Vegetation Condition Benchmarks version 3

Non-Eucalypt Forest and Woodland

NLA Leptospermum scoparium – Acacia mucronata forest

Community Description:

Leptospermum scoparium – Acacia mucronata forest is a dense, closed canopy dwarf forest generally at 6 – 8 m when mature. It is characterised by Leptospermum scoparium forming 50 – 95 % of the canopy, but most commonly in nearly equal proportions with Acacia mucronata. This community includes all seral stages from the most recent burns to forest probably 30 - 50 years old.

Benchmarks:

Length Component Cover % Height (m) DBH (cm) #/ha (m)/0.1 ha Canopy 90% - - - Large Trees - 6 15 2000 Organic Litter 70% - Logs ≥ 10 - 5 Large Logs ≥ 10 Recruitment Episodic

Understorey Life Forms LF code # Spp Cover % Tree or large shrub T 3 10 Medium shrub/small shrub S 3 10 Large sedge/rush/sagg/lily LSR 1 5 Ground fern GF 1 5 Scrambler/Climber/Epiphytes SCE 2 5 Mosses and Lichens ML 1 20 Total 6 11

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

NLA Leptospermum scoparium – Acacia mucronata forest

Species lists:

Canopy Tree Species Common Name Notes Leptospermum scoparium common teatree Acacia mucronata caterpillar wattle Acacia melanoxylon blackwood north of Queenstown only

Typical Understorey Species * Common Name LF Code Atherosperma moschatum sassafras T Banksia marginata silver banksia T Leptospermum glaucescens smoky teatree T Melaleuca squarrosa scented paperbark T Monotoca glauca goldey wood T Monotoca submutica broomheath T Nematolepis squamea satinwood T Olearia stellulata sawleaf daisybush T Oxylobium arborescens tall shaggypea T Phyllocladus aspleniifolius celerytop pine T Pomaderris apetala common dogwood T Telopea truncata tasmanian waratah T Cenarrhenes nitida native plum S Comesperma retusum mountain milkwort S Coprosma nitida mountain currant S Dillwynia glaberrima smooth parrotpea S Epacris impressa common heath S Epacris lanuginosa swamp heath S Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. juniperina common pinkberry S Pimelea linifolia slender riceflower S Sprengelia incarnata pink swampheath S Baloskion tetraphyllum tassel cordrush LSR Gahnia grandis cutting grass LSR Lepidosperma filiforme common rapiersedge LSR Leptocarpus tenax slender twinerush LSR Blechnum wattsii hard waterfern GF Lycopodiella spp. clubmoss GF Pteridium esculentum bracken GF Bauera rubioides wiry bauera S Calorophus spp. roperush MSR Gleichenia dicarpa pouched coralfern 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.