EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Monaro Tablelands bioregion EVC 30: Wet Forest Description: Grows on fertile, well-drained loamy soils on a range of geologies and elevation levels within the relatively dry and cold tablelands. It is largely restricted to protected sites in gullies and on southern aspects of hills and mountains where rainfall is high and cloud cover at ground level is frequent. Characterised by a tall eucalypt overstorey to 30 m tall with scattered understorey trees over a tall broad-leaved shrubby understorey and a moist, shaded, fern-rich ground layer that is usually dominated by tree-ferns. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 90 cm 20 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 40% Eucalyptus fastigata Cut-tail Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 4 20% T Medium Shrub 7 25% MS Small Shrub 3 5% SS Large Herb 1 1% LH Medium Herb 5 15% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 1 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 3 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% MNG Ground Fern 4 30% GF Tree Fern 2 15% TRF Scrambler or Climber 4 10% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Monaro Tablelands bioregion EVC 30: Wet Forest Description: Grows on fertile, well-drained loamy soils on a range of geologies and elevation levels within the relatively dry and cold tablelands. It is largely restricted to protected sites in gullies and on southern aspects of hills and mountains where rainfall is high and cloud cover at ground level is frequent. Characterised by a tall eucalypt overstorey to 30 m tall with scattered understorey trees over a tall broad-leaved shrubby understorey and a moist, shaded, fern-rich ground layer that is usually dominated by tree-ferns. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 90 cm #/ha 20 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 40% Eucalyptus fastigata Cut-tail Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 4 20% T Medium Shrub 7 25% MS Small Shrub 3 5% SS Large Herb 1 1% LH Medium Herb 5 15% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 1 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 3 5% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 1 1% MNG Ground Fern 4 30% GF Tree Fern 2 15% TRF Scrambler or Climber 4 10% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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