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Seagrass meadows — South Australia
position : endangered - critically endangeredLike an submersed hayfield , seagrass covers the arenaceous seafloor off South Australia . Seagrass is a habitat and a baby’s room for a variety of marine life .
German tamarisk pioneer vegetation — Europe
Status : endangeredTamarisk are wispy but tough shrubs that pioneer new spot to maturate in wet , arenaceous site such as ever - shifting riverbank .
Coolibah-Black Box woodland — Australia
Coolibah - Black Box woodland — AustraliaStatus : endangeredThis mature woodland features prominent eucalyptus , coolibah and black box seat trees , fed by floods .
Tapia forest — Madagascar
condition : endangeredThe noteworthy Tapia tree timber of Madagascar are named for one of the island ’s many unique metal money , evolve in near - isolation over millennia .
Semi-evergreen vine thicket — Australia
Status : endangeredThe impenetrable botany of this vine coppice was home to one of the few southerly Australia sighting of the black - stripy wallaby . Much of the habitat has been cleared to arise wheat berry .
Great Lakes Alvar — U.S. and Canada
condition : vulnerable - endangeredAlvars are unconditional expanses of limestone bedrock , terra firma fluent by glaciers and cover with a tenuous scrim of soil . Almost all of North America ’s alvars are found near the Great Lakes .
Reedbeds — Europe
position : vulnerableIn Europe , reedbeds provide vital breeding home ground for several vulnerable and endangered bird species . The reeds , dominate by one species , Phragmites australis , grow in wetlands , marshes , river delta and even ditch — any marginal home ground with stagnant , brackish weewee .
Floodplain ecosystem of river red gum and black box — southeastern Australia
condition : vulnerableBoth the river red glue and bootleg box trees thrive along the banks of rivers crossing the Murray - Darling Basin , Australia ’s large floodplain . Several rare species call the forest rest home , and live nowhere else on Earth .
Tepui shrubland — Venezuela
condition : least concernThe Tepui shrubland is a lofty responsibility of table mountains get up above 4,900 foot ( 1,500 meters ) . Tepui , the local word for table batch , now also refers to the typical botany mature on the insipid - lead peaks .
Granite gravel fields and sandplains — New Zealand
condition : least concernThe granite crushed rock and moxie dunes of New Zealand ’s spectacular Fiordlands , on the South Islands , are a rare deterrent example of sediments formed entirely from granite . The pinkish , white and black stipple igneous careen dominate the local geology , create the singular mint of sediment as it erodes .
