EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment East Gippsland Lowlands bioregion EVC 953: Estuarine Description: Closed scrub to 6 m tall growing on the edge of estuarine waterbodies such as creeks, rivers and lagoons with intermediate salinity and poor drainage conditions. Dominated by Swamp Paperbark Melaleuca ericifolia with a halophytic (succulent) ground layer dominated by graminoids and herbs. Often occurs in close association with Estuarine Wetland. Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 50% Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 2 10% MS Medium Herb 3 20% MH or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 15% MNG understorey projective foliage cover 55% LF Code Species typical of at part of EVC range Common Name Rhagodia candolleana ssp. candolleana MS Seaberry Saltbush Atriplex cinerea MS Coast Saltbush Samolus repens MH Creeping Brookweed Chenopodium glaucum MH Glaucous Goosefoot Sarcocornia quinqueflora MH Beaded Glasswort Selliera radicans SH Shiny Swamp-mat SH Apium prostratum ssp. prostratum Sea Celery Poa poiformis MTG Blue Tussock-grass MTG Poa labillardierei Common Ficinia nodosa MNG Knobby MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20 % cover Weediness: LF Code Typical Weed Species Common Name Invasive Impact Hypochoeris radicata MH Cat's Ear high low Holcus lanatus Yorkshire high high Fog Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment East Gippsland Lowlands bioregion EVC 953: Estuarine Description: Closed scrub to 6 m tall growing on the edge of estuarine waterbodies such as creeks, rivers and lagoons with intermediate salinity and poor drainage conditions. Dominated by Swamp Paperbark Melaleuca ericifolia with a halophytic (succulent) ground layer dominated by graminoids and herbs. Often occurs in close association with Estuarine Wetland. Canopy Cover: %cover Character Species Common Name 50% Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark Understorey: Life form #Spp %Cover LF code Medium Shrub 2 10% MS Medium Herb 3 20% MH or Prostrate Herb 2 5% SH Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid 2 10% MTG Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid 2 15% MNG understorey projective foliage cover 55% LF Code MS Species typical of at part of EVC range Rhagodia candolleana ssp. candolleana Common Name Seaberry Saltbush MS Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush MH Samolus repens Creeping Brookweed MH Chenopodium glaucum Glaucous Goosefoot MH Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort SH Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp-mat SH Apium prostratum ssp. prostratum Sea Celery MTG Poa poiformis Blue Tussock-grass MTG Poa labillardierei Common MNG Ficinia nodosa Knobby MNG Distichlis distichophylla Australian Salt-grass Recruitment: Continuous Organic Litter: 20 % cover Weediness: LF Code MH Typical Weed Species Hypochoeris radicata Holcus lanatus Common Name Cat's Ear Yorkshire Fog Invasive high high Impact low high Ecological Vegetation bioregion benchmark
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