vegetation vegetation & stability Cover bends Shallow areas Areas of the Aquatic plants, where water Trees, shrubs, Any vegetation bank that have rocks, snags, moves quickly grasses & reeds Description growing within been logs etc that (riffle), areas of growing on the 30m of the bank destabilised or provide shelter, varying flow, bank worn away nurseries etc changes in bank contours Mainly Mainly Stable, no Abundant Wide variations undisturbed undisturbed erosion or cover, frequent to water flow, native native undercutting of snags, logs etc depth & bank vegetation, vegetation. No bank, lots of with extensive contours Excellent verge 30m wide signs of site vegetation areas of 5 or more alteration cover 10 10 5 veg 10 Mainly native Mainly native Only small Good coverage Good variations vegetation, vegetation, little spots of erosion of snags, logs & to water flow, some disturbance or present with boulders with depth & bank introduced no signs of little to no considerable contours Good species, wide recent undercutting, areas of aquatic 4 verge but less disturbance lots of vegetation and than 30m vegetation overhanging 8 8 cover vegetation 4 8 Wide verge. Medium cover, Localised Some snags or Some variations Mix of natives mixed native & erosion but no boulders and/or to water flow, & introduced introduced, continuous occasional areas depth & bank Fair species, some some signs of damage, some of vegetation contours clearing disturbance vegetation 6 3 6 6 cover 3 Narrow verge Predominantly Significant Only slight Only slight with few natives introduced active erosion cover with variations to 4 species with with little occasional water flow, Poor few natives, vegetation snags and very depth & bank signs of cover little vegetation contours disturbance 2 4 2 4 Bare ground or Introduced Extensive No cover, no No variations to introduced species with erosion and/or snags or water flow, grasses with no few trees, undercutting boulders, no depth or bank Very poor trees obvious signs of with little vegetation, site contours disturbance or vegetation may have 2 1 no natural bank cover concrete lining 2 1 2 Method Assign one member of your group to be the recorder. This person will need to collect a clipboard & record sheet and then record everything when you are in the field. Use the map below to navigate to one of the 4 locations you need to asses but remember ALL your observations MUST be made from a SAFE location such as a sturdy bank, jetty or boardwalk.
vegetation vegetation & stability Cover bends Description Any vegetation growing within 30m of the bank Trees, shrubs, grasses & reeds growing on the bank Areas of the bank that have been destabilised or worn away Aquatic plants, rocks, snags, logs etc that provide shelter, nurseries etc Shallow areas where water moves quickly (riffle), areas of varying flow, changes in bank contours Excellent Mainly undisturbed native vegetation, verge 30m wide or more 10 Mainly undisturbed native vegetation. No signs of site alteration 10 Stable, no erosion or undercutting of bank, lots of vegetation cover 5 Abundant cover, frequent snags, logs etc with extensive areas of veg 10 Wide variations to water flow, depth & bank contours 5 Good Mainly native vegetation, some introduced species, wide verge but less than 30m 8 Mainly native vegetation, little disturbance or no signs of recent disturbance 8 Only small spots of erosion present with little to no undercutting, lots of vegetation cover 4 Good coverage of snags, logs & boulders with considerable areas of aquatic vegetation and overhanging vegetation 8 Good variations to water flow, depth & bank contours 4 Fair Wide verge. Mix of natives & introduced species, some clearing 6 Medium cover, mixed native & introduced, some signs of disturbance 6 Localised erosion but no continuous damage, some vegetation cover 3 Some snags or boulders and/or occasional areas of vegetation 6 Some variations to water flow, depth & bank contours 3 Poor Narrow verge with few natives 4 Predominantly introduced species with few natives, signs of disturbance 4 Significant active erosion with little vegetation cover 2 Only slight cover with occasional snags and very little vegetation 4 Only slight variations to water flow, depth & bank contours 2 Very poor Bare ground or introduced grasses with no trees 2 Introduced species with few trees, obvious signs of disturbance or no natural bank 2 Extensive erosion and/or undercutting with little vegetation cover 1 No cover, no snags or boulders, no vegetation, site may have concrete lining 2 No variations to water flow, depth or bank contours 1 Method Assign one member of your group to be the recorder. This person will need to collect a clipboard & record sheet and then record everything when you are in the field. Use the map below to navigate to one of the 4 locations you need to asses but remember ALL your observations MUST be made from a SAFE location such as a sturdy bank, jetty or boardwalk.
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