Flora of Brisbane
Encyclopedia
The greater Brisbane
area of Queensland
Australia
, has many species of indigenous flora
. This article links the flora to its geography with:
Dianella congesta, Dwarf Flax-lily
Lomandra hystrix
, Brisbane also has species of indigenous fungi.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
area of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, has many species of indigenous flora
Flora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
. This article links the flora to its geography with:
- a list of indigenous genera and species with common names and reference links
- a list of places you might see the plants around Brisbane, in parks and in the wild
- reference resources
Plants
The list is organised in alphabetic order by genera; then species scientific name and common names; then external links documenting that species.A
- AcaciaAcaciaAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
, Wattles- Acacia fimbriataAcacia fimbriataAcacia fimbriata, commonly known as the Fringed Wattle or Brisbane Golden Wattle, is a species of Acacia....
, Brisbane golden wattle.- See http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/fimbriata.php
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=82
- Acacia leiocalyxAcacia leiocalyxAcacia leiocalyx grows in Queensland, Australia and as far south as Sydney in N.S.W. It is widespread and common in eucalypt woodlands, especially on well-drained, shallow soils...
, Black wattle.- See http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/leiocalyx.php
- Acacia fimbriata
- AcmenaAcmenaAcmena is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are related to guavas. The name is derived from the Greek word for "plentiful."The name was first validly published in 1828...
, Lillypilly- Acmena smithiiAcmena smithiiSyzygium smithii is a summer flowering evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is commonly planted as shrubs or hedgerows. It features rough woody bark, cream and green smooth waxy leaves with flushes of pink new growth and pink to mauve edible berries. It shares the common...
, Lillypilly.- See http://asgap.org.au/a-smi.html
- Acmena smithii
- AcronychiaAcronychiaAcronychia is a genus of 44 species of plants, mainly shrubs, in the rue family Rutaceae. They have a broad distribution covering China, Southeast Asia, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and the islands of the western Pacific Ocean....
, Aspens- Acronychia laevisAcronychia laevisAcronychia laevis is a rainforest plant in the citrus family, growing in eastern Australia. The common name is the Hard Aspen. The habitat is dry rainforest, up to 700 metres above sea level. It grows from the upper Clarence River, New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula at the northern most tip of...
, Glossy acronychia - Acronychia pauciflora, Soft acronychia
- Acronychia laevis
- Adiantum
- Adiantum aethiopicumAdiantum aethiopicumAdiantum aethiopicum, also known as the common maidenhair fern, is a small fern of widespread distribution. Occurring in Africa, Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. Known as the Common Maidenhair Fern in Australia....
, Common maidenhair fern - Adiantum hispidulumAdiantum hispidulumAdiantum hispidulum, commonly known as Rough Maidenhair Fern or five-fingered jack, is a small fern in the family Adiantaceae of widespread distribution. It is found in Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Malesia, New Zealand and other Pacific Islands...
, Rough maidenhair fern
- Adiantum aethiopicum
- AilanthusAilanthusAilanthus is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales . The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasia....
- Ailanthus triphysaAilanthus triphysaAilanthus triphysa is an Asian and Australian rainforest tree.-Distribution:It occurs in India, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam...
, White bean
- Ailanthus triphysa
- AlchorneaAlchorneaAlchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 70 tropical species.-Synonyms:*Bleekeria Miq.*Bossera Leandri*Caelebogyne J.Sm.*Cladodes Lour.*Hermesia Humb. & Bonpl....
- Alchornea ilicifoliaAlchornea ilicifoliaAlchornea ilicifolia, commonly known as the Native Holly is a bush of eastern Australia. Growing in or on the edges of the drier rainforests, from Jamberoo, New South Wales to Atherton, Queensland.-Taxonomy:...
, Native Holly
- Alchornea ilicifolia
- AlectryonAlectryonAlectryon may refer to:*Alectryon *Alector, father of one of the Argonauts, referred to by Homer as "Alectryon"*Alectryon , in botany...
- Alectryon tomentosusAlectryon tomentosusAlectryon tomentosus, commonly known as the Hairy Birds Eye, Red Jacket or Woolly Rambutan, is a rainforest tree of the Sapindaceae family found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet tomentosus refers to the hairy leaves and hairy young shoots.It grows in many different types of rainforest on...
, Hairy alectryon
- Alectryon tomentosus
- AlocasiaAlocasiaAlocasia is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or tuberous perennials from the Family Araceae. There are 78 species of Alocasia occurring in Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia and widely cultivated in Oceania and South America. The large cordate or sagittate leaves grow to a length...
- Alocasia brisbanensisAlocasia brisbanensisAlocasia brisbanensis is a species of plant in the family Araceae. Its common name is native lily or cunjevoi . It is native to rainforests of Eastern Australia. This plant has very large, spade shaped leaves on long, fleshy petioles. Alocasia may grow to a height of 1.5 metres...
, Cunjevoi
- Alocasia brisbanensis
- AlphitoniaAlphitoniaAlphitonia is an arborescent genus of flowering plants with about 20 species, belonging to the buckthorn family of the rosid eudicots. It occurs in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Oceania and Polynesia. These are large trees or shrubs. In Australia, these plants are often called "ash trees" or...
- Alphitonia excelsaAlphitonia excelsaAlphitonia excelsa, commonly known as the Red Ash or Soap Tree, is a species of tree in the Rhamnaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, being found in New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and the northeastern tip of Western Australia...
, Red ash
- Alphitonia excelsa
- AlpiniaAlpiniaAlpinia is a genus of plants, with more than 230 species from the Ginger family . It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants.-Description:...
- Alpinia caeruleaAlpinia caeruleaAlpinia caerulea, native ginger, is an understorey perennial herb to 3 m., growing under rainforest, gallery forest and wet sclerophyll forest canopy in eastern Australia....
, Native ginger
- Alpinia caerulea
- AlyxiaAlyxiaAlyxia is an Australasian genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but Alyxia stellata and A. tisserantii are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of further study. It consists of shrubby, climbing or scrambling plants...
- Alyxia ruscifoliaAlyxia ruscifoliaAlyxia ruscifolia, commonly known as the Chainfruit or Prickly Alyxia, is a shrub of high rainfall areas in eastern Australia. The natural range of distribution is from Wollongong in New South Wales to the Wet Tropics and further north to New Guinea.It can be seen in a variety of different situations...
, Chain fruit
- Alyxia ruscifolia
- AngophoraAngophoraAngophora is a genus of ten species of trees or large shrubs in the myrtle family , native to eastern Australia. It is closely related to Corymbia and Eucalyptus, and all three are often referred to as "eucalypts". The differences are that Angophora have opposite leaves rather than alternate, and...
, Apples, Gums- Angophora subvelutinaAngophora subvelutinaAngophora subvelutina, known as the Broad-leaved Apple, is a common woodland and forest tree of eastern Australia. Usually seen on river flats between 12 and 20 metres tall, though exceptional specimens exceed 35 metres tall. One of the habitats west of Sydney is on poorly drained alluvial flats...
, Broadleaf apple - Angophora leiocarpa, Rusty Gum
- Angophora subvelutina
- Aphananthe
- Aphananthe philippinensisAphananthe philippinensisAphananthe philippinensis is a common rainforest tree in the Cannabaceae family. In Australia it occurs from the Manning River in New South Wales to near Herberton in tropical Queensland. It was first described from the island of Luzon in the Philippines, hence the species name. The generic name...
, Axe handle wood
- Aphananthe philippinensis
- AllocasuarinaAllocasuarinaAllocasuarina is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Casuarinaceae. They are endemic to Australia, occurring primarily in the south. Like the closely related genus Casuarina, they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks, they are notable for their long, segmented branchlets that...
