Answer: mallee

AnswerCrossword Clue
MALLEEAustralian thicket
MALLEEAustralian brushwood
malleedense thicket or growth of mallees
malleethe brushwood itself
malleeany of various low-growing shrubby Australian eucalypts (as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa)
malleeany of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood