Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 5-10

Landscapes -- Vegetation Patterns Common vegetation pattern with sclerophyll (evergreen scleromorphic) types replacing closed rainforest depending on soil type and wildfires Walsh's Pyramid near Gordonvale, Queensland March 1956 Larger image (107K)

Lowland foothills and mountains with mixed lithology and soil parent materials, ranging from deep to skeletal soils, supporting a wide range of vegetation from rainforest with dense closed canopy to open sclerophyll forest and low sclerophyll scrub/heath.
This aerial view indicates little or no signs of damage by recent cyclone to sclerophyll vegetation with open canopies, in contrast to some "cyclone scrubs" on exposed spurs of foothills.

webhumans | text version | privacy | copyright matters | disclaimer