Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest - Wild Wielangta - Edublogs
Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest - Wild Wielangta - Edublogs
Biodiversity of Wielangta Forest - Wild Wielangta - Edublogs
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Other Significant Vegetation<br />
Rainforest and Mixed <strong>Forest</strong><br />
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<strong>Biodiversity</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wielangta</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />
The topography and localised rainfall has ensured the retention <strong>of</strong> relict rainforest and mixed forest in<br />
fire protected gullies and slopes in <strong>Wielangta</strong>. These provide refuge for a number <strong>of</strong> flora and fauna<br />
species. These areas are extremely important and are susceptible to the influence <strong>of</strong> climate change<br />
and associated drought. Furthermore they are exposed during such periods to irreversible loss<br />
through wild fire events. High timber yielding, tall mixed forests cannot be regenerated to the same<br />
extent as early succession understoreys associated with dry and wet eucalypt forest. Secondary<br />
rainforest species such as sassafras and laurel are lost from this process.<br />
Current mapping (Tasveg and <strong>Forest</strong> Inventory (PI) mapping) fails to discriminate accurately, for the<br />
<strong>Wielangta</strong> area, between tall wet eucalypt and tall mixed forest. However, cross referencing<br />
observation records <strong>of</strong> rainforest species with <strong>Forest</strong> Inventory (PI) mapping types with low density<br />
(PI c, d, f) tall eucalypts (E2/E3+) over scrub (S) or secondary trees (T) or wattles (Tw) has allowed<br />
for a likely mixed forest map to be prepared.<br />
Fern rich mixed forest understorey<br />
<strong>Wild</strong> <strong>Wielangta</strong>
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