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Howell Shrublands
Howell is a locality, on the western slopes of the Northern Tablelands, within the New England (New South Wales), New England region of New South Wales, Australia. There was once a mining village of the same name, now a ghost town. Much of the effective western boundary of the locality is part of the shoreline of Copeton Dam, Lake Copeton, as a portion of the locality is now inundated. Howell is mainly forested, with some land cleared for agriculture. The area now known as Howell lies on the traditional lands of Kamilaroi people. The name Howell also is applied to an endangered ecological community, ''Howell Shrublands in the New England Tableland and Nandewar Bioregions,'' based on distinctive natural vegetation. It is characterised by low shrubs, in particular ''Babingtonia densifolia'' and ''Homoranthus prolixus.'' However, the mix of species at sites varies considerably over time, including when all shrub species may be absent, resulting in a natural grassland, or when some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homoranthus Prolixus
''Homoranthus prolixus'', commonly known as granite homoranthus is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and groups of up to six yellow to red flowers in the upper leaf wikt:axil, axils. Description ''Homoranthus prolixus'' is a spreading shrub to high with a mostly ascending growth habit, and branches that arch upwards at the apex. The dull, blue-green leaves have a whitish bloom, decussate, linear to oblong-lance shaped, long, wide, upper surface flat or occasionally concave, more or less smooth and gradually tapering to a point on a petiole (botany), petiole long. The one to six yellow to red flowers are borne on upper branches, about long, petals broadly egg-shaped, long, floral tube five ribbed, smooth, long, style (botany), style long, and the peduncle (botany), peduncle long. Flowering occurs from September to December and fruits from September to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
