ECOLOGICAL VEGETATION CLASS PROFILE:


029 DAMP FOREST

Structure: / Forest to 30 metres
Environment: / Gullies in relatively high rainfall areas
Pre-1750 distribution: / Restricted to gullies on the main ridge east of Arthurs Seat,
where mostly confined to southern and eastern slopes and drainage lines
Present distribution: / Rare
Peninsula status: / Endangered
Bioregional status: / Endangered
Nearest relative: / Riparian Forest
Adjacent EVCs: / Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Typical site: / Endeavour Gully (National Trust property), Red Hill
Notes: / Distinguished by tall trees and rich fern flora including treeferns; Wet Forest does not occur on the Mornington Peninsula due to insufficient rainfall

General notes:

(1) This profile is generalised with only the major species listed; individual sites may differ in composition due to site characteristics (geology, aspect, rainfall, drainage) and site history;
look at the composition of adjacent vegetation to fine tune the species list for your site.

(2) Heights for trees are in metres, other plants in centimetres.

(3) Availability from nurseries is for species, not necessarily for your soil-type genetic provenance within the species; plants should be sourced from same soil type / geology for genetic conservation and best growth; contact your local indigenous nursery and ask them to collect seed from local sites or ensure that plants are local provenance.

(4) Planting of locally sourced indigenous species appropriate for the EVC should be undertaken where remnant indigenous vegetation is absent or where carefully applied bush regeneration techniques have failed to stimulate adequate recruitment of new indigenous plants within remnant indigenous vegetation; managing for natural regeneration preserves the ecological integrity of native vegetation rather than turning it into a plantation.

Scientific name

/ Common name / Height / Available /
Trees
Acacia dealbata / Silver Wattle / 20
Acacia melanoxylon / Blackwood / 25 / ü
Eucalyptus obliqua / Messmate Stringybark / 30 / ü
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. viminalis / Manna Gum / 30 / ü
Olearia argophylla / Musk Daisy-bush / 10 / ü
Pomaderris aspera / Hazel Pomaderris / 15
Prostanthera lasianthos / Victorian Christmas-bush / 6 / ü
Rapanea howittiana / Muttonwood / 15
Shrubs
Acacia verticillata / Prickly Moses / 400 / ü
Cassinia aculeata / Common Cassinia / 250 / ü
Coprosma quadrifida / Prickly Currant-bush / 200 / ü
Goodenia ovata / Hop Goodenia / 200 / ü
Grasses
Microlaena stipoides / Weeping Grass / 70 / ü
Poa ensiformis / Sword Tussock-grass / 100 / ü
Tetrarrhena juncea / Forest Wire-grass / 200 / ü
Ground covers
Acaena novae-zelandiae / Bidgee-widgee / 20 / ü
Austrocynoglossum latifolium / Forest Hound's-tongue / 50

Dianella tasmanica

/ Tasman Flax-lily / 100 / ü
Dichondra repens / Kidney-weed / 4 / ü
Euchiton collinus s.s. / Creeping Cudweed / 40
Galium propinquum / Maori Bedstraw / 30
Glycine latrobeana / Clover Glycine / 10
Hydrocotyle hirta / Hairy Pennywort / 10
Hydrocotyle laxiflora / Stinking Pennywort / 15 / ü
Hypericum gramineum / Small St John's Wort / 40 / ü
Oxalis corniculata s.l. / Yellow Wood-sorrel / 15
Pelargonium australe / Austral Stork's-bill / 60 / ü
Plantago debilis / Shade Plantain / 45
Poranthera microphylla / Small Poranthera / 15
Senecio linearifolius / Fireweed Groundsel / 120
Sigesbeckia orientalis / Indian Weed / 120
Stellaria pungens / Prickly Starwort / 30 / ü
Viola hederacea / Ivy-leaf Violet / 15 / ü
Xanthorrhoea minor / Small Grass-tree / 100 / ü
Ferns
Asplenium flabellifolium / Necklace Fern / -1
Blechnum minus / Soft Water-fern / 80
Blechnum nudum / Fishbone Water-fern / 80
Calochlaena dubia / Common Ground-fern / 180
Cyathea australis / Rough Tree-fern / 500
Dicksonia antarctica / Soft Tree-fern / 500 / ü
Microsorum pustulatum / Kangaroo Fern / 50
Polystichum proliferum / Mother Shield-fern / 80
Pteridium esculentum / Austral Bracken / 100
Climbers, epiphytes
Clematis aristata / Mountain Clematis / ü
Glycine clandestina / Twining Glycine / ü

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