38 Yellow Box Valley Grassy Forest – Middle Yarra (EVC 47)

Community structure 

Woodland or open forest to 20m high with an upper storey of mixed eucalypts including Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box), E. rubida (Candlebark), E. polyanthemos (Red Box) and E. macrorhyncha (Red Stringybark). A sparse, low middle storey of wattles, heaths and peas grows over a ground layer of tussock grasses with other grass species and a rich diversity of herbs, lilies and sedges, especially in moist seasons. In drier seasons or in drier sections the species level may be sparser and less diverse.

Distribution 

Remnants of this community are scattered to the west of the Shire in the lower undulating slopes and valleys of the foothills to the north of the Yarra River in the Yarra Glen/Dixons Creek area and to the south in the Chirnside Park area. These areas have a moderate rainfall and fertile well drained alluvial soils. 

Typical suburbs/areas occurring in this EVC are:  Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Lilydale, Mt. Evelyn, Coldstream, Yarra Glen, Steels Creek, Dixons Creek, Chum Creek, Healesville. 

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