0

Water, sand, no vegetation

fuel absent

30

Moorland / Fjaeldmarks

low flammability cushion plants

36

Alpine Herbland

dense, upright, low flammability herbs

34

Wet herbland

freshwater herbs on mud flats

37

Wet Herbland

low herbs in seasonally inundated lakebeds or wetlands

16

High Elevation Grassland

dense sward of tussock grasses or herbs, high cover

4

Moist Sedgeland / Grassland

dense sward, potentially high dead component, button grass

29

Ephemeral grass/sedge/herbs

dense grass and sedges with potentially high levels of dead suspended material

20

Temperate Grassland / Sedgeland

grasses and sedges widespread, but varying in biomass

44

Hummock grassland

hummock grassland, discontinuous surface fuels

17

High Elevation Shrubland/Heath

dense cover of shrubs with surface fuel largely under plants

14

Riparian shrubland

dense vegetation with little dead material

35

Wet Scrub

flammable shrubland with high level of dead elevated fuels

1

Moist Shrubland

dense shrubland, salt affected

31

Dry Closed Shrubland

tea-tree or paperbark thickets, little understorey

21

Broombush / Shrubland / Tea-tree

dense shrubland, but with relatively low level of dead material

10

Sparse shrubland

sparse shrubby vegetation with discontinuous surface fuels

3

Low flammable Shrubs

low flammability except after exceptional rain bringing grasses

38

Mangroves / Aquatic Herbs

trees, shrubs and herbs in permanent water, unburnable

23

Wet Heath

dense heath possibly with dense sedgy undergrowth

24

Dry Heath

dense heath with significant amounts of dead material

27

Mallee chenopod

low flammability except after exceptional rain bringing grasses

42

Mallee grass

mallee woodland with predominantly grass understorey

25

Mallee shrub/heath

continuous shrub layer but amount of dead material depending on species present

26

Mallee spinifex

discontinuous fuels, very flammable under windy conditions

18

High Elevation Woodland shrub

wooded area with shrubby understorey

19

High Elevation Woodland grass

wooded area with continuous grass tussocks

97

Orchard / Vineyard

orchard or vineyard

2

Moist Woodland

low trees, shrubby, sedgy understorey, bark hazard

22

Woodland bracken/shrubby

wooded area with varying understorey, but not heathy

9

Woodland Grass/Herb-rich

surface fuels dominated by grass and herbs

5

Woodland Heath

flammable shrubs and high bark hazard

41

Gum Woodland heath/shrub

gum woodland with moderate bark hazard, heath/shrub understorey

43

Gum Woodland grass/herbs

gum woodland with moderate bark hazard, herbaceous understorey

39

Savanna grasslands

tall flammable grasses in an open woodland

28

Woodland Callitris/Belah

low flammability except after exceptional rain bringing grasses

15

Rainforest

dense vegetation with little dead material, epiphytes, vines, ferns, rarely dry

32

Wet Forest with rainforest understor

ewet sclerophyll forest with mesic understorey

13

Riparian Forest shrub

dense vegetation but with a small proportion of dead material

11

Wet Forest shrub & wiregrass

high biomass forest, but with little dead suspended material unless wiregrass present

12

Damp Forest shrub

dense understorey and potentially high bark hazard (karri)

40

Semi-mesic Sclerophyll forest

forest with semi-mesic shurbs and flammable grasses, sedge understorey

33

Swamp Forest

dense Melaleuca forest with little understorey

6

Forest with shrub

potentially high bark hazard, shrubs moderate flammability (mixed jarrah/karri)

7

Forest herb-rich

potentially high bark hazard, little elevated fuel

45

Dry Forest shrubs

dry forest with continuous understorey, (southern jarrah)

8

Dry Open Forest shrub/herbs

dry forest with open understorey (northern jarrah)

98

Softwood Plantation

dense canopy with continuous surface fuels