Caption: The diversity in the Tasmanian landscape is reflected in the variety of vegetation types which can be found across the State. Major vegetation ecosystems range from buttongrass moorlands and dense rainforests of western Tasmania, to alpine vegetation in the highlands; from tall eucalypt forests in more fertile, wet areas, to grasslands and grassy woodlands in the Midlands and drier eastern areas, and the saltmarshes, heathlands and wetlands along the coastal fringes. Land cover is a reflection of many factors and events: the cumulative consequence of geographical and ecological processes over geological time and the interplay of market forces, commodity prices, land capability and land tenure.

Source: Landsat 7 satellite data, base images dated 2000, processing by School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania