EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Ranges bioregion EVC 31: Cool Temperate Rainforest Description: Closed non-eucalypt forest to 25 m tall. Occurs in high rainfall areas protected from fire within Wet Forest. The understorey characterised by tree ferns and a rich epiphytic flora. The ground layer is dominated by a diversity of ground ferns. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Nothofagus 70 cm 20 / ha cunninghamii Acacia melanoxylon Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name Nothofagus cunninghamii 50% Myrtle Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood Understorey: Life form #Spp LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 2 20% T Medium 3 10% MS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Ground Fern 7 40% GF Tree Fern 2 30% TRF Epiphyte 6 5% EP Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code Species typical of at part of EVC range Common Name Olearia argophylla T Musk T Pittosporum bicolor Banyalla Hedycarya angustifolia MS Austral Mulberry MS Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Currant-bush Urtica incisa LH Scrub Nettle Australina pusilla ssp. muelleri MH Shade Nettle Carex appressa LTG Tall Sedge Uncinia tenella MNG Delicate Hook-sedge GF Blechnum wattsii Hard Water-fern Grammitis billardierei GF Common Finger-fern GF Polystichum proliferum Mother Shield-fern Asplenium bulbiferum ssp. gracillimum GF Mother Spleenwort TRF Dicksonia antarctica Soft Tree-fern Cyathea australis TRF Tree-fern EP Microsorum pustulatum ssp. pustulatum Kangaroo Fern Rumohra adiantiformis EP Leathery Shield-fern EP Hymenophyllum australe Austral Filmy Fern Crepidomanes venosum EP Veined Bristle-fern Clematis aristata SC Mountain Clematis Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Otway Ranges bioregion EVC 31: Cool Temperate Rainforest Description: Closed non-eucalypt forest to 25 m tall. Occurs in high rainfall areas protected from fire within Wet Forest. The understorey characterised by tree ferns and a rich epiphytic flora. The ground layer is dominated by a diversity of ground ferns. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Nothofagus cunninghamii Acacia melanoxylon 70 cm 20 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 50% Nothofagus cunninghamii Acacia melanoxylon Myrtle Blackwood Understorey: Life form Immature Canopy Tree #Spp 5% LF code IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 2 20% T Medium 3 10% MS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Ground Fern 7 40% GF Tree Fern 2 30% TRF Epiphyte 6 5% EP Scrambler or Climber 1 1% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code T Species typical of at part of EVC range Olearia argophylla Common Name Musk T Pittosporum bicolor Banyalla MS Hedycarya angustifolia Austral Mulberry MS Coprosma quadrifida Prickly Currant-bush LH Urtica incisa Scrub Nettle MH Australina pusilla ssp. muelleri Shade Nettle LTG Carex appressa Tall Sedge MNG Uncinia tenella Delicate Hook-sedge GF Blechnum wattsii Hard Water-fern GF Grammitis billardierei Common Finger-fern GF Polystichum proliferum Mother Shield-fern GF Asplenium bulbiferum ssp. gracillimum Mother Spleenwort TRF Dicksonia antarctica Soft Tree-fern TRF Cyathea australis Tree-fern EP Microsorum pustulatum ssp. pustulatum Kangaroo Fern EP Rumohra adiantiformis Leathery Shield-fern EP Hymenophyllum australe Austral Filmy Fern EP Crepidomanes venosum Veined Bristle-fern SC Clematis aristata Mountain Clematis Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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