The Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert region in Australia and the third large desert in the world . It track over 160,000 square miles in the south - cardinal share of the rural area . In spite of very low annual rainfall amounts , a enceinte number of plant mintage exist here . vulgar plant let in the marble glue Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , a type of eucalyptus , the mulga and spinifex grass . Others thrive as well – bloom grevillea and acacia add to the colored landscape painting after a rarified rain occurs .

Eucalyptus

Three coinage of mucilage tree , or eucalyptus , produce in the Great Victoria Desert . The specie are Eucalyptus gongylocarpa , E. socialis and E. pyriformis , all of which grow in open woodlands . Eucalyptus gongylocarpa is called desert gum and is commonly found in the Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin of the Great Victoria Desert . Also called marble gum , this tree grow as tall as 45 foundation and is very frost and drought liberal . It develop multiple stems on its pale - colored trunk and has cream - colored flowers when it blooms . It provides food and home ground for a number of Australian bird species .

Hummock Grass

Triodia is the name of the genus that includes knoll grass , according to World Wildlife.org . This grass organise the understory in regions where eucalypt trees dominate the landscape painting . Its name come from the tendency of this plant to form hammock at its base where sand piles up due to windy term . Some form of hummock grass fall out in 20 percent of Australia , in all its states except for Tasmania . There are 64 specie of the perennial mound grass , all of which thrive on sandy stain and rocky outcrops that have few nutrients . clunk of hummock sens can be as large as 6 feet tall and 9 ft wide .

Acacia

The bush or small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree called mulga ( Acacia aneura ) stretches all the way across the Great Victoria Desert in a thin band for C of statute mile . It has a dense pyramid shape and reach up to 20 metrical foot in height . Its 1 - inch long golden colored flowers bloom in outflow . This Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is grown as a landscape painting plant life in other desiccate areas of the world , such as Arizona , where it serve as a low - maintenance street tree with economic value as a concealment screen in residential background .

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