| Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Queensland | |
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  Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) | |
| Nearest town or city | Cooktown |
| Coordinates | 15°04′09″S 145°07′23″E / 15.06917°S 145.12306°E |
| Established | 1973 |
| Area | 4.17 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is 1,602 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park was previously named Mount Webb National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.[1]
Vegetation
The national park features a number of unique and threatened ecosystems including rare examples of complex rainforest vegetation communities developed upon Basalt soils within the Cape York Peninsula bioregion.[2][3]
Rainforest communities located within the national park include:
- Deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on alluvial soils.[2]
- Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on floodplains. [2]
- Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing upon structured red earth soils derived from Basalt.[3]
- Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on structured red earth soils derived from basalt in a shallow valley.[3]
- Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on exposed metamorphic and granitic slopes.[2]
An additional threatened ecosystem located within the national park is a sclerophyll woodland dominated by Eucalyptus leptophleba, Corymbia tessellaris and Corymbia clarksoniana which has developed upon soils formed from basalt flows. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2013". 29 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Webb National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF). Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2021 – via Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
- ^ a b c Stanton, J.P.; Fell, D.G. (27 April 1995). "The rainforests of Cape York Peninsula". Brisbane, Qld. : Dept. of Environment and Heritage. pp. 106, 107 – via National Library of Australia.
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