Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 17-29

Landscapes -- Vegetation Patterns Dense remnant stand of Hoop Pine, with broad-leaf vine forest species of understorey mostly confined to deeper soils of gullies South Molle Island near Proserpine, Queensland June 1965 Larger image (121K)

The savanna in foreground is dominated by tufts of Xanthorrhoea - so-called Black Boys/Grass Trees - with burnt stems, typically well developed on these marginal soils from graniodorite. For a close-up, see Image 17-32.

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