less than 30% of the And And total perennial grass Introduced woody shrubs Parthenium cover (e.g. and is less than Acacia nilotica hysterophorus And 5% of the total cover of Leucaena leucocephala) are less than 5% of the total annual species canopy cover And Good Quality Woody shrubs (e.g. Acacia Perennial introduced and farnesiana A. salicina) grass species are less than are less than 70% of the total 50% of the total cover of An average of canopy cover perennial grass species at least 20 At least And And native grass 5ha Introduced woody shrubs tussocks per Parthenium And (e.g. and Acacia nilotica is less than 100 m2 hysterophorus Leucaena leucocephala) 70% of the total cover of are less than 20% of the total annual species canopy cover And And Poor Quality Perennial introduced species are 50% or more of the total cover of An average of perennial species less than 20 Or native grass tussocks per Parthenium is 70% or 100 m2 hysterophorus more of the total cover of annual species Or Note *The quadrat size for assessing the presence/absence of indicator species is 0.1ha (e.g. 50m by 20m). If it can be demonstrated, beyond reasonable doubt, that the grassland was derived from woodland then it is not part of the ecological community nominated for listing 13. If condition classes/thresholds have been/should be applied, what relative proportion (e.g. percentage area) of the ecological community would be/is classed as being of high, medium and low condition (or other set of applicable condition states)? Introduced pasture and weed species (in particular, are Parthenium hysterophorus) conservatively estimated to have degraded at least 50% of the Bluegrass ecological community listed in 2001 (Environment Australia 2001a). In 1991 Tothill and Gillies (1992) classified only 10% of Central Queensland Bluegrass pastures as being in condition (sustainable condition). ‘good’ No more than 50% of the nominated community is in medium condition. Further surveys are needed to differentiate areas of and condition. ‘good’ ‘poor’ In 1991 Tothill and Gillies (1992) classified 30% of Central Queensland Bluegrass pastures as being in condition (deteriorating state). ‘fair’
less than 30% of the total perennial grass cover And And Introduced woody shrubs (e.g. Acacia nilotica and Leucaena leucocephala) are less than 5% of the total canopy cover And And Parthenium hysterophorus is less than 5% of the total cover of annual species Good Quality At least 5ha And Woody shrubs (e.g. Acacia farnesiana and A. salicina) are less than 70% of the total canopy cover And Introduced woody shrubs (e.g. Acacia nilotica and Leucaena leucocephala) are less than 20% of the total canopy cover And Perennial introduced grass species are less than 50% of the total cover of perennial grass species And Parthenium hysterophorus is less than 70% of the total cover of annual species And An average of at least 20 native grass tussocks per 100 m2 Poor Quality Perennial introduced species are 50% or more of the total cover of perennial species Or Parthenium hysterophorus is 70% or more of the total cover of annual species Or An average of less than 20 native grass tussocks per 100 m2 Note *The quadrat size for assessing the presence/absence of indicator species is 0.1ha (e.g. 50m by 20m). If it can be demonstrated, beyond reasonable doubt, that the grassland was derived from woodland then it is not part of the ecological community nominated for listing 13. If condition classes/thresholds have been/should be applied, what relative proportion (e.g. percentage area) of the ecological community would be/is classed as being of high, medium and low condition (or other set of applicable condition states)? Introduced pasture and weed species (in particular, Parthenium hysterophorus) are conservatively estimated to have degraded at least 50% of the Bluegrass ecological community listed in 2001 (Environment Australia 2001a). In 1991 Tothill and Gillies (1992) classified only 10% of Central Queensland Bluegrass pastures as being in ‘good’ condition (sustainable condition). No more than 50% of the nominated community is in medium condition. Further surveys are needed to differentiate areas of ‘good’ and ‘poor’ condition. In 1991 Tothill and Gillies (1992) classified 30% of Central Queensland Bluegrass pastures as being in ‘fair’ condition (deteriorating state).
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