Australian+Flora


 * Do you have any native plants and if so what are they?



Wattle** is the name used in Australia for trees and shrubs of the acacia group. Wattles have yellow or cream flowers arranged in cylindrical spikes or globular heads. Some have fernlike leaves. Others have wide, flat stems that look like leaves and have the same functions. Their seeds grow in pods that open in two valves. There are more than 600 kinds of wattles. Common varieties include the cedar, black, silver, and sunshine wattles. Boree gidgee, mulga, a tree called hickory, and Blackwood are also wattles.We also have the



Swainsona Formosa a.k.a Sturt's Desert Pea only found South Australia.**Sturt's Desert Pea** is an Australian plant in the genus //Swainosa//, named after English botanist Issacc Swainosa, famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or "boss". It is one of Australia's best known wildflowers.It is used in S.A Coat of Arms.

In our class most of us have medium size backgardens which is 50m2.
 * Do most people have a garden and how big would the average garden be?**


 * Do you use vegetation for heating such as wood or something similar?**
 * ~ Vegetation Type ||~ Pre Settlement Total ||~ 2005 Total ||~ Percentage Lost ||
 * Forest and Woodland || 4,101,868 || 3,184,260 || 22% ||
 * Shrublands || 1,470,614 || 1,411,539 || 4% ||
 * Heath || 9,256 || 8,071 || 13% ||
 * Grassland || 1,996,688 || 1,958,671 || 2% ||
 * Total Native Vegetation || 7,578,204 || 6,562,541 || 13% ||