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By Joseph.B
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It has a maximum average temperature of 29
And minimum average temperature of 14
And a average mean temp of 23
It has less than 200ml a year of rain
Most of the desert is covered in gibber
Gibber is a landscape with bits of rock
coming out everywhere
that’s why it’s called Sturt Stony Desert
The Birdsville track runs through the desert
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Scientific name is Atriplex Nummularia
It has a large double root system
It is commonly used for cooking
It grows up to 3 meters in height and 4.5
meters wide
it has silvery , succulent almost circular
leaves
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Scientific name Swainsona Formosa
It has silky , greyish green , pinnate
leaves(leaves on either side of the stem)
Long, brilliant red with black spot pea
flowers in clusters
Floral emblem of South Australia
It has a large taproot and they have a hard
seed coat
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It is a sooty black colour with pale brown
wings
They are 85 - 105 cm long and 185 - 230 cm
in wingspan
They feed mostly at sunset and sunrise
They eat rats, rabbits , small reptiles and
small birds
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It is 16.5 to 18 cm long with a 13 to 14 cm
tail
they eat insects, spiders and sometimes
small lizards
It breeds in winter
It is a ashy gray colour
They have a life span of 3 – 6 yrs
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