Australian Plant Societies

ASGAP

• ASGAP Home
• 'Gumnuts' - The ASGAP Blog
• Australian Plants online - ASGAP's on line magazine
• ASGAP Wikipedia Entry

ASGAP Regional Groups

• Canberra
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia (inc. Alice Springs)
• Tasmania
• Tasmania - Blog
• Victoria
• Western Australia

ASGAP District Groups - New South Wales

• Central Coast - Gosford, Wyong, Tuggerah Lakes
• City-St George
• Macarthur - Camden, Campbelltown, Picton, Bargo
• Menai Wildflower Group
• North Shore
• Newcastle - Newcastle, Lower Hunter, Lake Macquarie
• Parramatta and The Hills
• South East New South Wales - Batemans Bay to Eden
• Sutherland - Sydney's southern suburbs

ASGAP District Groups - Queensland

• Gladstone - Central eastern Queensland

ASGAP District Groups - Tasmania

• North
• Northwest

ASGAP District Groups - Victoria

• Albury/Wodonga - NSW/Victoria border regions
• Keilor Plains - Western plains of Melbourne and its surrounding rural fringe.
• Maroondah
• Melton and Bacchus Marsh
• Warrnambool - South western Victoria
• Wimmera Growers of Australian Plants - Western Victoria
• Yarra Yarra

ASGAP District Groups - Western Australia

• Mandurah Wildflower Group

ASGAP Study Groups

• Australian Daisy
• Banksia
• Bonsai
• Eucalyptus
• Garden Design
• Grevillea
• Hibiscus and Related Plants
• Prostanthera and Westringia
• Rhamnaceae
• Wildlife and Native Plants

Non-ASGAP Societies and Organisations

• Australasian Native Orchid Society
• Australasian Plant Society - based in the United Kingdom
• Australian Association of Bush Regenerators
• Australian Bulb Association - includes a section on native bulbous, tuberous, cormous, or rhizomatous species
• Australian Carnivorous Plant Society
• Australian Flora Foundation
• Australian Macadamia Society
• Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife
• Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association
• Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia
• Quandong Industry Association
• Top End Native Plant Society (tropical Australia)
• Wattle Day Association

Aboriginal Use of Plants

• Aboriginal Bush Foods (Sydney/Blue Mountains)
• Aboriginal plant use in South-Eastern Australia
• Aboriginal Uses of Plants Around Sydney

Australian Plants - Genera, Families and Broad Groups

See also the Wikipedia entries under 'Flora of Australia' for information on a wide range of Australian plants.

Acacia (Wattles)

• ASGAP's Guide to Acacia: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' - a red flowering wattle!
• Guide to the genus
• WATTLE - Computer-based, interactive identification and information system for Acacia
• Wattle Day Association
• Wattle Web
• Wattles and wattlebarks of New South Wales - From the University of Sydney's Joseph Henry Maiden Natural History Collection
• World Wide Wattle

Anigzanthos (Kangaroo paws)

• ASGAP's Guide to the Kangaroo Paw Family: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of the family Haemodoraceae
• Guide to the genus

Banksia

• ASGAP's Guide to Banksia: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Banksia Discussion Group
• Guide to the genus
• List of currently recognised species, including photographs

Boronia

• ASGAP's Guide to Boronia and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Boronia, Correa, Crowea, Philotheca and many others

Callistemon (Bottlebrushes)

• ASGAP's Guide to Callistemon: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Guide to the genus

Chamelaucium (Geraldton Wax) and Relatives

• ASGAP's Guide to Chamelaucium and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Baeckea, Babingtonia, Chamelaucium, Darwinia, Hypocalymma and many others

Climbing Plants

• Australian Climbing Plants

Cultivars

• List of Registered Cultivars of Australian Plants

Correa

• ASGAP's Guide to Correa and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Boronia, Correa, Crowea, Philotheca and many others
• What Correa is That? - a photographic index to over 170 cultivars, species and varieties