, Forest she-oaks- Allocasuarina torulosaAllocasuarina torulosaAllocasuarina torulosa is a tree which grows in sub-rainforest of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Originally described as Casuarina torulosa by William Aiton, it was moved to its current genus in 1982 by Australian botanist Lawrie Johnson...
, Forest she-oak
- Allocasuarina torulosa
- AraucariaAraucariaAraucaria is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 19 extant species in the genus, with a highly disjunct distribution in New Caledonia , Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Guinea, Argentina, Chile, and southern Brazil.-Description:Araucaria are mainly...
, Conifers, Pines- Araucaria bidwilliiAraucaria bidwilliiAraucaria bidwillii, the Bunya Pine, is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the genus Araucaria, family Araucariaceae. It is native to south-east Queensland with two small disjunct populations in northern Queensland's World Heritage listed Wet Tropics, and many fine old specimens planted in New...
, Bunya pine - Araucaria cunninghamiiAraucaria cunninghamiiAraucaria cunninghamii is a species of Araucaria known as Moreton Bay Pine, or Hoop Pine. Other less commonly used names include Colonial Pine, Richmond River Pine, Queensland Pine, Alloa, Ningwik, or Pien, the wood is sometimes called Arakaria)...
, Moreton Bay pine, Hoop pine
- Araucaria bidwillii
- ArgyrodendronArgyrodendronArgyrodendron is a genus of mainly trees in the mallow family Malvaceae. They occur in Malesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia. In Australia, they are a well-known rainforest species known by their Indigenous Australian name, booyong or the tulip oak.Argyrodendron has often been treated as...
- Argyrodendron trifoliolatumArgyrodendron trifoliolatumArgyrodendron trifoliolatum is an Australian rainforest tree. It is native to eastern Queensland and northeastern NSW, Australia, where it is known as White Booyong. It can grow up to 45 metres tall. Its flowers, produced from July to September, are in great numbers and are creamy-colored bell-shaped...
, White booyong
- Argyrodendron trifoliolatum
- AristolochiaAristolochiaAristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Dutchman's pipes, they are the namesake of the family . They are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates. Some species, like A. utriformis and A...
- Aristolochia praevenosa, Richmond birdwing butterfly vine
- AryteraAryteraArytera is a genus of 25 species of trees and shrubs in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are distributed across the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia....
- Arytera divaricataArytera divaricataArytera divaricata, known as the Gap Axe, Coogara, Coogera or Rose Tamarind is a common rainforest tree of eastern Australia. An attractive plant with glossy pale and limp new leaves...
, Coogera
- Arytera divaricata
- AspleniumAspleniumAsplenium is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider Hymenasplenium separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different chromosome count, and structural differences in the rhizomes...
- Asplenium australasicumAsplenium australasicumAsplenium australasicum is a species of plant in the Aspleniaceae family found in eastern Australia.-Taxonomy:Asplenium australasicum was originally described by English botanist John Smith in 1857 as Neottopteris australasica. He had reclassified the already known A. nidus in its own genus...
, Birdsnest fern
- Asplenium australasicum
- AustromyrtusAustromyrtusAustromyrtus is a genus of shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The three species are found along the east coast of Australia, in Queensland and/or New South Wales. The fruits of A. dulcis have a hint of cinnamon flavouring...
- Austromyrtus bidwillii, Python tree
- Austromyrtus hillii, Scaly Myrtle
- Austromyrtus acmenoides, Scrub ironwood
- AustrosteenisiaAustrosteenisiaAustrosteenisia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
- Austrosteenisia blackiiAustrosteenisia blackiiAustrosteenisia is a leguminous liana of the rainforests and dry rainforests of tropical and sub-tropical eastern Australia.- Sources :...
, Blood vine
- Austrosteenisia blackii
B
- BaloghiaBaloghiaBaloghia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 12 species, found in Australia , New Caledonia and Norfolk Island....
- Baloghia inophyllaBaloghia inophyllaBaloghia inophylla is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It is also known as the Brush Bloodwood, as it occurs in brushes, , as well as Bloodwood, as the clear sap is blood red...
, Scrub bloodwood
- Baloghia inophylla
- BanksiaBanksiaBanksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up...
- Banksia integrifoliaBanksia integrifoliaBanksia integrifolia, commonly known as Coast Banksia, is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. One of the most widely distributed Banksia species, it occurs between Victoria and Central Queensland in a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains...
, Coastal banksia- See (illustration) http://lists.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/botart2006/Large/C102_L.jpg
- See (illustration) http://lists.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/botart2006/Large/C129_L.jpg
- Banksia integrifolia
- BrachychitonBrachychitonBrachychiton is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia , and New Guinea . Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Tertiary.They grow to 4 – 30m tall, and some are dry-season deciduous...
, Kurrajong, Bottletree- Brachychiton discolorBrachychiton discolorBrachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales to Mackay, Queensland...
, Lacebark - Brachychiton populneusBrachychiton populneusThe Kurrajong is a small to medium sized tree found naturally in Australia in a diversity of habitats from wetter coastal districts to semi-arid interiors of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The extended trunk is a water storage devise for survival in a warm dry climate...
, Kurrajong.- See http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2002/brachychiton-populneus.html
- Brachychiton discolor
- BrideliaBrideliaBridelia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. This genus comprises approximately between 60 and 70 species, found from Africa, Australia and Asia....
- Bridelia exaltataBridelia exaltataBridelia exaltata known as the Brush Ironbark or Scrub Ironbark is a tree of eastern Australia. It occurs in and on the margins of the drier rainforests. Also occurring by streams, often in association with the Black Bean, up to an elevation of 600 metres above sea level...
, Brush ironbark - Bridelia leichhardtii, Small-leaved brush ironbark
- Bridelia exaltata
C
- Callistemon, Bottlebrush
- Callistemon salignusCallistemon salignusCallistemon salignus, commonly known as Willow Bottlebrush and White Bottlebrush, is an endemic Australian shrub or tree in the family Myrtaceae. The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.-Description:...
, White bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalisCallistemon viminalisCallistemon viminalis, also known as Weeping Bottlebrush, is a shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia where it often occurs along watercourses....
, Weeping bottlebrush
- Callistemon salignus
- CapparisCapparisCapparis is a flowering plant genus in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes...
- Capparis arboreaCapparis arboreaCapparis arborea is a bush or small tree occurring in eastern Australia. The habitat is rainforest; usually riverine, littoral or the drier rainforests. Distributed from the Hunter River, New South Wales to Cape Melville in tropical Queensland...
, Brush caper berry
- Capparis arborea
- CarissaCarissaCarissa is a genus of about 20-30 species of shrubs or small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and Asia....
- Carissa ovataCarissa ovataCarissa spinarum, the Conkerberry or Bush Plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family , widely distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean. It is most well known in Australia, where it is also called Currant Bush or, more ambiguously, "native currant" or even "black currant"...
, Current bush.- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Cari_ovata.htm
- Carissa ovata
- CassineCassineCassine is a town and commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located 21 km southwest of the town of Alessandria on the left of the lower course of the Bormida in the Alto Monferrato Acquese. The town lies partly in the hills, where the ancient nucleus of...
- Cassine australis, Red olive plum
- CastanospermumCastanospermumCastanospermum australe , the only species in the genus Castanospermum, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to the Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia.-Growth:It is a large evergreen tree growing to ...
- Castanospermum australe, Black bean
- CasuarinaCasuarinaCasuarina is a genus of 17 species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australasia, southeast Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was once treated as the sole genus in the family, but has been split into three genera .They are evergreen shrubs and trees growing to 35 m tall...
, She-oaks- Casuarina cunninghamianaCasuarina cunninghamianaCasuarina cunninghamiana is a she-oak species of the genus Casuarina. The native range extends from Daly River in the Northern Territory, north and east in Queensland and eastern New South Wales.-Description:...
