What's a Sclerophyll Forest?

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that has hard leaves, short internodes and leaf orientation parallel or oblique to direct sunlight that are adapted to long periods of dryness and heat that some types of vegetation present. The word comes from the Greek sklēros and phyllon. The term was coined by A.F.W.

Where is Sclerophyll forest?

These conditions are found in New South Wales around the Hunter Valley, the Mid-Clarence Valley, the western edge of the New England region and the Ulan–Tuena area. In Victoria, they exist around Lake Eildon, near Maryborough, in the Pyrenees area, south of Colac, and in the Black Range State Park area.

What is the difference between wet and dry sclerophyll forests?

Wet sclerophyll forests are dominated by trees of the Myrtaceae family, particularly of the genera Eucalyptus, Angophora, Corymbia, Syncarpia and Lophostemon. ... Dry sclerophyll forests are open forests that include a wide range of structural and floristic types.