NLE Leptospermum forest: inland and highland facies

Vegetation Condition Benchmarks
Non-eucalypt Forest and Woodland
NLE Leptospermum forest: inland and highland facies
Community Description:
Leptospermum forest is dominated by one or more of Leptospermum lanigerum, L. scoparium, L.
glaucescens or L. nitidum (5 – 10 m) with semi-closed or closed canopies. Mid and ground layers may
be sparsely shrubby and sedgy, or the ground may be bare or covered by deep litter. Inland NLE
below about 400 m may also be uneven, with up to three Leptospermum species sharing the canopy
with Banksia marginata and sometimes Monotoca glauca and Acacia mucronata over Bauera rubioides
and Gahnia grandis. Highland NLE is usually closed-canopy L. lanigerum, sometimes L. scoparium and
straggling Banksia with little understorey. Dense and tangled short highland forests in the west may
be dominated by L. nitidum with some Eucryphia milliganii, Nothofagus cunninghamii, Agastachys odorata
and Cenarrhenes nitida. This benchmark is one of 2 benchmarks available to assess the condition of
NLE.
Overstorey:
Tree Canopy Cover: Forest – 80%
Large Trees:
Forest
Height (m)
DBH (cm)
#/ha
8
25
800
Large Tree Species
Common Name
Leptospermum scoparium
Leptospermum lanigerum
Leptospermum glaucescens
Leptospermum nitidum
common teatree
woolly teatree
smoky teatree
shiny teatree
Notes
Understorey:
Life Forms
Tree or large shrub
Shrub
Herbs and orchids
Large sedge/rush/sagg/lily
Ground fern
Scrambler/Climber/Epiphytes
Mosses and Lichens
LF code
#Spp
%Cover
T
S
H
LSR
GF
SCE
ML
2
2
2
1
1
1
n/a
80
<5
<1
<5
1
10
5
Vegetation Condition Benchmarks
Non-eucalypt Forest and Woodland
NLE Leptospermum forest: inland and highland facies
LF Code
Typical Understorey Species*
Common Name
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
S
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
G
LSR
LSR
MSR
MSR
GF
GF
GF
GF
MF
SCE
Acacia dealbata
silver wattle
Acacia melanoxylon
blackwood
Banksia marginata
silver banksia
Melaleuca squarrosa
scented paperbark
Monotoca glauca
goldey wood
Nothofagus cunninghamii
myrtle beech
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
celerytop pine
Tasmannia lanceolata
mountain pepper
Agastachys odorata
fragrant candlebush
Cenarrhenes nitida
native plum
Coprosma quadrifida
native currant
Eucryphia milliganii
dwarf leatherwood
Pimelea drupacea
cherry riceflower
Trochocarpa cunninghamii
straggling purpleberry
Acaena novae-zelandiae
common buzzy
Drymophila cyanocarpa
turquoise berry
Hydrocotyle hirta
hairy pennywort
Poa labillardierei
silver tussockgrass
Carex appressa
tall sedge
Gahnia grandis
cutting grass
Isolepis spp.
clubsedge
Schoenus spp.
bogsedge
Blechnum nudum
fishbone waterfern
Blechnum penna-marina
alpine waterfern
Polystichum proliferum
mother shieldfern
Pteridium esculentum
bracken
Dicksonia antarctica
soft treefern
Bauera rubioides
wiry bauera
*This list is provided as a guide only. The species listed are typical of this plant community type but may not necessarily be
present.
Ground:
Forest
Organic Litter Cover
Logs (m/0.1ha)
Recruitment
80%
6
Episodic
Last reviewed – 24 March 2015
Tasmanian Vegetation Monitoring and Mapping Program
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/tasveg