The Australian Native Plant Pages

News, information and resources about Australian native plants and gardens
with emphasis on Brisbane and Queensland

General Information

These links contain a range of information related to native plants and the environment. If you have a link you think belongs on this page, click here

National Websites

Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) Formerly the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)

Flora of Australia Online

Australian National Botanic Gardens extensive site is the gateway to much information including Australian Registered Cultivar Authority ARCA

Australia's Virtual Herbarium Australian National Botanic Gardens

PlantNET by Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney

Flora of Australia glossary for vascular plants

Environment Australia (Department of the Environment and Heritage) includes several online databases

Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR) Official Australian site. Search the database for cultivars protected by PBR

Trees of Australia - Index of Common Names

Plant species listed as threatened (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) Department of the Environment and Heritage Commonwealth Government

FloraBank A collaboration of several bodies, aiming to "improve the availability and quality of native seed". Includes technical info, resources and discussion forum

Community Biodiversity Network

Weedbuster Week

Keep Australia Beautiful Council

Australian Rainforest Conservation Society

Rainforest Rescue

Australian Native Foods part of the CSIRO website

Bushfoods and Native Medicine Forum

Natives in Queensland

Society for Growing Australian Plants Queensland Region, Inc.

Gladstone SGAP Blog

Vegetation fact sheets Dept Natural Resources & Mines, Queensland. Series covers many aspects of tree planting, care and management for homes and farms

BRAIN Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network

Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN) Restoring waterways in the catchments of Enoggera, Ithaca and Fish Creeks. A variety of information about native species available at this site

Redlands IndigiScapes Centre

Caboolture Regional Environmental Education Centre

Greening Australia Queensland (Inc.)

Nature Conservation Strategy Database Gold Coast City Council

The Men of the Trees Queensland

treeless.org A critical look at vegetation management around powerlines in SE Qld

The Native Flora of "Sittella" Samsonvale, Qld, Australia

Myall Park Botanic Garden Glenmorgan

Gympie and District Landcare

Quandamooka Plants The Quandamooka Lands Council area includes Moreton Is., North Stradbroke Is., central and southern Bay islands, nearby mainland

Karawatha Forest Protection Society Inc

Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee, Inc

Gecko Gold Coast & Hinterland Environment Council Assoc Inc.

Lamington National Park Website The University of Queensland

Save Our Riverfront Bushland (SORB) Centenary Suburbs, Brisbane

Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre

Pullen Pullen Catchments Group Inc.

Pullenvale Environment at BRISbites: Suburban Sites

Maggil's Country - Stories of Moggill Creek and the Brookfield area part of the Brisbane Stories site

THECA The Hut Environmental and Community Association Inc

Kedron Brook Catchment Network

The Rivermouth Action Group Inc.

Environment of Pine Rivers Shire published by Pine Rivers Shire including information on geology and associated vegetation types

Pine Rivers Catchment Association

Plants for Revegetating Streams in Pine Rivers Pine Rivers Catchment Association [PDF]

A History of the Timber Industry in the Pine Rivers District by Erica Long [PDF]

Noosa Parks Association Inc.

Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc

Noosa Integrated Catchment Association Inc.

Fraser Island Defenders Organization

Maroochy Catchment Centre

Toowoomba Plants Blog about plants of the Toowoomba region

"The Changing Years": A History of the Warroo Shire, Queensland. Historical information about Surat and district, by G.O. Armstrong. Includes notes on "Flora of Warroo Shire"

Savanna Explorer Information about the savanna regions of northern Australia (cairns, townsville natives

Australian Rainforest Conservation Society

Rainforest Rescue

TREAT Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands Inc.

Queensland Bushfood Association

Forestry in Queensland Qld Government

The Queensland Arbor Day Awards

Central Queensland Native Flower Association

Savanna Explorer Information about the savanna regions of northern Australia

Australian Plants Photographs by Peter Jones. All taken in SEQ region

Rural Environmental Planning Association Inc.

Local council websites may also contain information about native plants of their respective regions. Many links in the Queensland Gardening Pages Regional pages

Natives in New South Wales and ACT

Growing native plants in Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

National Parks Association of NSW

A View from Yallaroo Restoring a former grazing property near Armidale, NSW

The Illawarra Grevillea Park, Bulli

Friends of Lane Cove National Park Inc Sydney

Plants of Sydney site owned by Capricornica Publications Natural History Books

Gallery of Australian plants in my garden by John Warren Canberra

In my Garden by Cas Liber Sydney's Inner West

Hunter Region Ecology by Hunter Region Botanic Gardens

Green Corridors Greening the heart of Canberra

Hartley Hill Homestead near Newcastle

Molonglo Catchment Group Inc. ACT

Natives in the Northern Territory

Alice Springs Desert Park

Olive Pink Botanic Garden Alice Springs

Plants Database: Recommended Local or Australian Native Plants for Alice Springs Alice Springs Town Council

Wildflowers of the Darwin region

Natives in South Australia

The Australian Plants Society - SA Region

Electronic Flora of South Australia

Urban Forest Biodiversity Program Adelaide

My Garden by Lorraine Harvey Houghton, Adelaide

Trees For Life South Australia

Natives in Tasmania

The Australian Plants Society Tasmania Inc, North West Group

Hobart District Group of The Australian Plants Society - Tasmania Inc.

The Northern Group, The Australian Plant Society Tasmania Inc.

Backyard Organic Gardening includes Tasmanian native plants

The Understorey Network A Tasmanian group that's especially interested in understory vegetation

Tasmanian Land Conservancy

Natives in Victoria

Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) Inc.

Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association Mostly a Melbourne organisation

Our Banksia Garden by Kevin Sparrow Warrnambool, Victoria

Indigenous Plants of Northern Victoria & Southern Riverina

The Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria

Knox Environmental Society, Boronia, Victoria

Chandlers Hill Parkcare Group Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria

Hanging Rock Reserve, Victoria

Northern Victoria & Southern Riverina Conservation and Environment site

Natives in Western Australia

Kings Park and Botanic Garden

FloraBase Western Australian flora

The Eastern Hills Branch of The Wildflower Society of Western Australia

WA Native Plant Page

Mandurah Wildflower Group Inc.

Thomasia website by Adam Dimech

PlantBroome.com.au Kimberley Environmental Horticulture Incorporated

Garden Wildlife

Go to the Garden Wildlife Page

Please note: collection, destruction, propagation, movement, sale or purchase of any Australian native plant (including seeds or spores) may be subject to laws and regulations. Be sure to check with appropriate authorities before engaging in these activities, even on private property. Other laws may also apply to the treatment and movement of plant or soil material (for example, to control the spread of weeds, pests and diseases.)