EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Riverina bioregion EVC 56: Floodplain Riparian Woodland Description: An open eucalypt woodland or open forest to 20 m tall over a medium to tall shrub layer with a ground layer consisting of amphibious and aquatic herbs and sedges. Occurs along the banks and floodplains of the larger meandering rivers and major creeks, often in conjunction with one or more floodplain wetland communities. Elevation and rainfall are relatively low and soils are fertile alluviums subject to periodic flooding and inundation. Large trees: Species DBH(cm) #/ha Eucalyptus spp. 80 cm 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 20% Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red-gum Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 1 5% T Medium Shrub 2 5% MS Small Shrub 1 1% SS Medium Herb 4 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 2 10% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 5% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 6 35% 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 T Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle MS Hymenanthera dentata s.l. Tree Violet MH Sida corrugata Variable Sida Oxalis perennans MH Grassland Wood-sorrel MH Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed Chamaesyce drummondii SH Flat Spurge SH Azolla filiculoides Pacific Azolla Carex appressa LTG Tall Sedge LNG Phragmites australis Common Reed Eleocharis sphacelata LNG Tall Spike-sedge MTG Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass Chloris truncata MTG Windmill Grass MTG Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass Aristida behriana MTG Brush Wire-grass MNG Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny Mud-grass MNG Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-sedge Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Victorian Riverina bioregion EVC 56: Floodplain Riparian Woodland Description: An open eucalypt woodland or open forest to 20 m tall over a medium to tall shrub layer with a ground layer consisting of amphibious and aquatic herbs and sedges. Occurs along the banks and floodplains of the larger meandering rivers and major creeks, often in conjunction with one or more floodplain wetland communities. Elevation and rainfall are relatively low and soils are fertile alluviums subject to periodic flooding and inundation. Large trees: Species Eucalyptus spp. DBH(cm) 80 cm #/ha 15 / ha Tree Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 20% Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus melliodora River Red-gum Yellow Box Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Immature Canopy Tree 5% IT Understorey Tree or Large Shrub 1 5% T Medium Shrub 2 5% MS Small Shrub 1 1% SS Medium Herb 4 10% MH Small or Prostrate Herb 2 1% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 2 10% LTG Large Non-tufted Graminoid 1 5% LNG Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 6 35% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 10% MNG Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Total understorey projective foliage cover 90% LF Code T Species typical of at least part of EVC range Acacia dealbata Common Name Silver Wattle MS Hymenanthera dentata s.l. Tree Violet MH Sida corrugata Variable Sida MH Oxalis perennans Grassland Wood-sorrel MH Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed SH Chamaesyce drummondii Flat Spurge SH Azolla filiculoides Pacific Azolla LTG Carex appressa Tall Sedge LNG Phragmites australis Common Reed LNG Eleocharis sphacelata Tall Spike-sedge MTG Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass MTG Chloris truncata Windmill Grass MTG Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass MTG Aristida behriana Brush Wire-grass MNG Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny Mud-grass MNG Eleocharis acuta Common Spike-sedge Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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