EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 3: Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland
Description:
A low, grassy or bracken-dominated eucalypt forest or open woodland to 15 m tall with a large shrub layer and ground layer
rich in herbs, grasses, and orchids. Occurs mainly on flat or undulating areas on moderately fertile, relatively well-drained, deep
sandy or loamy topsoils over heavier subsoils (duplex soils).
Large trees:
Species
DBH(cm)
Eucalyptus spp.
70 cm
Tree Canopy Cover:
%cover
Character Species
15%
Immature Canopy Tree
Understorey Tree or Large Shrub
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Prostrate Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Large Non-tufted Graminoid
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Ground Fern
Scrambler or Climber
Bryophytes/Lichens
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
15 / ha
Common Name
Eucalyptus baxteri s.s.
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. cygnetensis
Understorey:
Life form
#/ha
Brown Stringybark
Manna Gum
#Spp
%Cover
LF code
2
4
3
2
3
10
3
2
1
7
3
1
2
na
5%
10%
5%
5%
5%
5%
15%
5%
10%
15%
15%
5%
5%
1%
10%
IT
T
MS
SS
PS
LH
MH
SH
LTG
LNG
MTG
MNG
GF
SC
BL
EVC 3: Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland - Bridgewater bioregion
LF Code
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia mearnsii
Banksia marginata
Leucopogon parviflorus
Spyridium parvifolium
Leucopogon lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
Hibbertia sericea s.l.
Amperea xiphoclada var. xiphoclada
Pimelea humilis
Astroloma humifusum
Acrotriche serrulata
Senecio tenuiflorus
Senecio glomeratus
Veronica calycina
Lagenophora stipitata
Brunonia australis
Hydrocotyle laxiflora
Dichondra repens
Opercularia varia
Kennedia prostrata
Xanthorrhoea minor ssp. lutea
Deyeuxia quadriseta
Dianella revoluta s.s.
Luzula meridionalis
Dichelachne crinita
Lomandra nana
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
Ficinia nodosa
Centrolepis strigosa ssp. strigosa
Pteridium esculentum
Billardiera scandens
Galium australe
T
T
MS
MS
MS
MS
SS
SS
SS
PS
PS
LH
LH
MH
MH
MH
SH
SH
SH
SH
LTG
LTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MNG
MNG
TTG
GF
SC
SC
Common Name
Blackwood
Black Wattle
Silver Banksia
Coast Beard-heath
Dusty Miller
Lance Beard-heath
Silky Guinea-flower
Broom Spurge
Common Rice-flower
Cranberry Heath
Honey-pots
Slender Fireweed
Annual Fireweed
Hairy Speedwell
Common Bottle-daisy
Blue Pincushion
Stinking Pennywort
Kidney-weed
Variable Stinkweed
Running Postman
Small Grass-tree
Reed Bent-grass
Black-anther Flax-lily
Common Woodrush
Long-hair Plume-grass
Dwarf Mat-rush
Weeping Grass
Knobby Club-sedge
Hairy Centrolepis
Austral Bracken
Common Apple-berry
Tangled Bedstraw
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Logs:
15 m/0.1 ha.
Weediness:
LF Code
MH
MH
LNG
MNG
Typical Weed Species
Hypochoeris radicata
Centaurium erythraea
Holcus lanatus
Aira elegantissima
Common Name
Invasive
Impact
Cat's Ear
Common Centaury
Yorkshire Fog
Delicate Hair-grass
high
high
high
high
low
low
high
low
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 9: Coastal Saltmarsh
Description:
Occurs on and immediately above marine and estuarine tidal flats and contains distinct floristic communities as bands or zones
in the same location, depending on the positioning of the various floristic communities in relation to the saline environment.
Consists of a range of life forms including succulent herbs, low succulent shrubs, rushes and sedges.
Life Forms:
Life form
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Medium Herb
Large Non-tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Soil Crust
#Spp
1
1
3
1
1
na
Total understorey projective foliage cover
LF Code
MS
SS
MH
MH
MH
LNG
MNG
MNG
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Sclerostegia arbuscula
Suaeda australis
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Samolus repens
Hemichroa pentandra
Juncus kraussii ssp. australiensis
Triglochin striatum
Distichlis distichophylla
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
10% cover
Weediness:
There are no consistent weeds in this EVC.
