 The ecoregion can be sub-categorised in to montane (between 1,100 m and 1,400 m), subalpine (between 1,400 m and 1,850 m), and alpine (normally above 1,850 m) bands.At lower elevations a number of different types of eucalyptus tree including mountain ash "'(Eucalyptus regnans)" grow on the rich soils of the mountain valleys while the trees of the subalpine elevations are snow gum" (Eucalyptus pauciflora)"and black sallee" (Eucalyptus stellulatea)" with a ground cover of heath shrubs.The tree line is between 1600 and 1800 m and above that the alpine flora consists predominantly of species of" Poa "(snow grass), usually associated with closed and open shrublands of orites, "Grevillea, Prostanthera", and "Hovea".