, River she-oak
- Casuarina cunninghamiana
- CissusCissusCissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody vines in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. In Tamil they are known as pirandai .-Medicinal:...
- Cissus antarcticaCissus antarcticaCissus antarctica, called "kangaroo vine", is one of the best known species of the genus Cissus in the family of Vitaceae. It is a climbing plant, a vine, and comes from Australia.-Cultivation:...
, Water vine - Cissus opaca, Small-leaf water vine
- Cissus antarctica
- Citriobatus
- Citriobatus pauciflorus, Orange thorn
- Citriobatus linearis, Bird's nest bush
- CitrusCitrusCitrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
- Citrus australasica previously Microcitrus australasica, Finger lime
- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=565
- Citrus australisCitrus australisRound lime , also known as Australian lime or Australian round lime, is a large shrub or small tree of a height of up to 12m. It grows in the Beenleigh area, Queensland, Australia....
previously Microcitrus australis, Native lime- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=72
- Citrus australasica previously Microcitrus australasica, Finger lime
- ClerodendrumClerodendrumClerodendrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. Its common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart...
- Clerodendrum floribundumClerodendrum floribundumClerodendrum floribundum, known as the Lolly Bush or Smooth Clerodendrum, is a shrub or tree found in Australia and New Guinea. The habitat is in or at the margins of coastal rainforests, up to 300 metres above sea level...
, Lollybush
- Clerodendrum floribundum
- CommersoniaCommersoniaCommersonia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Malvaceae. All occur in Australia; 12 species are endemic there, whereas the other two occur also in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Islands....
- Commersonia bartramia, Brown kurrajong
- CorchorusCorchorusCorchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world....
- Corchorus cunninghamii, Native jute
- CordylineCordylineCordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, or Lomandraceae. Other authors have placed the genus in the Agavaceae...
- Cordyline petiolarisCordyline petiolarisCordyline petiolaris, known as the Broad leaved Palm Lily is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to around 5 metres tall. Found in warm rainforest and moist eucalyptus forest. The range of natural distribution is from the Nambucca River to near Gladstone, Queensland.Leaves 30 to 80 cm long, and...
, Broad-leaved palm lily - Cordyline rubraCordyline rubraCordyline rubra, known as the Palm Lily is an evergreen Australian plant. It grows as a shrub to around 4 metres tall. Found in warm rainforest and moist eucalyptus forest...
, Red-fruited palm lily
- Cordyline petiolaris
- CrinumCrinumCrinum is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, including South Africa....
- Crinum pedunculatumCrinum pedunculatumCrinum pedunculatum also known as the Swamp Lily, River Lily or Mangrove Lily, is a bulbous perennial found in stream and tidal areas of the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia as well as New Guinea and some Pacific Islands. It is unclear whether it is native or...
, River Lily
- Crinum pedunculatum
- CryptocaryaCryptocaryaCryptocarya is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes more than 350 species, distributed through the Neotropic, Afrotropic, Indomalaya, and Australasia ecozones.-Overview:...
- Cryptocarya obovataCryptocarya obovataCryptocarya obovata is a large laurel growing on basaltic and fertile alluvial soils in eastern Australian rainforests. It is found from Wyong in New South Wales to Gympie in the state of Queensland. Extinct in the Illawarra region , seen in the Illawarra in 1818 by Allan Cunningham...
, Pepperberry tree
- Cryptocarya obovata
- CorymbiaCorymbiaCorymbia is a genus of about 113 species of tree that were classified as Eucalyptus species until the mid-1990s. It includes the bloodwoods, ghost gums and spotted gums. The bloodwoods had been recognised as a distinct group within the large and diverse Eucalyptus genus since 1867...
, Bloodwoods, Ghost Gums, Spotted Gums- Corymbia citriodora, Lemon Scented Gum, Spotted gum (Eucalyptus citriodoraEucalyptus citriodoraCorymbia citriodora is a tall tree, to 51 metres in height, from temperate and tropical north eastern Australia. It is also known as lemon-scented gum, blue spotted gum and lemon eucalyptus....
)- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=135
- See http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?/PlantNet/Euc=&name=Corymbia+citriodora
- Corymbia henryiCorymbia henryiCorymbia henryi or the Large-leaved Spotted Gum is a bloodwood found in eastern Australia. It occurs in north eastern New South Wales from around Coffs Harbour to near Brisbane in Queensland. The habitat is dry eucalyptus forest on sandy soils in fire prone areas.An attractive tree, up to 30...
, Spotted gum, large-leaved spotted gum (Eucalyptus henryi)- See http://saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=137
- Corymbia maculataCorymbia maculataCorymbia maculata , commonly known as Spotted Gum, is an endemic Australian tree.-Description:Spotted Gum is a medium to tall tree with a straight trunk, growing up to 70 metres in height. However, there is an old reference to a 91 metre tall tree...
, Spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata)- See http://asgap.org.au/c-mac.html
- See http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/KioloaEcyclopaedia/viridiplantae/Spotted%20Gum.htm
- Corymbia tessellarisCorymbia tessellarisCorymbia tessellaris , Carbeen, Moreton Bay Ash, Black Butt.A Ghost gum tree ranging from small to 35 m. tall, forming a lignotuber. Bark rough on lower 1–4 m of trunk, tessellated, dark grey to black, abruptly changing to white-cream smooth bark above that is sometimes powdery...
, Moreton Bay Ash, Carbeen (syn. Eucalyptus tessellaris)- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=138
- Corymbia citriodora, Lemon Scented Gum, Spotted gum (Eucalyptus citriodora
- CupaniopsisCupaniopsisCupaniopsis is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs and trees in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They are native to New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and Fiji. In Australia, they are commonly known as tuckeroos. Carrotwood Cupaniopsis is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs and trees in the...
- Cupaniopsis anacardioidesCupaniopsis anacardioidesCupaniopsis anacardioides, with common names Tuckeroo, Carrotwood, Beach Tamarind and Green-leaved Tamarind,is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that is native to eastern and northern Australia. The usual habitat is littoral rainforest on sand or near estuaries...
, Tuckeroo, Large-leaved Tuckeroo
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides
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- DavalliaDavalliathumb|right|245px|[[Davallia solida var. pyxidata|"Hare's Foot"]] on [[Sydney sandstone|sandstone]], [[Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park]], [[Australia]]...
- Davallia pyxidata, Haresfoot fern
- DendrobiumDendrobiumDendrobium is a huge genus of orchids. It was established by Olof Swartz in 1799 and today contains about 1,200 species. The genus occurs in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Zealand...
, Orchids- Dendrobium speciosumDendrobium speciosumDendrobium speciosum is not only a widespread Australian orchid but also a very variable orchid, forming a species complex. Its varieties can be found in wildly varying habitats as an epiphyte or a lithophyte in a continuous distribution along the east coast of Australia and in distinct...
, King orchid - Dendrobium macropus
- Dendrobium linguiforme, Tongue orchid
- Dendrobium monophyllum, Lily of the valley orchid
- Dendrobium teretifoliumDockrillia teretifoliaDockrillia teretifolia is a synonym of Dendrobium teretifolium, the Thin Pencil Orchid, Rat's Tail Orchid or Bridal Veil Orchid is found in Queensland and NSW ; 500-800 metres altitude. It flowers from July to August.D...
, Bridal veil orchid
- Dendrobium speciosum
- DendrocnideDendrocnideDendrocnide is a genus of 37 species of shrub to large tree in the nettle family Urticaceae. They have a wide distribution across South-East Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.They are colloquially known as stinging nettles or nettle trees...
- Dendrocnide photinophyllaDendrocnide photinophyllaDendrocnide photinophylla, the shining-leaved stinging tree, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from near the Colo River north west of Sydney to Cooktown in tropical Queensland. A versatile species occurring in many different rainforest types. The specific epithet photinophylla...
