Where is the Brigalow Belt?
Queensland
The Brigalow Belt is a wide band of acacia-wooded grassland that runs between tropical rainforest of the coast and the semi-arid interior of Queensland, Australia.
Is brigalow endangered?
Not extinct
Acacia harpophylla/Extinction status
What is brigalow scrub?
Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) is a slow growing, long-lived tree, which historically grew in dense stands across the drier parts of Central Queensland extending into South East Queensland (SEQ). Brigalow, dry rainforests and vine-thickets are commonly referred to as “Softwood Scrubs”.
What does brigalow mean?
: any of several plants of the genus Acacia with hard heavy elastic wood (especially A. harpophylla and A. doratoxylon)
What is a brigalow tree?
Comments: A small to medium sized tree yielding a dense, moderately fine grained hardwood. Brigalow trees are most closely related to the smaller gidgee (Acacia cambagei)—though the latter’s wood is slightly more dense.
Where does brigalow grow?
Brigalow-Gidgee woodland/shrubland occurs primarily in the area north of Bourke between the Culgoa and Warrego rivers (see map). It has been recorded in parts of the Bourke and Brewarrina Local Government Areas but may occur elsewhere in the Mulga Lands and Darling Riverine Plains bioregions.
How do you spell brigalow?
Brigalow is the name given to woodlands and open forests dominated by the brigalow tree (Acacia harpophylla). So ‘brigalow’ is both the name of a plant, and a vegetation type.
What are two main aims of the EPBC?
Specifically, the EPBC Act aims to:
- provide for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental significance.
- conserve Australia’s biodiversity.
- protect biodiversity internationally by controlling the international movement of wildlife.
What are the Brigalow Belt bioregions?
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) divides the Brigalow Belt into two IBRA regions, or bioregions, Brigalow Belt North (BBN) and Brigalow Belt South (BBS). The North and South Brigalow Belt are two of the 85 bioregions across Australia and the 15 bioregions in Queensland.
What are the threats to the Brigalow Belt?
The grasslands of the region are also under threat from introduced pasture grasses such as buffelgrass and weeds such as Congress weed. One particular threat comes from dams and weirs on the Dawson River. A little more than two per cent of the Brigalow Belt lies within national parks and other protected areas.
What animals live in the Brigalow Belt?
Two endangered mammals are found in the Brigalow Belt; the bridled nail-tail wallaby in Taunton and Idalia National Parks, and the burrowing northern hairy-nosed wombat in the grassland and eucalyptus of Epping Forest National Park.
What is the difference between the northern and Southern Brigalow Belt?
The Northern Brigalow Belt includes the coal producing Bowen Basin with the nearby Drummond Basin and the fertile Peak Downs areas while the southern belt runs into the huge Great Artesian Basin with the sandstone gorges of the Carnarvon Range of the Great Dividing Range separating the two areas.