EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Greater Grampians bioregion EVC 184: Montane Wet Heathland Description: A low, generally treeless heathland although sometimes emergent, stunted eucalypts are present. Occurs in wet soak depressions, narrow gullies or headwaters of creeks in the montane, high rainfall areas of the Major Mitchell Plateau in the Grampians. A dense, heathy shrub layer over a ground layer dominated by sedges and rushes. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 6 40% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 20% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name Leptospermum turbinatum MS r Shiny Tea-tree Melaleuca squamea MS Swamp Honey-myrtle Leptospermum continentale MS Prickly Tea-tree Sprengelia incarnata MS Pink Swamp-heath Dillwynia sericea SS s.l. Showy Parrot-pea Pultenaea subalpina SS R r Rosy Bush-pea SS Boronia pilosa Hairy Boronia Utricularia dichotoma MH s.l. Fairies' Aprons LTG Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge Eurychorda complanata MTG Flat Cord-rush MTG Poa clelandii Noah's Ark Lepidosperma filiforme MTG Common Rapier-sedge Amphipogon strictus setifer MTG var. Grey-beard Grass Sporadanthus tasmanicus MNG Branching Scale-rush Empodisma minus MNG Spreading Rope-rush Recruitment: Episodic/Fire. Desirable period between disturbances is 30 years. Organic Litter: 20% cover Weediness: There are no consistent weeds in this EVC. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Greater Grampians bioregion EVC 184: Montane Wet Heathland Description: A low, generally treeless heathland although sometimes emergent, stunted eucalypts are present. Occurs in wet soak depressions, narrow gullies or headwaters of creeks in the montane, high rainfall areas of the Major Mitchell Plateau in the Grampians. A dense, heathy shrub layer over a ground layer dominated by sedges and rushes. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 6 40% MS Small Shrub 2 5% SS Medium Herb 2 1% MH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 5% LTG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 20% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 20% BL LF Code MS r Species typical of at least part of EVC range Leptospermum turbinatum Common Name Shiny Tea-tree MS Melaleuca squamea Swamp Honey-myrtle MS Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree MS Sprengelia incarnata Pink Swamp-heath SS Dillwynia sericea s.l. Showy Parrot-pea SS R r Pultenaea subalpina Rosy Bush-pea SS Boronia pilosa Hairy Boronia MH Utricularia dichotoma s.l. Fairies' Aprons LTG Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge MTG Eurychorda complanata Flat Cord-rush MTG Poa clelandii Noah's Ark MTG Lepidosperma filiforme Common Rapier-sedge MTG Amphipogon strictus var. setifer Grey-beard Grass MNG Sporadanthus tasmanicus Branching Scale-rush MNG Empodisma minus Spreading Rope-rush Recruitment: Episodic/Fire. Desirable period between disturbances is 30 years. Organic Litter: 20% cover Weediness: There are no consistent weeds in this EVC. Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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