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05-Jul-2023

Normanby Boulderfields

We were there to survey the flora and fauna of the boulderfields and adjacent vegetation.
A feature of the area was particularly fine stands of monsoon forest, illustrated here.
This is a type of rainforest that grows in seasonally dry areas. Here, it has a well-developed canopy of evergreen trees 10 to 15 m tall, and huge deciduous trees (Bombax, Brachychiton, Gyrocarpus) emergent above.
At 10 o'clock in this image you can also see the more open eucalypt savanna. It grows in areas exposed to fire, whereas monsoon forest grows where rocks provide natural firebreaks.


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Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal16-Jul-2023 15:18
Fantastic capture, love the view.
hayl15-Jul-2023 18:04
Thank you for the information to explain your wonderful photo.
globalgadabout15-Jul-2023 15:56
those must be resilient trees to grow so densely in arid conditions...although the colours differ, the forms of the trees echo that of the rocks..
Pierre Martin15-Jul-2023 15:46
dont lose your way there, splendid panorama and great info!
Helen Betts15-Jul-2023 12:55
Very interesting capture and explanation.
Tom LeRoy15-Jul-2023 12:01
So dense, untouched and beautiful. V
joseantonio15-Jul-2023 06:38
looks like an interesting area.
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