Category: Natural environment

  • Chrysocephalum apiculatum

    janetgrevillea, 2020, Common Everlasting | Chrysocephalum apiculatum, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60784799

    Chrysocephalum apiculatum, or more commonly known as Common Everlasting or Yellow Buttons, is a low growing herb with a yellow daisy like flower. Its presence is widespread, found throughout the Eastern Australia as well as Central Australia. See also syn. Helichrysum apiculatum.

  • Burchardia umbrellata

    Regnans, 2022, Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143218744.

    Burchardia umbrellata, commonly known as Milkmaids, is a herb white flower which grows through the Mount Lofty ranges, through Victoria and coastal NSW and South East Queensland and western Tasmania.

  • Arthropodium strictum

    davidsando, 2022, Chocolate Lily | Arthropodium strictum, This page a photo credit for the image of the Chocolate Lily.

    Arthropodium strictum, commonly known as Chocolate Vanilla-Lily, is a flax or herb whose range includes the Mount Lofty Ranges through to the South East South Australia, Victoria, coastal NSW, and eastern Tasmania with pockets growing in Queensland.

  • Ranunculus lappaceus

    kallummcdonald, 2023, Australian Buttercup (Ranunculus lappaceus), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/335996862

    The Native or Common Buttercup inhabits most of Victoria, Eastern NSW, South Eastern Queensland and the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges of South Australia, and most of Tasmania, particularly the eastern side.

  • Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa) Woodland

    timeinourhands, 2025, Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283567659

    Pink Gum woodlands are found in the Fleurieu peninsula. This page provides a list trees and understorey related to this woodland.

  • Using NatureMaps to identify plant communities

    dnicolle, 2023, Mount Compass Swamp Gum Eucalyptus paludicola, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/192133470

    One of the best uses of NatureMaps is to locate plant communities which pre-existed European settlement. This procedure explains how to set NatureMaps for this purpose, then to use the vegetation key or ID to identify the upper, middle, and lower storey of the plant community.

  • NatureMaps

    NatureMaps

    NatureMaps is an online mapping tool which contains a range of information about the State’s natural resources. It is available for the general public to use to learn and understand more about the physical environment. 

  • Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) shrubland

    davemmdave, 2024, Woolly Teatree (Leptospermum lanigerum), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248436487

    The Silky tea-tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) shrubland is a significant habitat for unique wildlife in the Fleurieu region of South Australia.

  • Swamp gum (Eucalyptus ovata) woodland

    dnicolle, 2023, Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata ssp. ovata) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195020362

    Swamp Gum woodlands are found in the Fleurieu peninsula. This page provides a list trees and understorey related to this woodland.

  • Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) open forest

    moth_nut, 2023, Brown-top Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169540951

    The Stringy bark Eucalyptus open forest is dominated by the Messmate Eucalypt