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Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands

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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Reino biogeográfico

Australasia

Saltbush y bluebush sobre la llanura roja del Nullarbor, Australia.

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Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands

Los matorrales xéricos de las llanuras de Nullarbor se extienden por la costa de la Gran Bahía Australiana en el sur de Australia, abarcando Australia Meridional y Australia Occidental sobre la mayor exposición única de lecho rocoso calizo del mundo. Esta llanura plana y casi sin árboles está dominada por matorral bajo de quenopodiáceas, principalmente arbusto salino (Atriplex) y arbusto azul (Maireana), con algo de bosque de mulga a lo largo de sus bordes occidentales. El clima es árido a semiárido, dentro de zonas de desierto frío y semiárido frío, y la superficie no tiene fuentes permanentes de agua conocidas. Se han registrado aquí unas 630 especies de plantas, incluidas endémicas como el arbusto emú de Nullarbor, mientras que canguros rojos, dingos y el wombat de nariz peluda del sur se desplazan sobre la superficie y el murciélago barbado chocolate se refugia en las cuevas de la región. Alrededor del 32 por ciento de la ecorregión está dentro de áreas protegidas, aunque gran parte del resto es pastoreada por ovejas. Para jardineros de clima seco, los arbustos salinos nativos y el arbusto emú ejemplifican las plantas resistentes y tolerantes a la sequía adecuadas para este duro país calizo.

RESOLVE 212

Australasia

76,216 sq mi

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Tipo de paisaje

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Región vegetal

Australasia

Huella de la región

76,216 sq mi

Presión sobre el hábitat

Nature Could Reach Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 2)

Origen y cuidado

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Matorral xérico y escarpe de arenisca en el Parque Nacional Kennedy Range, Australia Occidental.

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Carnarvon xeric shrublands

The Carnarvon xeric shrublands occupy a coastal arid belt of Western Australia, running along the Indian Ocean from the Peron Peninsula at Shark Bay north to the North West Cape. Vegetation shifts with soil and geology: low samphire and saltbush shrublands cover saline alluvial plains, snakewood (Acacia xiphophylla) scrublands occupy clay flats, and bowgada (Acacia ramulosa) low woodland grows on sandy ridges and plains, with mangroves fringing coastal embayments. This is a very dry region receiving less than 250 millimetres of rainfall per year. The ecoregion is a regional centre of endemism and a conservation priority, holding numerous threatened mammal, bird, reptile, and fish species; its characteristic wildlife includes the western grasswren and the red-tailed black cockatoo, and protected areas include Cape Range, Francois Peron, and Kennedy Range National Parks. Hardy native wattles such as Acacia bivenosa and Acacia tetragonophylla (dead finish) are among the drought-adapted shrubs found here.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Central Ranges xeric scrub

The Central Ranges xeric scrub covers the arid heart of the Australian outback, spanning the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia across sandy plains broken by rocky highlands such as the MacDonnell Ranges. Its characteristic cover is thick, tough spinifex (Triodia) grassland interspersed with wooded patches of western myall, mulga (Acacia aneura), and desert oak (Acacia coriacea). The climate is hot and dry, though the region receives some rain in both summer and winter. More than 870 plant species have been recorded here, making it a recognized Centre of Plant Diversity, and the ecoregion is reported to hold more species of lizards than anywhere else on Earth; its flagship animal is the black-flanked rock-wallaby. Specialized endemic flora persists in sheltered gorges, including the relict cabbage palms (Livistona) of Palm Valley in Finke Gorge National Park.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Gibson desert

The Gibson Desert is an arid ecoregion of Western Australia, set within the continent's vast interior between the Tropic of Capricorn's salt lakes and dunefields. Its broad gravel and red sand plains, lateritic uplands, and dunes are clothed mainly in spinifex (Triodia spp.) grasslands and hummock shrublands, dotted with scattered eucalypts, Acacia, Hakea, and Grevillea along with mulga parklands. The climate is harsh and dry, with annual rainfall of only about 200 to 250 millimetres and summer temperatures that exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Despite this aridity, the desert supports one of the world's most diverse reptile communities, including the woma snake and the thorny devil, and is a stronghold for birds such as the Major Mitchell's cockatoo and princess parrot. Around 58 percent of the ecoregion lies within protected areas, much of it overlapping Aboriginal lands. For gardeners in hot, dry climates, the region's native Acacia, Hakea, and Grevillea are widely grown ornamentals prized for drought tolerance.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Great Sandy-Tanami desert

