Mulga-eucalypt line

The mulga-eucalypt line, or mulga-eucalypt boundary line, marks a boundary between Acacia-dominated shrublands and Eucalyptus-dominated open woodlands across Western Australia. It runs across the north of the Eastern Goldfields,[1] and through the northeastern segment of Charles Darwin Reserve, from Seven Mile Well to Christmas Bore.[2]

Its course runs along the isohyet marking 250 mm (10 in) annual rainfall.[2]

Ferdinand von Mueller predicted its existence in 1883, and it was subsequently mapped by explorers and botanists Woodward, Diels, Clarke, Gardner, Burbidge and Beard.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Department of the Environment. "Introduction to National Ecological Communities endemic to Western Australia" (PDF). Parkes, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Bush Heritage Australia (2007). "The Mulga-Eucalypt line". Charles Darwin Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2014.


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