(in Western Australia) dry scrubland with woody evergreen vegetation.
the kwongan is legendary among plant ecologists
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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.