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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Low open eucalypt woodland to 12 m tall with mixed shrub and grass understorey
Trees
Corymbia tumescens, Eucalyptus populnea ssp. bimbil
Shrubs and vines
Grevillea striata, Hakea ivoryi, Senna artemisioides, Dodonaea viscosa, Atalaya hemiglauca
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Aristida spp., Enneapogon avenaceus, Thyridolepis mitchelliana
Habitat
Deep sandy-loam red earths on undulating sandplains or gravelly red sandy loams on crests and stony ridges in the arid north-west
Distribution
Mainly north-west of Wanaaring, with an outlier near Tibooburra on the far north-western plains. Likely to occur in southwest Qld and possibly northwest SA
Notes
A poorly known group of assemblages with floristic affinities to Stony desert mulga and Sandplain mulga.
Sources
Pickard & Norris (1994)
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