Section Table of quantitative requirements - Nature Repair (Replanting Native Forest and Woodland Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2025 - Table of quantitative requirements | Zoe

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Section Table of quantitative requirements - Nature Repair (Replanting Native Forest and Woodland Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2025 - Table of quantitative requirements | Zoe

Table of quantitative requirements

	Indicator	Restoration target level 1	Restoration target level 2	Restoration target level 3	Restoration target level 4
(a)	Canopy height	At least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	At least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	At least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	At least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem
(b)	Crown cover from native plants in the canopy layer	Crown cover must be at least 20% and must be greater than half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least 20% and must be greater than half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least 20% and must be greater than half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least 20% and must be greater than half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem
(c)	Crown cover from native plants in the mid-storey layer	Crown cover must be at least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem	Crown cover must be at least half of benchmark value of the indicator for the relevant reference ecosystem
(d)	Crown cover from plants in the canopy layer provided by non-native plants	No more than 10%	No more than 7.5%	No more than 5%	No more than 2.5%
(e)	Crown cover from plants in the mid-storey layer provided by non-native plants	No more than 10%	No more than 7.5%	No more than 5%	No more than 2.5%
(f)	Ground cover from sub-category A1, A2 & A3 plants as a proportion of total ground cover from category A plants	Either:a. at least 80%; orb. at least 100% of the native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment.	Either:a. at least 90%; orb. at least 125% of the native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment.	Either:a. at least 90%; orb. at least 150% of the native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment.	Either:a. at least 95%; orb. at least 175% of the native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment.
(g)	Ground cover from sub-category A4 & A5 plants as a proportion of total ground cover from category A plants	Either:a. no more than 20%; orb. no more than 100% of the non-native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment.	Either:a. no more than 10%; orb. no more than 75% of the non-native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment	Either:a. no more than 10%; orb. no more than 50% of the non-native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment	Either:a. no more than 5%; orb. no more than 25% of the non-native cover proportion as at the date of the starting state assessment
(h)	Native species richness index by life form (native tree, shrub, vine, grass and herbaceous vascular plant species other than grasses)	10-25% of the overall native species richness index reference value	25-60% of the overall native species richness index reference value	60-80% of the overall native species richness index reference value	Greater than 80% of the overall native species richness index reference value

Schedule 7—Threshold values