Table 1 Locally abundant and locally sparse species in fire-trail habitat. Density measured as total number of individuals in each habitat.
From: Ecological Impacts of Fire Trails on Plant Assemblages in Edge Habitat Adjacent to Trails
| Â | Â | Functional group | Family | Species | Density (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Fire-trail | Interior |
Understory | Locally abundant | shrub | Fabaceae | Acacia myrtifolia | 34 | 3 |
forb | Apiaceae | Actinotus helianthi | 5 | 1 | ||
shrub | Rutaceae | Boronia floribunda | 12 | 5 | ||
shrub | Fabaceae | Bossiaea obcordata | 45 | 14 | ||
shrub | Polygalaceae | Comesperma ericinum | 16 | 3 | ||
graminoid | Cyperaceae | Cyathochaeta diandra | 323 | 120 | ||
forb | Phormiaceae | Dianella prunina | 13 | 2 | ||
graminoid | Poaceae | Entolasia stricta | 193 | 86 | ||
shrub | Dilleniaceae | Hibbertia rufa | 7 | 1 | ||
forb | Anthericaceae | Laxmannia gracilis | 84 | 32 | ||
fern | Lindsaeaceae | Lindsaea linearis | 46 | 12 | ||
forb | Lomandraceae | Lomandra cylindrical | 86 | 42 | ||
forb | Lomandraceae | Lomandra multiflora | 31 | 10 | ||
forb | Lomandraceae | Lomandra obliqua | 462 | 76 | ||
forb | Loganiaceae | Mitrasacme pilosa | 26 | 7 | ||
forb | Iridaceae | Patersonia glabrata | 97 | 40 | ||
shrub | Rutaceae | Philotheca hispidula | 246 | 81 | ||
shrub | Thymelaeaceae | Pimelea linifolia ssp. linifolia | 169 | 56 | ||
fern | Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium esculentum | 17 | 8 | ||
graminoid | Cyperaceae | Schoenus villosus | 3 | 1 | ||
shrub | Elaeocarpaceae | Tetratheca rupicola | 956 | 332 | ||
Locally sparse | shrub | Euphorbiaceae | Amperea xiphoclada ssp. xiphoclada | 15 | 36 | |
shrub | Rutaceae | Boronia ledifolia | 2 | 13 | ||
shrub | Fabaceae | Bossiaea heterophylla | 25 | 51 | ||
shrub | Ericaceae | Brachyloma daphnoides | 14 | 81 | ||
subshrub | Goodeniaceae | Dampiera purpurea | 10 | 27 | ||
shrub | Myrtaceae | Euryomyrtus ramosissima | 3 | 91 | ||
shrub | Dilleniaceae | Hibbertia obtusifolia | 2 | 13 | ||
shrub | Myrtaceae | Leptospermum arachnoides | 1 | 2 | ||
shrub | Myrtaceae | Leptospermum parvifolium | 1 | 9 | ||
graminoid | Restionaceae | Lepyrodia scariosa | 22 | 131 | ||
shrub | Picrodendraceae | Micrantheum ericoides | 16 | 39 | ||
shrub | Xanthorrhoeaceae | Xanthorrhoea minor | 9 | 18 | ||
Overstory | Locally abundant | shrub | Fabaceae | Acacia terminalis | 20 | 9 |
shrub | Proteaceae | Conospermum longifolium | 17 | 3 | ||
shrub | Fabaceae | Daviesia corymbosa | 194 | 47 | ||
shrub | Sapindaceae | Dodonaea triquetra | 34 | 8 | ||
tree | Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus agglomerata | 27 | 12 | ||
tree | Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus punctata | 18 | 5 | ||
shrub | Ericaceae | Leucopogon muticus | 20 | 6 | ||
shrub | Ericaceae | Leucopogon setiger | 13 | 4 | ||
shrub | Fabaceae | Pultenaea scabra | 87 | 25 | ||
Locally sparse | shrub | Fabaceae | Acacia oxycedrus | 7 | 15 | |
tree | Proteaceae | Banksia serrata | 7 | 17 | ||
tree | Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus burgessiana | 2 | 6 | ||
shrub | Proteaceae | Hakea sericea | 6 | 13 | ||
shrub | Xanthorrhoeaceae | Xanthorrhoea media | 3 | 10 | ||