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ECOLOGICAL VEGETATION CLASS PROFILE:
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PLAINS GRASSLAND
Structure:
Environment:
Pre-1750
distribution:
Present
distribution:
Peninsula status:
Bioregional status:
Nearest relative:
Adjacent EVCs:
Typical site:
Notes:
Grassland, 0.5–1.0 metres in height
Floodplains on ‘black clay’, receives occasional flooding
Localised, known from Safety Beach and Point Leo, probably elsewhere
Safety Beach, Point Leo
Endangered
Endangered
Grassy Woodland
Swamp Scrub
Pont Leo Foreshore Reserve, Point Leo
Distinguished by dominant Tussock-grass and Kangaroo Grass with several
species indicating periodic waterlogging; originally with a partial woodland
overstorey of Blackwood on the Brokil Creek floodplain; listed as a threatened
community under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Vic.)
as 'Plains Grassland (South Gippsland)'
General notes:
(1) This profile is generalised with only the major species listed; individual sites may differ in
composition due to site characteristics (geology, aspect, rainfall, drainage) and site history;
look at the composition of adjacent vegetation to fine tune the species list for your site.
(2) Heights for trees are in metres, other plants in centimetres.
(3) Availability from nurseries is for species, not necessarily for your soil-type genetic provenance
within the species; plants should be sourced from same soil type / geology for genetic
conservation and best growth; contact your local indigenous nursery and ask them to collect seed
from local sites or ensure that plants are local provenance.
(4) Planting of locally sourced indigenous species appropriate for the EVC should be undertaken
where remnant indigenous vegetation is absent or where carefully applied bush regeneration
techniques have failed to stimulate adequate recruitment of new indigenous plants within remnant
indigenous vegetation; managing for natural regeneration preserves the ecological integrity of
native vegetation rather than turning it into a plantation.
Scientific name
Common name
Trees
Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood
Shrubs
Ozothamnus ferrugineus
Grasses
Agrostis rudis
Austrodanthonia laevis
Austrodanthonia setacea
Elymus scaber
Height Available
15
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Tree Everlasting
400
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Ruddy Bent
Smooth Wallaby-grass
Bristle Wallaby-grass
Common Wheat-grass
80
60
100
80
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Scientific name
Common name
Height Available
Hemarthria uncinata
Lachnagrostis filiformis
Microlaena stipoides
Notodanthonia semiannularis
Poa labillardierei
Themeda triandra
Mat Grass
Common Blown-grass
Weeping Grass
Wetland Wallaby-grass
Common Tussock-grass
Kangaroo Grass
50
60
70
80
100
100
Ground covers
Acaena agnipila
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Asperula scoparia
Astroloma humifusum
Bossiaea prostrata
Brachyscome graminea
Calocephalus lacteus
Carex breviculmis
Centella cordifolia
Dianella revoluta s.l.
Dichondra repens
Drosera whittakeri
Eleocharis acuta
Epilobium billardierianum
Eryngium vesiculosum
Gonocarpus tetragynus
Haloragis heterophylla
Juncus bufonius
Juncus holoschoenus
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius
Lomandra longifolia
Microtis parviflora
Opercularia ovata
Oxalis perennans
Schoenus apogon
Schoenus tesquorum
Sebaea ovata
Selliera radicans
Senecio glomeratus
Solenogyne dominii
Tricoryne elatior
Veronica gracilis
Wahlenbergia multicaulis
Hairy Sheep's Burr
Bidgee-widgee
Prickly Woodruff
Cranberry Heath
Creeping Bossiaea
Grass Daisy
Milky Beauty-heads
Common Grass-sedge
Centella
Black-anther Flax-lily
Kidney-weed
Scented Sundew
Common Spike-sedge
Variable Willow-herb
Prickfoot
Common Raspwort
Varied Raspwort
Toad Rush
Joint-leaf Rush
Wiry Buttons
Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Slender Onion-orchid
Broad-leaf Stinkweed
Grassland Wood-sorrel
Common Bog-sedge
Soft Bog-sedge
Yellow Sebaea
Shiny Swamp-mat
Annual Fireweed
Smooth Solenogyne
Yellow Rush-lily
Slender Speedwell
Many-stemmed Bluebell
50
20
15
50
10
70
70
30
20
80
4
5
60
100
10
30
50
20
20
60
100
50
10
15
25
45
30
5
120
2
70
60
75
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Ferns, climbers, parasites
None
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