Editing Bunya Mountains National Park (section)

==Flora==
[[File:BunyaMtns-NE.jpg|thumb|400px|Looking north-east from [[Bunya Mountains]] over [[South Burnett]] and [[Kingaroy]] regions.]]
Some of the parks [[Araucaria bidwillii|bunya pines]] are estimated to be up to 600 years old and 25&nbsp;metres high. The forests contain stinging nettles, wild raspberry, many vines and pockets of ferns. Other trees species in the park include [[white beech]] and [[silky oak]]s.<ref name="naq">{{cite book |title=Natural Areas of Queensland |last=Shilton |first=Peter |year=2005 |publisher=Goldpress |location=Mount Gravatt, Queensland |isbn=0-9758275-0-2 |pages=211–214 }}<!--|access-date=10 July 2011--></ref> [[Xanthorrhoea|Grass tree]]s on Mount Kiangarow grow nearly 5&nbsp;m tall and some are least several hundred years old.<ref name="nch"/>

Scattered throughout the mountain forests are many [[glade (geography)|natural clearings]] known as 'grassy balds'.  These clearings are typically a few hectares in area and are caused by [[wildfire|bushfires]] and geological conditions.  Where there a slabs of unfractured [[basalt]] soil formation and root penetration is impossible, leaving a patch in the forest. There are about 100 balds, although those caused by fire are steadily being lost due to a lack of recent fires.<ref name="awalk" />  The grassy balds have a higher [[biodiversity]] than the dense rainforests, because they are home to birds and rodents not found elsewhere in the forest.