Classify the ecosystem from which the following data were collected consistent w
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Question
Classify the ecosystem from which the following data were collected consistent with the National Vegetation Information Scheme's Broad Floristic Formation.
Upper stratum
Species: Eucalyptus melliodora, E. blakelyi
Mean height: 32 metres
Crown cover: 8%
Lower stratum
Species: Poa labillardieri, P. sieberiana, Themeda triandra
Mean height: 0.6 metres
Crown cover: 62%
Select one:
a. Eucalyptus medium open woodland
b. Eucalyptus tall woodland
c. Eucalyptus medium woodland
d. Eucalyptus tall open mallee woodland
e. Poa tall tussock grassland
f. Eucalyptus tall open woodland
Explanation / Answer
Answer f.The forest is known as open woodland forest when it has very few scattered trees and the crowns do not touch each other. Since the crown cover is 8% which means that the trees are very few and widely spaced. The forest is tall when the height of the crown is greater than 30 m since here the crown height is given as 32 m which means that it is tall forest. The open woodlands are dominated mainly by Eucalyptus trees in temperate Australia. Eucalyptus melliodora and E Blakelyi forms an open woodland and are found mostly in close association with each other. These trees form an open canopy above the tussock grass, shrubs and herbs. These trees are the dominant species of the upper stratum. So on the basis of the data we can conclude that it is Eucalyptus tall open woodland.