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The rainforest communities of this region exhibit ecological relations to other regions: the cool temperate rainforest is similar to the biome found in Tasmania, the warm temperate rainforest has links to the North Island of New Zealand, and the subtropical and dry regions are also found up north in the Queensland tropical rain forests ...
At around 1200 square kilometres the Wet Tropics Rainforest is a part of Australia's largest contiguous area of rainforest. Contains 30% of frog, marsupial and reptile species in Australia, and 65% of Australia's bat and butterfly species. 20% of bird species in the country can be found in this area including the threatened cassowary. Added to ...
Queensland tropical rain forests; Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Eastern Australian temperate forests; Southeast Australia temperate forests; Tasmanian Central Highlands forests; Tasmanian temperate forests; Tasmanian temperate rain forests; Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Arnhem Land tropical savanna ...
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 ...
Australian definitions would exclude some temperate rainforests of western North America that are Coast Douglas-fir dominant, such as parts of the Klamath Mountains in southern Oregon and northern California, the Puget Lowlands of western Washington and the Georgia Depression in British Columbia, [4] [5] as their dominant tree species, the ...
Daintree Rainforest, Australia. ... One of the largest temperate rainforests in the world, Great Bear Rainforest covers a vast area the size of Ireland that’s rife with rugged beauty along its ...
The Southeast Australia temperate forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of south-eastern Australia. It includes the temperate lowland forests of southeastern Australia, at the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. Vegetation ranges from wet forests along the coast to dry forests and woodlands inland. [1] [3] [4]
The Tasmanian temperate rain forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in western Tasmania. The ecoregion is part of the Australasian realm , which includes Tasmania and Australia , New Zealand , New Guinea , New Caledonia , and adjacent islands.