Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects 4WD Tracks Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2015

• Main Author: John Morgan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2018
• Subjects: Vegetation structure; Plant species composition; Plant species abundance; Individual plants; 0602; Biological Classification > Plants; Biosphere > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra; Alpine National Park; Species richness; Compositional changes; Weed invasion; Altitudinal gradient; Acacia obliquinervia; Acaena echinata; Acaena novaezelandiae; Acetosella vulgaris; Acrothamnus montanus; Agrostis capillaris sl; Agrostis venusta; Anthosachne scabra; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Argyrotegium fordianum; Arthropodium milleflorum; Asperula gunnii; Asperula pusilla; Asterolasia trymalioides; Baeckea gunniana; Bossiaea foliosa; Brachyscome decipiens; Brachyscome nivalis; Carex appressa; Carex breviculmis; Carex gaudichaudiana; Carex hebes; Carex jackiana; Cerastium glomeratum; Cerastium vulgare; Chrysocephalum semipapposum; Cirsium vulgare; Coprosma hirtella; Cotula alpina; Craspedia gracilis; Craspedia jamesii; Daviesia latifolia; Deyeuxia carinata; Deyeuxia crassiuscula; Dianella tasmanica; Dichondra repens; Empodisma minus; Epacris celata; Epacris gunnii; Epacris paludosa; Epilobium billardiereanum sl; Epilobium ciliatum; Eucalyptus delegatensis; Eucalyptus pauciflora sl; Festuca rubra; Geranium potentilloides sl; Gonocarpus micranthus; Gonocarpus montanus; Grevillea australis; Grevillea victoriae; Helichrysum rutidolepis; Holcus lanatus; Hovea montana; Hydrocotyle algida; Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides; Hypericum japonicum; Hypericum perforatum; Hypochaeris radicata; Isolepis spp; Juncus falcatus; Kunzea muelleri; Leptinella filicula; Leptorhynchos squamatus; Luzula acutifolia; Luzula modesta; Luzula spp; Melicytus dentatus; Microseris lanceolata; Olearia algida; Olearia brevipedunculata; Olearia frostii; Olearia phlogopappa subsp flavescens; Olearia phlogopappa subsp phlogopappa; Oreomyrrhis ciliata; Oreomyrrhis eriopoda; Oxylobium ellipticum; Ozothamnus alpinus; Ozothamnus cupressoides; Ozothamnus secundiflorus; Pappochroma nitidum; Phebalium squamulosum; Pimelea alpina; Pimelea axiflora; Pimelea ligustrina; Plantago euryphylla; Poa costiniana; Poa ensiformis; Poa fawcettiae; Poa helmsii; Poa hiemata; Poa hothamensis; Poa pratensis; Podolobium alpestre; Polyscias sambucifolia; Polystichum proliferum; Prostanthera cuneata; Prostanthera lasianthos; Prunella vulgaris; Pteridium esculentum; Ranunculus victoriensis; Rubus fruticosus spp agg; Rubus parvifolius; Rytidosperma alpicola; Rytidosperma nudiflorum; Rytidosperma penicillatum; Scaevola hookeri; Scleranthus biflorus; Scleranthus singuliflorus; Senecio gunnii; Senecio pinnatifolius sl; Spergularia rubra; Stellaria pungens; Taraxacum officinale spp agg; Trachymene humilis subsp breviscapa; Trifolium repens; Trisetum spicatum; Verbascum spp; Veronica derwentiana; Veronica serpyllifolia; Viola betonicifolia; Viola fuscoviolacea; Wahlenbergia ceracea; Wahlenbergia spp; Xerochrysum subundulatum; Tundra
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This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects 4WD Track Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data along the Springs-Bogong Jack Saddle Track in the South-East Highlands, Australia. These data have been used against background quadrat data to test a hypothesis about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species. Plots are located at altitudinally stratified intervals along two altitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps. Each track is divided into sectors in which plots are situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned abundance and cover scores. 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.