APPENDIX II PART B DIAGRAMS OF TALL ALPINE HERBFIELD SECTIONS
ALONG THE GUNGARTAN LONG-TERM VEGETATION
TRANSECTS IN THE ALPINE ZONE OF KOSCIUSZKO
NATIONAL PARK
- 1959 TO 2002 -
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(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 18 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 123, and (b) section 131. Both sections were classed as bare in 1959 (D. Wimbush,
pers. comm. 1999).
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(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 19 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 125, and (b) section 130. Both sections were classed as intertussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
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(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 20 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 126, and (b) section 127. Both sections were classed as tussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
265
(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 21 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 128, and (b) section 129. Both sections were classed as tussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
266
(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 22 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 133, and (b) section 134. Both sections were classed as intertussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
267
(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 23 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 135, and (b) section 139. Both sections were classed as tussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
268
(a)
Legend
(b)
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 24 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: (a) section 140, and (b) section 141. Both sections were classed as tussock in 1959 (D.
Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999).
269
Legend
bare ground
club moss
litter
matt
rush
rock
sedge
short grass
short herb
small moss
sphagnum
short shrub
tall grass
tall herb
tall shrub
watercourse
Figure A 25 Diagram of vegetation succession from 1959 to 2002 in tall alpine herbfield vegetation on 15.25 m sections along permanent transects near Mt
Gungartan in the alpine zone of Kosciuszko National Park: section 142. This section was classed as tussock in 1959 (D. Wimbush, pers. comm. 1999). 270