shrubs. Overstorey includes a range of eucalypts (E. coolabah, E. ‘coolibah’ etc), microtheca, E, barklyensis, E. or camaldulensis, E. largiflorens E. Occurs on clay soils on populnea. depositional plains. Understorey dominated by open of MVS8 Semi-arid upland woodlands NSW, QLD, NT, SA, WA (also non-chenopod shrubs, including species of represented in MVG 5) and Dodonaea, Eremophila Senna. Chenopod shrubs and lignum absent, tussock grasses sparse and mostly ephemeral. may Eucalyptus populnea dominant, but other eucalypts listed above are absent. Occurs on loamy upland peneplains and hills, rarely depositional landforms. Table 12: Key to Major Vegetation Subgroups in MVG12: Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands (NVIS Version 4.1) Key Criteria MVS# Broader groupings or MVS Comments No. or Next Name Key No. Dominated by an open canopy of eucalypts, MVS7 Tropical Eucalyptus forests and Potential subgroups including and woodlands with an annual differentiating lowland savanna Corymbia Eucalyptus subgenera and and a tussock understorey eucalypt woodlands from rocky Fibridia Leprolaena, range of tropical non-eucalypt genera. upland savannah eucalypt Understorey is dominated by a prominent woodlands warrant further cover of C4, tussock grasses including tall investigation. The latter includes annuals. hummock grasses (Triodia species) and more conspicuous
shrubs. Overstorey includes a range of ‘coolibah’ eucalypts (E. coolabah, E. microtheca, E, barklyensis, etc), E. camaldulensis, E. largiflorens or E. populnea. Occurs on clay soils on depositional plains. Understorey dominated by open of non-chenopod shrubs, including species of Dodonaea, Eremophila and Senna. Chenopod shrubs and lignum absent, tussock grasses sparse and mostly ephemeral. Eucalyptus populnea may dominant, but other eucalypts listed above are absent. Occurs on loamy upland peneplains and hills, rarely depositional landforms. MVS8 Semi-arid upland woodlands NSW, QLD, NT, SA, WA (also represented in MVG 5) Table 12: Key to Major Vegetation Subgroups in MVG12: Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands (NVIS Version 4.1) Key No. Criteria MVS# or Next Key No. Broader groupings or MVS Name Comments Dominated by an open canopy of eucalypts, including Corymbia and Eucalyptus subgenera Fibridia and Leprolaena, and a range of tropical non-eucalypt genera. Understorey is dominated by a prominent cover of C4, tussock grasses including tall annuals. MVS7 Tropical Eucalyptus forests and woodlands with an annual tussock understorey Potential subgroups differentiating lowland savanna eucalypt woodlands from rocky upland savannah eucalypt woodlands warrant further investigation. The latter includes hummock grasses (Triodia species) and more conspicuous
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