Natural vegetation pattern - rainforest in gullies and eucalyptus woodlands determined by wildfires. Cook Highway south of Mossman, Queensland, September 1962.

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Natural vegetation pattern - rainforest in gullies and eucalyptus woodlands determined by wildfires

Cook Highway south of Mossman, Queensland

September 1962

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This common vegetation pattern is widespread in North Queensland Wet Tropics region with decline in rainforest and increase in eucalypt forest and woodland as rainfall decreases.
Mesophyll vine forest and eucalyptus woodlands on metamorphic foothills.
Reference:
Tracey, J.G. (1982) The Vegetation of the Humid Tropic Region of North Queensland. CSIRO Publication, Melbourne.

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