EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Murray Mallee bioregion EVC 816: Sedgy Riverine Forest Description: Eucalypt forest to 25 m tall with understorey dominated by larger sedges. Understorey composition indicative of at least occasional shallow flooding and a tolerance of gaps between floods of several years. Typically on heavy soils which can become wet in winter. It is considered to occupy areas infrequently flooded and in which flood duration may be short, typically areas that are the last to flood and the first from which floods quickly recede. Soils are typically heavy clays. The Carex tereticaulis major understorey species is intolerant of total immersion (at least in turbid water). trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 80 cm 20 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus camaldulensis 30% River Red-gum Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Medium Shrub 1 10% T Medium Herb 2 5% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 50% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name Exocarpos strictus MS Pale-fruit Ballart Wahlenbergia fluminalis LH River Bluebell Senecio quadridentatus LH Cotton Fireweed LH Brachyscome basaltica gracilis Woodland Swamp-daisy var. Marsilea drummondii MH Common Nardoo SH Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia Chamaesyce drummondii SH Flat Spurge LTG Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge Setaria jubiflora MTG Warrego Summer-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown Grass Eleocharis acuta MNG Common Spike-sedge Eleocahris pusilla MNG Small Spike-sedge Recruitment: Episodic/Flood. Desirable period between disturbances is 10 years. Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs: 20 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Murray Mallee bioregion EVC 816: Sedgy Riverine Forest Description: Eucalypt forest to 25 m tall with understorey dominated by larger sedges. Understorey composition indicative of at least occasional shallow flooding and a tolerance of gaps between floods of several years. Typically on heavy soils which can become wet in winter. It is considered to occupy areas infrequently flooded and in which flood duration may be short, typically areas that are the last to flood and the first from which floods quickly recede. Soils are typically heavy clays. The major understorey species Carex tereticaulis is intolerant of total immersion (at least in turbid water). trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 80 cm #/ha 20 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 30% Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Medium Shrub 1 10% T Medium Herb 2 5% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 50% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Exocarpos strictus Common Name Pale-fruit Ballart LH Wahlenbergia fluminalis River Bluebell LH Senecio quadridentatus Cotton Fireweed LH Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Woodland Swamp-daisy MH Marsilea drummondii Common Nardoo SH Lobelia concolor Poison Pratia SH Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge LTG Carex tereticaulis Rush Sedge MTG Setaria jubiflora Warrego Summer-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown Grass MNG Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-sedge MNG Eleocahris pusilla Small Spike-sedge Recruitment: Episodic/Flood. Desirable period between disturbances is 10 years. Organic Litter: 10 % cover Logs: 20 m/0.1 ha. Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
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