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The term mallee has several separate but inter-related meanings. It can mean:

  • mallee (habit), the habit of woody plants that grow with multiple stems from underground lignotubers;
  • the common name of plant species that exhibit this habit. A great many mallees have "mallee" in their common name, but the only species known specifically as "Mallee" are:
    • Eucalyptus gracilis;
    • Eucalyptus incrassata;
  • Mallee woodlands and shrublands, a Major Vegetation Group of Australia, consisting predominantly of trees and/or shrubs with a mallee habit;
  • The name of certain regions of Australia characterised by their mallee vegetation:

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Mallee - Home (150 words)
The Mallee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) was established in 1997 under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 as the peak advisory body on directions and priorities in catchment management in the Mallee region.
The primary responsibility of the Mallee CMA is to ensure that natural resources in the region are managed in an integrated and ecologically sustainable way.
This requires the coordination and implementation of Mallee Regional Catchment Strategy in consultation with all community stakeholders.
Australian mallee moths and their relatives (824 words)
Mallee moths and their close relatives in the family Oecophoridae represent one of the most remarkable evolutionary radiations in the Australian environment because there are so many species.
Mallee moths are closely connected to the eucalypt forests and woodlands that cover much of the Australian continent.
Mallee moths play an important role in recycling dead plant nutrients back into the food chain in the form of animal tissue and frass (droppings).
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