EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Plain bioregion EVC 154: Bird Colony Shrubland Description: A shrubland to 2.2 m tall dominated by Hollyhock and confined to sand dunes on Mutton Bird Island, Port Phillip Bay. The poorly structured sandy soils are subject to intense trampling and tunnelling by sea bird breeding colonies. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium 3 40% SS Large Herb 1 10% LH Medium Non-Tufted Graminoid 1 5% MNG Total understorey projective foliage cover 30% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name MS Malva sp. aff. australiana Coast Hollyhock Solanum laciniatum MS Kangaroo Apple MS Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush Epilobium hirtigerum LH Hairy Willow-herb MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10% cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact Critesion murinum MTG Barley-grass high high MTG Ehrharta Annual Veldt-grass high high longiflora Poa MTG Annual Meadow-grass high high LH annua Solanum Broad Nightshade high high furcatum LH Black Nightshade high high LH Solanum nigrum Common Sow-thistle high high Sonchus LH s.s. Small Nettle high high MH oleraceus Urtica Hastate Orache high high urens MH Cape Weed high high SH Atriplex prostrata Mallow of Nice high high Arctotheca calendula nicaeensis Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Plain bioregion EVC 154: Bird Colony Shrubland Description: A shrubland to 2.2 m tall dominated by Hollyhock and confined to sand dunes on Mutton Bird Island, Port Phillip Bay. The poorly structured sandy soils are subject to intense trampling and tunnelling by sea bird breeding colonies. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium 3 40% SS Large Herb 1 10% LH Medium Non-Tufted Graminoid 1 5% MNG Total understorey projective foliage cover 30% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Malva sp. aff. australiana Common Name Coast Hollyhock MS Solanum laciniatum Kangaroo Apple MS Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush LH Epilobium hirtigerum Hairy Willow-herb MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10% cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact MTG MTG MTG LH LH LH LH MH MH SH Critesion murinum Ehrharta longiflora Poa annua Solanum furcatum Solanum nigrum s.s. Sonchus oleraceus Urtica urens Atriplex prostrata Arctotheca calendula nicaeensis Barley-grass Annual Veldt-grass Annual Meadow-grass Broad Nightshade Black Nightshade Common Sow-thistle Small Nettle Hastate Orache Cape Weed Mallow of Nice high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high high Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
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