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Victorian Resources Online - East Gippsland

Vegetation

Photo: East Gippsland Vegetation Montage

Vegetation Resources
Vegetation Management
The East Gippsland region is characterised by extensive areas of relatively intact and diverse native vegetation, ranging from subalpine to montane and coastal forests. East Gippsland's native forests form a substantial and contiguous part of the forested land in south-eastern Australia (C of A and State of Victoria 1996). While native vegetation has been retained in the mountainous areas to the east of the region, clearing has been extensive on the plains to the south and along the valleys of major rivers such as the Tambo, Macalister and Dargo Rivers (C of A and State of Victoria 1999).

Several relatively common Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) are subject to a variety of threatening processes but are not currently judged to be impacted to a sufficiently significant degree (ie. in extent and/or severity) to be considered endangered, vulnerable or rare in accordance with JANIS criteria. For example, EVCs with heathy understoreys (Heathy Dry Forest, Heathy Woodland, Granitic Hills Woodland) are particularly sensitive to altered fire regimes and the resulting decline in diversity is commonly identified across the study area (C of A and State of Victoria 1996).

Management mechanisms currently available to address threatening processes to the region’s vegetation resources include the Code of Practice for Fire Management on Public Land, Native Vegetation Retention Controls, weed control, fencing, and the Land for Wildlife scheme.
Photo: Trees in East Gippsland
Eucalypts in East Gippsland

Related Links

A range of Victorian vegetation data can be accessed via the Biodivesity Interactive Map on the DSE website (external link). This information includes tree cover and tree density.

References

Commonwealth of Australia and State of Victoria (1996). East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement: Comprehensive Regional Assessment. AGPS, Canberra.

Commonwealth of Australia and State of Victoria (1999). Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement: Comprehensive Regional Assessment. AGPS, Canberra.


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