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The Eastern Australian temperate forests, or the Eastern Australian temperate and subtropical forests, [2] is a broad ecoregion of open forest on uplands (typically on the Great Dividing Range) starting from the east coast of New South Wales in the South Coast to southern Queensland, Australia.
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world. [1] Collectively, the rainforests are a World Heritage Site with fifty separate reserves totalling 366,500 hectares (906,000 acres) from Newcastle to Brisbane .
The Littoral Rainforests of New South Wales is a group of fragmented and endangered ecological communities found by the coast in eastern Australia. [1] Much of this seaside form has been destroyed by mining, tourist development or housing. It is threatened by extinction in the near future. [2] 90% of the 433 sites are less than ten hectares in ...
Southeast Australia temperate forests: South East Corner (SEC) Southeast Australia temperate forests: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) Southeast Australia temperate forests: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) Eastern Australian temperate forests: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) Simpson Desert: Stony Plains (STP) Tirari-Sturt stony desert: Sturt ...
The largest extent of rainforest in Australia is in the Queensland tropical rain forests ecoregion (Wet Tropics bioregion). The estimated pre-1750 extent is 50,743 km 2. Prior to 1750, the largest area of rainforest and vine thicket was in the South Eastern Queensland bioregion, which is part of the Eastern Australian temperate forests ...
Rocky gully within Morton National Park.. Part of the Eastern Australian temperate forests, the region is found on extremely fertile soils, between 750 m and 1050 m in elevation, in areas with annual rainfall of 950 to 1350 mm, mostly in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands region, but it is also spread into Wolgan, Morton National Park, Meryla State Forest, Wollemi, and the basalt tops ...
The majority of Australia's trees are hardwoods, typically eucalypts, rather than softwoods like pine. While softwoods dominate some native forests, their total area is judged insufficient to constitute a major forest type in Australia's National Forest Inventory. [2] The Forests Australia website provides up-to-date information on Australia's ...
Pages in category "Eastern Australian temperate forests" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...