EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Bridgewater bioregion EVC 161: Coastal Headland Description: Scrub or shrubland on steep, rocky coastal headlands often associated with cliffs exposed to the stresses of extreme salt-laden winds and salt spray from the south west. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium 7 50% MS Large Herb 2 1% LH Medium Herb 4 5% MH or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Medium to Tufted Graminoid 4 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 5% MNG Scrambler or Climber 2 5% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 10% S/C LF Code Species typical of at least part of EVC range Common Name MS Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae Coast Wattle Pultenaea canaliculata MS Coast Bush-pea MS Alyxia buxifolia Sea Box Leucopogon parviflorus MS Coast Beard-heath LH Senecio odoratus var. odoratus Scented Groundsel Dichondra repens SH Kidney-weed SH Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum Rounded Noon-flower Dianella brevicaulis MTG Flax-lily MTG Lachnagrostis billardierei s.l. Coast Blown-grass Poa poiformis MTG Coast Tussock-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa MTG Common Wallaby-grass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge Clematis microphylla SC Small-leaved Clematis SC Tetragonia implexicoma Bower Spinach Comesperma volubile SC Love Creeper Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 40 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact Chrysanthemoides monilifera Boneseed high high Polygala myrtifolia var. Myrtle-leaf Milkwort high high MS myrtifolia Sonchus oleraceus Common Sow-thistle high low LH Hypochoeris radicata Cat's Ear high high MH Ehrharta erecta var. Panic Veldt-grass high high erecta Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment Bridgewater bioregion EVC 161: Coastal Headland Description: Scrub or shrubland on steep, rocky coastal headlands often associated with cliffs exposed to the stresses of extreme salt-laden winds and salt spray from the south west. Life forms: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium 7 50% MS Large Herb 2 1% LH Medium Herb 4 5% MH or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Large Tufted Graminoid 1 1% LTG Medium to Tufted Graminoid 4 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 5% MNG Scrambler or Climber 2 5% SC Bryophytes/Lichens na 10% BL Soil Crust na 10% S/C LF Code MS Species typical of at least part of EVC range Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae Common Name Coast Wattle MS Pultenaea canaliculata Coast Bush-pea MS Alyxia buxifolia Sea Box MS Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard-heath LH Senecio odoratus var. odoratus Scented Groundsel SH Dichondra repens Kidney-weed SH Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum Rounded Noon-flower MTG Dianella brevicaulis Flax-lily MTG Lachnagrostis billardierei s.l. Coast Blown-grass MTG Poa poiformis Coast Tussock-grass MTG Austrodanthonia caespitosa Common Wallaby-grass MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club-sedge SC Clematis microphylla Small-leaved Clematis SC Tetragonia implexicoma Bower Spinach SC Comesperma volubile Love Creeper Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 40 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact MS LH MH Chrysanthemoides monilifera Polygala myrtifolia var. myrtifolia Sonchus oleraceus Hypochoeris radicata Ehrharta erecta var. erecta Boneseed Myrtle-leaf Milkwort Common Sow-thistle Cat's Ear Panic Veldt-grass high high high high high high high low high high Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
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