Cycads

• The Cycad Pages
• Cultivation of Cycads

Daisies

• ASGAP's Guide to Australian Daisies: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs

Dryandra

• ASGAP's Guide to Dryandra: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs

Epacris and Relatives (Australian Heaths)

• ASGAP's Guide to Epacris and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Epacris, Leucopogon, Styphelia and others

Eremophila and Relatives (Myoporaceae)

• ASGAP's Guide to Eremophila and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs

Eucalypts

• ASGAP's Guide to Eucalypts: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus
• Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus 1909-1933 - From the University of Sydney's Joseph Henry Maiden Natural History Collection
• Eucalypts Discussion Group
• EUCLID - Computer-based, interactive identification and information system for eucalypts
• Eucalink: A Web Guide to the Eucalypts - Computer-based, interactive identification and information system for eucalypts
• Hardy Eucalypt Page - Eucalypts for Cold Climates
• Introduction to eucalypts

Ferns

• Ferns in the Canberra Region
• Native Ferns for Cool Climates
• The Fern Pages - a guide to ferns and their allies

Grevillea

• ASGAP's Guide to Grevillea: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Grevillea Discussion Group
• Studies in the Genus Grevillea

Hakea

• ASGAP's Guide to Hakea: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Hakea Discussion Group

Hibiscus and Hibiscus-like Species

• The Australian Native Hibiscus Family

Isopogon and Petrophile

• Isopogon and Petrophile Discussion Group

Leptospermum (Tea trees)

• ASGAP's Guide to Leptospermum and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs
• Guide to the genus

Malvaceae (Hibiscus, Alyogyne, Gossypium, etc.)

• Australian Native Hibiscus Family

Melaleuca (Paperbarks and Honey Myrtles)

• ASGAP's Guide to Melaleuca: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs

Mint Bush Family

• ASGAP's Guide to the Mint Bush Family: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of the family Lamiaceae

Orchidaceae (Orchids)

• The Orchidopaedia - CD containing information about all the natural genera of orchids and intergeneric hybrids

Pea Flowers (Fabaceae/Papillionaceae)

• ASGAP's Guide to Pea Flowered Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Dillwynia, Kennedia, Pultenaea, Swainsona and many others

Plant Families

• Flora of Australia online
• Some Australian Plant Families

Rutaceae (Boronia, Philotheca, Correa, etc)

• ASGAP's Guide to Boronia and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Boronia, Correa, Crowea, Philotheca and many others
• Rutaceae Discussion Group

Stylidium (Trigger Plants)

• Stylidium Discussion Group

Telopea (Waratahs)

• ASGAP's Guide to Telopea and Related Plants: Characteristics cultivation, propagation and photographs of Alloxylon, Stenocarpus, Telopea and others
• Growing waratahs

Wollemia (Wollemi Pine)

• Wollemi Pine information

Botanic Gardens, Arboreta and Reserves

• Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden - Port Augusta, South Australia
• The Australian Garden - Cranbourne, Victoria
• Australian National Botanic Gardens - Canberra, ACT
• Burrendong Arboretum - Wellington, New South Wales
• Currency Creek Arboretum - Adelaide, South Australia
• Hunter Wetlands Centre - Shortland (Newcastle), New South Wales
• Illawarra Grevillea Park - Bulli, New South Wales
• Karwarra Australian Plant Garden - Kalorama, Victoria
• King's Park and Botanic Garden - Perth, Western Australia
• Mount Annan Botanic Gardens - Mount Annan, New South Wales
• Olive Pink Botanic Garden - Alice Springs, Northern Territory
• Peter Francis Points Arboretum - Coleraine, Western Victoria.
• Roadside Arboretum, California
• Santa Cruz Arboretum, California
• Wirrimbirra Sanctuary, Bargo, New South Wales

Botanical Art

• Marrianne Collinson Campbell (1827-1903). Wildflowers, fruit and butterflies of Australia [National Library of Australia collection]