The Great Sandy-Tanami desert sprawls across the arid heart of Australia, reaching from Western Australia into the Northern Territory and taking in the Little Sandy Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Tanami, and Davenport Murchison Ranges biogeographic regions. It is a landscape of rocky outcrops, red plains, and red sand dunes where spinifex grasslands dominate, punctuated by saltbush shrubs, silver cassia, corkwood trees, acacias, and desert oaks. The climate is hot and dry, and much of the country remains largely uninhabited. Despite its harshness, the ecoregion supports one of the world's richest reptile assemblages, with 578 species recorded, and its flagship animal is the red antechinus, a small mouse-like marsupial predator. Conservation here centers on controlling feral animals such as camels and managing altered fire regimes that threaten the desert's fragile communities. For gardeners drawn to drought-tough plantings, the native flora offers familiar dryland genera including acacias (wattles), desert oaks, and cassia.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Great Victoria desert

The Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert in Australia, sprawling across the arid interior of Western Australia and South Australia. Between its many small sandhills it carries open woodlands of Eucalyptus gongylocarpa with mulga (Acacia aneura) and a hummock-grass understory of spinifex, chiefly Triodia basedowii, while pebble-strewn gibber plains and salt lakes stay nearly bare until abundant rains draw out ephemeral wildflowers. The climate is hot and dry, with low and irregular annual rainfall of roughly 200 to 250 mm, summer days of 32 to 40 degrees Celsius, and milder winters around 18 to 23 degrees Celsius. It is a global hotspot for reptile diversity, with over 100 documented reptile species, and the chestnut-breasted whiteface is recognized as its flagship bird. For gardeners in comparably hot, dry regions, the desert's hardy native Eucalyptus and Acacia are well suited to low-water, full-sun planting.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Pilbara shrublands

The Pilbara shrublands cover the rugged northwest coast of Western Australia, fronting the Indian Ocean and built on the ancient Pilbara craton, with the gorge-cut Hamersley Range, the Fortescue Plains, the Chichester Plateau, and the Roebourne coastal plain. This is a desert and xeric shrubland landscape where mulga woodlands of Acacia aneura, mixed acacia shrublands, and hummocks of spinifex (Triodia) grasses dominate, with snappy gum (Eucalyptus leucophloia) on the uplands and river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) lining the watercourses. The climate is tropical semi-arid, with rain falling mostly in summer from cyclonic storms and thunderstorms. Its ancient, isolated terrain has produced unusually high endemism, including a remarkable groundwater invertebrate fauna of which more than 90 percent of species are found nowhere else. For gardeners drawn to native plantings, the region also supports the endemic Millstream fan-palm (Livistona alfredii) along its spring-fed riparian pockets.

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

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Australia

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Region packet

Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands educator packet

Los matorrales xéricos de las llanuras de Nullarbor se extienden por la costa de la Gran Bahía Australiana en el sur de Australia, abarcando Australia Meridional y Australia Occidental sobre la mayor exposición única de lecho rocoso calizo del mundo. Esta llanura plana y casi sin árboles está dominada por matorral bajo de quenopodiáceas, principalmente arbusto salino (Atriplex) y arbusto azul (Maireana), con algo de bosque de mulga a lo largo de sus bordes occidentales. El clima es árido a semiárido, dentro de zonas de desierto frío y semiárido frío, y la superficie no tiene fuentes permanentes de agua conocidas. Se han registrado aquí unas 630 especies de plantas, incluidas endémicas como el arbusto emú de Nullarbor, mientras que canguros rojos, dingos y el wombat de nariz peluda del sur se desplazan sobre la superficie y el murciélago barbado chocolate se refugia en las cuevas de la región. Alrededor del 32 por ciento de la ecorregión está dentro de áreas protegidas, aunque gran parte del resto es pastoreada por ovejas. Para jardineros de clima seco, los arbustos salinos nativos y el arbusto emú ejemplifican las plantas resistentes y tolerantes a la sequía adecuadas para este duro país calizo.

Realm

Australasia

Dominant biome

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Approximate area

76,216 square miles

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Climate descriptor

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Classroom prompts

- Which climate and biome facts explain why this region supports its characteristic plants?

- How do native-plant and wildlife-support claims differ from a species-presence claim?

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