To view the description for a specific land type within the Mackay Whitsunday region of Queensland, click on the land type or plant index below:
All Mackay Whitsunday region land types (PDF, 7 MB)
Or download land types individually:
- MW01 Alluvial flats and plains
- MW02 Coastal eucalypt forests and woodlands
- MW03 Coastal rainforests
- MW04 Coastal tea tree plains
- MW05 Coastal wetlands
- MW06 Eucalypt hills and ranges
- MW07 Marine plains and tidal flats
- MW08 Poplar gum woodlands
- MW09 Wet highland rainforest
- Mackay Whitsunday region plant index
Have you come across an AL GLM land type code on your land type map? AL land type codes are given to regional ecosystems not suitable for grazing. Find out what your AL code represents…
References
Bishop H. (2007). Pastures: Mackay/ Whitsunday region. A guide to developing productive and sustainable pasture feed grazing systems. Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Brisbane, Queensland.
Ball D. (in prep). Fauna of the CQC bioregion regional ecosystems.
Brooker M. I. H. and Kleinig D. A. (2004). Field guide to Eucalypts. Volume 3 Northern Australia. 2nd Edition. Blooming Books, Melbourne Australia.
Filet C. (1971). Pioneer Shire Handbook. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland.
Filet C. (1971). Sarina Shire Handbook. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland.
Hardy S. (2003). Soil and land suitability of the Whitsunday Coast Area, central Queensland. Whitsunday Shire Council, Proserpine, Queensland.
Queensland Herbarium (2009). Regional Ecosystem Description Database (REDD). Version 6.0b. Updated November 2009 (Department of Environment and Resource Management: Brisbane).
Peterson C. and Sander E. (2003). Irrigation Guide – Central District (Mackay, Plane Creek and Proserpine). Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Indooroopilly, Queensland.
Wetland Management Profile – Coastal Grass-Sedge Wetlands, Department of Environment Protection Agency.