Botanical History

• The Flower Chain: The early discovery of Australian plants
• Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Sir Joseph Banks Papers

Bush Foods

• Australian Bushfoods Magazine
• Australian Macadamia Society
• Australian Native Foods: Plant Profiles
• Australian Native Food Plants
• Bushfoods Discussion Group
• Bushfood and Native Medicinals Forum
• Bush Tucker Shop - commercial site
• Outback Chef - commercial site with lots of information and recipes
• Quandong Industry Association

Bush Regeneration

• Australian Association of Bush Regenerators
• Greenlink - Box Hill and surrounding areas, Melbourne
• Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association
• Tree Project - non-profit community organisation dedicated to revegetating the Victorian landscape.

Cultivation and Propagation

• Australian Plants Discussion Group
• APSquery - Free computer program for Windows to assist in choosing plants that meet a range of requirements
• Getting Started - 32 page publication aimed at the new grower of Australian native plants
• Growing Australian Native Plants - Extensive series of plant profiles by the Australian National Botanic Gardens
• How to Propagate Australian Plants
• Plant Tissue Culture for Home Gardeners
• The Rooting Database - No, it's not a joke! It's a listing of plant propagation information and includes a reasonable number of Australian species

Nurseries

• ASGAP List of specialist nurseries

Photographs of Australian Plants

• ASGAP Photo Gallery - including notes on botany, distribution, cultivation and propagation
• Images of Australian flora and fauna - Sydney and Blue Mountains areas
• National Botanic Gardens Images
• Wildflowers of Western Australia

Plants at Risk

• Australian Network for Plant Conservation - links to State and Territory threatened species
• Australian Plants at Risk - ASGAP's introduction, including examples and photographs.
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Homepage
• Lists of all species of Australian plants classified as Extinct, Endangered or Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Plant Names and Botanical Terminology

• ASGAP's List of Commonly Encounteted Name Changes
• Australian plant common name database
• Australian Plant Names
• Botanical Dictionary for Australian Native Plants - spellchecker add-in for a range of word processing programmes, containing thousands of Australian plant names
• Dictionary for Common and Scientific Plant Names - another spellchecker add-in for Microsoft Word, from the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries and Water
• Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
• The Little Book of Common Names for Tasmanian Plants - from the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries and Water
• The Garden Gate: Roots of Botanical Names

Regional Floras and Native Plants of Specific Regions

• Australia's Virtual Herbarium and Distribution Map Search for whole of Australia
• A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria
• eFlora SA - Electronic Flora of South Australia
• Flora of Australia online
• FloraBase - Flora of Western Australia
• Hornsby Council Online Herbarium
• Native Plants of Sydney
• Noosa's Native Plants: south-east Queensland
• Plantnet - Flora of New South Wales
• The Plants Directory - CD containing information about all the vascular plants occurring in the northeastern part of New South Wales

Seed Suppliers

• ASGAP's list of suppliers of Australian plant seed
• Australian Suppliers of Tree Seed
• Florabank - Search under "Seed People"

Water Wise Gardening

• In Your Garden - Tips and plant recommendations from Sydney Water
• Save Water in Your Garden - Advice from SA Water
• Water Saving Tips for the Garden - Canberra
• Water Wise Gardens - Melbourne Water's searchable database of plants to survive drought conditions
• Water Wise in the Garden - from the EPA and Parks and Wildlife Service, Queensland
• Waterwise Guide to Gardens - 32 page booklet from the Water Corporation, Western Australia (PDF)
• Water Wise Garden - Advice for tropical Australia (PDF)

Weeds

• ASGAP's introduction to the environmental weed problem
• Australian Weeds Strategy
• Environmental Weeds in Australia

Wildlife

Birds

• Birdpedia Australia
• Birds Australia
• Birds Downunder
• Birds in Backyards

Butterflies and Caterpillars

• Australian Butterfly Larvae
• Australian Caterpillars