(in Western Australia) dry scrubland with woody evergreen vegetation.
the kwongan is legendary among plant ecologists
Example sentencesExamples
- Here is a typical Kwongan heathland flora in Western Australia.
- To wander through kwongan is to sniff the heady scents of nature.
- To state that South African fynbos, Australian kwongan, and Californian chaparral are ‘fire-resistant’ is strange, for they are among the most fire-promoting plant communities known.
- These plants are from what's called "Kwongan ecosystems" in the southwest of Western Australia.
- Most of the taxa are endemic to kwongan and open woodlands of Mediterranean ecosystems of the south-west Botanical Province.