South Australia is full of different types of vegetation. The land is covered with trees, bushes and grass. Here is a description of all the different types of vegetation covering South Australia.
Forest - These regions have low rainfall and the trees have tough leaves. They occupy only 1.2% of the state. Woodland - Woodlands grow in fertile soil and there are 100 different types of woodland. Lots of them have been cleared for agriculture due to the soil being good for crops. Open shrub - These develop in regions with 250-500 mm of rainfall annually on infertile sandy soil. Many of these have been cleared for dryland farming techniques and are used for farming cereals. Shrub land - These grow almost entirely in arid and semi-arid areas of land. These are used for the sheep grazing industry of South Australia. Tall Shrub - Tall Shrubland occurs in zones with less than 250 mm a year annually. The shrubs are 2 - 8 metres tall. Grass Land - Major grassland formations today are the hummock grasslands which occur on rocky ranges and sand dunes. |