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
%Cover
10%
5%
15%
5%
5%
10%
LF code
MS
SS
MH
LNG
MNG
S/C
45%
Common Name
Shrubby Glasswort
Austral Seablite
Beaded Glasswort
Creeping Brookweed
Trailing Hemichroa
Sea Rush
Streaked Arrowgrass
Australian Salt-grass
EVC 9: Coastal Saltmarsh - Bridgewater bioregion
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 10: Estuarine Wetland
Description:
Grows on anaerobic peat-rich muds on the edges of estuarine waterbodies such as creeks, rivers and lagoons with intermediate
salinity conditions. Vegetation is determined by fluctuating salinity, which varies in time from occasionally fresh to brackish or
occasionally saline according to river flood and marine tide events. Dominated by graminoids and halophytic herbs.
Life Forms:
Life form
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Large Non-tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
LF Code
#Spp
2
1
1
1
3
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Samolus repens
Sarcocornia quinqueflora ssp. quinqueflora
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Gahnia filum
Juncus kraussii ssp. australiensis
Poa poiformis
Distichlis distichophylla
Schoenoplectus pungens
Apodasmia brownii
Baumea juncea
Calystegia sepium
MH
MH
MH
LTG
LNG
MTG
MNG
MNG
MNG
MNG
SC
Recruitment:
Episodic/Flood: desirable period of disturbance is every five years
Organic Litter:
10% cover
Weediness:
There are no consistent weeds in this EVC.
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
%Cover
50%
10%
10%
5%
30%
LF code
MH
SH
LTG
LNG
MNG
Common Name
Creeping Brookweed
Beaded Glasswort
Beaded Glasswort
Chaffy Saw-sedge
Sea Rush
Coast Tussock-grass
Australian Salt-grass
Sharp Club-sedge
Coarse Twine-rush
Bare Twig-sedge
Large Bindweed
EVC 10: Estuarine Wetland - Bridgewater bioregion
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 23: Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Description:
Occurs on relatively fertile, moderately well-drained soils on an extremely wide range of geological types and in areas of
moderate to high rainfall. Occupies easterly and southerly aspects mainly on lower slopes and in gullies. A medium to tall open
forest or woodland to 25 m tall with a small tree layer over a sparse to dense shrub layer. A high cover and diversity of herbs
and grasses in the ground layer characterise this EVC.
Large trees:
Species
DBH(cm)
Eucalyptus spp.
70 cm
Tree Canopy Cover:
%cover
Character Species
40%
Immature Canopy Tree
Understorey Tree or Large Shrub
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Prostrate Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Large Non-tufted Graminoid
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Ground Fern
Bryophytes/Lichens
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
20 / ha
Common Name
Eucalyptus ovata
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. viminalis
Understorey:
Life form
#/ha
Swamp Gum
Manna Gum
#Spp
2
5
1
1
3
10
5
3
1
10
2
3
na
%Cover
5%
10%
15%
1%
1%
5%
20%
5%
5%
5%
20%
10%
10%
20%
LF code
IT
T
MS
SS
PS
LH
MH
SH
LTG
LNG
MTG
MNG
GF
BL
EVC 23: Herb-rich Foothill Forest - Bridgewater bioregion
LF Code
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Acacia melanoxylon
Pomaderris aspera
Coprosma quadrifida
Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa
Leucopogon parviflorus
Leucopogon lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
Pimelea humilis
Dillwynia glaberrima
Bossiaea prostrata
Acrotriche serrulata
Senecio tenuiflorus
Sigesbeckia orientalis ssp. orientalis
Oxalis perennans
Cynoglossum suaveolens
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Geranium potentilloides
Leptostigma reptans
Dichondra repens
Opercularia ovata
Hydrocotyle laxiflora
Austrostipa pubinodis
Xanthorrhoea minor ssp. lutea
Gahnia radula
Lomandra sororia
Poa labillardierei
Pentapogon quadrifidus
Stylidium graminifolium s.l.
Poa tenera
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
Pteridium esculentum
Adiantum aethiopicum
Lindsaea linearis
Cassytha pubescens s.s.
