|
|
Ecological factors:
| Soil: |
Clay Loam over brown, uniform deep stony clay loam. |
| Aspect: |
East 90 degrees |
| Slope: |
5-10 degrees |
| Rainfall: |
1250 mm |
| Vegetation type: |
Mixed forest (Eucalyptus
delegatensis tall - forest). |
| Geology: |
Triassic sandstone |
Vegetation Structure
- Rainforest canopy species (Nothofagus sp. and Atherosperma) approximately
25-30m and 95% coverage, emergent eucalypts upto 60m.
- Understorey generally composed of rainforest species
- Groundcover dominated by ferns and bryophytes.
Vegetation Processes
- Mixed forest- a reality or a seral successional stage, a disclimax.
- Light limitation on understorey vegetation restricts growth to rainforest
species.
- Absence of a fire event in the next 50-100 years will result in die-off of
emergent eucalypts and no regeneration of eucalypt seedlings therefore a
pure rainforest will result.
- A fire event in the near future may shift vegetation towards a wet
sclerophyll vegetation type.
|
