Wallum

The Wallum is an Australian heathland, typical of the southeastern coast of Queensland. The wet soils are composed of pure sand on impermeable sandstone. The vegetation of the Wallums is rarely more than a meter and rich in orchids, Sonnentauen, water hoses and Stylidium.

The Wallums subject to extreme population pressure by humans. They represent a preferred land and are threatened.

Evidence

• Allen Lowrie: Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Vol 3, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1998, page 37