Shiny-leaved stinging tree- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Dendro_photinophylla.htm
- Dendrocnide photinophylla
- Denhamia
- Denhamia pittosporoides, Veiny denhamia
- DianellaDianella (genus)Dianella is a monocot genus of flowering plants. They are commonly called flax lilies.In the APG II system of plant classification, Dianella was placed in the family Hemerocallidaceae...
- Dianella caeruleaDianella caeruleaDianella caerulea, commonly known as the Blue flax-lily, blueberry lily, or paroo lily, is a perennial herb of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found across the eastern states of Australia and Tasmania. It is a herbaceous strappy perennial plant to a metre high, with dark...
, Blue flax lilly, Paroo Lilly.- See http://www.lhccrems.nsw.gov.au/CPR/CPR/plant_profiles/d.caerulea.htm
- Dianella caerulea
Dianella congesta, Dwarf Flax-lily
- DiploglottisDiploglottisDiploglottis is a genus of 10 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Eight of the species are found in eastern Australia, primarily as a rainforest tree and the other two are in eastern Malesia and New Caledonia...
- Diploglottis australis, Native tamarind
- http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Diplo_australis.htm
- Diploglottis australis, Native tamarind
- DoodiaDoodiaDoodia is a genus of ferns in the Blechnaceae family. It is named after Samuel Doody , an English botanist. Distribution of the genus includes parts of Australia and New Zealand.-Species:* Doodia aspera* Doodia australis...
- Doodia asperaDoodia asperaPrickly Rasp Fern, known as Doodia aspera is a widespread and common plant, growing in eastern Australia. Often seen in rainforest margins or eucalyptus forest in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland....
, Prickly rasp fern- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Doodia_aspera.htm
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=154
- Doodia aspera
- DrynariaDrynariaDrynaria, commonly known as basket ferns, is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae. It contains around 16 species and one natural hybrid....
- Drynaria rigidula, Basket fern
- DysoxylumDysoxylumDysoxylum is a flowering plant genus in the mahogany family . There are about 70 species, mainly trees, occurring from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia and through to other parts of the western Pacific Ocean...
- Dysoxylum rufumDysoxylum rufumThe Hairy Rosewood, Dysoxylum rufum is a rainforest tree in the Mahogany family, found in eastern Australia. It occurs on a variety of different soils and rainforest types...
, Hairy rosewood
- Dysoxylum rufum
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- EhretiaEhretiaEhretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret .-Selected species:*Ehretia acuminata R.Br...
- Ehretia acuminataEhretia acuminataEhretia acuminata is a deciduous tree found in Japan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam, New Guinea and Australia. Fossil evidence suggests an ancient Laurasian origin...
, Koda- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Ehretia_acuminata.htm
- Ehretia acuminata
- ElaeocarpusElaeocarpusElaeocarpus is a genus of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees and shrubs. The approximately 350 species are distributed from Madagascar in the west through India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, southern China, and Japan, through Australia to New Zealand, Fiji, and Hawaii in the east. The islands of...
, QuandongQuandongQuandong, quandang or quondong, is a common name for the species Santalum acuminatum , especially its edible fruit, but may also refer to* Aceratium concinnum...
- Elaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatus is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from near Wyong in New South Wales to Proserpine, Queensland in the tropics....
, Hard quandong- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_obovatus.htm
- Elaeocarpus reticulatusElaeocarpus reticulatusElaeocarpus reticulatus, the Blueberry Ash, is a large shrub or tree which can grow to a height of 15m. In NSW rainforests it can attain a height of 30 metres. Its most conspicuous features are white or pink cup-shaped flowers with fringed edges and round blue fruits. Strictly botanically, the...
, Blueberry ash- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_reticulatus.htm
- Elaeocarpus obovatus
- ElattostachysElattostachysElattostachys is a genus of 13 trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are found in the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific Islands....
- Elattostachys xylocarpaElattostachys xylocarpaElattostachys xylocarpa, known as the White Tamarind or Short-leaf Beetroot is a common rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Found in the drier rainforests, which are based on volcanic soils. From as far south as the Orara River in northern New South Wales to Bowen in tropical Queensland...
, White tamarind
- Elattostachys xylocarpa
- Erythina
- Erythrina vespertilioErythrina vespertilioErythrina vespertilio is a tree native to north and north-east Australia. Its common names are Grey Corkwood, Bat's Wing Coral Tree, and the more ambiguous "bean tree". In the Western Desert language it is also known as ininti....
, Bat's wing coral tree
- Erythrina vespertilio
- EucalyptusEucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
, Gums, Iron Barks.- Eucalyptus crebraEucalyptus crebraEucalyptus crebra, commonly known as the Narrow-leaved ironbark or Narrowleaf red ironbark, is a type of Ironbark tree native to eastern Australia. A member of the large genus Eucalyptus, this tree is in the Myrtaceae family and can grow to a large spreading tree up to 35 m high...
, Narrow-leaved ironbark - Eucalyptus henryiCorymbia henryiCorymbia henryi or the Large-leaved Spotted Gum is a bloodwood found in eastern Australia. It occurs in north eastern New South Wales from around Coffs Harbour to near Brisbane in Queensland. The habitat is dry eucalyptus forest on sandy soils in fire prone areas.An attractive tree, up to 30...
, Broad-leaved spotted gum - Eucalyptus melanophloiaEucalyptus melanophloiaEucalyptus melanophloia, commonly known as Silver-leaved Ironbark, isa species of Eucalyptus which is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is a tall tree, growing up to 20 metres in height....
, Silver-leaved ironbark - Eucalyptus microcorys, TallowwoodTallowwoodTallowwood is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. Tallowwood is drought and frost tender....
- Eucalyptus nigra, Queensland white stringybark
- Eucalyptus propinquaEucalyptus propinquaEucalyptus propinqua, known as the Grey Gum or Small fruited Grey Gum is a common eucalyptus tree of eastern Australia.It can grow to 50 metres in height, though is mostly seen between 20 and 30 metres tall. Growing north from Wyong in New South Wales up to south east Queensland, in high rainfall...
, Grey Gum- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=163
- Eucalyptus siderophlia, Grey ironbark
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=164
- Eucalyptus tereticornisEucalyptus tereticornisEucalyptus tereticornis is a species of tree native to eastern Australia.It has a great many common names, of which Forest Red Gum is perhaps the most widely known...
, Queensland Blue gumBlue GumBlue Gum usually refers to the subspecies or the species in Eucalyptus globulus complex, however it may also refer to a number of other species of Eucalyptus in Australia. Confusingly, in Queensland it usually refers to Eucalyptus tereticornis, which is known elsewhere as Forest Red Gum.* Gippsland...
, Forest red gum- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=165
- Eucalyptus crebra
- EuroschinusEuroschinusEuroschinus is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae.Species include:* Euroschinus aoupiniensis, Hoff - New Caledonia* Euroschinus falcata - Eastern Australia* Euroschinus jaffrei, Hoff - New Caledonia...
- Euroschinus falcataEuroschinus falcataEuroschinus falcata is a species of tree in the Anacardiaceae family. It is an endemic Australian species, ranging from Jervis Bay , NSW to Cooktown , North Queensland. Its natural habitats are littoral, riverine, and dry subtropical rainforests...
, Ribbonwood
- Euroschinus falcata
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- FicusFicusFicus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphyte in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The Common Fig Ficus is a genus of...
, Figs- Ficus coronataFicus coronataFicus coronata, commonly known as the Sandpaper Fig or Creek Sandpaper Fig, is a species of fig tree, native to Australia. It is found along the east coast from Mackay in Central Queensland, through New South Wales and just into Victoria near Mallacoota. It grows along river banks and gullies in...
