The Eucalypts of Northern Australia: An Assessment of the Conservation Status of Taxa and Communities A report to the Environment Centre Northern Territory April 2014 Donald C. Franklin1,3 and Noel D. Preece2,3,4 All photographs are by Don Franklin. Cover photos: Main photo: Savanna of Scarlet-flowered Yellowjacket (Eucalyptus phoenicea; also known as Scarlet Gum) on elevated sandstone near Timber Creek, Northern Territory. Insets: left – Scarlet-flowered Yellowjacket (Eucalyptus phoenicea), foliage and flowers centre – reservation status of eucalypt communities right – savanna of Variable-barked Bloodwood (Corymbia dichromophloia) in foreground against a background of sandstone outcrops, Keep River National Park, Northern Territory Contact details: 1 Ecological Communications, 24 Broadway, Herberton, Qld 4887, Australia 2 Biome5 Pty Ltd, PO Box 1200, Atherton, Qld 4883, Australia 3 Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia 4 Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science (TESS) & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia Copyright © Donald C. Franklin, Noel D. Preece & Environment Centre NT, 2014. This document may be circulated singly and privately for the purpose of education and research. All other reproduction should occur only with permission from the copyright holders. For permissions and other communications about this project, contact Don Franklin, Ecological Communications, 24 Broadway, Herberton, Qld 4887 Australia, email
[email protected], phone +61 (0)7 4096 3404. Suggested citation Franklin DC & Preece ND. 2014. The Eucalypts of Northern Australia: An Assessment of the Conservation Status of Taxa and Communities. A report to Kimberley to Cape and the Environment Centre NT, April 2014.