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inforest Trees and Shrubs.'' Gwen Harden Publishing, Nambucca Heads. {{ISBN|978-0-9775553-0-7}}</ref> The montane rainforests of Tasmania are dominated by Tasmanian ] ]s (mainly '']'' spp.).<ref name=Reid/> They are dominated by Ferns such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
'''Temperate rainforests''' are ]s with ]ous or ] ] that occur in the ] and receive heavy ]. | |||
Temperate rainforests occur in oceanic moist regions around the world: the ] of ]n ] as well as the ] in the ]n region of the ] trees in ], ], Australia]] | |||
]'' tree ferns in temperate rainforest in ], Australia]] | |||
{{See also|Eastern Australian temperate forests|Rainforest in Victoria (Australia)}} | |||
In ] rainforests occur near the mainland east coast and in ]. There are warm-temperate and cool-temperate rainforests. They are ] ] forests with the exception of ] rainforests of Tasmania. ] forests are not classified as rainforests although some eucalypt forest types receive high annual ] (to over 2000 mm in ]<ref name=Reid>Reid, J. B. and Hill, R. S. (2005) ''Vegetation of Tasmania'', Australian Biological Resources Study, {{ISBN|064644512X}}</ref>), and in the absence of ] they may develop to rainforest. If these widespread ] forests were considered rainforests, the total area of rainforest in Australia would be much larger.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Physiognomic Classification of Australian Rain Forests|first1=Len|last1=Webb| author-link=Leonard Webb (academic) | journal = Journal of Ecology| publisher=British Ecological Society : Journal of Ecology Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 551-570|date=1 Oct 1959|volume = 47|issue = 3|pages = 551–570|doi = 10.2307/2257290|jstor = 2257290|bibcode=1959JEcol..47..551W }}</ref> | |||
Warm-temperate rainforest replaces subtropical rainforest on poorer soils or with increasing altitude and latitude in ] and ]. Cool-temperate rainforests are widespread in Tasmania (] ecoregion) and they can be found scattered from the ] listed ] and ] on the NSW/Queensland border to ], ], ] and ] in Victoria. In the northern NSW they are usually dominated by Antarctic Beech ('']''), in the southern NSW by Pinkwood ('']'') and Coachwood ('']'') and in Victoria and Tasmania by Myrtle Beech ('']''), Southern Sassafras ('']'') and Mountain Ash ('']'').<ref name=harden>Harden, G., McDonald, B. & Williams, J. (2006). ''Rainforest Trees and Shrubs.'' Gwen Harden Publishing, Nambucca Heads. {{ISBN|978-0-9775553-0-7}}</ref> The montane rainforests of Tasmania are dominated by Tasmanian ] ]s (mainly '']'' spp.).<ref name=Reid/> They are dominated by Ferns such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
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inforest Trees and Shrubs. Gwen Harden Publishing, Nambucca Heads. ISBN 978-0-9775553-0-7</ref> The montane rainforests of Tasmania are dominated by Tasmanian endemic conifers (mainly Athrotaxis spp.). They are dominated by Ferns such as Cyathea cooperi, Cyathea australis, Dicksonia antarctica, Cyathea cunninghamii and Cyathea leichhardtiana.
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