Rainforest vegetation is extremely sensitive to fire, so that where fire frequency is increased, old, mature eucalypts stand over a tall understory of Acacia spp. and mesophyll species of Olearia, Bedfordia, Pomaderris, and Phebalium. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian temperate rain forests] Reference
Of particular conservation importance are the magnificent examples of pristine tall forests, with eucalyptus such as swamp gum Eucalyptus regnans (the world's tallest flowering plant) forming a 60-90 m high canopy over a 10-20 m high closed wet sclerophyll understorey of Olearia argophylla, Pomaderris apetala, Acacia dealbata and Acacia melanoxylon. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia] Reference
In the thicket which covered the rock, I observed Pomaderris of Moreton Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
Pomaderris elliptica, 355. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Pomaderris and. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
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