Remnant Vegetation
Throughout northern and western Victoria, most remnant native vegetation is restricted to public land along the major rivers that dissect the northern plains, including the Murray River. The structure and species composition of these areas has been altered by timber harvesting, domestic stock grazing and recreational pursuits while presently, weed invasions and altered flooding regimes pose a major threat to these vegetation types.
Private land in these areas carry very little remnant vegetation although it does contain important examples of vegetation types such as Plains Grassland and Plains Grassy Woodland that are poorly represented on public land.
In the State’s east, however, extensive areas of relatively intact and diverse native vegetation are found, ranging from sub-alpine to montane and coastal forests. For example, 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).
© The State of Victoria, 1996 - 2008.
This document was last reviewed on 03/09/2008