Comesperma volubile
T
T
MS
MS
MS
MS
SS
SS
PS
PS
LH
LH
MH
MH
MH
MH
SH
SH
SH
SH
LTG
LTG
LNG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MNG
MNG
GF
GF
GF
SC
SC
Common Name
Blackwood
Hazel Pomaderris
Prickly Currant-bush
Sweet Bursaria
Coast Beard-heath
Lance Beard-heath
Common Rice-flower
Smooth Parrot-pea
Creeping Bossiaea
Honey-pots
Slender Fireweed
Indian Weed
Grassland Wood-sorrel
Sweet Hound's-tongue
Bidgee-widgee
Cinquefoil Cranesbill
Dwarf Nertera
Kidney-weed
Broad-leaf Stinkweed
Stinking Pennywort
Tall Spear-grass
Small Grass-tree
Thatch Saw-sedge
Small Mat-rush
Common Tussock-grass
Five-awned Spear-grass
Grass Trigger-plant
Slender Tussock-grass
Weeping Grass
Austral Bracken
Common Maidenhair
Screw Fern
Downy Dodder-laurel
Love Creeper
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Logs:
20 m/0.1 ha.
Weediness:
LF Code Typical Weed Species
MH
MH
MNG
MTG
Hypochoeris radicata
Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides
Holcus lanatus
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Common Name
Cat's Ear
Hairy Hawkbit
Yorkshire Fog
Sweet Vernal-grass
Invasive
high
high
high
high
Impact
low
low
high
high
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 53: Swamp Scrub
Description:
Closed scrub to 8 m tall at low elevations on alluvial deposits along streams or on poorly drained sites with high nutrient and
water availability. Soils vary from organic loams to fine silts and peats which are inundated during the wetter months of the
year and is dominated by Woolly Tea-tree Leptospermun lanigerum which often form a dense impenetrable thicket, outcompeting other species. Emergent trees (eg. Swamp Gum Eucalyptus ovata) may some times be present. Where light
penetrates to ground level, a moss/lichen/liverwort herbaceous ground cover is often present.
Canopy Cover:
%cover
Character Species
Understorey:
Life form
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Large Non-tufted Graminoid
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Ground Fern
Scrambler or Climber
Bryophytes/Lichens
LF Code
MS
MS
SS
MH
MH
MH
SH
SH
SH
LTG
LTG
LTG
MTG
MNG
MNG
GF
Common Name
Leptospermum lanigerum
Melaleuca squarrosa
Acacia mearnsii
50%
Woolly Tea-tree
Scented Paperbark
Black Wattle
#Spp
%Cover
LF code
2
1
5
9
3
2
2
4
3
2
1
na
10%
1%
5%
15%
10%
15%
5%
15%
15%
5%
5%
20%
MS
SS
LH
MH
SH
LTG
LNG
MTG
MNG
GF
SC
BL
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Common Name
Ozothamnus ferrugineus
Leptospermum continentale
Rubus parvifolius
Oxalis perennans
Lagenophora stipitata
Viola hederacea sensu Willis (1972)
Lobelia pedunculata s.l.
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Dichondra repens
Gahnia clarkei
Juncus pallidus
Carex appressa
Juncus pauciflorus
Poa tenera
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
Pteridium esculentum
Tree Everlasting
Prickly Tea-tree
Small-leaf Bramble
Grassland Wood-sorrel
Common Bottle-daisy
Ivy-leaf Violet
Matted Pratia
Shining Pennywort
Kidney-weed
Tall Saw-sedge
Pale Rush
Tall Sedge
Loose-flower Rush
Slender Tussock-grass
Weeping Grass
Austral Bracken
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
EVC 53: Swamp Scrub - Bridgewater bioregion
Weediness:
LF Code Typical Weed Species
LH
LH
MH
MH
MH
MH
MH
LNG
Cirsium vulgare
Sonchus oleraceus
Hypochoeris radicata
Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides
Centaurium erythraea
Prunella vulgaris
Anagallis arvensis
Holcus lanatus
Common Name
Spear Thistle
Common Sow-thistle
Cat's Ear
Hairy Hawkbit
Common Centaury
Self-heal
Pimpernel
Yorkshire Fog
Invasive
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
Impact
high
low
low
low
low
low
low
high
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 160: Coastal Dune Scrub
Description:
Coastal Dune Scrub occupies the secondary dunes along ocean and bay beaches and lake shores. Closed scrub to 3 m tall with
occasional emergent trees on siliceous and calcareous sands that are subject to high levels of saltspray and continuous
disturbance from onshore winds.
