Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 11-110

Landscapes Aerial view of rugged Mt Hemmant showing altitudinal transitions of rainforests from complex notophyll to microphyll vine forest, fern forest often with emergent Kauri Pines (Agathis spp.) North of Daintree, Queensland November 1976 Larger image (125K)

Reference:
Tracey, J.G. and Webb, L.J. (1975) Key to the Vegetation of the Humid Tropical Region of North Queensland, with 15 maps at 1:100,000 scale. CSIRO Long Pocket Laboratories: Indooroopilly, Queensland.
The photograph shows complex notophyll vine forest with emergent Kauri pines (Agathis robusta) (Map type 6); simple notophyll vine forest often with Kauri (Agathis microstachya) (Map type 8); simple microphyll vine-fern forest often with Kauri (Agathis montana) (Map type 9) on granites.

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