Plains Grassy Woodlands
| Plains Grassy Woodlands typically occupy areas on fertile silts and clays that receive between 400-600 mm rainfall per annum dominate the flat, riverine plains of the region. This vegetation is characterised by a very low density of trees including River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Yellow Box E. melliodora and Grey Box E. microcarpa. Black Box E. largiflorens, Yellow Gum E. leucoxylon and Buloke Allocasuarina luehmannii may also be common in some areas. The most common shrubs include Lightwood Acacia implexa, tree-form Silver Banksia Banksia marginata, Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha and Cranberry Heath Astroloma humifusum. The ground layer is dominated by perennial grasses, particularly Wallaby Grasses Austrodanthonia spp., Spear Grasses Austrostipa spp., Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra and a range of perennial and annual herbs and geophytes, especially orchids and lilies. Many of the areas that once carried this vegetation have been cleared for agriculture and only fragmented remnants remain on private land, roadsides and the fringes of larger public land blocks. EVCs:
|  Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  Silver Banksia (Tree Form) Banksia marginata Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  Buloke Allocasuarina luehmannii Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)  Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora Photograph is the property of Viridans Biological Databases (external link) |
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