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Table 1 Estimated area of private native forest where timber harvesting is allowed and the harvestable area with slope < 25 degrees for corresponding broad vegetation groups (BVG) in Southeast Queensland in 2013

From: Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

BVG

Vegetation description and dominant species

Allowed area (ha)

Harvest area (ha)

2a

Complex evergreen notophyll vine forest with Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine)

26,203

22,253

8a

Wet tall open forest dominated by Eucalyptus grandis or E. saligna

5990

5877

8b

Moist open forests to tall open forests dominated by Eucalyptus pilularis

22,825

21,189

9a

Moist eucalypt open forests dominated by Eucalyptus siderophloia plus others

92,437

83,859

9 g

Forests dominated by stringybarks or mahoganies

58,367

56,383

9 h

Dry woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus acmenoides plus others

85,458

82,754

10b

Moist open forests dominated by Corymbia citriodora (spotted gum)

378,823

364,261

11a

Open forests dominated by Eucalyptus orgadophila, E. tereticornis and others, mainly on basalt

17,555

13,921

12a

Dry woodlands dominated by ironbarks, mainly on sandstone and weathered rocks

22,194

21,493

13c

Woodlands of Eucalyptus crebra, E. drepanophylla, mainly on metamorphic or acid igneous rocks

77,953

73,670

13d

Woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus moluccana

42,159

41,746

16c

Woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus tereticornis

52,426

52,208

22a

Open forests and woodlands dominated by Melaleuca quinquenervia

5120

5120

 

Totals

887,509

844,732