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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Open eucalypt woodland with scattered shrubs (less prominent on heavier soils) and semi-continuous grassy groundcover
Trees
Eucalyptus populneus ssp. bimbil, E. intertexta, Brachychiton populneus ssp. populneus, occasionally with Eucalyptus conica, E. microcarpa (in the south), E. melliodora, while Callitris glaucophylla occurs on light-textured soils
Shrubs and vines
Dodonaea viscosa, Geijera parviflora, Hakea leucoptera, Acacia homalophylla, A. excelsa, Casuarina pauper, Allocasuarina luehmannii, Alectryon oleifolius, Eremophila longifolia, E. mitchellii, E. deserti, Capparis mitchellii, Acacia calamifolia, A. rigens, A. buxifolia, Myoporum platycarpum, Flindersia maculosa, Atalaya hemiglauca, Philotheca difformis ssp. difformis, Maireana enchylaenoides, Senna artemisioides, Atriplex semibaccata, Maireana humillima, M. villosa
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Austrostipa variabilis, A. aristiglumis, A. scabra var. scabra, Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera, Notodanthonia semiannularis, Chloris truncata, Austrodanthonia setacea, A. caespitosa, Enteropogon acicularis, Eragrostis parviflora, E. lacunaria, Dichanthium sericeum, Elymus scaber var. scaber, Thyridolepis mitchelliana, Sporobolus caroli, Astrebla lappacea, Vittadinia triloba, Sclerolaena uniflora, S. bicornis, Wahlenbergia gracilis, Einadia nutans, Alternanthera denticulata, Goodenia cycloptera, G. glauca, G. pinnatifida, Oxalis chnoodes, Sida corrugata, Solanum esuriale, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Rumex brownii, Atriplex spinibractea, Minuria leptophylla, Centipeda cunninghamii, Cheilanthes spp., Calotis cuneifolia, C. hispidula, Cheilanthes sieberi, Chenopodium desertorum, Erodium crinatum, Triptilodiscus pygmaeus, Hyalosperma semisterile, Actinobile uliginosum, Isoetopsis graminifolia, Brachyscome lineariloba, Erodium crinatum, Calandrinia eremaea
Habitat
Red-brown loams and sandy loams on flat to undulating terrain receiving 350-500 mm annual rainfall. Extensive on the western peneplain and associated outwash in the east Nyngan-Bourke district, becoming increasingly confined to drainage lines in the western part of its distribution.
Distribution
Extensive on the north-western slopes and plains north from the Lachlan River, likely to extend into southern Qld. Occurrences mapped by Beadle (1948) near Griffith require further examination.
Notes
An extensive and variable group of assemblages, which grade into Inland floodplain woodlands and Northwest floodplain woodlands along a catenary gradient. The shrub component varies with soil texture (sandy soils supporting greater diversity and density of shrubs) and grazing history (unpalatable shrubs may proliferate in under high stocking rates). Grades into semi-arid shrublands with decreasing rainfall. Substantially affected by clearing and degradation associated with pastoral land uses.
Sources
Beadle (1948); Pickard & Norris (1994); Siversten & Metcalfe (1995, & unpubl., series 1-5); White (2000), Prober (unpubl. data)
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