Life forms:
Life form
#Spp
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Scrambler or Climber
Bryophytes/Lichens
LF Code
MS
MS
MS
MS
LH
MH
MH
MH
SH
SH
SH
MTG
MTG
MNG
MNG
SC
SC
7
1
3
7
3
2
2
3
na
%Cover
50%
1%
5%
15%
10%
15%
5%
5%
10%
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Rhagodia candolleana ssp. candolleana
Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae
Leucopogon parviflorus
Olearia axillaris
Senecio pinnatifolius
k Stackhousia spathulata
Senecio biserratus
Myosotus australis
Carpobrotus rossii
Apium prostratum ssp. prostratum
Threlkeldia diffusa
Poa poiformis var. poiformis
Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
Ficinia nodosa
Schoenus nitens
Tetragonia implexicoma
Clematis microphylla var. microphylla
LF code
MS
SS
LH
MH
SH
MTG
MNG
SC
BL
Common Name
Seaberry Saltbush
Coast Wattle
Coast Beard-heath
Coast Daisy-Bush
Variable Groundsel
Coast Stackhousia
Jagged Fireweed
Austral Forget-me-knot
Karkalla
Sea Celery
Coast Bonefruit
Coast Tussock-grass
Coast Blown-grass
Knobby Club-sedge
Shiny Bog-sedge
Bower Spinach
Small-leaved Clematis
Recruitment:
Episodic/Fire. Desirable period between disturbances is 30 years.
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Weediness:
LF Code Typical Weed Species
MS
MS
LH
LH
LH
LH
MH
MH
MH
LNG
MTG
MNG
SC
Lycium ferocissimum
Rhamnus alaternus
Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus asper s.l.
Senecio elegans
Melilotus indicus
Hypochoeris radicata
Cerastium glomeratum s.l.
Galium murale
Ammophila arenaria
Catapodium rigidum
Lagurus ovatus
Asparagus asparagoides
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
Common Name
African Box-thorn
Italian Buckthorn
Common Sow-thistle
Rough Sow-thistle
Purple Groundsel
Sweet Melilot
Cat's Ear
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
Small Goosegrass
Marram Grass
Fern Grass
Hare's-tail Grass
Bridal Creeper
Invasive
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
high
Impact
high
high
low
low
high
low
low
low
low
high
low
low
low
EVC 160: Coastal Dune Scrub - Bridgewater bioregion
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 161: Coastal Headland Scrub
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
Medium Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Scrambler or Climber
Bryophytes/Lichens
Soil Crust
LF Code
MS
MS
MS
MS
LH
SH
SH
MTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MNG
SC
SC
SC
#Spp
7
2
4
2
1
4
2
2
na
na
%Cover LF code
50%
1%
5%
5%
1%
10%
5%
5%
10%
10%
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae
Pultenaea canaliculata
Alyxia buxifolia
Leucopogon parviflorus
Senecio odoratus var. odoratus
Dichondra repens
Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum
Dianella brevicaulis
Lachnagrostis billardierei s.l.
Poa poiformis
Austrodanthonia caespitosa
Ficinia nodosa
Clematis microphylla
Tetragonia implexicoma
Comesperma volubile
MS
LH
MH
SH
LTG
MTG
MNG
SC
BL
S/C
Common Name
Coast Wattle
Coast Bush-pea
Sea Box
Coast Beard-heath
Scented Groundsel
Kidney-weed
Rounded Noon-flower
Small-flower Flax-lily
Coast Blown-grass
Coast Tussock-grass
Common Wallaby-grass
Knobby Club-sedge
Small-leaved Clematis
Bower Spinach
Love Creeper
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Weediness:
LF Code
MS
MS
LH
MH
MTG
Typical Weed Species
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Polygala myrtifolia var. myrtifolia
Sonchus oleraceus
Hypochoeris radicata
Ehrharta erecta var. erecta
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
Common Name
Boneseed
Myrtle-leaf Milkwort
Common Sow-thistle
Cat's Ear
Panic Veldt-grass
Invasive
high
high
high
high
high
Impact
high
high
low
high
high
EVC 161: Coastal Headland Scrub - Bridgewater bioregion
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 858: Coastal Alkaline Scrub (syn. Calcarenite Dune Woodland)
Description:
Near-coastal, deep calcareous (alkaline) and largely stable sand dunes and swales commonly dominated by Moonah Melaleuca
lanceolata ssp. lanceolata. It occurs at low elevations of 20-60 m above sea level, average annual rainfall is approximately 550950 mm, and it occurs on a variety of geologies and soil types. Low woodland or tall shrubland to 8 m tall, typically with a
medium shrub layer, small shrub layer and sedges, grasses and herbs in the ground layer.
