the Valdivian rainforest is the Monito del Monte. This tiny opossum weighs less than a pound and lives in the thickets of bamboo within the forests.
Rainforests and vine thickets cover smaller areas, concentrated along the east coast, and represent 20% of Australia's total. [11] Rainforests and vine thickets are of several different types, which vary with climate and soils.
Much of the rainforest in the National Park is complex mesophyll vine forest with pockets of simple and complex notophyll vine forests on poorer soils. [3] Many of the vegetation communities including rainforests, vine thickets and vine forests are considered fire sensitive. [11]