Biodiversity of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Tropical to Temperate Australia

Table 1

The conservation status of major TWINSPAN Floristic Groups that contain the majority of plants and resident animals in Australia [79].

Formation/complex	No. of species analysed	Floristic groups number	Conservation reasonable
Rainforest	1418	70	70%
Monsoon rainforest (N.T.)	559	16	31%
Dry scrub (SE Qld)	475	29	26%
Eucalypt open forest	276	237	49%
Eucalypt communities (SW W.A.)	1761	31	64%
Heathland/scrub	2071	83	53%
Alpine heath and grassland	556	24	67%
Grassland	1313	23	13%
Mallee (including SW W.A.)	395	62	41%
Desert Acacia	1229	104	17%
Hummock grassland	303	10	30%
Chenopod shrubland	410	19	26%
Forested wetland	835	29	24%
Freshwater swamp	139	24	25%
Coastal dune vegetation	315	16	69%
Coastal wetland	74	32	47%
Sclerophyll (heathy) understorey	2581	21	34%
Savanna (grassy) understorey	1313	39	11%
Hummock grass understorey	303	20	35%
Humid & arid wetland	139	30	13%