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The Western Australian Mulga shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of inland Western Australia. It is one of Australia's two mulga ecoregions, characterized by dry woodlands of mulga trees (Acacia aneura and related species) interspersed with areas of grassland and scrub.




Location and description


This is a hot, dry area with little rainfall.
The region consists of the Gascoyne and Murchison bioregions of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA).




Flora and fauna


The predominant vegetation is mulga trees, a type of acacia adapted to the hot, dry climate by means of long tap roots. In some areas the mulga trees are surrounded by Eriachne grassland.
Wildlife of the region includes red kangaroos and birds such as emus, Australian bustards and honeyeaters.
Most of the area is uninhabited but there is some mining activity and some sheep grazing, both of which cause damage to native habitats.




Protected areas


4.53% of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Protected areas in the ecoregion include:

Barlee Range Nature Reserve
Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area
Bullock Holes Timber Reserve
Collier Range National Park
De La Poer Range Nature Reserve
Goongarrie National Park
Matuwa and Kurrara-Kurrara Indigenous Protected Area
Mount Augustus National Park
Queen Victoria Spring Nature Reserve
Toolonga Nature Reserve
Unnamed WA46847 Nature Reserve
Wanjarri Nature Reserve




References






External links


Media related to Western Australian mulga shrublands at Wikimedia Commons
"Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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• Eriachne
• Western Australian mulga shrublands
• Carnarvon xeric shrublands
• Pilbara shrublands
• List of ecoregions in Australia
• Australia
• Murchison (Western Australia)
• Mulga (habitat)
• Mulga
• Great Victoria Desert
• Collier Range National Park