• A sandplain is an area where the soil is sand deposited from elsewhere by processes such as wind or ocean, rather than direct weathering of bedrock. Sandplains...
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  • The Eneabba sandplain, or the Eneabba portion of the northern sandplain, is an extension of the Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia. The town of Eneabba...
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    Sandplains is an interim Australian bioregion of Western Australia. It has an area of 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres). The Geraldton Sandplains is...
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  • Diplodactylus polyophthalmus, sometimes called the spotted sandplain gecko, is a gecko endemic to Australia. "Diplodactylus polyophthalmus". The Reptile...
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    Connecticut, and Long Island, New York. Common names include sandplain gerardia and sandplain false foxglove. It is one of about 70 species that comprise...
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  • Linum intercursum, common names sandplain flax and sandplain wild flax, is a perennial plant native to the United States. It is listed as endangered in...
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    conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. Its common names include sandplain cypress, Bruce cypress, Bruce cypress-pine, and tamin. It is endemic to...
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    Eucalyptus ammophila, commonly known as the sandplain red gum, is a mallee that is endemic to central and southern Queensland. It has rough fibrous bark...
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    Heterocampa varia, the sandplain heterocampa, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents). Other common names include the alpine...
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    Eucalyptus gittinsii, commonly known as northern sandplain mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth greyish...
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    tree in the family Fabaceae. It has numerous common names, including sandplain wattle, Murray's wattle, fire wattle, colony wattle and powder bark wattle...
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    Eucalyptus ebbanoensis, commonly known as the sandplain mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth greyish bark...
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    Xylomelum angustifolium, the sandplain woody pear, is a tree species in the family Proteaceae, endemic to Western Australia. A mature Xylomelum angustifolium...
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  • Prasophyllum campestre, commonly known as the sandplain leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single tubular, yellowish-green...
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    trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). Common names include cypress, sandplain-cypress and cypress-pine, the last of these shared by the closely related...
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    supports a highly diverse flora. Lesueur National Park lies in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion, which is characterised by scrubby heath with a high number...
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  • of the Swan Coastal Plain, to the further north the adjacent sandplain is Eneabba sandplain The scarp is formed just north of Bullsbrook The Banksia species...
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  • insectivorous bird in the Australasian wren family Maluridae. It is found in sandplain deserts and mallee of central Western Australia to central Queensland...
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    comparable climates in other continents. Soils derived from extensive sandplains or ironstone are even less fertile, nearly devoid of soluble phosphate...
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    hudsonioides – Texas flax Linum imbricatum – tufted flax Linum intercursum – sandplain flax Linum kingii – King's flax Linum leoni Linum lewisii – Lewis' blue...
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    Caleana dixonii, commonly known as the sandplain duck orchid is a rare species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single...
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    Kurl. Lupinus atlanticus Gladstones 1974 Lupinus cosentinii Guss. 1828 – sandplain lupin Lupinus digitatus Forsk. 1775 Lupinus hispanicus Boiss. & Reut....
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  • elevations in rocky country, with other local Liopholis species preferring sandplain habitats. L. aputja constructs burrow systems in the soil beneath rocks...
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    series of limestone hills known by the Nyungar people as Booyeembara; the sandplain to the east is Gardoo. The original vegetation of the area was mainly...
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  • Lands bioregion grows in this park. The park also protects flat spinifex sandplains, dry eucalypt woodlands and relics of the former sheep grazing era. The...
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    shrublands (IBRA Warren) Southwest Australia savanna (IBRA Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, and Yalgoo) Southwest Australia woodlands (IBRA Jarrah...
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    in area and features high breakaway country overlooking low undulating sandplains. The park is renowned for its incredible diversity of endemic wildflowers...
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  • Diuris tinctoria, commonly known as sandplain donkey orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has two...
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    the arid scrubland and desert that covers most of central Australia, sandplain and sandridge desert in the deep interior and the mallee belt. The habitat...
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    wattlebird is found in banksia/eucalypt woodlands, heathlands, tea-tree scrub, sandplain-heaths, lantana thickets, wild tobacco, parks and gardens. Breeding takes...
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