Brief description
The Cape Tribulation Crane 1 ha rainforest plot at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory is situated on the lowlands in Far North Queensland, just south of Cape Tribulation. It is associated with the TERN FNQ Rainforest SuperSite. A vascular plant census were carried out in mid 2005. All data for stems ≥ 10cm DBH can be found in the DBH stem dataset. The data is being used as baseline data set to assist in tracking changes in biomass in the rainforest.Data time period: 2005 to 2005
text: The Cape Tribulation Crane 1Ha plot is located in lowland tropical rainforest at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory located south of Cape Tribulation, Queensland. The land is adjacent to the Daintree National Park which is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA). The site is flanked to the west by coastal ranges rising to more than 1400m and to the east by the Coral Sea. The metamorphic rocks grade into granite boulders along Thompson Creek which runs along the northern boundary of the crane plot. The plot itself is gently sloping. The forest is classed as complex mesophyll vine forest (type 1a) and has an average canopy height of 25m. The dominant canopy trees belong to the Proteaceae, Meliaceae, Sapindaceae, Apocynaceae, Lauraceae and Myrtaceae families. It is continuous for several kilometres around the canopy crane plot except for an area 300m due east of the crane, which is regrowth forest.
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