Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2013

• Main Author: David Lindenmayer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2014
• Subjects: Stem counts; Permanent plot; Hollows; Vegetation structure; Plant species composition; Plant species abundance; Individual plants; 0501 Ecological Applications; 0602 Ecology; Biological Classification > Plants; Acacia dealbata; Acacia frigescens; Acacia melanoxylon; Acacia nanodealbata; Acacia obliquinervia; Acacia verniciflua; Acacia verticillata; Acrothamnus maccraei; Asperula euryphylla; Asperula gunnii; Atherosperma moschatum; Australina pusilla; Austrocynoglossum latifolium; Bedfordia arborescens; Billardiera macrantha; Billardiera mutabilis; Blechnum cartilagineum; Blechnum fluviatile; Blechnum minus; Blechnum nudum; Blechnum wattsii; Calochlaena dubia; Calystegia marginata; Carex appressa; Carex species; Cassinia aculeata; Cassinia longifolia; Centaurium erythraea; Cirsium vulgare; Clematis aristata; Conyza bonariensis; Coprosma hirtella; Coprosma quadrifida; Correa lawrenciana; Cyathea australis; Cynoglossum latifolium; Daviesia mimosoides; Dawsonia superba; Dianella tasmanica; Dicksonia antarctica; Digitalis purpurea; Diplazium australe; Drymophila cyanocarpa; Dryopoa dives; Eucalyptus cypellocarpa; Eucalyptus delegatensis; Eucalyptus dives; Eucalyptus nitens; Eucalyptus obliqua; Eucalyptus radiata; Eucalyptus regnans; Eucalyptus viminalis; Gahnia radula; Gahnia sieberiana; Galium gaudichaudii; Galium propinquum; Gamochaeta calviceps; Geranium variable; Gleichenia microphylla; Gonocarpus humilis; Goodenia ovata; Goodia lotifolia; Grammitis billardierei; Hedycarya angustifolia; Histiopteris incisa; Holcus lanatus; Hydrocotyle geraniifolia; Hydrocotyle hirta; Hymenophyllum species; Hypochaeris radicata; Hypolepis rugosula; Isolepis subtilissima; Lagenophora montana; Leionema bilobum; Lepidosperma elatius; Leptinella filicula; Leptospermum grandiflorum; Leptostigma reptans; Lomatia fraseri; Mentha australis; Mentha laxiflora; Microlaena stipoides; Microsorum pustulatum; Notelaea ligustrina; Nothofagus cunninghamii; Olearia argophylla; Olearia lirata; Olearia phlogopappa; Olearia rugosa; Oreomyrrhis eriopoda; Oxalis exilis; Parsonsia brownii; Persoonia arborea; Phebalium squamulosum; Philotheca myoporoides; Pimelea axiflora; Pimelea linifolia; Pittosporum bicolor; Platylobium formosum; Poa ensiformis; Polyscias sambucifolia; Polystichum proliferum; Pomaderris aspera; Poranthera microphylla; Prostanthera lasianthos; Prostanthera melissifolia; Prunella vulgaris; Pteridium esculentum; Ranunculus plebeius; Rapanea howittiana; Rorippa dictyosperma; Rubus fruticosus; Rubus parvifolius; Sambucus gaudichaudiana; Senecio glomeratus; Senecio gunnii; Senecio minimus; Senecio vagus; Senecio velleioides; Solanum aviculare; Solanum prinophyllum; Sonchus oleraceus; Stellaria flaccida; Sticherus lobatus; Tasmannia lanceolata; Tetrarrhena juncea; Todea barbara; Trifolium species; Urtica incisa; Veronica derwentiana; Viola eminens; Viola hederacea; Zieria arborescens; Correa; Rugosa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.172.49/html

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains transect, plot- and subplot-based vegetation data collected from 175 spread across the montane ash forests of the Central Highlands in Victoria, Australia. Vegetation related data is collected annually from 105 of 163 (175 in 2013) sites (mainly sites burnt in 2009) and every 2 to 3 years from the remaining 70 sites (unburnt sites). Vegetation species are recorded along transects. A Height versus Diameter matrix is used to record all woody plants and tree ferns over 2m in height within the three 10 x 10 m plots situated along the transect. A basal sweep is done in the middle of each 10x10 m plot. Basal Area Factor 1m squared is used with the number of Acacia species recorded, as well as whether the tree is alive or dead. Seedling plots (1m x1m) are located in the middle of each of the three 10mx10m plots and all living plant species which are less than 5 m in height with their bases rooted within the 1 x 1 m plots are recorded by height increments in the table. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest