Flora of Brisbane
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The greater Brisbane area of Queensland Australia, has many species of indigenous flora. This article links the flora to its geography with:
- a list of indigenous genera and species with common names and reference links
- a list of places you might see the plants around Brisbane, in parks and in the wild
- reference resources
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Plants
The list is organised in alphabetic order by genera; then species scientific name and common names; then external links documenting that species.
=A=
{{Wikispecies|acacia}}
- Acacia, wattles
- Acacia fimbriata, Brisbane golden wattle{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/fimbriata.php|title = Acacia fimbriata - WATTLE}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=82 |title=Acacia fimbriata (MIMOSACEAE) Brisbane Wattle |access-date=27 October 2006 |archive-date=19 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819224103/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=82 |url-status=dead }}
- Acacia leiocalyx, black wattle{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/leiocalyx.php|title = Acacia leiocalyx - WATTLE}}
- Acmena, lillypilly
- Acmena smithii, lillypilly{{Cite web|url=http://asgap.org.au/a-smi.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070104143652/http://asgap.org.au/a-smi.html|archive-date = 4 January 2007|title = Australian Native Plants}}
- Acronychia, aspens
- Acronychia laevis, glossy acronychia
- Acronychia pauciflora, soft acronychia
- Adiantum
- Adiantum aethiopicum, common maidenhair fern
- Adiantum hispidulum, rough maidenhair fern
- Ailanthus
- Ailanthus triphysa, white bean
- Alchornea
- Alchornea ilicifolia, native holly
- Alectryon
- Alectryon tomentosus, hairy alectryon
- Alocasia
- Alocasia brisbanensis, cunjevoi
- Alphitonia
- Alphitonia excelsa, red ash
- Alpinia
- Alpinia caerulea, native ginger
- Alyxia
- Alyxia ruscifolia, chain fruit
- Angophora, apples, gums
- Angophora subvelutina, broadleaf apple
- Angophora leiocarpa, rusty gum
- Aphananthe
- Aphananthe philippinensis, axe handle wood
- Allocasuarina, forest she-oaks
- Allocasuarina torulosa, forest she-oak
- Araucaria, conifers, pines
- Araucaria bidwillii, bunya pine
- Araucaria cunninghamii, Moreton Bay pine, hoop pine
- Argyrodendron
- Argyrodendron trifoliolatum, white booyong
- Aristolochia
- Aristolochia praevenosa, Richmond birdwing butterfly vine
- Arytera
- Arytera divaricata, coogera
- Asplenium
- Asplenium australasicum, birdsnest fern
- Austromyrtus
- Austromyrtus bidwillii, python tree
- Austromyrtus hillii, scaly myrtle
- Austromyrtus acmenoides, scrub ironwood
- Austrosteenisia
- Austrosteenisia blackii, blood vine
=B=
- Baloghia
- Baloghia inophylla, scrub bloodwood
{{Wikispecies|Banksia}}
- Banksia
- Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksia
- Brachychiton, kurrajong, bottletree
- Brachychiton discolor, lacebark
- Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong.