, Creek sandpaper fig- See (illustration) http://lists.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/botart2006/Large/C066_L.jpg
- Ficus fraseriFicus fraseriFicus fraseri, the White Sandpaper Fig or Shiny Sandpaper Fig, is one of several fig species commonly known as sandpaper figs. It is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia and New Caledonia...
, Shiny sandpaper fig - Ficus macrophylla, Moreton bay fig
- Ficus obliquaFicus obliquaFicus obliqua, commonly known as the Small-leaved Fig, a tree in the family Moraceae native to eastern Australia. It is a banyan of the genus Ficus which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig...
, Small-leaved fig - Ficus oppositaFicus oppositaFicus opposita is one of several fig species commonly known as Sandpaper Figs. It is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.Other common names include Sweet Sandpaper Fig, Sweet Fig and the ambiguous "figwood" and "watery fig".It grows as either a shrub or small tree.As the...
, Sandpaper fig - Ficus platypodaFicus platypodaFicus platypoda, commonly known as the desert fig or rock fig, is a fig that is endemic to central and northern Australia, and Indonesia. The fruit can be eaten when soft and ripe. Horticulturally, it is suitable for use in bonsai; its tendency to form a wide trunk base and small leaves being...
, Rock Fig- See (illustration) http://lists.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/botart2006/Large/C066_L.jpg
- Ficus virens var. sublanceolataFicus virens var. sublanceolataFicus virens var. sublanceolata is a Banyan or Strangler Fig. It grows alongside the related White Fig in the northern part of its range. They differ with narrower leaves, almost lanceolate in shape. Common names in Australia include White Fig, Sour Fig, Deciduous Fig and Banyan...
, White fig
- Ficus coronata
- FlindersiaFlindersiaFlindersia is a genus of 14 species of tree in the family Rutaceae. They are native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia.They are cultivated and planted for both timber and as a street tree...
, Ash- Flindersia australisFlindersia australisFlindersia australis is a rainforest tree from New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It grows up to 40 metres high, with larger trees having a buttressed trunk. The leaves are alternate or occasionally opposite and have between 3 and 13 leaflets. Each of these is 2.4 to 13 cm long and...
, Crow's ash - Flindersia bennettianaFlindersia bennettianaFlindersia bennettiana is an Australian rainforest tree in the citrus family. It is known as the Bennett's Ash, named after the naturalist, Dr. George Bennett.It occurs mainly in streamside, seaside or subtropical rainforest...
, Bennett's ash
- Flindersia australis
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- GlochidionGlochidionGlochidion are a taxon of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands...
- Glochidion ferdinandiGlochidion ferdinandiGlochidion ferdinandi, commonly known as the cheese tree, is a species of tree in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is native to eastern Australia, where it grows in rainforests and wetter sclerophyll forests...
, Cheese Tree
- Glochidion ferdinandi
- GmelinaGmelinaGmelina is a genus of plant in family Lamiaceae. It was named in honour of botanist Johann Georg Gmelin.Species include:* Gmelina arborea* Gmelina asiatica* Gmelina fasciculiflora - Northern White Beech, Australia...
- Gmelina leichhardtiiGmelina leichhardtiiGmelina leichhardtii, the White Beech is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Scattered individuals or small groups of trees naturally occur from the Illawarra district of New South Wales to near Proserpine in tropical Queensland...
, White beech
- Gmelina leichhardtii
- GrevilleaGrevilleaGrevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...
- Grevillea robustaGrevillea robustaGrevillea robusta, commonly known as the southern silky oak or Silky-oak, or Australian Silver-oak, is the largest species in the genus Grevillea. It is a native of eastern coastal Australia, in riverine, subtropical and dry rainforest environments receiving more than 1,000 mm per year of...
, Silky oak
- Grevillea robusta
- GuioaGuioaGuioa is a genus of 78 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They have a wide distribution, ranging from Malesia, down to the east coast of Australia and out into the Pacific Islands.They are characterised by having hairy new growth...
- Guioa semiglaucaGuioa semiglaucaGuioa semiglauca known as the Guioa or Wild Quince is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from Kioloa near Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales to Eungella National Park in tropical Queensland...
- Guioa semiglauca
- GymnostachysGymnostachysGymnostachys is a monotypic genus in the family Araceae. The single species is Gymnostachys anceps , native to rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia....
- Gymnostachys anceps, Settlers flax
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- HakeaHakeaHakea is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia....
- Hakea florulenta, Blooming Hakea
- HarpulliaHarpulliaHarpullia is a genus of 37 species of small to medium-sized trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It was first defined by Scottish botanist William Roxburgh in 1824. They have a wide distribution ranging from India eastwards into the Pacific Ocean...
- Harpullia pendulaHarpullia pendulaHarpullia pendula, known as the tulipwood or tulip lancewood is a small to medium sized rainforest tree from Australia. The tree's small size, pleasant form and attractive fruit ensures the popularity of this ornamental tree. The range of natural distribution is from the Bellinger River in northern...
, Tulipwood- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Harp_pendula.htm
- Harpullia hillii, Hill's tulipwood
- Harpullia pendula
- HibiscusHibiscusHibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world...
- Hibiscus heterophyllusHibiscus heterophyllusHibiscus heterophyllus, also known as Native Rosella, is a species of hibiscus that is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia....
, Native hibiscus
- Hibiscus heterophyllus
- HoveaHoveaHovea is a genus of perennial shrubs which are native to Australia. Species from this genus are occasionally cultivated as ornamental plants.Species include:...
- Hovea acutifolia, Pointed-leaved hovia
- HymenosporumHymenosporumHymenosporum flavum, or Native Frangipani, is a rainforest tree which is native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia and New Guinea. It is the sole species within the genus Hymenosporum, and is closely related to the widespread genus Pittosporum.It produces clusters of fragrant flowers in...
- Hymenosporum flavum, Native frangipani
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- JageraJageraJagera is a genus of 4 species of small tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Three are found in the rainforests of eastern Australia, the other is found in the Moluccas and New Guinea....
- Jagera pseudorhusJagera pseudorhusJagera pseudorhus, known as the Foambark is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Named for the saponin foam that forms on the bark after heavy rain....
, Foambark- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=247
- Jagera pseudorhus
- Jasminum
- Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense
- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=245
- Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense
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- LobeliaLobeliaLobelia is a genus of flowering plant comprising 360–400 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions...
- Lobelia trigonocaulis, Forest lobelia
- Lomandra
- Lomandra longifoliaLomandra longifoliaLomandra longifolia, commonly known as Spiny-head Mat-rush, Spiky-headed Mat-rush or Basket Grass is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm in long, and generally have a leaf of about 8mm to 12mm wide . It grows in a variety of soil...
, Long-leaved matrush- See (illustration) http://lists.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/botart2006/Large/C156_L.jpg
- Lomandra confertifoliaLomandra confertifoliaLomandra confertifolia is a species of perennial herbs in the genus Lomandra, Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. It is native to Australia....
- Lomandra longifolia
Lomandra hystrix
- LeptospermumLeptospermumLeptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another to Malaysia, and L. recurvum is endemic to Malaysia.They...
, Tea Trees
- LophostemonLophostemonLophostemon is a genus of 4 species of evergreen tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. All four species are native to Australia, with one extending to New Guinea. The genus is a relatively recent creation; all 4 species were previously included in the related genus Tristania.The most well-known...
, Boxes- Lophostemon confertusLophostemon confertusThe Brush Box, Lophostemon confertus, is a tree native to Australia, though it can be found in the United States and elsewhere. Quite frequently, it has been planted as a street tree, due to its hearty nature, its disease and pest resilience, high tolerance for smog, drought and poor drainage, as...
, Brush Box, Queensland Box, Brisbane Box- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=59
- Lophostemon confertus
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- MacarangaMacarangaMacaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae. Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and the South Pacific, the genus comprises over 300 different species. These plants are noted for being recolonizers...
