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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Mallee eucalypt woodland with a prominent stratum of shrubs and variable groundcover of chenopods
Trees
Eucalyptus socialis, E. dumosa, E. gracilis, E. oleosa
Shrubs and vines
Acacia victoriae, A. colletioides, Enchylaena tomentosa, Senna artemisioides ssp. coriacea, Eremophila glabra, Olearia pimelioides, Maireana pyramidata, M. triptera, M. pentatropis, M. sclerolaenoides, Rhagodia spinescens, Westringia rigida, Atriplex stipitata
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Dissocarpus paradoxus, Austrostipa nitida, Sclerolaena diacantha, S. obliquicuspis, Chenopodium desertorum ssp. desertorum, Brachyscome lineariloba, Calandrinia eremaea, Omphalolappula concava, Ptilotus seminudus, Zygophyllum ammophilum, Z. apiculatum, Z. aurantiacum, Tetragonia tetragonioides
Habitat
Deep loamy red-brown sands on level to gently undulating sand plains and in dune swales
Distribution
Dunefields on the 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 Dune mallee, but with greater shrub dominance and little or no Triodia. Also has limited affinities with Southern semi-arid sandplain woodlands. Fragmented and degraded by extensive clearing for cropping and grazing. 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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