- See http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2002/brachychiton-populneus.html
- Bridelia
- Bridelia exaltata, brush ironbark
- Bridelia leichhardtii, small-leaved brush ironbark
=C=
{{Wikispecies|Callistemon}}
- Callistemon, bottlebrush
- Callistemon salignus, white bottlebrush
- Callistemon viminalis, weeping bottlebrush
- Capparis
- Capparis arborea, brush caper berry
- Carissa
- Carissa ovata, current bush
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822095802/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Cari_ovata.htm
- Cassine
- Cassine australis, red olive plum
- Castanospermum
- Castanospermum australe, black bean
- Casuarina, she-oaks
- Casuarina cunninghamiana, river she-oak
- Cissus
- Cissus antarctica, water vine
- Cissus opaca, small-leaf water vine
- Citriobatus
- Citriobatus pauciflorus, orange thorn
- Citriobatus linearis, bird's nest bush
- Citrus
- Citrus australasica previously Microcitrus australasica, finger lime
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20070720000320/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=565
- Citrus australis previously Microcitrus australis, native lime
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819084722/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=72
- Clerodendrum
- Clerodendrum floribundum, lollybush
- Commersonia
- Commersonia bartramia, brown kurrajong
- Corchorus
- Corchorus cunninghamii, native jute
- Cordyline
- Cordyline petiolaris, broad-leaved palm lily
- Cordyline rubra, red-fruited palm lily
- Crinum
- Crinum pedunculatum, river lily
- Cryptocarya
- Cryptocarya obovata, pepperberry tree
- Corymbia, bloodwoods, ghost gums, spotted gums
- Corymbia citriodora, lemon scented gum, spotted gum (Eucalyptus citriodora)
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=135 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819224156/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=135 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- See http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?/PlantNet/Euc=&name=Corymbia+citriodora {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910194210/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?%2FPlantNet%2FEuc=&name=Corymbia+citriodora |date=10 September 2006 }}
- Corymbia henryi, spotted gum, large-leaved spotted gum (Eucalyptus henryi)
- See http://saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=137 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829070957/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=137 |date=29 August 2007 }}
- Corymbia maculata, spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata)
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20080508223327/http://asgap.org.au/c-mac.html
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060517044451/http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/KioloaEcyclopaedia/viridiplantae/Spotted%20Gum.htm
- Corymbia tessellaris, Moreton Bay ash, carbeen (syn. Eucalyptus tessellaris)
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=138 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819231222/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=138 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- Cupaniopsis
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides, tuckeroo, large-leaved tuckeroo
=D=
- Davallia
- Davallia pyxidata, haresfoot fern
- Dendrobium, orchids
- Dendrobium speciosum, king orchid
- Dendrobium macropus
- Dendrobium linguiforme, tongue orchid
- Dendrobium monophyllum, lily of the valley orchid
- Dendrobium teretifolium, bridal veil orchid
- Dendrocnide
- Dendrocnide photiniphylla shiny-leaved stinging tree
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822090445/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Dendro_photinophylla.htm
- Denhamia
- Denhamia pittosporoides, veiny denhamia
- Dianella
- Dianella caerulea, blue flax lily, paroo lily
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822075804/http://www.lhccrems.nsw.gov.au/CPR/CPR/plant_profiles/d.caerulea.htm
- Dianella congesta, dwarf flax-lily
- Diploglottis
- Diploglottis australis, native tamarind
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060822092008/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Diplo_australis.htm
- Doodia
- Doodia aspera, prickly rasp fern
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822104654/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Doodia_aspera.htm
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=154 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819230212/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=154 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- Drynaria
- Drynaria rigidula, basket fern
- Dysoxylum
- Dysoxylum rufum, hairy rosewood
=E=
- Ehretia
- Ehretia acuminata, koda
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822095556/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Ehretia_acuminata.htm
- Elaeocarpus, quandong
- Elaeocarpus obovatus, hard quandong
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822080433/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_obovatus.htm
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus, blueberry ash
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822084117/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_reticulatus.htm
- Elattostachys
- Elattostachys xylocarpa, white tamarind
- Erythina
- Erythrina vespertilio, bat's wing coral tree
{{Wikispecies|Eucalyptus}}
- Eucalyptus, gums, iron barks
- Eucalyptus crebra, narrow-leaved ironbark
- Eucalyptus henryi, broad-leaved spotted gum
