EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Robinvale Plains bioregion EVC 824: Woorinen Mallee Description: Widespread mallee woodland to 12 m tall, associated with the east-west orientated calcareous dunefields of the Woorinen Formation with a low, open chenopod dominated shrub understorey. A diverse array of sub-shrubs, herbs and grasses are also present. Typically occurs on fine textured red-brown sandy loam and clay loam soils. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 15 cm 30/ha Tree Canopy % cover Character Species Common Name Eucalyptus oleosa oleosa 25% ssp. Oil Mallee Eucalyptus dumosa Dumosa Mallee Eucalyptus gracilis Yorrell Eucalyptus calycogona Red Mallee Eucalyptus socialis Grey Mallee Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 6 10% MS Small Shrub 6 20% SS Medium Herb* 6 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 7 10% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 1 1% MTG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 15% S/C Largely seasonal life form Total understorey projective foliage cover 60% LF Code Species typical of at part of EVC range Common Name Santalum acuminatum MS Sweet Quandong Exocarpos aphyllus MS Leafless Ballart MS Acacia oswaldii Umbrella Wattle Eremophila glabra MS Common Emu-bush SS Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa Ruby Saltbush Chenopodium curvispicatum SS Cottony Goosefoot SS Olearia muelleri Mueller Daisy-bush Maireana pentatropis SS Erect Bluebush MH Zygophyllum apiculatum Pointed Twin-leaf Stenopetalum lineare MH Narrow Thread-petal MH Eriochiton sclerolaenoides Wooly-fruit Bluebush Brachyscome ciliaris MH Variable Daisy Calandrinia eremaea SH Small Purslane SH Ptilotus seminudus Rabbit Rhodanthe pygmaea SH Pygmy Sunray SH Isoetopsis graminifolia Grass Cushion Austrostipa elegantissima MTG Feather Spear-grass Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Robinvale Plains bioregion EVC 824: Woorinen Mallee Description: Widespread mallee woodland to 12 m tall, associated with the east-west orientated calcareous dunefields of the Woorinen Formation with a low, open chenopod dominated shrub understorey. A diverse array of sub-shrubs, herbs and grasses are also present. Typically occurs on fine textured red-brown sandy loam and clay loam soils. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 15 cm #/ha 30/ha Tree Canopy % cover 25% Character Species Eucalyptus oleosa ssp. oleosa Common Name Oil Mallee Eucalyptus dumosa Dumosa Mallee Eucalyptus gracilis Yorrell Eucalyptus calycogona Red Mallee Eucalyptus socialis Grey Mallee Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 6 10% MS Small Shrub 6 20% SS Medium Herb* 6 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 7 10% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 1 1% MTG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 15% S/C Largely seasonal life form Total understorey projective foliage cover 60% LF Code MS Species typical of at part of EVC range Santalum acuminatum Common Name Sweet Quandong MS Exocarpos aphyllus Leafless Ballart MS Acacia oswaldii Umbrella Wattle MS Eremophila glabra Common Emu-bush SS Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa Ruby Saltbush SS Chenopodium curvispicatum Cottony Goosefoot SS Olearia muelleri Mueller Daisy-bush SS Maireana pentatropis Erect Bluebush MH Zygophyllum apiculatum Pointed Twin-leaf MH Stenopetalum lineare Narrow Thread-petal MH Eriochiton sclerolaenoides Wooly-fruit Bluebush MH Brachyscome ciliaris Variable Daisy SH Calandrinia eremaea Small Purslane SH Ptilotus seminudus Rabbit SH Rhodanthe pygmaea Pygmy Sunray SH Isoetopsis graminifolia Grass Cushion MTG Austrostipa elegantissima Feather Spear-grass Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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