Eucalypt Open Forests

Contain trees with heights from 10m to 30m.
Widespread along the subcoastal plains and foothills and ranges of the Great Dividing Range in eastern Australia and the subcoastal ranges of the south-west of Western Australia.
Generally have a shrubby understorey which is low to moderate in height, but in drier and/or nutrient rich sites they may have a grassy understorey with scattered shrubs and/or cycads.

Clearing for grazing and agriculture in the major agricultural zones of eastern Australia and the south-west of Western Australia has been widespread. The rate of clearing of this MVG by the early twentieth century saw the development of crown reserves for their protection, either as national parks or as production forests, and the establishment of forestry departments.

Photos from the Australian Plant Image Index

Sources: Australia's Native Vegetation - from rainforest to spinifex, map and information poster produced by the National Land & Water Audit, Natural Heritage Trust, Australian Government, 2001
Australia's Native Vegetation - A summary of Australia's Major Vegetation Groups, 2007, Australian Government website
Map: https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/a9897cf2-9d38-4201-bea2-13dadf3af9a8/files/major-veg-summary.pdf
Structure diagram: Atlas of Australian Resources - Vol. 6, Vegetation, AUSLIG, Canberra, 1990

GROWING AUSTRALIAN PLANTS

ACT (CANBERRA) REGION