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Australia’s forests and forestry glossary

Sclerophyll

A description of plants or vegetation that have leaves that are tough, hard or short, such as eucalypts and acacias, and are adapted to dry or nutrient-poor conditions.

See Dry forest/dry sclerophyll forest, Wet forest/wet sclerophyll forest.

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