EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Lowan Mallee bioregion EVC 295: Riverine Grassy Woodland Description: Occurs on the floodplain of major rivers, in a slightly elevated position where floods are rare, on deposited silts and sands, forming fertile alluvial soils. River Red Gum woodland to 20 m tall with a groundlayer dominated by graminoids and sometimes lightly shrubby or with chenopod shrubs. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 80 cm 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus camaldulensis 20% River Red-gum Eucalyptus largiflorens Black Box Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Small Shrub 4 10% SS Large Herb 4 10 LH Medium Herb 2 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 5 10% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 5 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 5% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 75% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name SS Sclerolaena muricata var. villosa Grey Roly-poly Enchylaena tomentosa tomentosa SS var. Ruby Saltbush SS Maireana decalvans Black Cotton-bush Chenopodium curvispicatum SS Cottony Saltbush LH Wahlenbergia fuminalis River Bluebell Rumex brownii LH Slender Dock LH Senecio quadridentatus Cotton Fireweed Einadia nutans nutans MH ssp. Nodding Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata MH Berry Saltbush Atriplex eardleyae MH Small Saltbush Sida corrugata MH Variable Sida MTG Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass Austrostipa scabra MTG Rough Spear-grass MTG Carex inversa Knob Sedge Juncus subsecundus MTG Finger Rush Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs: 20 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Lowan Mallee bioregion EVC 295: Riverine Grassy Woodland Description: Occurs on the floodplain of major rivers, in a slightly elevated position where floods are rare, on deposited silts and sands, forming fertile alluvial soils. River Red Gum woodland to 20 m tall with a groundlayer dominated by graminoids and sometimes lightly shrubby or with chenopod shrubs. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 80 cm #/ha 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 20% Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus largiflorens River Red-gum Black Box Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Small Shrub 4 10% SS Large Herb 4 10 LH Medium Herb 2 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 5 10% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 5 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 5% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 75% LF Code SS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Sclerolaena muricata var. villosa Common Name Grey Roly-poly SS Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa Ruby Saltbush SS Maireana decalvans Black Cotton-bush SS Chenopodium curvispicatum Cottony Saltbush LH Wahlenbergia fuminalis River Bluebell LH Rumex brownii Slender Dock LH Senecio quadridentatus Cotton Fireweed MH Einadia nutans ssp. nutans Nodding Saltbush MH Atriplex semibaccata Berry Saltbush MH Atriplex eardleyae Small Saltbush MH Sida corrugata Variable Sida MTG Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass MTG Austrostipa scabra Rough Spear-grass MTG Carex inversa Knob Sedge MTG Juncus subsecundus Finger Rush Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs: 20 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark