EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Greater Grampians bioregion EVC 184: Montane Wet Heathland Description: A low, generally treeless heathland although sometimes emergent, stunted eucalypts are present. Occurs in wet soak depressions, narrow gullies or headwaters of creeks in the montane, high rainfall areas of the Major Mitchell Plateau in the Grampians. A dense, heathy shrub layer over a ground layer dominated by sedges and rushes. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 6 40% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 20% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code MS r Species typical of at least part of EVC range Leptospermum turbinatum Common Name Shiny Tea-tree MS Melaleuca squamea Swamp Honey-myrtle MS Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree MS Sprengelia incarnata Pink Swamp-heath SS Dillwynia sericea s.l. Showy Parrot-pea SS R r Pultenaea subalpina Rosy Bush-pea SS Boronia pilosa Hairy Boronia MH Utricularia dichotoma s.l. Fairies' Aprons LTG Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge MTG Eurychorda complanata Flat Cord-rush MTG Poa clelandii Noah's Ark MTG Lepidosperma filiforme Common Rapier-sedge MTG Amphipogon strictus var. setifer Grey-beard Grass MNG Sporadanthus tasmanicus Branching Scale-rush MNG Empodisma minus Spreading Rope-rush Recruitment: Episodic/Fire. Desirable period between disturbances is 30 years. Organic Litter: 20% cover Weediness: There are no consistent weeds in this EVC. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Greater Grampians bioregion EVC 192: Montane Rocky Shrubland Description: Treeless or sparsely treed shrubland on well-drained skeletal sandy loams of rocky high altitude peaks in the Grampians Ranges. The shrub layer consists of a diversity of ericoid shrubs over a variable ground layer of restionaceous species, sedges and herbs. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 10 40% MS Small Shrub 4 10% SS Prostrate Shrub 1 1% PS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Large Tufted Graminoid 2 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% MNG Epiphyte 1 1% EP Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 60% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Banksia saxicola Common Name Rock Banksia MS r Acacia obliquinervia Mountain Hickory Wattle MS Calytrix alpestris Snow Myrtle MS Acacia oxycedrus Spike Wattle SS Tetratheca ciliata Pink-bells SS R r Pultenaea subalpina Rosy Bush-pea SS Dillwynia sericea s.l. Showy Parrot-pea SS Boronia pilosa Hairy Boronia PS Astroloma pinifolium Pine Heath MH Gonocarpus humilis Shade Raspwort MH Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata Tall Sundew LTG Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge MTG Eurychorda complanata Flat Cord-rush MTG Poa sieberiana var. hirtella Grey Tussock-grass MTG Poa clelandii Noah's Ark MTG Stylidium graminifolium s.l. Grass Trigger-plant EP Cassytha pubescens s.s. Downy Dodder-laurel Recruitment: Episodic/Fire. Desirable period between disturbances is 30 years. Organic Litter: 40 % cover Logs: 10 m/0.1 ha. Weediness: There are no consistent weeds in this EVC. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark