Herb-rich Grassland (HG) This includes areas with >10% Kangaroo Grass cover, an obvious cover of sensitive native herbs, and no history of cropping. It is considered of very high value, and is very rare in the landscape. It occupies much of the central areas of the site and is the dominant grassland state on the site. Note that the abundance of sensitive native herbs (excluding grasses) is quite variable across the site, with significant areas having a relatively low cover that could be considered to be the Themeda Grassland (TG) state rather than Herb-rich Grassland; however there were no easily distinguishable patterns which allowed mapping out of two separate states. Future management should consider the potential to reduce biomass cover and open inter-tussock spaces allowing increased recruitment for non-grass species. The Herb-rich Grassland at the site is consistent with the description provided for NTG in Section . Herb- rich Grassland covers 10 ha of the site (79 %). Figure 8. Herb-rich Grassland: overall non-grass herb-cover is relatively low. Figure 9. Herb-rich Grassland: pockets dominated by non-grass herbs are scattered throughout, such as Chrysocephalum sp. 1. this area dominated by Plains Everlasting
Herb-rich Grassland (HG) This includes areas with >10% Kangaroo Grass cover, an obvious cover of sensitive native herbs, and no history of cropping. It is considered of very high value, and is very rare in the landscape. It occupies much of the central areas of the site and is the dominant grassland state on the site. Note that the abundance of sensitive native herbs (excluding grasses) is quite variable across the site, with significant areas having a relatively low cover that could be considered to be the Themeda Grassland (TG) state rather than Herb-rich Grassland; however there were no easily distinguishable patterns which allowed mapping out of two separate states. Future management should consider the potential to reduce biomass cover and open inter-tussock spaces allowing increased recruitment for non-grass species. The Herb-rich Grassland at the site is consistent with the description provided for NTG in Section . Herb- rich Grassland covers 10 ha of the site (79 %). Figure 8. Herb-rich Grassland: overall non-grass herb-cover is relatively low. Figure 9. Herb-rich Grassland: pockets dominated by non-grass herbs are scattered throughout, such as this area dominated by Plains Everlasting Chrysocephalum sp. 1.