ext_26207 ([identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] moonvoice 2008-03-29 02:26 am (UTC)

About 25-40 centimetres of rainfall a year. Um... 9.84-15.7 inches. Usually more towards the lower end.

Kwongan bushland (as this style is known) has the soils of exceptionally low fertility, but has the richest development of flora. The Koondoola bushland represents a subset of landscape which is actually listed as critically endangered. As Kwongan bushland represents a great amount of native flora and fauna (and huge diversity, it's an ecological hotspot), but is also generally found on sandy soil which is perfect for building.

Koondoola will probably be permanently preserved, but with the dieback (an incurable - pretty much - fungal infection that affects huge amounts of flora like banksias) the Kwongan there as we know it might not last too much longer.

/ends ramble.

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