Abrupt narrow boundary of cool subtropical rainforest (complex notophyll vine forest) with emergent Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and "grass bald". Bunya Mountains, Queensland, June 1980.

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Abrupt narrow boundary of cool subtropical rainforest (complex notophyll vine forest) with emergent Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and "grass bald"

Bunya Mountains, Queensland

June 1980

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Indicates past climate changes and Aboriginal burning practices, e.g. festivals, when feasting on ripe bunya nuts every few years.
Reference: Webb, L.J. (1964) "An historical interpretation of the grass balds of the Bunya Mountains, South Queensland", Ecology 45: 159-162.
Basaltic soils

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