EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 64: Rocky Chenopod Woodland Description: Low open (mallee) woodland to 8 m tall with an understorey dominated by chenopod (saltbush) species, occasional grasses and seasonal herbs. Occurs on laterised clays and duplex soils that tend to have a high salt content and are largely impervious to water. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 40 cm 10 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus microcarpa 10% Grey Box Eucalyptus Yellow Gum leucoxylon Bull Mallee Eucalyptus behriana Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 3 5% T Medium Shrub 6 25% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Medium Herb 3 10% MH Small Herb 1 1% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 3 5% MTG Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 20% S/C Total understorey projective foliage cover 75% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name Acacia implexa T Lightwood T Exocarpos cupressiformis Cherry Ballart Allocasuarina verticillata T Drooping Sheoak T Melaleuca lanceolata ssp. lanceolata Moonah Rhagodia parabolica MS r Fragrant Saltbush Dodonaea viscosa ssp. cuneata MS Wedge-leaf Hop-bush Acacia acinacea s.l. MS Gold-dust Wattle Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa SS Ruby Saltbush MH Einadia hastata Saloop Einadia nutans ssp. nutans MH Nodding Saltbush MH Carpobrotus modestus Inland Pigface Dichondra repens SH Kidneyweed MTG Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa MTG Common Wallaby-grass MTG Austrostipa densiflora Dense Spear-grass Cassytha melantha SC Coarse Dodder-laurel SC Clematis microphylla Small-leaved Clematis Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 64: Rocky Chenopod Woodland Description: Low open (mallee) woodland to 8 m tall with an understorey dominated by chenopod (saltbush) species, occasional grasses and seasonal herbs. Occurs on laterised clays and duplex soils that tend to have a high salt content and are largely impervious to water. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 40 cm #/ha 10 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 10% Eucalyptus microcarpa Eucalyptus leucoxylon Eucalyptus behriana Grey Box Yellow Gum Bull Mallee Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 3 5% T Medium Shrub 6 25% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Medium Herb 3 10% MH Small Herb 1 1% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 3 5% MTG Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 20% S/C Total understorey projective foliage cover 75% LF Code T Species typical of at least part of EVC range Acacia implexa Common Name Lightwood T Exocarpos cupressiformis Cherry Ballart T Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak T Melaleuca lanceolata ssp. lanceolata Moonah MS r Rhagodia parabolica Fragrant Saltbush MS Dodonaea viscosa ssp. cuneata Wedge-leaf Hop-bush MS Acacia acinacea s.l. Gold-dust Wattle SS Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa Ruby Saltbush MH Einadia hastata Saloop MH Einadia nutans ssp. nutans Nodding Saltbush MH Carpobrotus modestus Inland Pigface SH Dichondra repens Kidneyweed MTG Austrodanthonia setacea Bristly Wallaby-grass MTG Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass MTG Austrostipa densiflora Dense Spear-grass SC Cassytha melantha Coarse Dodder-laurel SC Clematis microphylla Small-leaved Clematis Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark