EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 163: Coastal Tussock Grassland Description: A tussock grassland that may contain emergent shrubs. Occurs on exposed coastal cliffs and bluffs. Soils are saline and the strong salt-laden winds preclude tree growth. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 3 10% MS Small Shrub 1 5% SS Large Herb 1 10% LH Medium Herb 3 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 3 10% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 5% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name MS Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath Correa alba MS White Correa LH Epilobium billardierianum ssp. billardierianum Smooth Willow-herb Viola hederacea sensu Willis (1972) MH Ivy-leaf Violet MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed Asperula conferta MH Common Woodruff MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat SH Mimulus repens Creeping Monkey-flower SH Leptinella reptans s.l. Creeping Cotula LTG Austrostipa stipoides Prickly Spear-grass LTG Dichelachne crinita Long-hair Plume-grass Isolepis cernua MTG Nodding Club-sedge MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis MTG Common Blown-grass MTG Dianella revoluta var. brevicaulis Coast Flax-lily Distichlis distichophylla MNG Australian Salt-grass MNG Triglochin striatum Streaked Arrowgrass Ficinia nodosa MNG Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20% Cover Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregion EVC 163: Coastal Tussock Grassland Description: A tussock grassland that may contain emergent shrubs. Occurs on exposed coastal cliffs and bluffs. Soils are saline and the strong salt-laden winds preclude tree growth. Life Forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 3 10% MS Small Shrub 1 5% SS Large Herb 1 10% LH Medium Herb 3 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 3 10% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 5% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 4 20% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Leucopogon parviflorus Common Name Coast Beard-heath MS Correa alba White Correa LH Epilobium billardierianum ssp. billardierianum Smooth Willow-herb MH Viola hederacea sensu Willis (1972) Ivy-leaf Violet MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed MH Asperula conferta Common Woodruff MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat SH Mimulus repens Creeping Monkey-flower SH Leptinella reptans s.l. Creeping Cotula LTG Austrostipa stipoides Prickly Spear-grass LTG Dichelachne crinita Long-hair Plume-grass MTG Isolepis cernua Nodding Club-sedge MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass MTG Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown-grass MTG Dianella revoluta var. brevicaulis Coast Flax-lily MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass MNG Triglochin striatum Streaked Arrowgrass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20% Cover Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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