- Macaranga tanariusMacaranga tanariusMacaranga tanarius is a plant found in South East Asia, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia. It's commonly seen as a pioneer species in disturbed rainforest areas. Easily recognised for the round veiny leaves...
- Macaranga tanarius
- MallotusMallotus (plant)Mallotus is a genus of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. 2 species are found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. About 140 species are found in East and Southeast Asia and from Indomalaysia to New Caledonia and Fiji, northern and eastern Australia...
- MacrozamiaMacrozamiaMacrozamia is a genus of 38-40 species of cycads, in the family Zamiaceae, endemic to Australia. The majority of the species occur in eastern Australia in southeast Queensland and New South Wales, with one species in the Macdonnell Ranges of Northern Territory and three in southern Western...
, Burrawang- Macrozamia lucidaMacrozamia lucidaMacrozamia lucida is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Distribution and habitat:This specie is found in Southern Queensland, from around Brisbane north to Nambour, in coastal wet sclerophyll forest.-References:...
, Burrawang, Pineapple Zamia - Macrozamia miquellii
- Macrozamia lucida
- MelaleucaMelaleucaMelaleuca is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae known for its natural soothing and cleansing properties. There are well over 200 recognised species, most of which are endemic to Australia...
, Paper Barks
- MallotusMallotusMallotus may refer to:* A genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae: see Mallotus .* A genus of fish in the family Osmeridae: see Capelin....
- Mallotus philippensisMallotus philippensisMallotus philippensis is a plant in the spurge family. It is known as the Kamala or Red Kamala, due to the fruit covering, which produces a red dye. However, it must be distinguished from Kamala meaning 'lotus' in many Indian languages, an unrelated plant, flower, and sometimes metonymic spiritual...
, Red kamala - Mallotus claoxyloidesMallotus claoxyloidesMallotus claoxyloides is an Australian rainforest plant in the spurge family. Common names include Green Kamala, Odour Bush, and Smell of the Bush. Opinions are divided on the strong scent of the plant. Some say it is offensive and resembles a skunk while most others find the scent aromatic and...
, Green kamala - Mallotus discolorMallotus discolorMallotus discolor is an Australian rainforest tree in the spurge family. It is known as the Yellow Kamala, due to the yellowish orange fruit covering, which produces a yellow dye.- Description :...
, Yellow kamala
- Mallotus philippensis
- Melia
- Melia azedarachMelia azedarachMelia azedarach is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Pakistan, India, Indochina Southeast Asia and Australia...
var. australasica, White Cedar, Chinaberry
- Melia azedarach
- MelicopeMelicopeMelicope is a genus of about 230 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand...
- Melicope micrococcaMelicope micrococcaMelicope micrococca is an Australian rainforest tree in the citrus family. The natural range is from the Seven Mile Beach, New South Wales to Maryborough, Queensland...
, White euodia
- Melicope micrococca
- Microcitrus see CitrusCitrusCitrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
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- OmalanthusOmalanthusHomalanthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the monogeneric subtribe Carumbiinae. It comprises about 35 species. The genus is native to tropical Asia and Australia....
- Omalanthus populifoliusOmalanthus populifoliusOmalanthus populifolius, the Bleeding Heart or Queensland poplar, is an Australian rainforest plant. It often appears in areas of rainforest disturbance...
, Bleeding heart
- Omalanthus populifolius
- OplismenusOplismenusOplismenus is a small genus of annual or perennial grasses found in tropical Asia and extending down through South East Asia into Australia. Scholz, who studied the genus throughout the world, recognized nine species and 18 infraspecific taxa. An English translation of her work is available at...
- Oplismenus aemulus, Creeping beard grass
- OttochloaOttochloaOttochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...
- Ottochloa gracillima
- OweniaOweniaOwenia is a genus of plants, mainly trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. They are endemic to Australia and fairly widespread across the continent. There are five species in the genus, most from New South Wales and living in conditions ranging from wet rainforest to the verges of the desert. Like...
- Owenia venosa, Crow's apple
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- PandoreaPandoreaPandorea is a genus of 6 species, of woody climbing vines and creepers in the family Bignoniaceae. They are native to Malesia, Australia and New Caledonia. The two most widely cultivated, mainly for their showy flowers, are the Australian species P. jasminoides and P. pandorana...
- Pandorea jasminoidesPandorea jasminoidesPandorea jasminoides is a species of woody climbing vine in the family Bignoniaceae. It is native to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It forms large pointed pods filled with papery seeds. It is easy to germinate, having two-lobed dicotyledons. It grows in USDA zones 9 and 10...
, Bower-of-beauty - Pandorea pandoranaPandorea pandoranaPandorea pandorana, commonly known as the Wonga Wonga Vine, is a species of woody climbing vine in the family Bignoniaceae. It is found across Australia, New Guinea, and the eastern Indonesian islands of Seram and Lombok. It forms large pointed pods filled with papery seeds. It is easy to...
, Wonga vine
- Pandorea jasminoides
- PararchidendronPararchidendronPararchidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Mimosoideae....
- Pararchidendron pruinosumPararchidendron pruinosumPararchidendron pruinosum is an Australian rainforest tree growing from the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales to Herberton in north Queensland. It's also found in New Guinea and Indonesia. Common names include Snow-wood, Tulip Siris and Monkey's Earrings. The habitat of the Snow-wood is...
, Monkey's ear-rings
- Pararchidendron pruinosum
- PavettaPavettaPavetta is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It comprises about 350 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plants are cultivated for their simple but variable leaves,...
- Pavetta australiensis
- PittosporumPittosporumPittosporum is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa. Citriobatus is usually included here, but might be a distinct genus...
- Pittosporum rhombifolium, Hollywood
- Pittosporum revolutumPittosporum revolutumPittosporum revolutum is a shrub that is endemic to Australia....
, Brisbane laurel
- PlanchonellaPlanchonellaPlanchonella is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it contains around 100 mainly tropical species, two of which reach South America and about 18 make it to Australia. It was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre...
- Planchonella cotinifolia, Coondoo
- Planchonella pohlmaniana, Engraver's wood
- Planchonella myrsinoides, Yellow plumwood
- PlatyceriumPlatyceriumPlatycerium is a genus of about 18 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Ferns in this genus are widely known as staghorn or elkhorn ferns due to their uniquely-shaped fronds...
- Platycerium bifurcatumPlatycerium bifurcatumPlatycerium bifurcatum, commonly known as the Elkhorn Fern, is a Platycerium species of fern. It is native to southeastern Australia, in New South Wales, Queensland, and on Lord Howe Island...
, Elkhorn - Platycerium superbumPlatycerium superbumPlatycerium superbum, commonly known as the Stag Horn Fern, is a Platycerium species of fern.. It is native to Australia, in east central New South Wales north of Nabiac and in Queensland...
, Staghon
- Platycerium bifurcatum
- PodocarpusPodocarpusPodocarpus is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m in height...
, Conifers, Pines- Podocarpus elatusPodocarpus elatusPodocarpus elatus, known as the Plum Pine, or the Brown Pine is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland....
, Brown Pine
- Podocarpus elatus
- PolysciasPolysciasPolyscias is a genus of flowering plant of family Araliaceae, comprising 114 species. They bear pinnate leaves....
- Polyscias elegansPolyscias elegansPolyscias elegans, known as the Celery Wood is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs in a variety of different rainforest types; from fertile basaltic soils, to sand dunes and less fertile sedimentary soils. The range of natural distribution is from Jervis Bay in southern New South...
, Celerywood
- Polyscias elegans
- PremnaPremnaPremna is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.Species include:* Premna grandifolia, A.D.J. Meeuse* Premna hans-joachimii, Verdc.* Premna maxima, T.C.E. Fr.* Premna protrusa, A.C.Sm. & S.Darwin...
