EVC 132 Plains Grassland
Illustrated by Faye Vyner, Leptospermum continentale
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Treeless or with occasional scattered trees above a largely grassy understorey on grey silty-loamy soils, often seasonally water- logged. Shrubs may be also occasionally present.
Please note: % Cover refers to the foliage cover provided by the collective group of plants at each level and minimum number of species indicates the ideal minimum number for species diversity and a resilient ecosystem to establish. Canopy >10m <10% Cover Eucalyptus bridgesiana.............................Apple-box Eucalyptus muelleriana.............................Yellow Stringybark Eucalyptus ovata.......................................Swamp Gum Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. pryoriana.....Coast Manna Gum Eucalyptus croajingolensis........................Narrow-leaf Peppermint Understorey 6m - 10m <10% cover (with minimum 3 species) Acacia mearnsii.........................................Black Wattle Acacia melanoxylon..................................Blackwood Allocasuarina verticillata..........................Drooping Sheoak Understorey 1 - 6m 25% cover (with minimum 9 species) Acacia paradoxa........................................Hedge Wattle Kunzea ericoides........................................Burgan Leptospermum continentale.....................Prickly Tea-tree Olearia lirata.............................................Snowy Daisy-bush Understorey <1m 30% cover (with minimum 10 species) Gahnia filum.............................................Chaffy Saw-sedge Gahnia siebieriana....................................Red-fruit Saw-sedge Lomandra longifolia.................................Spiny-headed Mat-rush Poa sp........................................................Tussock Grass Pultenaea gunnii.......................................Golden Bush-pea Bossiaea prostrata....................................Creeping Bossiaea Themeda triandra.....................................Kangaroo Grass Xanthorrhea minor subsp. lutea..............Small Grass Tree Supplementary Plants There are no supplementary listings for this EVC. |
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