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| | Overview - Tasmania's Vegetation Types and Communities |
| Tasmania has very diverse habitats created by the large variation in altitude, water availability and soil types. As a result Tasmania has diverse and interesting vegetation that broadly reflects an east to west change in climate conditions from the dry east coast to the wet west coast and in geology from dolerite and granites in the east to quartzites in the west. The vegetation of the west and southwest of Tasmania still contains significant elements of ancient Gondwanic vegetation and genera such as Nothofagus, Eucryphia, Phyllocladus and Lagarostrobos from the time when Australia was part of a larger landmass known as Gondwana. The drier east and north the vegetation is dominated by the more recent Australian element characterised by the dominant genus Eucalyptus. In Tasmania there are many broad vegetation types which include, alpine vegetation, temperate rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, dry sclerophyll forest, heathlands, wetlands and moorlands. These broad vegetation types are further divided into vegetation communities of which there may be many within each vegetation type. These vegetation communities are described in the book From Forest to Fjaeldmark, which was developed to support the Tasmania's Vegetation Map (TASVEG). Many vegetation communities in Tasmania are threatened largely as a result of the way land has been used and managed and include specific threats such as fire, clearing, weeds and diseases. The Tasmanian Bushcare Toolkit is a useful resource for land managers who would like to, or are currently managing, areas of native vegetation on their properties. Protection for native vegetation is very important, particularly for vegetation that is threatened and there are a number of options by which vegetation can be protected. This includes creating reserves, and various forms of legal and informal protection outside of reserves. Currently there are a number of voluntary programs operating to assist land managers to protect as well as manage native vegetation.  |  | |
TASVEG - Tasmania's Vegetation Monitoring and Mapping Program See also: | |
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 |  Tasmania Online | Service Tasmania This page - http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/LJEM-78Y3X4?open - was last published on 19 August 2009 by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Questions concerning its content can be sent to NatureConservation Enquiries by using the feedback form, by mail to GPO Box 44, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001, or by telephone to 03 6233 6556. Please read our disclaimer and copyright statements governing the information we provide on this site. A text version of this page is also available. | |
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