Daarrba National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in
Queensland
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, Australia. It is 1,602 km northwest of
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
. The national park was previously named Mount Webb National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.
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.
Rainforest communities located within the national park include:
*Deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on alluvial soils.
*Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing on floodplains.
*Semi-deciduous mesophyll/notophyll vine forest growing upon structured red earth soils derived from Basalt.
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*Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on structured red earth soils derived from basalt in a shallow valley.][
*Semi-deciduous notophyll/microphyll vine forest growing on exposed metamorphic and granitic slopes.]Corymbia tessellaris
''Corymbia tessellaris'', commonly known as carbeen or Moreton Bay ash, is a species of tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the lower trunk abruptly changing to smooth, whitish bark above, narrow la ...
and Corymbia clarksoniana
''Corymbia clarksoniana'', commonly known as Clarkson's bloodwood or the grey bloodwood, is a species of medium-sized tree that is native to Queensland and northern New South Wales. It has rough, tessellated greyish to brownish bark on the trun ...
which has developed upon soils formed from basalt flows.
See also
* Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestrial protected ar ...
References
National parks of Far North Queensland
Protected areas established in 1973
1973 establishments in Australia
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