Tuatara: Volume 21, Issue 3, April 1975
Recording Canopy Composition in Grassland and Other Short Herbaceous Communities
Recording Canopy Composition in Grassland and Other Short Herbaceous Communities
Fig. 1: Chart of vegetation canopy in permanent transect established by A. E. Esler on Tiritiri Island, Hauraki Gulf. Dimensions in feet. Key to symbols used:—
Bl. cap.: Blechnum capense
Cass: Cassinia retorta
Cy deal: Cyathea dealbata
Dac. glom.: Dactylis glomerata
Ger. molle: Geranium molle
Hol. lan.: Holcus lanatus
Lept. scop. and L.s.: Leptospermum scoparium
Met. ex.: Metrosideros excelsa
Pitt crass: Pittosporum crassifolium
Plant. lanc.: Plantago lanceolata
Pt. ag. and Pt.: Pteridium aquilinum
Sc. nod.: Scirpus nodosus
In some types of short vegetation it is possible to plot boundaries or sharp transitions in composition readily and to characterise the vegetation in each part of the mosaic with a simple descriptive name (Fig. 1).