Step 2—Assign groundcover categories andStep 2—Assign groundcover categories and subcategories

Step 2—Assign groundcover categories and subcategories

(1) Assign each sampling point to a groundcover category, and subcategory where appropriate, in the following table: Table

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:36pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Category</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subcategory</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Groundcover</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living ground vascular plant</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A1</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living grass from a species that is native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A2</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living herbaceous vascular plant, other than a grass, from a species that is native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A3</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living woody plant within the ground layer (less than 1 metre tall) from a species that is native to the local area. Includes seedlings, vines and other small plants of native tree and shrub species.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A4</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living ground layer plant from a species that is not native to the local area, other than non-pasture crop species</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>A5</span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living ground layer plant from a species that is a non-pasture crop species</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>B</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Cryptogamic soil crust or non-vascular plants</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>C</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Dead native ground layer plant</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>D</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Dead non-native ground layer plant</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>E</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Litter (dead plant material including leaves, bark, twigs)</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>F</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Bare ground</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>G</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Rock</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>H</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Yes</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Ground cover – not otherwise specified</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>I</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living predominant native canopy tree</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>J</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living native understorey tree</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>K</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living native shrub</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>L</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living native vine</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>M</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Dead native tree, shrub or vine</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>N</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living canopy tree that is not native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>O</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living understorey tree or shrub that is not native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>P</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Living vine that is not native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Q</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>No</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Dead tree, shrub or vine that is not native to the local area</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:45.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>R</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:67.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>N/A</span></p></td><td style="width:156.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="line-height:normal"><span>Other – not otherwise specified</span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>