DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Broad Vegetation Types (BVTs)
Broad vegetation types (BVTs) categorise a diversity of indigenous vegetation assigned on the basis of existing vegetation and other biophysical parameters, such as geology, rainfall, elevation and soil type (DNRE, 1997a).
Some of the more common BVTs remaining throughout various parts of Victoria today include:
- Box-Ironbark Forest Complexes
- Coastal Grassy Woodland Complexes
- Coastal Scrubs and Grasslands Complexes
- Dry Foothill Forest Complexes
- Grassland Complexes
- Heath Complexes
- Heathy Woodland Complexes
- Herb-rich Woodland Complexes
- Inland Slopes Woodland Complexes
- Lowland Forest Complexes
- Mallee Complexes
- Moist Foothill Forest Complexes
- Montane Dry Woodland Complexes
- Montane Grassy Woodland Complexes
- Montane Moist Forest Complexes
- Plains Grassy Woodlands Complexes
- Riverine Grassy Woodlands Complexes
- Rainshaddow Woodland Complexes
- Sedge-rich Woodlands Complexes
- Sub-alpine Grassy Woodland Complexes
- Sub-alpine Woodland Complexes
- Wimmera Mallee/ Woodland Complexes
- Valley Grassy Forest Complexes
© The State of Victoria, 1996 - 2008.
This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008