EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 104: Lignum Swamp Description: Shrubland to 3 m tall or open woodland to 15 m tall, with an understorey that can be rich in herbaceous species. Occurs on inundation-prone heavy grey soils in depressions or floodways in low rainfall areas. woodland only components (ignore when assessing treeless areas and standardise final score as appropriate) + Large trees+: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 80 cm 5 Tree Canopy Cover+: %cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus camaldulensis 10% River Red Gum Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immatrure Canopy Tree+ 5% IT Medium Shrub 1 20% MS Large Herb 2 5% LH Medium Herb 3 15% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 3 10% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 6 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 3 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 10% S/C LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name MS Muehlenbeckia florulenta Lignum Brachyscome basaltica gracilis LH var. Woodland Swamp-daisy LH Rumex brownii Slender Dock Marsilea drummondii MH Common Nardoo MH Alternanthera denticulata s.l. Lesser Joyweed Myriophyllum muelleri MH Hooded Water-milfoil SH Eryngium vesiculosum Prickfoot Lobelia pratioides SH Poison Lobelia SH Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia Amphibromus nervosus LTG Common Swamp Wallaby-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown-grass Juncus subsecundus MTG Finger Rush Austrodanthonia duttoniana MTG Brown-back Wallaby-grass Eleocharis acuta MNG Common Spike-sedge Eleocharis pusilla MNG Small Spike-sedge Recruitment: Episodic/Flood - Desirable period between disturbances is 10 years. Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs+: 5 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 104: Lignum Swamp Description: Shrubland to 3 m tall or open woodland to 15 m tall, with an understorey that can be rich in herbaceous species. Occurs on inundation-prone heavy grey soils in depressions or floodways in low rainfall areas. + woodland only components (ignore when assessing treeless areas and standardise final score as appropriate) Large trees+: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 80 cm 5 Tree Canopy Cover+: %cover Character Species Common Name 10% Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immatrure Canopy Tree+ 5% IT Medium Shrub 1 20% MS Large Herb 2 5% LH Medium Herb 3 15% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 3 10% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 6 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 3 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 10% S/C LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Muehlenbeckia florulenta Common Name Lignum LH Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Woodland Swamp-daisy LH Rumex brownii Slender Dock MH Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo MH Alternanthera denticulata s.l. Lesser Joyweed MH Myriophyllum muelleri Hooded Water-milfoil SH Eryngium vesiculosum Prickfoot SH Lobelia pratioides Poison Lobelia SH Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia LTG Amphibromus nervosus Common Swamp Wallaby-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown-grass MTG Juncus subsecundus Finger Rush MTG Austrodanthonia duttoniana Brown-back Wallaby-grass MNG Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-sedge MNG Eleocharis pusilla Small Spike-sedge Recruitment: Episodic/Flood - Desirable period between disturbances is 10 years. Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs+: 5 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark