16th property Protected at Lot 82 Rosewood Road, Cow Bay.

Our 16th Daintree Rainforest Property protected forever is Lot 82 Rosewood Rd. Containing World Heritage value rainforest, Lot 82 is adjacent to six other properties in Cow Bay which form the Baralba Corridor Nature Refuge and link up to isolated areas of the Daintree National Park. The Queensland Governments regional ecosystem mapping scheme indicates Lot 82 Rosewood Rd is dominated by vegetation classified as of-concern and of endangered biodiversity status. The property and surrounding area is classified essential habitat for the endangered Southern Cassowary(Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 and Rainforest Rescue staff regularly see Cassowaries in and around this location. .

A vegetation assessment of Lot 82 Rosewood Road was carried out by Allen Sheather and Barbara Maslam in September 2011 and identified the presence of more than 135 plant species. These 135 species were in 63 different plant families and 114 genera.
The property hosts some considerably sized canopy trees with buttress roots. The most significant of these is several species of Mahogany (Dysoxylum spp.) and quite a few Quandongs (Elaeocarpus grandis). A number of figs are growing on the property (Ficus benjamina, Ficus pleurospermum, Ficus racemosa and Ficus copiosa) and large emergent species include Blackbean (Castenospermum australe), Damson (Terminalia sericocarpa) and Milkypine (Alstonia scholaris). Rare and threatened species occurring on the property include Haplostychanthus sp. Cooper Creek” (rare), Normanbya normanbyi, Endiandra microneura (rare), Cleistanthus myrianthus (rare) and Hernandia albiflora.

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