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ANPSA

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• Australian Plants online - ANPSA's on line magazine
• ANPSA (ASGAP) Wikipedia Entry

ANPSA Biennial Conference Australian Plants in the 21st Century Geelong 26th September - 2nd October 2009 Talks by knowledgeable and entertaining speakers Excursions to the Otway Ranges and Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Guided tours to Victoria's diverse bioregions Everyone welcome - open to the public Further details on the ANPSA 2009 website which will be regularly updated as new information comes to hand. Program, venues, accommodation, tour itineraries Registration form

ANPSA Regional Groups

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

ANPSA District Groups - New South Wales

• Blue Mountains - Western Sydney to Mount Victoria
• 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

ANPSA District Groups - Queensland

• Gladstone - Central eastern Queensland

ANPSA District Groups - South Australia

• Northern Yorke Peninsular - "Copper Coast", including the towns of Kadina, Moonta, Walleroo and surrounding areas

ANPSA District Groups - Tasmania

• Hobart
• North
• Northwest

ANPSA District Groups - Victoria

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

ANPSA District Groups - Western Australia

• Mandurah Wildflower Group

ANPSA Study Groups

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

Non-ANPSA 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 Cultivar Registration Authority
• 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)
• Tree World Arborist Forum - very useful for tree identification and advice.
• 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)

• ANPSA'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)

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

Banksia

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

Boronia

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

Callistemon (Bottlebrushes)

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

Chamelaucium (Geraldton Wax) and Relatives

• ANPSA'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

Correa

• ANPSA'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

Cultivars

• List of Registered Cultivars of Australian Plants

Cycads

• The Cycad Pages
• Cultivation of Cycads

Daisies

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

Dryandra

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

Epacris and Relatives (Australian Heaths)

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

Eremophila and Relatives (Myoporaceae)

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

Eucalypts

• ANPSA'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

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

Hakea

• ANPSA'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)

• ANPSA'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)

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

Mint Bush Family

• ANPSA'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)

• ANPSA'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

Rainforest Plants

• Identifying Australian Rainforest Plants and Trees : Flickr group comprising over 5000 images and including an extensive database of photo galleries as well as a scientific names index that encompasses NSW and South East Queensland species

Rutaceae (Boronia, Philotheca, Correa, etc)

• ANPSA'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

Succulent Plants

• Australian Succulent Plants: Attila Kapitany's extensive website includes a photo gallery, articles and notes on cultivation.

Telopea (Waratahs)

• ANPSA'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

• ANPSA List of specialist nurseries

Photographs of Australian Plants

• ANPSA Photo Gallery - including notes on botany, distribution, cultivation and propagation
• Australian Rainforests Gallery - an extensive collection from Black Diamond Images. Also see the Flickr Group administered by Black Diamond Images, "Australian Rainforest Plants and Trees"
• Images of Australian flora and fauna - Sydney and Blue Mountains areas
• National Botanic Gardens Images
• Westflora's Photostream - A portfolio of hundreds of Australian native plant images, featuring several photographers including Ivan Holliday and Geoffrey Watton.
• Wildflowers of Western Australia

Plants at Risk

• Australian Network for Plant Conservation - links to State and Territory threatened species
• Australian Plants at Risk - ANPSA'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

• ANPSA's List of Commonly Encounteted Name Changes
• Australian Plant Census - database of the accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, both native and introduced. This is a work in progress.
• Australian plant common name database.
• Australian Plant Name Index - deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature.
• 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.
• Plant Taxonomy Part 1 and Part 2 - The Linnaean system of naming and describing plants and animals is still in use today.

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 Tasmania
• 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
• Yarra Ranges Local Plant Directory - Information, including photographs, of local flora east of Melbourne.

Seed Suppliers

• ANPSA'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

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

Wildlife

Bees - Native

• Aussie Bee - Australian Native Bee Research Centre

Birds

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

Butterflies and Caterpillars

• Australian Butterfly Larvae
• Australian Caterpillars

Mammals

• Australian Museum - Mammals Site - includes extensive links to other resources