Category: Natural environment

  • 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

  • Yarra Ranges Council Plant Directory

    Yarra Ranges Council Plant Directory

    The Yarra Ranges Plant Directory is a database of the plants which can be found in the Shire territory, which includes the Yarra valley and Dandenong ranges.

  • Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

    Photo embedded from Gardening With Angus website, photo filename: anigozanthos-hybrid_kangaroo-paw_rampaging-roy-slaven-1, web page: https://gardeningwithangus.com.au/anigozanthos-rampaging-roy-slaven-kangaroo-paw/

    The ACRA website is a registration portal for plant breeders to apply for registration of a native plant cultivar.

  • Propagating native plants

    Propagating native plants

    This library guide lists a wide variety of media which covers the techniques used in propagation which are best used to propagate a given plant genus or species.

  • Pultenaea daphnoides

    spongeman, 2023, Large-leaf Bush Pea (Pultenaea daphnoides), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/328863167

    Pultenaea daphnoides, commonly known as Large-leaf Bush Pea, has a distribution which includes the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty) extending to Kangaroo Island, extending to southern Victoria and coastal Tasmania with distribution also along coastal New South Wales stretching into southern Queensland.

  • Platylobium obtusangulum

    Bernadette Lingham, 2024, Common Flat-Pea (Platylobium obtusangulum), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/451012779

    Platylobium obtusangulum, commonly known as Holly Flat-Pea, is located in the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty) extending to Kangaroo Island, most of south eastern South Australia, extending to southern Victoria and eastern Tasmania with some distribution in New South Wales.

  • Olearia ramulosa

    jediyam, 2025, Twiggy Daisy-Bush (Olearia ramulosa), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/486241989

    Olearia ramulosa, commonly known as Twiggy Daisy-Bush or Grampians Daisy-Bush, is widespread across south east Australia. Its coverage is from Ceduna in western Eyre Peninsula, across Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu highlands (Mount Lofty), most of Victoria and Tasmania through to New South Wales and just inside southern Queensland.