Editing Mooloolah River National Park (section)

== Flora ==
[[File:Mooloolah River National Park - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|Park vegetation, 2014]]
With a variety ecosystem types and communities the Park is home to a wide array of endemic flora types, a number of which are threatened regionally.  The Park contains three examples of flora listed as endangered under the ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' (NC Act) and/or the ''Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (EPBC Act) and two species listed as vulnerable under both Acts.  The Mt Emu Sheoak ''([[Allocasuarina emuina]])'' is listed both under the NC Act and the EPBC Act as endangered.<ref name=":2">Queensland Government. 2016. Wildlife Online Extract: Species list for the Mooloolah River National Park.</ref>  A wind-pollinated shrub it is restricted to the coastal heaths of south east Queensland and was likely more widespread prior to encroaching primary production industries and urbanisation.  The species is also highly reliant on fire regimes which have been altered due to urbanisation.<ref>Lamont, R. W., R. L. Stokoe, A. Shapcott. 2012. Ecological genetics of the wind-pollinated, tetraploid, Allocasuarina emuina L. Johnson (Casuarinaceae) from southeast Queensland reveals montane refugia for coastal heath during the last interglacial. Australian Journal of Botany. '''60:''' 718–734.</ref>

The swamp stringybark (''[[Eucalyptus conglomerata]]'') is endangered under both the NC Act and the EPBC Act.<ref name=":2" /> The species grows in the margin between open forest and heathland in sandy acidic soils which are at times waterlogged.<ref name=":4">Department of the Environment. 2008. Approved conservation advice for the Swamp Stringybark (Eucalyptus conglomerata). Located on 17 May 2016 from: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/3160-conservation-advice.pdf</ref> The Christmas Bells (''[[Blandfordia grandiflora]]'') plant is listed as endangered under the NC Act and is located in sandy acidic soils of damp heathland and sedgeland.<ref>Ramsey, M. 1993. Floral Morphology, biology and sex allocation in disjunct populations of Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora, Liliaceae) with different breeding systems. Australian Journal of Botany. '''41:''' 749-62</ref>

The ''[[Acacia attenuata]]'' is listed as vulnerable under both the NC Act and the EPBC Act and is endemic to South East Queensland.  Populations persist close to the coast in the ecotone between wet heathland and open eucalypt forests within the Park. It relies on disturbance such as fire events for seed recruitment.  The species can tolerate disturbed environments and has been observed in man made disturbed areas, easements and road reserves.<ref name=":5">Brownlie, H., J. Playford, H. Wallace, A. Shapcott. 2009. Population ecology and genetics of the vulnerable Acacia attenuata (Mimosaceae) and their significance for its conservation, recovery and translocation. Australian Journal of Botany. '''57:''' 675–687.</ref><sup>,</sup><ref name=":6">Brownlie, H. 2007. National Recovery Plan for Acacia attenuata. Report to Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Canberra. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane''.''</ref> The tiny wattle (''Acacia bauera subsp. baueri'') can be located in the Park and is listed as vulnerable under the NC Act.<ref name=":2" />