Canopy Cover:
%cover
Character Species
Common Name
Melaleuca lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
Allocasuarina verticillata
40%
Understorey:
Life form
Medium Shrub
Large Herb
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Large Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Medium to Tiny Non-tufted Graminoid
Scrambler or Climber
Bryophytes/Lichens
Moonah
Drooping Sheoak
#Spp
%Cover
4
3
2
2
1
3
2
2
na
30%
5%
1%
10%
5%
5%
30%
1%
20%
Total understorey projective foliage cover
LF Code
90%
Species typical of at least part of EVC range
Acacia longifolia var. sophorae
Olearia axillaris
Rhagodia candolleana ssp. candolleana
Leucopogon parviflorus
Epilobium billardierianum ssp. billardierianum
Picris angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
Lobelia anceps
Carpobrotus rossii
Austrostipa flavescens
Lepidosperma gladiatum
Lachnagrostis billardierei s.l.
Poa poiformis
Dianella revoluta s.l.
Ficinia nodosa
Comesperma volubile
Clematis microphylla
Tetragonia implexicoma
MS
MS
MS
MS
LH
MH
MH
SH
LTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MTG
MNG
SC
SC
SC
Recruitment:
Continuous
Organic Litter:
40 % cover
Logs:
5 m/0.1 ha.
Weediness:
LF Code Typical Weed Species
LH
MH
LNG
MNG
Sonchus oleraceus
Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides
Holcus lanatus
Lagurus ovatus
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
Common Name
Common Sow-thistle
Hairy Hawkbit
Yorkshire Fog
Hare's-tail Grass
Invasive
high
high
high
high
Impact
low
low
high
low
Common Name
Coast Wattle
Coast Daisy-Bush
Seaberry Saltbush
Coast Beard-heath
Smooth Willow-herb
Coast Picris
Angled Lobelia
Karkalla
Coast Spear-grass
Coast Sword-sedge
Coast Blown-grass
Coast Tussock-gras
Black-anther Flax-li
Knobby Club-sedge
Love Creeper
Small-leaved Clema
Bower Spinach
EVC 858: Coastal Alkaline Scrub (syn. Calcarenite Dune Woodland) –
Bridgewater bioregion
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EVC/Bioregion Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment
Bridgewater bioregion
EVC 876: Spray-zone Coastal Shrubland
Description:
A wind-pruned salt-affected open shrubland usually less than 1 m tall (with occasional emergent taller shrubs) that occurs on
the most exposed coastal areas subject to salt-spray and run-off at the crest of sea cliffs. This EVC usually occurs in
association with taller Coastal Headland Scrub (EVC 161).
Life Forms:
Life form
Medium Shrub
Small Shrub
Medium Herb
Small or Prostrate Herb
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid
Bryophytes/Lichens
Soil Crust
Total understorey projective foliage cover
LF Code
MS
SS
SS
MH
MH
MH
MH
SH
MTG
Character Species
Pimelea serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
V v Ixodia achillaeoides ssp. arenicola
Leucophyta brownii
Samolus repens
Senecio spathulatus s.l.
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Actites megalocarpa
Apium prostratum ssp. prostratum
r Austrofestuca littoralis
Recruitment:
Continuous.
Weediness:
There are no consistent weeds in this EVC.
Ecological Vegetation Class bioregion benchmark
#Spp
1
2
4
1
1
na
na
%Cover
1%
10%
10%
1%
1%
10%
10%
LF code
MS
SS
MH
SH
MTG
BL
S/C
40%
Common Name
Thyme Rice-flower
Ixodia
Cushion Bush
Creeping Brookweed
Dune Groundsel
Beaded Glasswort
Dune Thistle
Sea Celery
Coast Fescue
EVC 876: Spray-zone Coastal Shrubland - Bridgewater bioregion
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