| Forests And Woodlands Of The Adelaide
Plains In 1836 |
Open Forest
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Region
2: Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum), Eucalyptus
largiflorens (River Box) Open Forest. Soil Description: Alluvial Soils. Lanscape Description: Watercourse. |
Woodlands
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Region
4: Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Bed Gum), Eucalyptus
leucoxylon (SA Blue Gum) Woodland. Soil Description: Alluvial soils. Landscape Description: Watercourse. |
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Region
5: Eucalyptus microcarpa (Grey Box), Eucalyptus camaldulensis
(River Red Gum) Woodland. Soil Description: Red Brown Earths. Landscape
Description: Watercourse. |
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Region
7: Eucalyptus porosa (Mallee Box) Woodland. Soil Description: Brown Solinized soil, terra rossa, black earth. Landscape Description: Plains. |
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Region
12 : Eucalyptus porosa (Box Mallee), Allocasuarina
verticillata (Drooping Sheoak), Melaleuca lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
(Dryland Tea Tree) Low woodland. Soil Description: Brown solonised soil. Landscape Description: Footslopes. |
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Region
14: Callitris preissii (Southern Cypress Pine) Allocasuarina
verticillata (Drooping Sheoak), Banksi marginata (Silver Banksia)
Low woodland. Soil Description: Old dune sane (coast), heavy red brown clay soils. Landscape Description: Footslopes and swamp flats. |
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Region
15: Melaleuca halma ssp. halmaturorum (Swamp Paper
Bark), Low woodland (Port River and Patawalonga Outlet). Soil Description: Estuarine mud and sands. Landscape Description: Watercourse. |
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Region
16: Avicennia marina (Mangrove) Low woodland. Soil Description: Estuarine mud and sands. Landscape Description: Tidal flats. |
Shrublands / Heaths
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Region
17: Region 17: Acacia ligulata (Umbrella Bush), Acacia
acinacea (Wreath Wattle) Pomaderris paniculosa ssp. paniculosa Low
Shrubland. Soil Description: Brown sandy to clayey soils often calcareous. Landscape Description: Coastal cliffs. |
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Region
18: Olearia axillaris (Costal Daisy Bush), Acacia longifolio
var. sophorae (Coastal Wattle) Open heath. Soil Description: Dune sand. Landscape Description: Coastal dunes. |
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Region
19: Mixed Halosarcia spp. (Samphire), Sclerostegia
spp. (Samphire), Atrilex paludosa ssp. (Marsh Saltbush), Sarcocornia
app. (Samphire) Low shrubland. Soil Description: Estuarine mud and sands. Landscape Description: Tidal flats. |
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Region
20: Mixed Muehlenbeckia florulenta (Lignum) Low shrubland,
Phragmites australis (Common Reed), Potamogeton spp. (Pond Weed),
Triglochin procerum var. procerum (Water-ribbons) Reedbeds, Bolboschoenus
spp. Sedgeland. Soil Description: Alluvial soil. Landscape Description: Watercourse, swamps and lagoons. |
Grasslands
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Region
21: Stipa spp. (Spear Grass), Danthonia spp. (Walaby
Grass) Grassland. Soil Description: Red brown earths (red brown clay to red brown sandy clay). Landscape Description: Plains. |
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