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Semi-Evergreen Vine Thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) And 145° 150° 155° Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and ° ° Nandewar Bioregions 0 Charters Towers 0 2 " 2 - - This is an indicative map only and it is not intended for fine scale assessment. Mackay " Legend Winton " Ecological community likely to occur Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions Emerald " Major Roads Gladstone " Note: The areas of Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Blackall Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions in " Queensland shown on this map all contain the ecological community but may have varying proportions of other communities Bundaberg mixed within the Semi-evergreen vine thickets. ° " ° 5 5 2 2 - - Source: Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions. The distribution in Queensland consists of Regional Ecosystems Nos 11.3.11, 11.4.1, 11.5.15, 11.8.13, 11.9.4, 11.11.18, 11.2.3, 11.8.3, 11.8.6, and 11.9.8 as defined by Sattler, P. and Williams, R. (eds) (1999). The Conservation of Queensland's Bioregional Ecosystems, Qld EPA Roma and mapped by Queensland Herbarium (Remnant Vegetation 2005 " v5). The distribution in NSW is from the Department of the Environment and Heritage's Native Vegetation Information System (NVIS), 2006. The following attributes were mapped from the Dalby 'Source_Code' field; e3 - Semi-evergreen Vine Thicket. Addtional areas " were derived according to Benson, J.S., Dick, R. and Zubovic, A. Brisbane " (1996). Semi-evergreen vine thicket vegetation at Derra Derra Ridge, Bingara, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 4(3): 497-510; and the Nomination. The boundary for Planchonella Nature Reserve is from NSW NPWS. Bioregions are from the Department of the Environment and Goondiwindi Heritage's, Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia " (IBRA) version 6.1. The TOPO250K information in this product is Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia, Geoscience Australia, 1997. The Queensland Vegetation Communities and Regional Inverell " Ecosystem Mapping data is Copyright (c) Queensland Government, ° ° 2005. 0 Bourke 0 3 3 - " - Narrabri Caveat: " Armidale The information presented in this map has been provided by a " range of groups and agencies. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness, no guarantee is given, nor responsibility taken by the Commonwealth for errors or omissions, and the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility in respect of any information or advice given in relation to, or as a consequence of, anything containing herein. The map has been collated from a range of sources, with data at various resolutions. Data used are assumed to be correct as received from the data suppliers. Data used are assumed to be correct as received from the data suppliers. Produced by Environmental Resources Information Network 145° 150° 155° Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage Projection: Geographic 0 50 100 150 200 250 January 2006 Datum: GDA 1994 km COPYRIGHT Commonwealth of Australia, 2006 1:6,203,269 ±.
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