Sclerophyll are tough-leaved, woody plants common to Australia such as banksias, grevilleas, hakeas, acacias and eucalypts. The researchers found leaf and stem fossils of 69 sclerophyll trees and ...

The recent surge of bushfire disasters has introduced fire-fighting tactics to everyday language. Two important approaches that use fire to fight fire are “back burning” and “fuel-reduction ...

Against the dry, arid landscapes of west and central Australia, these trees not only catch your eye, but are a source of food and water and can point you in the right direction if you're lost.

Selective logging needs to be more highly selective to slow the conversion of NSW’s coastal, wet sclerophyll forests into dry sclerophyll forests. A plea for trees.

“The richness…was equivalent to the richness of sclerophyll vegetation found today in south-west Western Australia, and in the Cape region of South Africa, ” which are some of the most diverse ...

Seventy per cent of the Sydney Basin is dry sclerophyll forest. It’s characterised by open forest with a dense understory. It’s also incredibly diverse.