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Low woodlands of a variety of species including Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, beefwood, and whitewood, occurring on sandplains. (Bylong landsystem)

Mixed low woodland dominated by Lysiphyllum sp. with Atalaya hemiglauca, Archidendropsis basaltica and Terminalia aridicola on Tertiary sand sheets. (\
Mixed low woodland dominated by Lysiphyllum sp. with Atalaya hemiglauca, Archidendropsis basaltica and Terminalia aridicola on Tertiary sand sheets. ("Bylong forest"), NW of Richmond, GUP.
CN Appelman
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii and Melaleuca nervosa woodland with occasional Terminalia platyptera on late Tertiary sand deposit (Bylong forest), Claraville Station, GUp.
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii and Melaleuca nervosa woodland with occasional Terminalia platyptera on late Tertiary sand deposit (Bylong forest), Claraville Station, GUp.
HA Dillewaard

Habitat type: Low woodlands of a variety of species including Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, beefwood, and whitewood, occurring on sandplains.

Other key words: Open woodlands, low open woodlands

Description: This vegetation type occurs on flat to gently undulating sand plains. The very sparse low tree canopy is frequently a mixture of Lysiphyllum cunninghamii, whitewood (Atalaya hemiglauca), beefwood (Grevillea striata), supplejack (Ventilago viminalis) and Corymbia terminalis. Ironwood (Erythrophleum chlorostachys) and species of Eucalyptus, Melaleuca and Terminalia may also be present in the canopy. The very sparse shrub layer frequently has conker berry (Carissa lanceolata), nipan (Capparis lasiantha), gidgee (Acacia cambagei), wah roon (A. holosericea), white berry bush (Flueggea virosa subsp. Melanthesoides), Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla, Gossypium australe, yellow-barked paperbark (Melaleuca nervosa) and broad-leaved paperbark (M. viridiflora).

Some animals that use this habitat type: Emu, spiny-cheeked honeyeater, long-haired rat, northern nailtail wallaby.

Last updated:
22 January 2015
Last reviewed:
3 July 2023
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