Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 13-76

Landscapes -- Vegetation Types Rainforest flora on Black Mountain near Cooktown Mt Simon-Black Mountain, southwest of Cooktown, Queensland 1959 Larger image (156K)

Floristically similar rainforest characterises widely disjunct rocky outcrops across Australia, especially in tropical Australia. Understanding the distribution patterns is a vital key to understanding the time and space scales of evolution of the Australian flora. Gigantic granitic rock piles are a characteristic feature in northeast Queensland, e.g. Cape Melville, Black Mountain near Cooktown, Mt Finnegan, Thornton Peak, Mt Bartle Frere. They often have a narrow range of endemic plants and animals.
References:
See under Images 9-1, 7-8, 7-20, 7-27, 7-51, 7-93, 4-42.
Also, Plimer, Ian (1997) A Journey Through Stone: The Chillagoe Story, the extraordinary history and geology of one of the richest mineral deposits in the world. Kew, Vic.: Reed Books.
Semideciduous notophyll vine woodland on granite rock outcrops.

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