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Chenopodium Spinescens
''Chenopodium spinescens'' (common names: spiny saltbush, berry saltbush, thorny saltbush, creeping saltbush, hedge saltbush) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to all mainland states and territories of Australia where it is known as ''Rhagodia spinescens''. Description ''Chenopodium spinescens'' is a multi-stemmed dense shrub to high, with branches often ending in spines. The leaves are alternate or opposite, and mealy, looking grey green to almost whitish from their covering of saucer-shaped/spherical hairs. The leaf shape is ovate to triangular, and are long and wide. The leaf petiole is about half the length of the lamina. Male and female flowers are usually on different plants. The flowers have five perianth segments that are tiny and all alike, and five stamens. The ripe fruit are red and succulent. The inflorescence is a panicle or spike, with the flowers' perianth being densely mealy on the outside. The male flowers are globular and 0.5– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susy Fuentes Bazán
Susy is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form ( hypocorism) of Susan, Susanne, Susannah, etc. ''Susy'' may refer to: People * Susy Andersen (born 1940), Italian actress * Susanne Augustesen (b. 1956), Danish footballer * Susy Avery (born 1947), American politician * Olivia Susan Susy Clemens (1872-1896), a daughter of Mark Twain * Susy Delgado (born 1949), Paraguayan poet and writer * Isabella Susy De Martini (born 1952), Italian politician and academic * Susy Dorn, Peruvian teacher and musician born Susana Gabriela Rodriguez Santander in 1974 * Susy Frankel, New Zealand law academic * Susy Kane (born 1978), English actress and writer * Susannah Susy Pryde (born 1973), New Zealand cyclist * Susy Schultz, Chicago journalist and social advocate * Susy Thunder, hacker Susan Headley (born 1959) * Susi Wirz (b. 1931), Swiss figure skater Fictional characters * Susy Hendrix, blind character played by Audrey Hepburn in ''Wait Until Dark'' (film) See also * Susie (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Heads Of Australasian Herbaria
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) is an association of the leaders of herbaria in Australia and New Zealand. It is governed by a constitution. It endorses the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Australian Plant Census, which is the source for accepted names of species and, in particular, for accepted names of Australasian species. It supports the Australian Plant Name Index. CHAH is incorporated in the A.C.T. and is an Australian registered business with ABN 31 496 409 479. Membership of CHAH consists of the heads of the following herbaria: * State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide *Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane * Australian National Herbarium, Canberra * Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns * Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart * National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne * National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney * Northern Territory Herbarium, Darwin * Western Australian Herbarium, Perth * Allan Herbarium, Christchurch, NZ * Te Papa Herbaria, Wellington, NZ * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawler Bioregion
Gawler is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia. It has an area of . Gawler bioregion is part of the Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion. Geography The landscape consists of rolling terrain, rocky hills, plains, and salt-encrusted lake beds.Bastin, G and the ACRIS Management Committee, 2008. ''Rangelands 2008 — Taking the Pulse'', published on behalf of the ACRIS Management Committee by the National Land & Water Resources Audit, Canberra. Ephemeral salt lakes, including Lake Torrens, Lake Gairdner, Lake Macfarlane, Lake Everard, Lake Gilles, Lake Harris, and Lake Acraman, cover extensive areas. The Gawler Ranges lie in the southwestern portion of the bioregion. The Flinders Ranges bound the bioregion to the east. In the southeast the bioregion extends to the Spencer Gulf. Climate The Gawler bioregion has an arid climate. Rainfall is predominantly in the winter, with a spatially-averaged median of 169 mm annually (1890–2005). Rainfall is higher along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Lofty Block
Flinders Lofty Block is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia. It has an area of , which includes the Mount Lofty Ranges and Flinders Ranges. Subregions Flinders Lofty Block consists of six subregions * Mount Lofty Ranges The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ... (FLB01) – * Broughton (FLB02) – * Olary Spur (FLB03) – * Southern Flinders (FLB04) – * Northern Flinders (FLB05) – * Central Flinders (FLB06) – The Mount Lofty Ranges and Broughton subregions are part of the Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion. The other subregions are part of the Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion. References Biogeography of South Australia IBRA regions Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub in Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finke Bioregion
Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises , and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.IBRA Version 6.1 data It is part of the Central Ranges xeric scrub
The Central Ranges xeric scrub is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Australia.
Location and description
The region consists of sandy plains with some areas of rocky highland. These plains have a dry climate but do get some rain i ... ecoregion.
The bioregion has the code FIN.
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Coolgardie Bioregion
Coolgardie is an Australian bioregion consisting of an area of low hills and plains of infertile sandy soil in Western Australia. It has an area of . It includes much of the Great Western Woodlands. Location and description This is a transition zone between the Mediterranean climate of Australia's south-west coast and the country's dry interior. The poor soil makes it unsuitable for agriculture but Coolgardie has been a gold and nickel mining area. It is bounded on the north by the arid Murchison bioregion, characterised by open Mulga woodlands and steppe. The low shrublands of the arid Nullarbor Plain lie to the east. The Mallee bioregion adjoins Coolgardie on the south. The Avon Wheatbelt bioregion is to the west. The Coolgardie bioregion, together with the coastal Hampton bioregion to the southeast, constitute the Coolgardie woodlands ecoregion defined by the World Wildlife Fund. Flora and fauna The low hills are home to woodland of endemic species of eucal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel Country
The Channel Country is a region of outback Australia mostly in the state of Queensland but also in parts of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. The name comes from the numerous intertwined rivulets that cross the region, which cover 150,000 km². The Channel Country is over the Cooper and Eromanga geological basins and the Lake Eyre Basin drainage basin. Further to the east is the less arid Maranoa district. Geography Birdsville and Windorah are the most prominent towns in the area. Other settlements include Betoota and Bedourie. Haddon Corner is also located in the Channel Country. The Channel Country is the location for a majority of Min Min light sightings. It is also home to at least two important bird areas, Lake Yamma Yamma and the Lake Machattie Area. The Channel Country features an arid landscape with a series of ancient flood plains from rivers which only flow intermittently. The principal rivers are Georgina River, Cooper Creek and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Ranges
Central Ranges (code CER) is an Australian bioregion, with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres (39,244 sq mi) spreading across two states and one territory: South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.IBRA Version 6.1 It forms a large part of the World Wide Fund for Nature Central Ranges xeric scrub
The Central Ranges xeric scrub is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Australia.
Location and description
The region consists of sandy plains with some areas of rocky highland. These plains ...
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Burt Plain
Burt Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,IBRA Version 6.1 data and comprises . The bioregion has the code BRT. There are four subregions. See also * Geography of Australia * Dulcie Range National ParkReferences Further reading * Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) ''An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program'' Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
