Coastal Plains


Coastal Plains
Plant profiles: Jacksonia or Stinkwood by Judy Evans The representatives of the Jacksonia genus of Australian native plants often have very distinctive odours so much so that some species are called ‘stinkwoods’. The genus is part of the pea-flower subfamily of the legume family Fabaceae. ... More> What a flood plain is and the dangers of living there by Keith Redfern A flood plain, in the strict sense of the phrase, is the lowest section of a river’s valley. As a river proceeds from its source, its upper valley will tend to be a deep V shape with a narrow valley floor. Further downstream the va... More>
	Poetry: Sonnets about autumn by Garth Norman Season delayed Dust storms as the sun beats down on the plain skeletal trees too bare to offer shade undelivered hope of promised spring rain he repents of earlier choices made. He should have stayed in his coastal city who was he to think he c... More> The ecological importance of the New Jersey pine barrens by Denise Calaman As unique as it is ecologically diverse the New Jersey Pine Barrens or the Pinelands, is one of the most truly fascinating fragile ecosystems left in the world today. It has been labeled by the Nature Conservancy as "The Last Great Place". Located i... More>
A guide to geographic features of Belgium by Frances Stanford Belgium is a small country sandwiched in between the other European countries of France, Luxembourg, West Germany and the Netherlands. The coastline along the North Sea is about 42 miles long, but it extends inland to the hills of the Ardennes &ndas... More> Trees of Australia: Tuart by Judy Evans The tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala – also known as the ‘white gum’ because of its pale bark and wood) is only found in Western Australia, along the narrow coastal corridor of the Swan Coastal Plain from Jurien Bay to Busselton. Th... More>
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