EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Plain bioregion EVC 898: Cane Grass-Lignum Halophytic Herbland Description: Occurs within shallow depressions on otherwise flat terrain, annual rainfall is approximately 600 mm. Geology is Quaternary sedimentary estuarine sands, and soils are silty clays, subject to periodic freshwater flooding. Varies from an open shrubland to grassland/sedgeland or herbland depending on site characteristics. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 1 10% MS Medium Herb 4 5% MH or Prostrate Herb 5 20% SH Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 10% LNG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 3 20% MNG Soil na 10 % S/C Total understorey projective foliage cover 70% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name Muehlenbeckia florulenta MS Tangled Lignum Rumex bidens MH Mud Dock MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort Stellaria angustifolia MH Starwort SH Crassula helmsii Swamp Crassula Mimulus repens SH Creeping Monkey-flower SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat Neopaxia australasica SH White Purslane Eragrostis australasica LNG Cane-grass MNG Eleocharis Common Spike-sedge Distichlis distichophylla MNG Australian Salt-grass Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact LH Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock high high Sonchus LH Common Sow-thistle high low LH oleraceus Rumex Curled Dock high high crispus MH Water Buttons high high MH Cotula Hastate Orache high high coronopifolia MTG Annual high low Atriplex prostrata MNG Water Couch high high Polypogon monspeliensis Paspalum distichum Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Plain bioregion EVC 898: Cane Grass-Lignum Halophytic Herbland Description: Occurs within shallow depressions on otherwise flat terrain, annual rainfall is approximately 600 mm. Geology is Quaternary sedimentary estuarine sands, and soils are silty clays, subject to periodic freshwater flooding. Varies from an open shrubland to grassland/sedgeland or herbland depending on site characteristics. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 1 10% MS Medium Herb 4 5% MH or Prostrate Herb 5 20% SH Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 10% LNG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 3 20% MNG Soil na 10 % S/C Total understorey projective foliage cover 70% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Muehlenbeckia florulenta Common Name Tangled Lignum MH Rumex bidens Mud Dock MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort MH Stellaria angustifolia Starwort SH Crassula helmsii Swamp Crassula SH Mimulus repens Creeping Monkey-flower SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat SH Neopaxia australasica White Purslane LNG Eragrostis australasica Cane-grass MNG Eleocharis Common Spike-sedge MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 10 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact LH LH LH MH MH MTG MNG Rumex conglomeratus Sonchus oleraceus Rumex crispus Cotula coronopifolia Atriplex prostrata Polypogon monspeliensis Paspalum distichum Clustered Dock Common Sow-thistle Curled Dock Water Buttons Hastate Orache Annual Water Couch high high high high high high high high low high high high low high Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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