Table 3. Forest classes examined in the study, as given in the original survey.

	No. sites	Characteristic species	Moisture class	Height (m)	Time since fire (years)1
E. camphora subsp. humeana Open Forest	1	E. camphora Poa sieberiana Carex appressa	Wet	25	64
E. dalrympleana—E. delegatensis Tall Open Forest	3	E. delegatensis E. dalrympleana, E. dives, Acacia dealbata, Oxylobium ellipticum, Coprosma hirtella, P. sieberiana	Wet	30–35	51–64
E. dalrympleana—E. dives (+/- E. pauciflora) Open Forest	10	E. dalrympleana, E. robertsonii, E. pauciflora, E. dives, E. macrorhyncha, A. dealbata, A. rubida, A. verniciflua, Kunzea ericoides, Lomatia myricoides, Daviesia mimosoides, Cassinia longifolia, C. aculeata, P. sieberiana	Intermediate	10–35	5–64
E. dalrympleana—E. fastigata Tall Open Forest	7	E. fastigata, E. dalrympleana, E. viminalis, E. delegatensis, A. melanoxylon, A. dealbata, L. myricoides, Dicksonia antarctica, C. aculeata, Bedfordia arborescens, Olearia stellulata, Urtica incisa, P. sieberiana, Pteridium esculentum, Polystichum proliferum, Blechnum nudum, Dichondra repens, Hydrocotyle laxiflora	Wet	20–35	5–25
E. dalrympleana—E. pauciflora Open Forest	18	E. pauciflora, E. dalrympleana, E. viminalis, E. delegatensis, A. melanoxylon, A. dealbata, C. aculeata, Bossiaea foliosa, D. mimosoides, Acrothamnus hookeri, Olearia megalophylla, Coprosma hirtella, Dianella tasmanica, P. esculentum, P. sieberiana, P. phillipsiana, Asperula scoparia, Dichondra repens, Hydrocotyle laxiflora	Intermediate	8–35	23–64
E. dalrympleana—E. robertsonii Tall Open Forest	5	E. robertsonii, E. dives, E. macrorhyncha, E. pauciflora, E. dalrympleana, A. falciformis, A. melanoxylon, A. dealbata, C. aculeata, Bursaria spinosa, P. esculentum, P. sieberiana, C. appressa, Acaena novae-zelandiae	Intermediate	15–35	24
E. dives—E. macrorhyncha—E. mannifera (+/- E. rubida) Open Forest	10	E. dives, E. macrorhyncha, E. mannifera, E. robertsonii, C. longifolia, C. aculeata, Phebalium squamulosum, D. mimosoides, Pultenaea juniperina, Platylobium formosum, Pteridium esculentum, Dillwynia phylicoides, Rytidosperma pallidum, P. sieberiana	Dry	8–15	23–51
E. viminalis—A. melanoxylon Open Forest	4	E. viminalis, E. dalrympleana, E. robertsonii, A. melanoxylon, A. dealbata, E. stellulata, Leptospermum grandifolium, Coprosma quadrifida, C. aculeata, Pomaderris aspera, Poa labillardierei, P. sieberiana, P. helmsii, C. appressa, Microlaena stipoides	Wet	15–30	22–25

¹ Time since fire refers to time since the last fire previous to 2003