Australian flora
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Weste...
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Western AustraliaJ.A. Young This publication is to prom...
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Western AustraliaJ.A. Young This publication is to promote the wonderful and diverse range of Melaleucas, many of which are largely unknown, and to encourage their further use in the beautification of our parks and gardens, in landscaping and in the restoration of our farmlands while at the same time combating erosion and salinity. Plantings may also ensure some species survival aganist future climate extremes.
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Banksias: Second EditionAlex George, Kevin Collins and Kathy Collins Banksias are Australia's mo...
Banksias: Second EditionAlex George, Kevin Collins and Kathy Collins Banksias are Australia's most iconic plants after Eucalypts known for thousands of years to Australians and to many more who have never visited this land, through writing and art. This extensively revised edition includes the most recently discovered Banksia vincentia with descriptions and illustrations of all 79 known species with many new photographs and updated species descriptions. It provides the history of their disco...
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Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings
Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th Edition)F. A. Sharr and A. S. George Disc...
Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th Edition)F. A. Sharr and A. S. George Discoveries in the State’s flora continue apace. This fourth edition of 'Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings' explains the scientific names of all 12,800 native and naturalised plants in the State, including 200 found since the 3rd edition of 2019. In total the book explains some 1643 generic names, 5735 specific and 892 infraspecific epithets. A feature is the inclusion of the genus for...
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Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia
Plants of Subtropical Eastern AustraliaAndrew Benwell 'Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia' d...
Plants of Subtropical Eastern AustraliaAndrew Benwell 'Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia' describes the rich flora of this biogeographically distinct region located on the east coast of Australia, covering the north coast of New South Wales and South-East Queensland. This guide presents a selection of common, threatened and ecologically significant plants found in the region's major vegetation habitats including rainforest, heathland, grassy forest, wetlands and rock outcrops. More than...
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The Boab TreePat Lowe That ‘colossus of the bush’, the boab tree, has long intrigued visitors to ...
The Boab TreePat Lowe That ‘colossus of the bush’, the boab tree, has long intrigued visitors to the Kimberley. Where did it come from? How long does it live? With its strong branches and gnarled trunk, the boab is a minor ecosystem, providing shade and shelter for other lives. Native bees and bagmoths, lizards and nesting birds, cattle and human beings, the boab embraces them all. Some aged boabs bear scars from long-past visitors: Aboriginal engravings, Muslim prayer alcoves, the name of a ...
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Firewood BanksiaPhilippa Nikulinsky A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as...
Firewood BanksiaPhilippa Nikulinsky A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as firewood banksia - by acclaimed botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky. This series of exquisitely detailed drawings and paintings records the species and its cycles in all their beauty. A dazzling and wondrous celebration of Banksia menziesii (firewood or Menzies' banksia) by one of Australia's best botanical artists. After many field trips and long observation of the species, Philippa Nikulinsky ...
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Australian Planting Design: 2nd EditionPaul Thompson 'Australian Planting Design' identifies and ...
Australian Planting Design: 2nd EditionPaul Thompson 'Australian Planting Design' identifies and explores all aspects of developing better planting designs on any scale, raising awareness of the essential elements and encouraging readers to look with fresh eyes, to create anew. This new edition guides the reader through all the stages of designing a new garden and helps to visualise the garden through an understanding of space, light, earth form, structures and vegetation. It discusses the ch...
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Native Trees and Shrubs South-eastern Australia
Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia: Covering areas of New South Wales, Victoria a...
Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia: Covering areas of New South Wales, Victoria and South AustraliaLeon Costermans 'Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia' embraces an area that stretches from the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia, across Victoria and southern New South Wales to the NSW South Coast. It records the land and its vegetation in a scientifically accurate, but accessible, style. Virtually all species of native trees and larger shrubs in thi...
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Bush RemediesCheryll Williams Australia has a remarkable bushland with many unique plants that ar...
Bush RemediesCheryll Williams Australia has a remarkable bushland with many unique plants that are not found anywhere else in the world. Aboriginal people exploited this diversity, being superb survivalists in a harsh environment. They harvested the bounty of the land with ingenuity and centuries of practical experience. The sweet native honeys, the sugar letp insects, tasty witchetty grubs and oil-rich Bogong moths are good examples. When the colonists arrived two centuries ago they found th...
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Native: Art and Design with Australian Native PlantsKate Herd and Jela Ivankovic-Waters Explore t...
Native: Art and Design with Australian Native PlantsKate Herd and Jela Ivankovic-Waters Explore the versatility and captivating beauty of Australian native plants beyond the familiar 'bush garden' aesthetic. Australia has long been known as home to the towering gum and the gnarly banksia. Australian natives are as emblematic as they are adaptable but Native takes an old subject (Australian natives) and gives it a complete makeover. This book surveys the ways native trees, shrubs, flowers and ...
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The York Gum Chronicles: Adventures with Western Australia's Most Beautiful TreesRoger Underwood ...
The York Gum Chronicles: Adventures with Western Australia's Most Beautiful TreesRoger Underwood In the stories in this book, forester and historian Roger Underwood provides insights into the history and culture of Western Australia's most beautiful trees and forests.
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Field guide to Hi Vallee Farm: A Revised Photographic Guide to the Kwongan Bushland Diversity on ...
Field guide to Hi Vallee Farm: A Revised Photographic Guide to the Kwongan Bushland Diversity on Hi Vallee FarmCompiled by Jolanda Keeble, with special assistance by Don Williams, Joy Williams and Mike Hislop A field guide describing the flora and some of the fauna, fungi, slime moulds, lichens and mosses at Hi Vallee Farm in the Shire of Coroow, Western Australia. The site is specific to a remnant of high biodiversity but the majority of the flora occurs in the wider region as well such as a...
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