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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Open shrubland dominated by Acacia, usually less than 4 m tall with sparse perennial groundcover and variable ephemeral component
Trees
Eucalyptus gillii occurs in parts of the Barrier Range
Shrubs and vines
Acacia aneura, A. tetragonophylla, A. clivicola, A. ramulosa, A. brachystachya, Eremophila duttonii, E. latrobei, E. sturtii, Prostanthera striatifolia, Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima, Maireana pyramidata, M. tomentosa, M. sedifolia, Enchylaena tomentosa, Rhagodia spinescens, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, Senna artemisioides, Apophyllum anomalum, Grevillea striata, Atalaya hemiglauca, Hibiscus sturtii, Abutilon leucopetalum, Nicotiana glauca, Solanum sturtianum, S. ellipticum
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Enneapogon avenaceus, Astrebla lappacea, Aristida contorta, Thyridolepis mitchelliana, Austrostipa nitida, A. trichophylla, A. variabilis, Sclerolaena obliquicuspis, S. lanicuspis, Ptilotus spp., Zygophyllum apiculatum, Osteocarpum acropterum, Atriplex angulata, A. lindleyi, Sida virgata, S. corrugata, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Calotis hispidula
Habitat
Stony ranges and downs receiving less than 300 mm annual rainfall
Distribution
North from Broken Hill and White Cliffs to Tibooburra, and east to Bourke, extending into western Qld and northern SA.
Notes
An extensive group of assemblages sharing floristic affinities with Northwest plains semi-arid shrubland and Sandplain mulga.
Sources
Beadle (1948); Pickard & Norris (1994)
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