sandplain

Shrublands, shrubby woodlands (heaths), and associated sandplain vegetation are characteristic of coastal parts of the region.

Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

Eucalypt forests interspersed with patches of rain forest extend through much of the ecoregion, with heath and associated sandplain vegetation near the coast.

Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

Three quarters of the world's carnivorous Drosera species are found in Western Australia, many of them in the kwongan and sandplain heaths, obtaining nitrogen and phosphorus from the insects they capture.

Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands 2007

Plants: Floral communities include pine and oak forests, sandplain grasslands, saltmarsh and eelgrass meadows.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts 2007

Habitats at Waquoit Bay Reserve include salt ponds, salt marshes, eelgrass meadows, barrier beaches/dunes, open water, pine and oak forests and sandplain grasslands.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts 2007

Other birds found in this ecoregion include the western thornbill (Acanthiza inornata), and the short-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris EN) which inhabits sandplain woodlands and mallee, and the long-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) which is found in open eucalypt woodland and farmland.

Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands 2007

In the far distance, a high dustcloud stretched across the sandplain, from horizon to horizon—a sandstorm, or perhaps something else…

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

Leaning out, he peered around the edge of the flowing body of water, looking out at the vast sandplain behind them.

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

In the far distance, a high dustcloud stretched across the sandplain, from horizon to horizon—a sandstorm, or perhaps something else…

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

Leaning out, he peered around the edge of the flowing body of water, looking out at the vast sandplain behind them.

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006