Plant communities of the Mt Wellington Range, Tasmania

Abstract

AbstractAssociations among species of vascular plants in twelve predefined vegetation zones on Mt Wellington, Tasmania, are described. The vegetation zones were based mainly on the dominant species of eucalypt contained therein, following an approach used previously by Martin (1940). The twelve zones were subsequently reduced to a total of six cluster groups using hierarchical classification procedures. Character species, in the sense of the Braun‐Blanquet (1928) system of phytosociology, are identified and tabulated for each group. It is suggested that the division of a survey area into zones based upon dominant euealypts may be applicable to the study of vegetation communities in other parts of Tasmania.