EVC Benchmarks - Northern Inland Slopes bioregion

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Below is a list of published Ecological Vegetation Class benchmarks for the Northern Inland Slopes bioregion.

These benchmarks have been developed to assess native vegetation using the method for Vegetation Quality Assessment (VQA).

Please note: These benchmarks are endorsed for the purpose of implementing 'Victoria's Native Vegetation Management - A Framework for Action, 2002'. For Wetland Vegetation assessments, please follow this link. Mosaic and complex mapping units have been removed from this page except where the scale is too fine to resolve at the site level. When assessing a site, you should be able to determine which component EVC is dominant on-site. See note below.

EVC no.	BCS	Ecological Vegetation Class Benchmark	Last Updated
7	V	Clay Heathland (PDF 96 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
18	D	Riparian Forest (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
19	D	Riparian Shrubland (PDF 140 kb) - VQA
20	LC	Heathy Dry Forest (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
21	LC	Shrubby Dry Forest (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
22	D	Grassy Dry Forest (PDF 139 kb) - VQA
23	LC	Herb-rich Foothill Forest (PDF 139 kb) - VQA
28	V	Rocky Outcrop Shrubland (PDF 137 kb) - VQA
29	LC	Damp Forest (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
30	LC	Wet Forest (PDF 96 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
36	LC	Montane Dry Woodland (PDF 97 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
38	LC	Montane Damp Forest (PDF 137 kb) - VQA
47	E	Valley Grassy Forest (PDF 139 kb) - VQA
55	E	Plains Grassy Woodland (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
56	E	Floodplain Riparian Woodland (PDF 140 kb) - VQA
61	V	Box Ironbark Forest (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
67	E	Alluvial Terraces Herb-rich Woodland (PDF 139 kb) - VQA
68	E	Creekline Grassy Woodland (PDF 138 kb) - VQA
72	LC	Granitic Hills Woodland (PDF 467 kb) - VQA	Updated - January 2007
74	E*	Wetland Formation - refer to generic wetland table	former wetland mapping unit - March 2006
80	E	Spring Soak Woodland (PDF 137 kb) - VQA
82	E	Riverine Escarpment Scrub (PDF 137 kb) - VQA
83	E	Swampy Riparian Woodland (PDF 467 kb) - VQA	Updated VQA - January 2007
93	V	Sandstone Ridge Shrubland (PDF 95 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
101	LC	Samphire Shrubland (PDF 95 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
132	E	Plains Grassland (PDF 99 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
168	E*	Drainage-line Aggregate - refer to wetland aggregate table	New - November 2007
172	V*	Floodplain Wetland Aggregate - refer to wetland aggregate table	New - November 2007
175_61	E	Low Rises Grassy Woodland (PDF 140 kb) - VQA
175_62	E	Rainshadow Grassy Woodland (PDF 140 kb) - VQA
175_63	E	Shrubby Granitic-outwash Grassy Woodland (PDF 469 kb) - VQA	Updated - January 2007
235	E	Plains Woodland/Herb-rich Gilagi Wetland Mosaic (PDF 97 kb)	Name Change - March 2006
291	V	Cane Grass Wetland - VQA [PDF File - 207.8 KB]	New - November 2007
292	E	Red Gum Swamp (PDF 137 kb) - VQA
295	E	Riverine Grassy Woodland - VQA [PDF File - 210.2 KB]	New - November 2007
803	E	Plains Woodland (PDF 140 kb) - VQA
815	E	Riverine Swampy Woodland - VQA [PDF File - 210.4 KB]	New - November 2007
823	V	Lignum Swampy Woodland (PDF 95 kb) - VQA	Revised BCS - November 2007
826	E	Plains Savannah (PDF 101 kb) - VQA	December 2004 - New
882	E	Shallow Sands Woodland - VQA [PDF File - 212.9 KB]	New - November 2007
937	E	Swampy Woodland	New - November 2007
1085	V	Mountain Valley Riparian Woodland	New - November 2007

EVC - Ecological Vegetation Class
BCS - Bioregional Conservation Status
* - BCS rating to be used only if unable to determine the component EVC within the generic and/or aggregate wetland tables.
VQA - vegetation quality assessment

Wetland Vegetation Assessment
If you are interested in assessing a wetland area for the purpose of implementing 'Victoria's Native Vegetation Management - A Framework for Action, 2002', you must use an EVC Benchmark for Vegetation Quality Assessment (VQA) in conjunction with the VQA methodology.

If a wetland EVC benchmark for the VQA is unavailable, please use the wetlands default habitat score of 0.45 as outlined in the 'Guide for Assessment of Referred Planning Permit Applications, 2007'.

If you are interested in undertaking a wetland vegetation assessment which is not for the purpose of implementing "Victoria's Native Vegetation Management - A Framework for Action, 2002', then the Index of Wetland Condition (IWC) methodology may be appropriate. The IWC method uses a set of dedicated wetland EVC benchmarks that you will find on the IWC webpage.

Lookup tables for wetland areas:
The tables below provide information for mapped wetland areas that have not yet been assigned a wetland EVC type or are known to comprise an aggregate of wetland EVCs due to their temporal nature. Please keep in mind your purpose for assessing a wetland area and make sure you use the appropriate benchmark.

Generic wetland EVC - lookup table [MS Excel Document - 35.0 KB]

EVC wetland aggregate table [MS Excel Document - 30.0 KB]

Note

• The bioregional conservation status of EVCs was revised and updated in November 2007 following revised native vegetation mapping. To view the changes in the spatial datasets please go to the Accessing Native Vegetation Data page.
• Before choosing any vegetation mapping units that are EVC mosaics, complexes and aggregates and generic wetland mapping units, some further on-site decision will be required before selecting the appropriate benchmark to apply. In addition, EVC 'variants' and those EVCs that are known to exhibit structural variation across their range will also need to utilise on-site information to determine the appropriate benchmark to apply.
• The EVC benchmarks contain a subset of “typical” but not comprehensive lists of species for each EVC in a bioregion. It should also be noted that not all species listed in the benchmark will be appropriate to all sites across the range of an EVC in a bioregion nor readily available through local nurseries.