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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Mallee eucalypt woodland with an open stratum of shrubs and prominent stratum of hummock grasses
Trees
Eucalyptus socialis, E. dumosa, E. costata, Callitris verrucosa, with Eucalyptus leptophylla, E. gracilis
Shrubs and vines
Duboisia hopwoodii, Beyeria opaca, Olearia subspicata, O. pimelioides, Codonocarpus cotinifolius, Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima, Acacia wilhelmiana, A. rigens, A. brachybotrya, A. havilandiorum, Bossiaea walkeri, Eremophila glabra, E. sturtii, Grevillea huegelii
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Triodia scariosa ssp. scariosa, T. irritans, Halgania cyanea, Sclerolaena diacantha, S. parviflora, Chenopodium desertorum ssp. desertorum, Lomandra leucocephala ssp. robusta, Podolepis capillaris, Solanum coactiliferum, Austrostipa variabilis, Calandrinia eremea, Waitzia acuminata
Habitat
Deep red sands in irregular or linear dunefield formations of the southern semi-arid zone
Distribution
Dunefields on the southern Cobar peneplain and west from the Hay Plain to Scotia, extending into north-west Vic and south-east SA
Notes
A widespread group of assemblages with relatively consistent composition, sharing close floristic affinities with Sandplain mallee. Some areas mapped as Sandplain mallee on the south Cobar peneplain are likely to include Dune mallee.
Sources
Scott (1992); Porteners (1993); Cohn (1995); Westbrooke & Miller (1995)
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