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Table 2 Unique species occurring exclusively in fire-trail or interior habitats. Total density is the total number of individuals across all sites in each habitat by stratum combination.

From: Ecological Impacts of Fire Trails on Plant Assemblages in Edge Habitat Adjacent to Trails

  

Functional group

Family

Species

Total density

Fire-trail habitat

Understory

shrub

Fabaceae

Acacia gordonii

3

shrub

Myrtaceae

Baeckea brevifolia

2

shrub

Lamiaceae

Chloanthes stoechadis

5

forb

Droseraceae

Drosera peltata

23

shrub

Proteaceae

Grevillea mucronulata

16

shrub

Myrtaceae

Harmogia densifolia

1

shrub

Dilleniaceae

Hibbertia empetrifolia ssp. empetrifolia

14

shrub

Dilleniaceae

Hibbertia riparia

4

shrub

Malvaceae

Lasiopetalum ferrugineum var. cordatum

8

fern

Lindsaeaceae

Lindsaea microphylla

6

shrub

Rubiaceae

Pomax umbellata

3

shrub

Phyllanthaceae

Poranthera corymbosa

11

forb

Goodeniaceae

Scaevola ramosissima

7

Overstory

shrub

Casuarinaceae

Allocasuarina distyla

1

shrub

Ericaceae

Epacris microphylla var. microphylla

1

shrub

Ericaceae

Leucopogon lanceolatus

1

shrub

Proteaceae

Xylomelum pyriforme

2

Interior habitat

Understory

shrub

Rhamnaceae

Cryptandra amara

6

graminoid

Cyperaceae

Lepidosperma concavum

13

shrub

Rutaceae

Zieria laevigata

9

Overstory

shrub

Fabaceae

Acacia obtusifolia

5

graminoid

Cyperaceae

Caustis pentandra

3

tree

Myrtaceae

Corymbia eximia

5

shrub

Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus sp.

26

shrub

Myrtaceae

Leptopermum squarrosum

1

shrub

Myrtaceae

Leptospermum polygalifolium

3

shrub

Myrtaceae

Leptospermum sp.

5

shrub

Ericaceae

Leucopogon esquamatus

3

shrub

Ericaceae

Woollsia pungens

102