Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 14-8

Vegetation Types -- Boundary Abrupt vegetation change on the Cooktown to Bloomfield road Cooktown to Bloomfield road, Queensland July 1962 Larger image (162K)

Frequent fires maintain sharp boundaries between vegetation types which reflect changes in edaphic factors on metamorphic landscapes in wet/dry climates north and west of North Queensland wet tropics.
Semideciduous notophyll vine forest boundary with sclerophylls on metamorphics.

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