Western Nullarbor Plain, Australia Photograph by Ludo Kuipers/OzOutback   Southern Australia Deserts and Xeric Shrublands   75,400 square miles (195,200 square kilometers) -- about the size of Nebraska Vulnerable

· Location and General Description
· Biodiversity Features
· Current Status
· Threats
· Ecoregion Justification
· References
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Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation

The Nullarbor Plains Xeric Shrubland includes the ‘Nullarbor’ IBRA, and is characterized by its unusual limestone substrate and uniform, treeless vegetation, mostly widespread saltbush and bluebush shrubs (Thackway and Cresswell 1995).

References

Thackway, R. and I. D. Cresswell. editors. 1995. An Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia: a framework for establishing the national system of reserves, Version 4.0. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.

For more general information on this ecoregion, go to the WildWorld version of this description.