Plants of the Victorian High Country
Plants of the Victorian High Country

Author: John Murphy

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 148630902X

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Plants of the Victorian High Country allows walkers with little botanical knowledge to identify plants they are likely to encounter along the popular tracks of Victoria's High Country. This Second Edition has been revised and expanded to describe 133 plants from the montane, sub-alpine and alpine zones, categorising them into five easily distinguished groups: herbs, daisy herbs, low woody shrubs, tall shrubs and trees, and eucalypts. The guide features a glossary of botanical terms, straightforward identification keys, clear photos of the leaves, flowers and stems of the plant, and includes notes on Aboriginal plant usage. If you are a nature lover, planning to walk in the Victorian High Country, this book is an essential addition to your backpack.

Plants of the Victorian High Country
Plants of the Victorian High Country

Author: John Murphy

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1486309038

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Plants of the Victorian High Country allows walkers with little botanical knowledge to identify plants they are likely to encounter along the popular tracks of Victoria's High Country. This Second Edition has been revised and expanded to describe 133 plants from the montane, sub-alpine and alpine zones, categorising them into five easily distinguished groups: herbs, daisy herbs, low woody shrubs, tall shrubs and trees, and eucalypts. The guide features a glossary of botanical terms, straightforward identification keys, clear photos of the leaves, flowers and stems of the plant, and includes notes on Aboriginal plant usage. If you are a nature lover, planning to walk in the Victorian High Country, this book is an essential addition to your backpack.

Wildflowers of the High Country
Wildflowers of the High Country

Author: Luke Steenhuis

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-30

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780648270751

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Pictorial field guide to 265 wildflowers found at altitudes above 1400 metres and alongside main access roads in the Australian Alps between Mount Baw Baw in Victoria and Kiandra in New South Wales. With over 400 images, location tables and descriptive notes.

Flora of the Hunter Region
Flora of the Hunter Region

Author: Stephen Bell

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1486311032

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The Hunter Region, between the Hawkesbury and Manning rivers in eastern New South Wales, hosts a rich diversity of vegetation, with many species found nowhere else. Spanning an area from the coast to the tablelands and slopes, its rainforests, wet and dry sclerophyll forests, woodlands, heathlands, grasslands and swamps are known for their beauty and ecological significance. Flora of the Hunter Region describes 54 endemic trees and large shrubs, combining art and science in a manner rarely seen in botanical identification guides. Species accounts provide information on distribution, habitat, flowering, key diagnostic features and conservation status, along with complete taxonomic descriptions. Each account includes stunning botanical illustrations produced by graduates of the University of Newcastle's Bachelor of Natural History Illustration program. The illustrations depict key diagnostic features and allow complete identification of each species. This publication will be a valuable resource for those interested in the plants of the region, including researchers, environmental consultants, horticulturalists and gardeners, bush walkers, herbaria, and others involved in land management.

Use with Care
Use with Care

Author: Doug Cocks

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780868403083

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Practical blueprint for developing, conserving and managing Australia's natural resources, written by a senior scientist with the CSIRO. Includes chapters on the international environment, natural disasters, land ownership and current land use. Also features an extensive bibliography and index.

Australian Alps
Australian Alps

Author: Deirdre Slattery

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1486301738

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Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. The book gives credit to little-known or understood stories of the people who have worked to establish better understanding of the Alps, especially their vital role as the major water catchments for south-eastern Australia. This new edition updates many themes, including the involvement of Aboriginal people in the region, catchment function and condition, pest plants and animals, fire and the issue of climate change. Written by a specialist with over 25 years’ experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit. This book acts as a detailed companion to park interpretive material and to topic-specific field guides: it caters for readers who want a broad overview of areas of interest they will come across in a visit to the mountains.

Australian Vegetation
Australian Vegetation

Author: R. H. Groves

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-07-21

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780521424769

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Australian vegetation has interested botanists and naturalists since Europeans first encountered Australia and its plant life. This 1994 edition of Australian Vegetation reviews the vegetation of the continent as a whole. In the introductory section, chapters on phytogeography, vegetation history and alien plants set the scene for further sections covering all the major vegetation types. The plant life of extreme Australian habitats is also discussed, and the book closes with a chapter on the conservation of Australian vegetation. Each chapter, written by experts on each particular habitat type, will inform and stimulate the interests of students and professional botanists, especially those fortunate enough to see for themselves the unique vegetation and flora of Australia.