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Sandbank poverty bush is an indicator species that [[pasture]] is in poor condition due to [[overgrazing]], especially of grasses such as broad-leaf wanderrie grass (''[[Monachather paradoxus]]'') and buck wanderrie grass (''[[Eriachne helmsii]]''). This poverty bush is not [[Palatability|palatable]] to stock.<ref name="ag.">{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Kathryn|title=Sandbank poverty bush|url=https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/rangelands/sandbank-poverty-bush|publisher=Government of Western Australia, Department of Agriculture and Food|accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> |
Sandbank poverty bush is an indicator species that [[pasture]] is in poor condition due to [[overgrazing]], especially of grasses such as broad-leaf wanderrie grass (''[[Monachather paradoxus]]'') and buck wanderrie grass (''[[Eriachne helmsii]]''). This poverty bush is not [[Palatability|palatable]] to stock.<ref name="ag.">{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Kathryn|title=Sandbank poverty bush|url=https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/rangelands/sandbank-poverty-bush|publisher=Government of Western Australia, Department of Agriculture and Food|accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> |
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This species is susceptible to predation by the hopbush scale insect (''[[Pulvinaria dodonaeae]]'', Order [[Hemiptera]], Family [[Coccidae]]). About 10% of plants are killed although other species of eremophlias are not affected.<ref name="Richmond">{{cite journal|last1=Richmond|first1=Guy|title=Herbivory of Eremophila R. Br. (Myoporaceae) by Pulvinaria dodonaeae Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in the Arid Shrublands of Western Australia|journal=Australian Journal of Entomology|date=February 1995|volume=34|issue=1|pages=29–30|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01272.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
This species is susceptible to predation by the hopbush scale insect (''[[Pulvinaria dodonaeae]]'', Order [[Hemiptera]], Family [[Coccidae]]). About 10% of plants are killed although other species of eremophila are not affected.<ref name="Richmond">{{cite journal|last1=Richmond|first1=Guy|title=Herbivory of Eremophila R. Br. (Myoporaceae) by Pulvinaria dodonaeae Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in the Arid Shrublands of Western Australia|journal=Australian Journal of Entomology|date=February 1995|volume=34|issue=1|pages=29–30|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01272.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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==Conservation status== |
==Conservation status== |
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