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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Tall dense eucalypt forests with straight-boled trees 30-50 m tall. Understorey includes an open stratum of tall, mostly mesophyllous shrubs, abundant vines and a continuous herbaceous
groundcover that includes a variety of ferns. This complex mesic understorey indicates that they
belong to the shrubby subformation of the wet sclerophyll forests.
Trees
Angophora floribunda (rough-barked apple), Eucalyptus cypellocarpa (monkey gum
), E. elata (river peppermint), E. muelleriana (yellow stringybark).
Shrubs
Acacia cognata (narrow-leaved bower wattle), Cassinia longifolia, Coprosma
quadrifida (prickly currant bush), Elaeocarpus reticulatus (blueberry ash),
Goodenia ovata (hop goodenia), Goodia lotifolia (golden-tip), Pimelea axiflora
(rice flower), Senecio linearifolius (fireweed groundsel).
Scramblers
Clematis aristata (old mans beard), Hibbertia dentata, Smilax australis (
sarsaparilla), Tylophora barbata (bearded tylophora).
Forbs
Geranium potentilloides, Gonocarpus teucrioides (raspwort), Hydrocotyle 'acutiloba',
Lagenifera stipitata (blue bottle-daisy), Stellaria flaccida (forest starwort),
Viola hederacea (ivy-leaved violet), Blechnum cartilagineum (gristle fern),
Calochlaena dubia (common ground fern), Cyathea australis (rough treefern),
Doodia aspera (prickly rasp-fern), Pteridium esculentum (bracken),
Entolasia marginata (bordered panic), Lomandra longifolia (spiny-headed mat-
rush), Oplismenus imbecillus, Poa meionectes and Tetrarrhena juncea (wiry
ricegrass).
Habitat
Gullies and sheltered slopes in coastal ranges and foothills up to 500 m elevation on loamy soils
of moderate fertility, derived from siltstones or, occasionally, granites, where mean annual
rainfall ranges from 850 to 1100 mm.
Distribution
Coastal ranges and foothills south from Nowra extending into the East Gippsland lowlands of
Victoria. Examples occur in Deua, Wadbilliga, Biamanga and South East Forest national parks.
Accessible examples can be seen north of Bega at the Mumbulla Creek picnic area and near the
Victorian border in the Watergums Creek Flora Reserve. In general, land clearing and forestry
have affected relatively minor areas, although the largest trees have sometimes been removed from
surprisingly inaccessible sites.
Notes
Moderately species rich vegetation with relatively consistent floristic composition across its
range. Grades into Southern Escarpment et Sclerophyll Forests with increasing elevation and
Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests with decreasing moisture availability.
Sources
Keith & Bedward (1999), Thomas et al. (2000)
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associated with the South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests vegetation class.