wallum

Comprises seven main vegetation types: closed forest including rain forest and tall eucalypt forest dominated by satinay and brushwood; blackbutt forest; scribbly gum and wallum banksia communities; communities of wet sites often dominated by Melaleuca spp.; coastal communities; Callitris forest and woodlands; and mangrove and salt marsh.

Fraser Island, Australia 2008

Eva said four species could be found in the Gympie region by eagle-eyed frog spotters: the wallum sedge frog, the Cooloola sedge frog, the two centimetre wallum froglet and the small but powerfully built wallum rocket frog.

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Because frogs don't return census forms, surveying local frog populations means teams of volunteers taking to the wallum at night.

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Eva Ford has spent six frogging seasons investigating to Gympie region's wildlife with the MRCCC, but only recently were wallum frogs included in the research.

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The park is considered to be an important wetland area that is home to more than 100 of the region's native plant species as well as three vulnerable acid frogs including the wall sedgefrog, wallum rocketfrog and the wallum froglet. logout

sunshinecoastdaily.com.au: The Sunshine Coast Daily 2009