- Eucalyptus melanophloia, silver-leaved ironbark
- Eucalyptus microcorys, tallowwood
- Eucalyptus nigra, Queensland white stringybark
- Eucalyptus propinqua, grey gum
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=163 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819230657/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=163 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- Eucalyptus siderophlia, grey ironbark
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=164 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819223623/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=164 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- Eucalyptus tereticornis, Queensland blue gum, forest red gum
- See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=165 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819223824/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=165 |date=19 August 2006 }}
- Euroschinus
- Euroschinus falcata, ribbonwood
=F=
{{wikispecies|Ficus}}
- Ficus, figs
- Ficus coronata, creek sandpaper fig
- Ficus fraseri, shiny sandpaper fig
- Ficus macrophylla, Moreton Bay fig
- Ficus obliqua, small-leaved fig
- Ficus opposita, sandpaper fig
- Ficus platypoda, rock fig
- Ficus virens var. sublanceolata, white fig
- Flindersia, ash
- Flindersia australis, Crow's ash
- Flindersia bennettiana, Bennett's ash
=G=
- Glochidion
- Glochidion ferdinandi, cheese tree
- Gmelina
- Gmelina leichhardtii, white beech
{{Wikispecies|Grevillea}}
- Grevillea
- Grevillea robusta, silky oak
- Guioa
- Guioa semiglauca
- Gymnostachys
- Gymnostachys anceps, settlers flax
=H=
- Hakea
- Hakea florulenta, blooming hakea
- See [http://www.qld.greeningaustralia.org.au/GAQOTSASP/04_plant_search/features.asp?SpeciesName=Hakea%20florulenta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927152203/http://www.qld.greeningaustralia.org.au/GAQOTSASP/04_plant_search/features.asp?SpeciesName=Hakea%20florulenta |date=27 September 2007 }}
- Harpullia
- Harpullia pendula, tulipwood
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822084730/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Harp_pendula.htm
- Harpullia hillii, Hill's tulipwood
- Hibiscus
- Hibiscus heterophyllus, native hibiscus
- Hovea
- Hovea acutifolia, pointed-leaved hovea
- Hymenosporum
- Hymenosporum flavum, native frangipani
=I=
=J=
- Jagera
- Jagera pseudorhus, foambark
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819081635/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=247
- Jasminum
- Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819090235/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=245
=K=
=L=
- Lobelia
- Lobelia trigonocaulis, forest lobelia
- Lomandra
- Lomandra longifolia, long-leaved matrush
- Lomandra confertifolia
- Lomandra hystrix
{{wikispecies|Leptospermum}}
- Leptospermum, tea trees
- Lophostemon, boxes
- Lophostemon confertus, brush box, Queensland box, Brisbane box
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819082113/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=59
=M=
- Macaranga
- Macaranga tanarius
- Macrozamia, burrawang
- Macrozamia lucida, burrawang, pineapple zamia
- Macrozamia miquellii
{{Wikispecies|Melaleuca}}
- Melaleuca, paperbarks
- Mallotus
- Mallotus philippensis, red kamala
- Mallotus claoxyloides, green kamala
- Mallotus discolor, yellow kamala
- Melia
- Melia azedarach var. australasica, white cedar, Chinaberry
- Melicope
- Melicope micrococca, white euodia
- Microcitrus see citrus
=N=
- Notelaea
- Notelaea longifolia, large mock-olive
=O=
- Omalanthus
- Omalanthus populifolius, bleeding heart
- Oplismenus
- Oplismenus aemulus, creeping beard grass
- Ottochloa
- Ottochloa gracillima, graceful grass
- Owenia
- Owenia venosa, crow's apple
=P=
- Pandorea
- Pandorea floribunda
- Pandorea jasminoides, bower-of-beauty
- Pandorea pandorana, wonga vine
- Pararchidendron
- Pararchidendron pruinosum, monkey's ear-rings
- Pavetta
- Pavetta australiensis
- Pittosporum
- Pittosporum rhombifolium, hollywood
- Pittosporum revolutum, Brisbane laurel
- Planchonella
- Planchonella cotinifolia, coondoo
- Planchonella pohlmaniana, engraver's wood
- Planchonella myrsinoides, yellow plumwood
- Platycerium
- Platycerium bifurcatum, elkhorn
- Platycerium superbum, staghorn
- Podocarpus, conifers, pines
- Podocarpus elatus, brown pine
- Polyscias
- Polyscias elegans, celerywood
- Premna
- Premna lignumvitae
- Psychotria
- Psychotria daphnoides, smooth psychotria
- Pteris
- Pteridium esculentum, common bracken
- Pteris tremula, tender bracken
- Pultenaea
- Pultenaea cunninghamii, grey bush pea
- Pultenaea villosa, hairy bush pea
- Pyrrosia
- Pyrrosia confluens, felt fern
=Q=
=R=
- Rhodosphaera
- Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, deep yellowwood
=S=
- Smilax
- Smilax australis, barbed wire vine
- Stenocarpus
- Stenocarpus sinuatus, firewheel tree
- Stephania
- Stephania philippensis, snake vine
- Sterculia
- Sterculia quadrifida, peanut tree
- Streblus
- Streblus brunonianus, whalebone tree
- Syzygium
- Syzygium australe, creek lilly pilly
=T=
- Tabernaemontana
- Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, banana bush (Ervatamia angustissepala)
- Toechima
- Toechima tenax, pitted-leaf steelwood
- Toona
- Toona australis, red cedar
- Trema
- Trema aspera, poison peach
- Tristaniopsis
- Tristaniopsis laurina, watergum
- Turraea
- Turraea pubescens
=U=
=V=
=W=
- Waterhousea
- Waterhousea floribunda, weeping lilly pilly (Syzygium floribundum)
- Wilkiea
- Wilkiea macrophylla, large-leaved wilkiea
Places
Parklands, forests and reserves with native vegetation around Brisbane.
