Vegetation fuel types in the Low Rainfall Zone Dominant strata Characteristic descriptors* Vegetation Grasses* (see Foliage Vegetation fuel type Canopy note) projected Canopy trees Shrubs Substrates fuel type Strata name height cover code Woodland Canopy Majority 10-30 % Hummock Various Rocky lWHu with Trees of trees (Triodia) and shallow Eucalyptus hummock >10 m grasses often shrub layer soils Corymbia grasses usually with other taxa may/may derived dominant, (for example. not be typically tussock present; may from Erythrophleum, grasses may include sandstone Terminalia, also occur woody heath (quartzite); Xanthostemon) May contain taxa also spp. lateritic Melaleuca. hills and plateau lWMi Woodland Canopy Majority 10-30 % Dominated by Various Various with mixed Trees of trees native (for situations Eucalyptus tussock / >10 m perennial and example, shrub layer including E. hummock annual tussock and may/may undulating tetrodonta) grasses grasses; may spp, not be to hilly Corymbia be associated often with other present. land types with taxa (for on hummock example, imperfectly (Triodia) to Erythrophleum, grasses. May drained Terminalia, include May soils Callitris) limited areas contain of open forest spp. Melaleuca. with tussock/mixed grass
Vegetation fuel types in the Low Rainfall Zone Vegetation fuel type code Vegetation fuel type name Dominant strata Grasses* (see note) Characteristic descriptors* Strata Canopy height Foliage projected cover Canopy trees Shrubs Substrates lWHu Woodland with hummock grasses Canopy Trees Majority of trees >10 m 10-30 % Hummock (Triodia) grasses usually dominant, tussock grasses may also occur Various Eucalyptus and Corymbia often with other taxa (for example. Erythrophleum, Terminalia, Xanthostemon) May contain Melaleuca. spp. shrub layer may/may not be present; may include woody heath taxa Rocky shallow soils derived typically from sandstone (quartzite); also lateritic hills and plateau lWMi Woodland with mixed tussock / hummock grasses Canopy Trees Majority of trees >10 m 10-30 % Dominated by native perennial and annual tussock grasses; may be associated with hummock (Triodia) grasses. May include limited areas of open forest with tussock/mixed grass Various Eucalyptus (for example, E. tetrodonta) and Corymbia spp, often with other taxa (for example, Erythrophleum, Terminalia, Callitris) May contain Melaleuca. spp. shrub layer may/may not be present. Various situations including undulating to hilly land types on imperfectly to drained soils
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