Native Vegetation Group 2 - Heathy Woodlands
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Heathy Woodlands Native Vegetation Map
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Ecological Vegetation Class Descriptions
| 2.1 Dry and/or better drained |  |
| 2.2 Damp and/or less well-drained |  |
Bioregional Conservation Status and EVC benchmarks
2.1 Dry and/or better drained
EVC 48 Heathy Woodland
Spans a variety of geologies but is generally associated with nutrient-poor soils including deep uniform sands (aeolian or outwash) and Tertiary sand/clay which has been altered to form quartzite gravel. Eucalypt-dominated low woodland lacking a secondary tree layer and generally supporting a diverse array of narrow or ericoid-leaved shrubs except where frequent fire has reduced this to a dense cover of bracken. Geophytes and annuals can be quite common but the ground cover is normally fairly sparse.
EVC 69 Metamorphic Slopes Shrubby Woodland
Occurs on rocky slopes of contact metamorphosed ridges adjacent to granitic plutons. Slopes have stony soils and fractured bedrock resulting in high permeability to water and low effective rainfall. A very low open woodland with a dense layer of medium to large shrubs. Ground layer can be sparse with scattered grasses, forbs and low shrubs. The presence of geophytes in the ground stratum indicates seasonally moist soil conditions.
EVC 134 Sand Forest
Eucalypt forest occurring on deep, low fertility sand deposits subject to high fire frequency. The understorey is visually dominated by Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum and the overall diversity is low.
EVC 179 Heathy Herb-rich Woodland
Eucalypt woodland or open-forest generally with a bracken-dominated understorey. Large shrubs and understorey trees are generally present. The understorey comprises a range of heathy shrubs, grasses and herbs. Occurs on Quaternary aeolian deposits with relatively well-drained sandy soils, often with limestone at depth.
EVC 278 Herb-rich Heathy Forest
Eucalypt woodland or open-forest generally with an understorey comprised of a range of heathy shrubs, subshrubs, grasses and herbs. Occurs on mineralised metamorphosed sandstone.
EVC 282 Shrubby Woodland
Eucalypt woodland with a tall and often dense shrubby understorey. Ground cover variously dominated by sedges, grasses and herbs. Soils generally duplex with sandy loam overlying heavy clay subsoil, prone to seasonal inundation periods. Commonly found on valley floors.
EVC 664 Limestone Ridge Woodland
A non-eucalypt woodland dominated by Acacia spp. with a dense, sedgy understorey on highly alkaline sandy loam soils. Occurs on limestone ridges with limited soil development.
EVC 670 Limestone Woodland
A woodland to open woodland with a locally dense Acacia shrub stratum and sparse ground layer. Occurs on red sandy (terra rossa) soils derived from limestone or sand stripped from limestone and re-deposited. The vegetation is strongly influenced by relatively high nutrient levels and alkalinity.
EVC 704 Lateritic Woodland
Low woodland with a diverse shrubby understorey and supporting a wide variety of grasses and herbs, making it particularly species-rich. Occurs on gently undulating to flat ground with well-drained shallow lateritic soils of poor fertility.
2.2 Damp and/or less well-drained
EVC 673 Dune Soak Woodland
Sedge and shrub-dominated eucalypt woodland with a number of herbs and grasses adapted to seasonal water-logging. Occurs on moderately fertile, poorly drained sites on sandy loams derived from former swamp deposits at edges of steep aeolian sand dunes. The underlying geology causes water to soak out from under the dunes where it collects in narrow depressions at the edge of the plain.
EVC 793 Damp Heathy Woodland
Woodland with tall dense heathy understorey which becomes tall scrub if long unburnt in high rainfall areas. The ground layer consists of grasses, herbs, small shrubs and tough-leaved monocots. Develops on sandy soils of moderate to low fertility, typically wet in winter due to impeding layer in soil and dry in summer.
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Bioregional Conservation Status and EVC benchmarks
An EVC may have a different conservation status in each bioregion in which it is found. To look up an EVC's Bioregional Conservation Status (BCS), download the spreadsheet on the Simplified Native Vegetation Groups page.
You can also use this spreadsheet to help find the corresponding EVC benchmarks, which are listed by bioregion.
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