Saltbush on the Nullarbor |
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| Title : | Saltbush on the Nullarbor |
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| Date of creation : | 1912 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 120 x 150 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Saltbush vegetation on the Nullarbor Plain. The Nullarbor Plain is a vast, treeless, flat, limestone plain covering 270,000 square kilometres. Various types of saltbush (ruby, small, thorny and spiny) grow in the low shrubland of the Nullarbor. Also common are species of bluebush (rosy, pearl and top fruit). Cutting from the Town and Country Journal, February 28, 1912 |
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| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Region : | Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast |
| Further reading : | Osborn, T. G. B. On the growth and reaction to grazing of the perennial saltbush, atriplex vesicarium : an ecological study of the biotic, [Sydney, 1932] A Biological survey of the Nullarbor region : South and Western Australia in April 1984 / edited by N.L. McKenzie and .C. Robinson, Adelaide : S. Aust. Dept. of Environment and Planning, 1984 J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken (eds.) Flora of South Australia, Adelaide : South Australian Government Printing Division, 1986 |
| Internet links : | A Review of Nullarbor Regional Reserve 1989 - 1999 : Department for Environment and Heritage report Nullarbor Plain : Australian Museum webpage
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