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Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) data
To view the distribution of EVCs across the State and in your area of interest see the Biodiversity Interactive Map on the DSE web site. The following spreadsheet allows you to sort by bioregion, EVC, native vegetation group or by the biroegional conservation status. This will allow you to find the relevant EVC in a bioregion and its conservation status.

Mapping units with Bioregional Conservation Status and Native Vegetation groupings - Revised November 2007 (XLS - 328 KB)

Various reports detailing EVC descriptions are available.

Click on relevant bioregion (table) below to take you to a list of EVCs and benchmarks within the bioregion.

Bioregion name

Brid	Bridgewater	MuF	Murray Fans
CVU	Central Victorian Uplands	MuM	Murray Mallee
DunT	Dundas Tablelands	MSB	Murray Scroll Belt
EGL	East Gippsland Lowlands	NIS	Northern Inland Slopes
EGU	East Gippsland Uplands	OtP	Otway Plain
GipP	Gippsland Plain	OtR	Otway Ranges
GleP	Glenelg Plain	RobP	Robinvale Plain
Gold	Goldfields	Strz	Strzelecki Ranges
GGr	Greater Grampians	VAlp	Victorian Alps
HFE	Highlands – Far East	VRiv	Victorian Riverina
HNF	Highlands – Northern Fall	VVP	Victorian Volcanic Plain
HSF	Highlands – Southern Fall	WaP	Warrnambool Plain
LoM	Lowan Mallee	WPro	Wilsons Promontory
MonT	Monaro Tablelands	Wim	Wimmera

Further enquiries and feedback
To provide feedback on any EVC related matters such as typology, mapping, groups or benchmarks or to request additional information please go to the Feedback and Enquiries web page. Please allow approximately one week for a response.

Legend for Bioregional Conservation Status of Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVC)

Status		Criteria
Presumed Extinct	X	Probably no longer present in the bioregion (the accuracy of this resumption is limited by the use of remotely - sensed 1:100 000 scale woody vegetation cover mapping to determine depletion - grassland, open woodland and wetland types are particularly affected).
Endangered	E	Contracted to less than 10% of former range; OR Less than 10% pre-European extent remains; OR Combination of depletion, degradation, current threats and rarity is comparable overall to the above: 10 to 30% pre-European extent remains and severely degraded over a majority of this area; or naturally restricted EVC reduced to 30% or less of former range and moderately degraded over a majority of this area; or rare EVC cleared and/or moderately degraded over a majority of former area.
Vulnerable	V	10 to 30% pre-European extent remains; OR Combination of depletion, degradation, current threats and rarity is comparable overall to the above: greater than 30% and up to 50% pre-European extent remains and moderately degraded over a majority of this area; or greater than 50% pre-European extent remains and severely degraded over a majority of this area; or naturally restricted EVC where greater than 30% pre-European extent remains and moderately degraded over a majority of this area; or rare EVC cleared and/or moderately degraded over a minority of former area.
Depleted	D	Greater than 30% and up to 50% pre-European extent remains; OR Combination of depletion, degradation and current threats is comparable overall to the above and: greater than 50% pre-European extent remains and moderately degraded over a majority of this area.
Rare	R	Rare EVC (as defined by geographic occurrence) but neither depleted, degraded nor currently threatened to an extent that would qualify as Endangered, Vulnerable or Depleted.
Least Concern	LC	Greater than 50% pre-European extent remains and subject to little to no degradation over a majority of this area.

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