BGGW Assessment Tool.xlsx

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1	Box Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grasslands Assessment Sheet
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3	(Adapted from Managing farm bushland (Morsley and Tremot, 2000) and Caring for Country - A guide to managing Box Gum Grassy Woodlands (Rawlings, Freudenberger and Carr 2010)
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6	This form can be used to provide a basic assessment of your patch to assist in determining its composition.
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8	Date:			Site Identifier:
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10	Name:			Route: eg North to South
11	Native Vegetation and Habitat
12		Score	0	1	2	3	4	GPS
13	Features		Nil	Edges Only	Isolated Individuals	Patches	Abundant throughout	Notes
14	Mature Trees
15	Tree Seedlings/saplings
16	Trees with fruit/flowers
17	Native Shrubs
18	Young Shrubs
19	Shrubs with fruit/flowers
20	Native Grasses
21	Grasses with flowers
22	Native Herbs
23	Herbs with flowers
24	Lichen/Moss/Fungi
25	Fallen Timber
26	Leaf Litter
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29	Weeds and Physical Damage
30		Score	0	1	2	3	4
31	Features		Nil	Edges Only	Isolated Individuals	Patches	Abundant throughout	Notes
32	Unhealthy Trees
33	Insect Damage
34	Mistletoe
35	Woody Weeds
36	Non Grassy herbacious weeds
37	Introduced Grasses
38	Feral Animals
39	Soil Erosion
40	Tracks/Bare ground
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43	Native or Introduced		Identify all species you can				take photos for later identification
44			Name					Native or Introduced	dominant/common/occasional/rare	photo
45	Trees greater than 2m tall
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55	Shrubs 1- 5 m
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61	Grasses or grass like plants
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67	Non grassy herbaceous and woody plants up to 1m
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75	Animals & other lifeforms - actual sightings or evidence eg: scat
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