2021-06-08 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire Management Plan 2021

8.2    Fire adaptive vegetation communities
Fire adaptive vegetation communities are those communities within which fire is a natural part of the
ecosystem and a number of species within these vegetation communities are dependent on a fire
frequency for their reproductive requirements.

The table below provides a list of Broad vegetation groups (BVG) which can be described as fire
adaptive or fire dependant for their natural ecological processes.

                                                                                                            Area
                                        Fire Adapted BVG’s
                                                                                                            (ha)
 8a       Wet tall open forest dominated by species such as Eucalyptus grandis (flooded gum) or           333.2
          E. saligna, E. resinifera (red mahogany), Lophostemon confertus (brush box), Syncarpia
          glomulifera (turpentine), E. laevopinea (silvertop stringybark). Contains a well developed
          understorey of rainforest components, including ferns and palms, or the understorey may
          be dominated by sclerophyll shrubs. (land zones 12, 8, 10, 11, 3, 5, 9, 2) (SEQ, WET,
          BRB, CQC, [NET])
 8b       Moist open forests to tall open forests mostly dominated by Eucalyptus pilularis                76.66
          (blackbutt) on coastal sands, sub-coastal sandstones and basalt ranges. Also includes
          tall open forests dominated by E. montivaga, E. obliqua (messmate stringybark) and E.
          campanulata (New England ash). (land zones 12, 9, 11, 2, 5, 8) (SEQ, [CQC])
 9a       Moist eucalypt open forests to woodlands dominated by a variety of species including            22.05
          Eucalyptus siderophloia (red ironbark), E. propinqua (small-fruited grey gum), E.
          acmenoides (narrow-leaved white stringybark), E. microcorys (tallowwood), E. carnea
          (broad-leaved white mahogany), E. tindaliae (Queensland white stringybark), Corymbia
          intermedia (pink bloodwood), Lophostemon confertus (brush box). (land zones 11, 12, 9-
          10, 5, 8) (SEQ)
 9f       Woodlands dominated by Corymbia spp. e.g.: C. intermedia (pink bloodwood), C.                   95.04
          tessellaris (Moreton Bay ash) and/or Eucalyptus spp. such as E. tereticornis (blue gum),
          frequently with Banksia spp., Acacia spp. and Callitris columellaris (Bribie Island pine) on
          coastal dunes and beach ridges. (land zone 2) (SEQ)
 9g       Moist to dry woodlands to open forest dominated by stringybarks or mahoganies such as           377.44
          Eucalyptus tindaliae (Queensland white stringybark), E. latisinensis (white mahogany),
          E. acmenoides (narrow-leaved white stringybark); or E. racemosa (scribbly gum) or E.
          seeana or E. tereticornis (blue gum) and Corymbia intermedia (pink bloodwood). (land
          zone 5, 12, 9-10, 2, 11, [8, 3]) (SEQ)
 9h       Dry woodlands dominated by species such as Eucalyptus acmenoides (narrow-leaved                 5.2
          white stringybark) (or E. portuensis), E. tereticornis (blue gum), Angophora leiocarpa
          (rusty gum), Corymbia trachyphloia (yellow bloodwood) or C. intermedia (pink
          bloodwood), and often ironbarks including E. crebra (narrow-leaved red ironbark) or E.
          fibrosa (dusky-leaved ironbark). A heathy shrub layer is frequently present. On
          undulating to hilly terrain. (land zones 12, 9-10, 11, [8, 5]) (SEQ, BRB)
 10b      Moist open forests to woodlands dominated by Corymbia citriodora (spotted gum). (land           10.3
          zones 12, 11, 9, 5, 8) (SEQ, CQC, EIU, WET)
 12a      Dry woodlands to open woodlands dominated by ironbarks such as Eucalyptus                       1.73
          decorticans (gum-topped ironbark), E. fibrosa subsp. nubila (blue-leaved ironbark), or E.
          crebra (narrow-leaved red ironbark) and/or bloodwoods such as Corymbia trachyphloia
          (yellow bloodwood), C. leichhardtii (rustyjacket), C. watsoniana (Watson's yellow
          bloodwood), C. lamprophylla, C. peltata (yellowjacket). Occasionally E. thozetiana

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