Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Composition Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2012–2013

• Main Author: John Morgan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2014
• Subjects: Alpine National Park; Species richness; Alpine summits; Dominant classes; Compositional changes; Vegetation structure; Plant species composition; Plant species abundance; Individual plants; 0602 Ecology; Biological Classification > Plants; Biosphere > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra; Acetosella vulgaris; Aciphylla glacialis; Agrostis venusta; Ajuga australis; Arthropodium milleflorum; Asperula gunnii; Asterolasia trymaloides; Baeckea gunnii; Bossiaea foliosa; Brachyscome nivalis; Brachyscome ridigula; Brachyscome spathulata; Bulbine bulbosa; Cardamine ilicifolia; Carex breviculmis; Carex hebes; Celmisia costiniana; Celmisia pugioniformis; Chrysocephalum semipapposum; Colobanthus affinis; Craspedia coolaminica; Elymus scaber; Erigeron bellidoides; Erigeron nitidulus; Geranium potentilloides; Gonocarpus montanus; Goodenia hederacea; Grevillea australis; Helichrysum rutidolepis; Hovea montana; Hypochoeris radicata; Joycea pallida; Kunzea muelleri; Leionema phyllacoides; Leptorrhynchos squamatus; Leucopogon montanus; Lomandra filiformis; Luzula acutifolia; Luzula modesta; Neopaxia australasica; Olearia brevipedunculata; Olearia frostii; Oreomyrrhis eriopoda; Orites lancifolia; Ozothamnus alpinus; Pentachondra pumila; Phebalium squamulosum; Pimelea alpina; Pimelea axiflora; Poa hiemata; Poa hothamensis; Podolepis robusta; Podolobium alpestre; Prasophyllum alpinum; Prasophyllum suttonii; Prostanthera cuneata; Ranunculus victoriensis; Rhodanthe anthemoides; Rytidosperma alpicola; Rytidosperma nudiflorum; Rytidosperma pallidum; Scleranthis singulaflorus; Scleranthus biflorus; Senecio gunnii; Senecio pinnatifolius; Stackhousia monogyna; Stelleria pungens; Stylidium graminifolium; Trisetum spicatum; Viola betonicifolia; Xerochrysum subundulatum; Tundra
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.42.52/html

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Composition Data Package comprises plot-based vegetation data for alpine mountain summits in the Australian Alps. Twenty 1 metre squared quadrats are situated along each of four varying length permanent transects established on mountain summits. In each quadrat, plant species are assigned percentage cover abundance and species per metre squared are recorded. The Alpine Summit plots study, which commenced in 2001, forms part of the collection of data packages by the Victorian Alpine Plot Network. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Alpine Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine.