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Ecological factors:
Soil: |
Brown shallow peaty loam over grey brown clay loam on knoll, grading
to black shallow fibrous muck peat over quartzite gravel on exposed slope. |
Aspect: |
West 265 degrees. |
Slope: |
1-5 degrees. |
Rainfall: |
1500-2000mm. |
Vegetation type: |
Eucalyptus nitida / Banksia marginata / Monotoca submutica
low open forest abruptly grading to Gymnoshoenus sphaerocephalus
sedgeland with sparse emergent shrubs. |
Geology: |
Quarternary scree talus of Precambrian / Cambrian. |
Vegetation Structure
- E. nitida to 10m with 50-75 cover.
- Banksia and Monotoca submutica understorey with little
groundcover (1-5%).
- Moorland contains monocots to 0.5m, 50-75% cover Gymnoschoenus sp.,
Restio sp.
- few emergent shrubs to 1.5m
Vegetation Processes
- Vegetation boundaries related to soil, water and fire
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