Australian Bushland
Perth Western Australia view from Red Hill. Bushland Australia
Australian bushland is unique and different to European green landscape, mostly thin woody shrubs and bushes, usually dry or semi-dry full of unusual animals and plants. Red dust and endless horizons are part of Australian Outback just like kangaroos, crows, cockatoos, wombats, goannas, spiders, snakes and many, many more of Australians unique animals.
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Australian Outback
Some wildflowers around Perth - click on small image to enlarge - Bushland Wildflowers |
Western Australian Christmas tree(Loranthaceae). Parasitic tree grow to 10 m with variable foliage. Brilliant yellow-orange flowers are appearing between October and January. Needs full sun and it is frost resistant. |
Kangaroo Paw (Heamodoraceae). The best know Kangaroo Paw and the floral emblem of Western Australia, grows from Manjimup to Shark Bay and is common in Perth bushlands. It is a spring flower and lives for a short time.   |
Swan River Myrtle (Myrtaceae). Growing in sandy woodlands as well as in gravelly soils in the Jarrah Forest, between Perth and Albany this shrub, to about 1 m tall, its flowers for many weeks in early spring. It is abundant in Perth bushlands. |
Granny Bonnets (Papilionaceae). Also known as Lamb Poison because it is thougt to be toxic to stock, this sprawling shrub grows to only about 30cm with few leaves. Its distribution is widspread from Esperance to Geraldton and inland throughout the Wheatbelt and also in the Stirling Range in sandy soils. |
Prickly Moses (Minosaceae). Equipped with fine sharp spines this shrub up to 2m is common in woodlands around Perth and in the Darling Range. It has true leaves unlike most watles and it bursts into bloom for a short period in spring. |

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Perth Western Australia view from South Perth