Vegetation Condition Benchmarks version 2

Non-Eucalypt Forest and Woodland

NBA Bursaria – Acacia woodland

Community Description:

Bursaria – Acacia woodland is characterised by scattered small (< 10 m) trees of Bursaria spinosa, Dodonaea viscosa, Acacia dealbata, A. mearnsii, A. melanoxylon, A. verticillata and other small trees and shrubs. They form a sparse to dense layer over a grassy sward dominated by Themeda triandra or Austrodanthonia species.

Benchmarks:

Length Component Cover % Height (m) DBH (cm) #/ha (m)/0.1 ha Canopy 50% - - - Large Trees - 7 20 300 Organic Litter 20% - Logs ≥ 10 - 5 Large Logs ≥ 10 Recruitment Continuous

Understorey Life Forms LF code # Spp Cover % Tree or large shrub IT 3 5 Medium shrub/small shrub S 3 5 Prostrate shrub PS 1 5 Herbs and orchids H 5 10 Grass G 5 70 Tiny grass/tiny sedge/lily TGS 2 1 Large sedge/rush/sagg/lily LSR 3 10 Medium to small sedge/rush/sagg/lily MSR 2 5 Ground fern GF 1 1 Mosses and Lichens ML 1 5 Total 10 26

Last reviewed – 5 July 2016 Tasmanian Vegetation Monitoring and Mapping Program Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/tasveg

NBA Bursaria – Acacia woodland

Species lists:

Canopy Tree Species Common Name Notes Bursaria spinosa prickly box Dodonaea viscosa broadleaf hopbush Acacia dealbata silver wattle Acacia mearnsii black wattle Acacia melanoxylon blackwood Acacia verticillata prickly moses Bursaria spinosa prickly box

Typical Understorey Species * Common Name LF Code Lissanthe strigosa peachberry heath S Pultenaea spp. bushpea S Acrotriche serrulata ants delight PS Astroloma humifusum native cranberry PS Hibbertia spp. guineaflower PS Bulbine spp. bulbine-lily H Dichondra repens kidneyweed H Euchiton spp. cottonleaf H Geranium spp. cranesbill H Leptorhynchos squamatus scaly buttons H Oxalis perennans grassland woodsorrel H Pimelea humilis dwarf riceflower H Solenogyne spp. flat-herb H Veronica spp. speedwell H Vittadinia spp. new-holland-daisy H Austrodanthonia spp. wallabygrass G Dichelachne spp. plumegrass G Ehrharta stipoides weeping grass G Elymus scaber rough wheatgrass G Poa spp. tussockgrass G Themeda triandra kangaroo grass G Diplarrena moraea white flag-iris LSR Lepidosperma spp. swordsedge LSR Lomandra longifolia sagg LSR Carex spp. sedge MSR Isolepis spp. clubsedge MSR Lepidosperma spp. swordsedge MSR Schoenus spp. bogsedge MSR Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia green rockfern GF Lindsaea linearis screw fern GF

*This list is provided as a guide only. The species listed are typical of this plant community type but may not necessarily be present.