- Premna lignumvitae
- PsychotriaPsychotriaPsychotria is a plant genus of 1900 species in the family Rubiaceae. Members of the genus are low trees in tropical forests. The distinction between Psychotria and the genus Cephaelis are not well known and many species were formerly placed there....
- Psychotria daphnoides, Smooth psychotria
- Pteris
- Pteridium esculentumPteridium esculentumPteridium esculentum, commonly known as Austral bracken or simply bracken, is a species of the bracken genus native to a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere....
, Common bracken - Pteris tremulaPteris tremulaPteris tremula, commonly known as Australian Brake, Tender Brake, Tender Brakefern, Shaking Brake is a fern species of the family Pteridaceae native to sheltered areas and forests in eastern Australia and New Zealand. It has pale green, lacy fronds of up to 2 meters in length, with an erect,...
, Tender bracken
- Pteridium esculentum
- PultenaeaPultenaeaPultenaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae-Faboideae that are native to Australia.Pultenaea is commonly known as “egg and bacon”, “golden” or “bush peas”.The genus is found in south west Western Australia and the eastern states...
- Pultenaea cunninghamii, Grey bush pea
- Pultenaea villosa, Hairy bush pea
- Pyrrosia
- Pyrrosia confluens, Felt fern
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- SmilaxSmilaxSmilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones, tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found , while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico...
- Smilax australisSmilax australisSmilax australis is a vine in the family Smilacaceae, endemic to Australia. It has prickly climbing stems that are up to 8 metres long with coiled tendrils that are up to 20 cm long...
, Barbed wire vine
- Smilax australis
- StenocarpusStenocarpusStenocarpus is a genus of around 25 species of woody trees or shrubs of the family Proteaceae, occurring in rainforests of Eastern and monsoonal areas of Northern and North-Western Australia with 2 extending into New Guinea and the Aru Islands, with the greatest diversity occurring in New...
- Stenocarpus sinuatusStenocarpus sinuatusStenocarpus sinuatus, known as the Firewheel Tree is an Australian rainforest tree in the Protea family. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland in tropical Queensland...
, Firewheel tree
- Stenocarpus sinuatus
- StephaniaStephaniaStephania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia and Australasia. They are herbaceous perennial vines growing to around four metres tall, with a large, woody caudex. The leaves are arranged spirally on the stem, and are peltate, with the...
- Stephania philippensis, Snake vine
- SterculiaSterculiaSterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It was previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae. Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts...
- Sterculia quadrifidaSterculia quadrifidaSterculia quadrifida, also known as the Peanut Tree, or Red-fruited kurrajong is a small tree that grows in the rainforests, vine thickets and gallery forests of coastal Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales....
, Peanut tree
- Sterculia quadrifida
- StreblusStreblusStreblus is a genus of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae.*Streblus asper Lour. - Siamese rough bush*Streblus banksii*Streblus brunonianus*Streblus elongatus*Streblus heterophyllus...
- Streblus brunonianusStreblus brunonianusStreblus brunonianus known as the Whalebone Tree is a small tree in the fig family. Commonly seen in a variety different types of rainforest, particularly by streams....
, Whalebone tree
- Streblus brunonianus
- SyzygiumSyzygiumSyzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific...
- Syzygium australeSyzygium australeSyzygium australe, commonly called Brush Cherry or Scrub Cherry, is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a diameter of 60 cm. The leaves are opposite, simple, lanceolate from 4-8 cm long. Flowers are white and in clusters. The dark pink to red...
, Creek lilly pilly
- Syzygium australe
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- TabernaemontanaTabernaemontanaTabernaemontana is a genus of 100-110 species of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution. These plants are shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, 3-25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant...
- Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Banana bush (Ervatamia angustissepala)
- Techima
- Techima tenax, Pitted-leaf steelwood
- ToonaToonaToona is a genus of five species of trees in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, native from Afghanistan south to India, and east to North Korea, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia...
- Toona australis, Red cedar
- TremaTremaTrema is a genus of about 15 species of evergreen trees closely related to the hackberries , occurring in subtropical and tropical regions of southern Asia, northern Australasia, Africa, South and Central America, and parts of North America...
- Trema aspera, Poison peach
- TristaniopsisTristaniopsisTristaniopsis is a genus of 40 species of shrub and tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They have a wide distribution, ranging from Burma, Thailand, Malesia, New Caledonia and Australia.Species include:*Tristaniopsis lucida...
- Tristaniopsis laurinaTristaniopsis laurinaTristaniopsis laurina, the Water Gum or Kanooka is a tree native to Australia, where it usually grows near the eastern coastline and along the banks of streams, where the trunks and branches tend to be shaped in the direction of the current and give an indication of the flood height. It is popular...
, Watergum
- Tristaniopsis laurina
- TurraeaTurraeaTurraea is a genus of plants in family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World Tropics. It contains approximately 70 species, including:* Turraea abyssinica Hochst.* Turraea adjanohounii, Aké Assi* Turraea anomala Turraea is a genus of plants in family Meliaceae, native throughout of Old World...
- Turraea pubescens
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- WaterhouseaWaterhouseaWaterhousea is a genus of 4 species of small tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. They are endemic to Australia, along the eastern coast in New South Wales and Queensland...
- Waterhousea floribundaWaterhousea floribundaWaterhousea floribunda is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows along streams from the Williams River near Dungog to Mackay in central eastern Queensland. Known as the Weeping Lilli Pilli, this tree is widely planted as an ornamental. Planted trees from 1827 may be seen at the Royal...
, Weeping lilly pilly (Syzygium floribundum)
- Waterhousea floribunda
- WilkieaWilkieaWilkiea is a genus of dioecious trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. They grow in Australia and New Guinea. Mostly with toothed leaves which have short leaf stems. Leaves with many oil dots...
- Wilkiea macrophylla, Large-leaved wilkiea
Fungi
No longer classified as floraFlora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
, Brisbane also has species of indigenous fungi.
- GanodermaGanodermaGanoderma is a genus of polypore mushrooms which grow on wood and include about 80 species, many from tropical regions. Because of their extensive use in traditional Asian medicines, and their potential in bioremediation, they are a very important genus economically. Ganoderma can be differentiated...
, Large hard brackets on living or dead trees.- Ganoderma australe
- Similar to (and closely related to) Ganoderma applanatumGanoderma applanatumGanoderma applanatum is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution.The spore bodies are up to 30-40 cm across, hard, woody-textured, and...
- Similar to (and closely related to) Ganoderma applanatum
- Ganoderma australe
- PhellinusPhellinusPhellinus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. Many species cause white rot. Fruiting bodies, which are found growing on wood, are resupinate, sessile, and perennial. The flesh is tough and woody or cork-like, and brown in color. Clamp connections are absent, and the skeletal hyphae...
, Hoof-shaped caps on living or dead trees, annular growth rings, very hard.
Places
Parklands, forests and reserves with native vegetation around Brisbane.Metropolitan Area
- Anstead Bushland Reserve
- Banks Street Reserve
- Bayside Parklands
- Belmont Hills Bushland
- Boondall WetlandsBoondall WetlandsThe Boondall Wetlands lie on the edge of Moreton Bay in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall between Nudgee Beach and Shorncliffe. The wetlands are preserved within the Boondall Wetlands Reserve which was preserved in 1990 and covers more than 1100 hectares of internationally significant wetlands.The...
- Bunyaville State Forest Park
- See http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=33
- Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-thaBrisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-thaThe Brisbane Botanic Gardens are located 7 km from the city of Brisbane in Toowong, Queensland, Australia, at the foot of Brisbane's tallest mountain, Mount Coot-tha.-History:...
