Question

Short imformation about different types of region & vegetation in australia

Answer 1

There have been various attempts to devise a classification to accommodate the distinctive vegetation of Australia. The system most widely recognised at present was drawn up by Specht (1970) and defines structural forms of vegetation in terms of the dominant plant form and the percentage of foliage cover of the tallest plant layer. The use of foliage cover rather than canopy cover takes special account of the open nature of eucalypt crowns.

In this classification, a tree is defined as a woody plant more than 5 m tall, usually with a single stem. A shrub is a woody plant less than 8 m tall, frequently with many stems arising at or near the base.

The map below gives a simplified representation of the major vegetation types in Australia.