EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland Description: Treeless vegetation mostly less than 1 m tall dominated by largely graminoid and herb life forms. Occupies fertile cracking basalt soils prone to seasonal waterlogging in areas receiving at least 500 mm annual rainfall. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Large Herb 2 5% LH Medium Herb 12 20% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 4 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 13 40% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 4 5% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens and Soil Crust* na 20% BL * Note: treat as one life form in this EVC LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name SS Pimelea humilis Common Rice-flower LH Rumex dumosus Wiry Dock MH Calocephalus citreus Lemon Beauty-heads MH Acaena echinata Sheep's Burr MH Leptorhynchos squamatus Scaly Buttons MH Eryngium ovinum Blue Devil SH Solenogyne dominii Smooth Solenogyne SH Lobelia pratioides Poison Lobelia LTG Austrostipa bigeniculata Kneed Spear-grass LTG Dichelachne crinita Long-hair Plume-grass MTG Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass MTG Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass MTG Elymus scaber var. scaber Common Wheat-grass MTG Schoenus apogon Common Bog-sedge MNG Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping Grass MNG Thelymitra pauciflora s.l. Slender Sun-orchid MNG Microtis unifolia Common Onion-orchid SC Convolvulus erubescens Pink Bindweed Recruitment: Episodic/Fire or Grazing. Desirable period between disturbances is 5 years. Organic Litter: 10% cover Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 163: Coastal Tussock Grassland Description: A tussock grassland that may contain emergent shrubs. Occurs on exposed coastal cliffs and bluffs. Soils are saline and the strong salt-laden winds preclude tree growth. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 3 10% MS Small Shrub 1 5% SS Large Herb 1 10% LH Medium Herb 3 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 3 10% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 5% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Leucopogon parviflorus Common Name Coast Beard-heath MS Correa alba White Correa LH Epilobium billardierianum ssp. billardierianum Smooth Willow-herb MH Viola hederacea sensu Willis (1972) Ivy-leaf Violet MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed MH Asperula conferta Common Woodruff MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat SH Mimulus repens Creeping Monkey-flower SH Leptinella reptans s.l. Creeping Cotula LTG Austrostipa stipoides Prickly Spear-grass LTG Dichelachne crinita Long-hair Plume-grass MTG Isolepis cernua Nodding Club-sedge MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown-grass MTG Dianella revoluta var. brevicaulis Coast Flax-lily MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass MNG Triglochin striatum Streaked Arrowgrass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20% Cover Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion EVC 175_61: Non-Eucalypt Grassy Woodland Description: A variable open eucalypt woodland to 15 m tall or occasionally Sheoak woodland to 10 m tall over a diverse ground layer of grasses and herbs. The shrub component is usually sparse. It occurs on sites with moderate fertility on gentle slopes or undulating hills on a range of geologies. Large Trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Acacia spp. Allocasuarina spp. Eucalyptus spp. Tree Canopy Cover: 30 cm 40 cm 70 cm 15 / ha %cover 15% Character Species Acacia implexa Common Name Lightwood Acacia mearnsii Black Wattle Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak Eucalyptus ovata Swamp Gum Eucalyptus radiata s.l. Narrow-leaf Peppermint Eucalyptus viminalis Manna Gum Understorey: Lifeform #Spp %Cover LF Code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Medium Shrub Small Shrub Prostrate Shrub Medium Herb Small or Prostrate Herb Large Tufted Graminoid Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid Medium to Tiny Non-Tufted Graminoid Scrambler or Climber 2 10% MS 2 1% SS 2 5% PS 8 20% MH 3 5% SH 1 1% LTG 8 45% MTG 1 5% MNG 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens 10% BL
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 198: Sedgy Riparian Woodland Description: Eucalypt forest or woodland to 15 m tall with sedge-dominated understorey. Occurs on flats along low gradient creeks and drainage lines subject to seasonal inundation and waterlogging in moderately fertile habitats. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 70 cm #/ha 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 20% Eucalyptus obliqua Eucalyptus ovata Messmate Stringybark Swamp Gum Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 1 10% T Medium Shrub 5 20% MS Medium Herb 3 10% MH Large Tufted Graminoid 5 30% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 5% MNG Ground Fern 2 10% GF Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code T Species typical of at least part of EVC range Acacia melanoxylon Common Name Blackwood MS Melaleuca squarrosa Scented Paperbark MS Leptospermum lanigerum Woolly Tea-tree MS Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia MS Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Currant-bush MH Viola hederacea sensu Entwisle (1996) Ivy-leaf Violet MH Gonocarpus humilis Shade Raspwort MH Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee-widgee LTG Gahnia clarkei Tall Saw-sedge LTG Baloskion tetraphyllum ssp. tetraphyllum Tassel Cord-rush LTG Lepidosperma elatius Tall Sword-sedge LTG Juncus procerus Tall Rush MTG Dianella longifolia Pale Flax-lily MNG Poa tenera Slender Tussock-grass MNG Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping Grass GF Pteridium esculentum Austral Bracken GF Blechnum nudum Fishbone Water-fern Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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