EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 644: Cinder Cone Woodland Description: Eucalypt woodland to 15 m tall over a diverse ground layer of grasses and herbs. Associated with tuff (volcanic ash) volcanoes. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 70 cm 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus viminalis 15% Manna Gum Eucalyptus ovata Swamp Gum Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 1 5% T Medium Shrub 2 10% MS Large Herb 2 5% LH Medium Herb 5 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 1 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 20% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% MNG Ground Fern 2 20% GF Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 85% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name Acacia melanoxylon T Blackwood MS Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath Solanum laciniatum MS Large Kangaroo Apple LH Senecio pinnatifolius Variable Groundsel Rumex brownii LH Wiry Dock Epilobium billardierianum LH Variable Willow-herb Acaena novae-zelandiae MH Bidgee-widgee Geranium potentilloides MH Cinquefoil Cranesbill SH Dichondra repens Kidney-weed Poa labillardierei LTG Common Tussock-grass MTG Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush Dianella revoluta MTG s.l. Black-anther Flax-lily MNG Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping Grass Pteridium esculentum GF Austral Bracken GF Pellaea falcata s.l. Sickle Fern Clematis aristata SC Mountain Clematis Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20 % cover Logs: 10 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 644: Cinder Cone Woodland Description: Eucalypt woodland to 15 m tall over a diverse ground layer of grasses and herbs. Associated with tuff (volcanic ash) volcanoes. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 70 cm #/ha 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 15% Eucalyptus viminalis Eucalyptus ovata Manna Gum Swamp Gum Understorey: Life form Immature Canopy Tree #Spp %Cover 5% LF code IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 1 5% T Medium Shrub 2 10% MS Large Herb 2 5% LH Medium Herb 5 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 1 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 20% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% MNG Ground Fern 2 20% GF Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 85% LF Code T Species typical of at least part of EVC range Acacia melanoxylon Common Name Blackwood MS Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath MS Solanum laciniatum Large Kangaroo Apple LH Senecio pinnatifolius Variable Groundsel LH Rumex brownii Wiry Dock LH Epilobium billardierianum Variable Willow-herb MH Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee-widgee MH Geranium potentilloides Cinquefoil Cranesbill SH Dichondra repens Kidney-weed LTG Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass MTG Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush MTG Dianella revoluta s.l. Black-anther Flax-lily MNG Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides Weeping Grass GF Pteridium esculentum Austral Bracken GF Pellaea falcata s.l. Sickle Fern SC Clematis aristata Mountain Clematis Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20 % cover Logs: 10 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark