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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Mosaics of sedgland, aquatic herbfields and open water.
Trees
None
Shrubs and vines
None
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Lepironia articulata, Eleocharis sphacelata, Baumea articulata, B. tetragona, Isachne globosa, Lepidosperma longitudinale, Villarsia exaltata, Ludwigia peploides ssp. montevidensis, Alisma plantago-aquatica
Habitat
Depressions in coastal sand sheets and floodplains with free-standing water
Distribution
Scattered along the entire NSW coastline, extending into Qld and Vic.
Notes
A locally restricted group of assemblages, for which mapping is incomplete across the state. Composition varies temporally with inundation regimes and spatially between and within wetlands. Shares limited floristic affinities with Coastal swamp heaths and forests.
Sources
Myerscough & Carolin (1985); NPWS (2000); Keith & Tozer (unpubl.)
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