The Victorian naturalist . ion was prob-ably not more than 10 m. The E. consideniana woodland hadan understory in which Gahria radula,Xanthorrhoea minor, Lepyrodia muel-leri and Lindsaya linearis were promi-nent, with some patches, often dense,of Leptospermum phylicoides. Upslope, both in mixed woodlandand in pure E. nitida, the most promi-nent understory species are Leptosper-mum juniperinum, L. myrsinoides,Banksia marginata and Pteridium es-culentum. L. juniperinum generallydecreases in abundance going upslope,while L. myrsinoides increases. In pureE. nitida, trees of Banksia serrata arecomm
The Victorian naturalist . ion was prob-ably not more than 10 m. The E. consideniana woodland hadan understory in which Gahria radula,Xanthorrhoea minor, Lepyrodia muel-leri and Lindsaya linearis were promi-nent, with some patches, often dense,of Leptospermum phylicoides. Upslope, both in mixed woodlandand in pure E. nitida, the most promi-nent understory species are Leptosper-mum juniperinum, L. myrsinoides,Banksia marginata and Pteridium es-culentum. L. juniperinum generallydecreases in abundance going upslope,while L. myrsinoides increases. In pureE. nitida, trees of Banksia serrata arecommon. There are clear differences betweenthe predominantly monocot under-story in much of the E. considenianawoodland and the abundance of Fig. 1. Locationof study area(shown byasterisk) onCrown Land inthe easternHoley shown assolid lines andtracks as dashedlines. Hatchingshows landowned by Aus-tralian PaperManufacturersForests Pty. Ltd.(1973 boun-daries), virtu-ally all of whichcarries Pinusradiata December, 1975 259 Table 1 Description of two soil profiles in the study area. Munsell colours of air-dry soilin all cases. Slight quartz gravel was present throughout both profiles. Depth(cm) Horizon Description (a) Euc0-88-2525-30 alyptus consioAi A2 B leniana woodland Dark grey (5YR4/1) sandy grey () sandy loam. Reddish yellow () mottled with pinkish grey() sandy clay. (b) E. n 0-1515-6060-65 itida woodlanAi A2 B d Very dark grey (SYR3/1) loamy grey (5YR7/1) sand. Dark brown () mottled with reddish yellow() sand cemented by humus and iron oxidesto form coarse gravel. sclerophyllous dicots under pure , where, in addition to thespecies above, others like Acacia oxy-cedrus, Dillwynia glaberrima, Hib-bertia acicularis, H. virgata and Leu-copogon ericoides are found. (Seealso Appendix 1.) These changes areaccompanied by a general reductionin stature and density of the treestratum. Discussi
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