- Brisbane City Botanic GardensBrisbane City Botanic GardensThe City Botanic Gardens is located on a point known as Gardens Point on the Brisbane River adjacent to the central business district of the city of Brisbane...
- Brisbane Forest Park, QueenslandBrisbane Forest Park, QueenslandBrisbane Forest Park , is located on parts of the D'Aguilar Range. The large nature reserve lies on the western boundary of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in Enoggera Reservoir, adjacent to The Gap and between the Mount Coot-tha Reserve on the Taylor Range and higher peaks to the north...
- Brisbane Koala Bushlands
- Bulimba CreekBulimba Creek, QueenslandThe Bulimba Creek catchment has it sources in the marshy parts of the suburbs of Runcorn and Kuraby in the south of Brisbane. It then flows in a northerly direction through the suburbs of Mansfield, Mackenzie, Carindale, Murarrie and Lytton, before meeting the Brisbane River along the Lytton Reach...
- Chermside Hills Reserves
- Deagon Wetlands
- Hemmant Quarry Reserve
- Indooroopilly Island Conservation ParkIndooroopilly Island Conservation ParkThe Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park, located on an island in the Brisbane River, is the site of one of Australia's largest flying fox colonies. It is located seven kilometres west of the Brisbane central business district near the suburb of Indooroopilly. The Island comprises an area of 6.34...
- Karawatha ForestKarawatha ForestKarawatha Forest or Karawatha nature reserve is approximately 770 hectares of bushland in the Brisbane suburbs of Karawatha and Stretton, Australia...
- See http://www.karawatha.com/
- Mt Coot-tha Forest
- Rafting Ground Reserve
- See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/newsletters/issue5/projects-rrr.html
- Raven Street Reserve
- Roma Street ParklandRoma Street ParklandRoma Street Parkland covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Roma Street Parkland is adjacent to Brisbane Transit Centre and the Roma Street Station...
- Samford State Forest Park
- Seven Hills Bushland Reserve
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands
- Toohey MountainToohey MountainToohey Mountain is a medium sized mountain at the eastern side of the City of Brisbane's suburb of Moorooka. The rise was named after James Toohey, an Irish born Sydneysider who made his wealth in the California gold rush, before settling in the newly formed state of Queensland.To the north of the...
/ Toohey Forest - Whites HillWhites HillWhites Hill is a hill and public reserve situated in Holland Park in Brisbane’s South East. The reserve covers an area of 53 acres bound by the surrounding suburbs of Camp Hill, Coorparoo, Carina Heights and Mount Gravatt East...
Reserve - Venman Bushland National ParkVenman Bushland National ParkVenman Bushland is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 22 km southeast of Brisbane.-History:Jack Venman purchased 255 acres of land on West Mount Cotton Road in the Shire of Redland in 1954. The land had been heavily logged in the 1900s. Venman paid 2 pounds per acre which was a total...
Within 100km
- Bellthorpe State Forest
- Bribie Island
- Burleigh Head National ParkBurleigh Head National ParkBurleigh Head is a small national park at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia, 81 km southeast of Brisbane. The park is tiny yet it contains a diverse range of habitats. Tallebudgera Creek enters the ocean directly south of the park. No camping is permitted in...
- Glasshouse Mountains
- Moreton Island National ParkMoreton Island National ParkMoreton Island National Park is a national park which covers 98% of Moreton Island in Queensland, Australia, 58 km northeast of Brisbane. It has three main townships, Bulwer, Cowan Cowan and Kooringal....
- Mt Mee State Forest
- Nerang State Forest
- North Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known...
- Numinbah State Forest
- Tamborine Mountain
- White Rock Conservation ParkWhite Rock Conservation ParkWhite Rock, a prominent pale-coloured rockface on a peak, is the major feature of interest of the White Rock Conservation Park, 30 km south-west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-White Rock:...
Plant Reference Materials
- Australian Plant Name Index (APNI); Australian National Botanic Gardens; Australian National Herbarium
- Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network
- "Eucalyptus Forest Guide"; P.A.R. Young, P.J. Hauser; Brisbane Forest Park Administration Authority, 1988; ISBN 0-7242-2798-9
- "Field guide to Eucalypts Volume 3 Northern Australia"; Brooker, Kleinig; Inkata Press, 1994; ISBN 0-909605-67-X
- "An Introduction to the Eucalypts" (including Corymbia and Angophora); Andrew Lyne; Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research;
- "Key to Eucalypts of Greater Brisbane"; Queensland Herbarium with Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency, August 2001
- "Key to the Wattles of Greater Brisbane"; Queensland Herbarium with Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency
- "Mangroves to Mountains - a field guide to the Native Plants of the Logan-Albert River Catchment"; Logan River branch SGAPAssociation of Societies for Growing Australian PlantsThe Australian Native Plants Society is a federation of seven state-based member organizations for people interested in Australia's native flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation....
. (Qld Region) Inc, 2002; ISBN 1-875401-95-4
- "Mangroves to Mountains Volume 2 - a field guide to the Native Plants of South-east Queensland"; Logan River branch SGAPAssociation of Societies for Growing Australian PlantsThe Australian Native Plants Society is a federation of seven state-based member organizations for people interested in Australia's native flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation....
(Qld Region) Inc, 2005; ISBN 0-646-45089-1
- "Putting back the forest - a landcare guide for Brookfield, Pullenvale and Moggill"; Bryan Hacker, Rona Butler and Rae Rekdahl; Rural Environment Planning Association Inc, 1994; ISBN 0-646-20579-X
- "Rainforest Guide"; P.A.R. Young, P.J. Hauser, L.G.H. Hepworth, K Plowman; Brisbane Forest Park Administration Authority, 1991; ISBN 0-7242-4605-3
- "Tree ID made Easy - a simple guide to open-forest trees of South-East Queensland"; Ann Moran; Published by the author; ISBN 0-646-05209-8
- "Wild plants of greater Brisbane - a Queensland Museum Guide"; Queensland MuseumQueensland MuseumThe Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland. The museum currently operates four separate campuses; at South Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville.The museum is funded by the State Government of Queensland.-History:...
, 2003; ISBN 0-9751116-2-0
Fungi Reference Materials
- "A field guide to the Fungi of Australia"; A.M. Young, Kay Smith; UNSW Press, 2005; ISBN 0-86840-742-9
Places Reference Materials
- Brisbane's Natural Areas
- EPA's list of parks and forests around Brisbane
- Gardens and parkland in BrisbaneGardens and parkland in Brisbane- Brisbane's scenic gardens and parkland :Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, has many beautiful parks and gardens.Scenic parks and gardens within Brisbane city, or close to the Brisbane CBD...
- Mountains to Mangroves Organisation
- "Wild places of greater Brisbane - a Queensland Museum Publication"; Queensland MuseumQueensland MuseumThe Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland. The museum currently operates four separate campuses; at South Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville.The museum is funded by the State Government of Queensland.-History:...
, 1996; ISBN 0-7242-7110-4
Revegetation and planting resources
- Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C)
- Fairhill Native Nursery, Yandina
- Greening Australia
- Land for Wildlife program
- Nielsen's Native Nursery
- Save our Waterways Now (SOWN)
See also
- Association of Societies for Growing Australian PlantsAssociation of Societies for Growing Australian PlantsThe Australian Native Plants Society is a federation of seven state-based member organizations for people interested in Australia's native flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation....
- Flora of AustraliaFlora of AustraliaThe flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 20,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens...
- Invasive Species in Australia
- List of endangered Australian plants
- Protected areas of QueenslandProtected areas of QueenslandQueensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains 470 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 69,388 km² . 223 of these are National parks, which is the highest number of any Australian state or territory, totalling 65,871 km²...
- Satellite images and map
- A short essay about the eucalyptus - corymbia reclassification debate