Structural Forms of Vegetation in Australia

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|		|        Projective foliage cover of tallest stratum	       |
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| Life form and	| Dense		| Mid-dense	| Sparse	| Very sparse  |
| height of 	| (70 - 100%)	| (30 - 70%)	| (10 - 30%)	| (<10%)       |
| tallest       | crowns	| crowns	| up to 1 crown	| > 1 crown    |
| stratum       | interfacing	| touching	| separation	| separation   |
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| Trees > 30m	| Tall closed	| Tall open	| Tall		| Tall open    |
|		| forest	| forest	| woodland	| woodland     |
|		|		|		|		|	       |
| Trees 10-30m	| Closed	| Open		| Woodland	| Open	       |
|		| forest	| forest	|		| woodland     |
|		|		|		|		|	       |
| Trees 5-10m	| Low closed	| Low open	| Low		| Low open     |
|		| forest	| forest	| woodland	| woodland     |
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| Shrubs 2-8m	| Tall dense	| Tall mid-dense| Tall		| Tall open    |
|		| shrubland	| shrubland	| shrubland	| shrubland    |
|		|		|		|		|	       |
| or		| -		| Mid-dense	| Mallee	| Open         |
|		|		| mallee	|		| mallee       |
|		|		|		|		|	       |
| Shrubs 0-2m	| Dense		| Mid-dense	| Shrubland	| Open	       |
|		| shrubland	| shrubland	|		| shrubland    |
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| or		| Closed heath	| Open heath	| -		| -	       |
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| Hummock	| -		| -		| Hummock	| Open hummock |
| grasses 0-2m	| 		|		| grassland	| grassland    |
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| Herbs		| Closed	| Herbland	| Open		| -            |
|		| herbland	|		| herbland	|              |
|		|		|		|		|              |
| (mosses, ferns| Closed	| Tussock	| Open tussock	| -            |
| grasses, forbs| tussock	| grassland	| grassland	|              |
| sedges, etc.) | grassland	|		|		|              |
|		|		|		|		|              |
|		| Closed	| Grassland	| Open		| -            |
|		| grassland	|		| grassland	|              |
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|		| Closed	| Herbfield	| Open		| -            |
|		| herbfield	|		| herbfield	|              |
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|		| Closed	| Sedgeland	| Open		| -            |
|		| sedgeland	|		| sedgeland	|              |
|		|		|		|		|              |
|		| Closed	| Fernland	| Open		| -            |
|		| fernland	|		| fernland	|              |
|		|		|		|		|              |
|		| Closed	| Mossland	| Open		| -            |
|		| mossland	|		| mossland	|              |
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