Ground Cover - Tree Canopy
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context.
Evidence & Context
typically... made up of forests greater than 30 m tall and with projective foliage cover of between 30 and 70 per cent.
Projective foliage cover
This benchmark defines the typical canopy cover range for tall eucalypt forests in the Alpine and Subalpine Complex biome under conservation land use.
National NVIS standard for the reference state of wet sclerophyll forests.
Sources (1)
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