EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment East Gippsland Lowlands Bioregion EVC 53_62: Estuarine Swamp Scrub Description: Closed scrub to 6 m tall growing on the edge of estuarine waterbodies such as creeks, rivers and lagoons with intermediate salinity and poor drainage conditions. Dominated by Swamp Paperbark Melaleuca ericifolia with a halophytic (succulent) ground layer dominated by graminoids and herbs. Often occurs in close association with Estuarine Wetland. Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 50% Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark Understorey: Lifeform #Spp %Cover LF Code Medium Shrub 10% MS Medium Herb 20% MH or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-Tufted Graminoid 2 15% MNG LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name MS Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush MS Rhagodia candolleana subsp. candolleana Seaberry Saltbush MH Chenopodium glaucum Glaucous Goosefoot MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH prostratum subsp. prostratum Sea Celery SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat MTG Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous. Organic Litter: 20 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact LNG Yorkshire Fog high high Holcus lanatus
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment East Gippsland Lowlands Bioregion EVC 53_62: Estuarine Swamp Scrub Description: Closed scrub to 6 m tall growing on the edge of estuarine waterbodies such as creeks, rivers and lagoons with intermediate salinity and poor drainage conditions. Dominated by Swamp Paperbark Melaleuca ericifolia with a halophytic (succulent) ground layer dominated by graminoids and herbs. Often occurs in close association with Estuarine Wetland. Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 50% Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark Understorey: Lifeform Medium Shrub Medium Herb or Prostrate Herb Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid Medium to Tiny Non-Tufted Graminoid #Spp %Cover LF Code 10% MS 20% MH 2 5% SH 2 10% MTG 2 15% MNG LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Atriplex cinerea Common Name Coast Saltbush MS Rhagodia candolleana subsp. candolleana Seaberry Saltbush MH Chenopodium glaucum Glaucous Goosefoot MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH prostratum subsp. prostratum Sea Celery SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat MTG Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous. Organic Litter: 20 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact LNG Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog high high