EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion EVC 55_62: Riverina Plains Grassy Woodland (syn. EVC 803 - Plains Description: Grassy or sedgy woodland to 15 m tall with large inter-tussock spaces potentially supporting a range of annual or geophytic herbs adapted to low summer rainfall, with low overall biomass. Mostly occurs on terrain of low relief in areas receiving <600 mm rainfall per annum. Fertile, sometimes seasonally waterlogged, mostly silty, loamy or clay topsoils, with heavy subsoils, derived largely from former Quaternary swamp deposits. Large Trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha ha Allocasuarina luehmannii 40 cm Eucalyptus spp. 70 cm Tree Canopy Cover: 15 / %cover Character Species Common Name 15% Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Eucalyptus microcarpa Grey Box Allocasuarina luehmannii Buloke Eucalyptus leucoxylon Yellow Gum Understorey: Lifeform #Spp %Cover LF Code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Medium Shrub 2 5% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Prostrate Shrub 1 1% PS Large Herb 1 1% LH Medium Herb 20 20% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 4 10% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 16 45% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-Tufted 3 5% MNG Graminoid Bryophytes/Lichens 10% BL Soil Crust 10% S/C
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion EVC 55_62: Riverina Plains Grassy Woodland (syn. EVC 803 - Plains Description: Grassy or sedgy woodland to 15 m tall with large inter-tussock spaces potentially supporting a range of annual or geophytic herbs adapted to low summer rainfall, with low overall biomass. Mostly occurs on terrain of low relief in areas receiving <600 mm rainfall per annum. Fertile, sometimes seasonally waterlogged, mostly silty, loamy or clay topsoils, with heavy subsoils, derived largely from former Quaternary swamp deposits. Large Trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Allocasuarina luehmannii Eucalyptus spp. Tree Canopy Cover: 40 cm 70 cm 15 / ha %cover Character Species Common Name 15% Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus microcarpa Allocasuarina luehmannii Eucalyptus leucoxylon Yellow Box Grey Box Buloke Yellow Gum Understorey: Lifeform #Spp %Cover LF Code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Medium Shrub Small Shrub Prostrate Shrub Large Herb Medium Herb Small or Prostrate Herb Large Tufted Graminoid Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid Medium to Tiny Non-Tufted Graminoid 2 5% MS 2 5% SS 1 1% PS 1 1% LH 20 20% MH 4 10% SH 1 1% LTG 16 45% MTG 3 5% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens 10% BL Soil Crust 10% S/C