Table 4 Estimated harvestable biomass (mean ± standard error) for bioenergy recovered following sawlog harvest within harvestable regional ecosystems grouped into broad vegetation groups (BVG) in Southeast Queensland bioregion
BVG | Vegetation description and dominant species | Sites (n = 285) | Residual biomass (t∙ha−1) |
|---|---|---|---|
2a | Complex evergreen notophyll vine forest with Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) | 7 | 5.1 ± 0.7 |
8a | Wet tall open forest dominated by Eucalyptus grandis or E. saligna | 7 | 11.8 ± 3.9 |
8b | Moist open forests to tall open forests dominated by Eucalyptus pilularis | 7 | 7.8 ± 2.3 |
9a | Moist eucalypt open forests dominated by Eucalyptus siderophloia plus others | 38 | 4.6 ± 0.6 |
9 g | Forests dominated by stringybarks or mahoganies | 8 | 2.7 ± 0.3 |
9 h | Dry woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus acmenoides plus others | 65 | 3.0 ± 0.3 |
10b | Moist open forests dominated by Corymbia citriodora (spotted gum) | 69 | 3.0 ± 0.3 |
11a | Open forests dominated by Eucalyptus orgadophila, E. tereticornis and others, mainly on basalt | 1 | 1.3 |
12a | Dry woodlands dominated by ironbarks, mainly on sandstone and weathered rocks | 7 | 2.2 ± 0.2 |
13d | Woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus moluccana | 47 | 2.8 ± 0.3 |
16c | Woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus tereticornis | 26 | 3.1 ± 0.4 |
22a | Open forests and woodlands dominated by Melaleuca quinquenervia | 2 | 4.3 ± 1.2 |
|  | Mean | 4.3 ± 1.0 | |