Bushland
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Bushland is any area in Australia that is predominantly indigenous flora and fauna.[citation needed]
Bushland is the term commonly used by conservation protection groups and other environmental groups as a blanket term for natural vegetation, which may cover any kind of habitat from open shrubby country with few trees, to tall closed forests.
This term was first used to describe the harsh Australian Outback, the red semi-desert that covers a significant part of the inner continent.[citation needed] The soil is usually very salty and therefore only specialized plants and animals can survive[citation needed]. Human survival in bushland has a whole mythology evolving around it, with the legendary stories of Aboriginal trackers and bushrangers deeply entrenched in Australian folklore. Probably[which?] the best survivors are the Indigenous Australians, who have learned how to blend in with nature and become a part of it[clarification needed].
