Vegetation Woody Cover

Benchmark Value

30 %

Direction: Higher is desirable ↑

Form: MaximumOnly

Scoring Curve

This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context.

Evidence & Context

White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland is characterised by widely-spaced trees and projected foliage cover generally less than 30% (Prober et al. 2017).

Metric Definition:

Projected foliage cover of the overstorey canopy tree layer.

Benchmark Definition:

Natural upper canopy density characterizing this critically endangered woodland formation.

Justification:

Defines the natural upper canopy density characterizing this critically endangered woodland formation under Keith (2017) and Prober et al. (2017).

Sources (1)

Preview of Conservation Assessment of White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland - Environment and Heritage - NSW Government, accessed August 12, 2025,

Conservation Assessment of White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland - Environment and Heritage - NSW Government, accessed August 12, 2025, Journal

White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland - Conservation Assessment

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