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Key:
<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Open casuarina woodland with chenopod understorey
Trees
Casuarina pauper, Alectryon oleifolius ssp. canescens
Shrubs and vines
Maireana pyramidata, M. triptera, Geijera parviflora, Enchylaena tomentosa, Exocarpos aphyllus, Rhagodia spinescens, Myoporum platycarpum ssp. platycarpum, Eremophila sturtii, E. mitchellii, Apophyllum anomalum, Atriplex stipitata, Chenopodium curvispicatum
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Sclerolaena obliquicuspis, S.diacantha, Dissocarpus paradoxus, Cheilanthes sieberi, Tetragonia tetragonioides, Zygophyllum ammophilum, Pycnosorus pleiocephalus, Omphalolappula concava, Austrostipa nitida, Enneapogon avenaceus, Eragrostis dielsii, Sporobolus caroli, Chloris truncata
Habitat
Red-brown calcareous loams on level to gently undulating sand plains
Distribution
Sand plains west of Bourke-Pooncarie extending into north-west Vic and south-east SA.
Notes
A very widespread group of assemblages sharing floristic affinities with Aeolian chenopod shrublands and Sandplain mallee. Degraded over some large areas in response to overgrazing by stock, feral goats and rabbits.
Sources
Beadle (1948); Scott (1992); Porteners (1993); Cohn (1995); Westbrooke & Miller (1995)
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