=Metropolitan area=
- Anstead Bushland Reserve
- Banks Street Reserve
- Bayside Parklands
- Belmont Hills Bushland
- Boondall Wetlands
- Bunyaville State Forest Park
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20070917020029/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=33
- Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
- Brisbane Forest Park, Queensland
- Brisbane Koala Bushlands
- Bulimba Creek
- City Botanic Gardens
- Chermside Hills Reserves
- Deagon Wetlands
- Hemmant Quarry Reserve
- Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park
- Karawatha Forest
- Mt Coot-tha Forest
- Rafting Ground Reserve
- See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822111124/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/newsletters/issue5/projects-rrr.html
- Raven Street Reserve
- Roma Street Parkland
- Samford State Forest Park
- Seven Hills Bushland Reserve
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands
- Toohey Mountain / Toohey Forest
- Whites Hill Reserve
- Venman Bushland National Park
=Within 100 km=
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
;Plant Reference Materials
- [http://www.anbg.gov.au/apni/index.html Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)]; Australian National Botanic Gardens; Australian National Herbarium
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061029015815/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/ Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network]
- "Eucalyptus Forest Guide"; P.A.R. Young, P.J. Hauser; Brisbane Forest Park Administration Authority, 1988; {{ISBN|0-7242-2798-9}}
- "Field guide to Eucalypts Volume 3 Northern Australia"; Brooker, Kleinig; Inkata Press, 1994; {{ISBN|0-909605-67-X}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061005233253/http://www.anbg.gov.au/projects/eucalypts/index.html "An Introduction to the Eucalypts"] (including Corymbia and Angophora); Andrew Lyne; Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research;
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191315/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p00724aa.pdf/Key_to_eucalypts_of_Greater_Brisbane.pdf "Key to Eucalypts of Greater Brisbane"]; Queensland Herbarium with Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency, August 2001
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930050106/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p00723aa.pdf/Key_to_the_wattles_of_Greater_Brisbane.pdf "Key to the Wattles of Greater Brisbane"]; Queensland Herbarium with Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency
- "Mangroves to Mountains - a field guide to the Native Plants of the Logan-Albert River Catchment"; Logan River branch SGAP. (Qld Region) Inc, 2002; {{ISBN|1-875401-95-4}}
- "Mangroves to Mountains Volume 2 - a field guide to the Native Plants of South-east Queensland"; Logan River branch SGAP (Qld Region) Inc, 2005; {{ISBN|0-646-45089-1}}
- "Putting back the forest - a landcare guide for Brookfield, Pullenvale and Moggill"; Bryan Hacker, Rona Butler and Rae Rekdahl; Rural Environment Planning Association Inc, 1994; {{ISBN|0-646-20579-X}}
- "Rainforest Guide"; P.A.R. Young, P.J. Hauser, L.G.H. Hepworth, K Plowman; Brisbane Forest Park Administration Authority, 1991; {{ISBN|0-7242-4605-3}}
- "Tree ID made Easy - a simple guide to open-forest trees of South-East Queensland"; Ann Moran; Published by the author; {{ISBN|0-646-05209-8}}
- "Wild plants of greater Brisbane - a Queensland Museum Guide"; Queensland Museum, 2003; {{ISBN|0-9751116-2-0}}
;Places Reference Materials
- [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:1186521910:pc=PC_1278 Brisbane's Natural Areas]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901072245/https://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/listing.cgi?region=68 EPA's list of parks and forests around Brisbane]
- List of parks in Brisbane
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061104035902/http://www.mountainstomangroves.org/ Mountains to Mangroves Organisation]
- "Wild places of greater Brisbane - a Queensland Museum Publication"; Queensland Museum, 1996; {{ISBN|0-7242-7110-4}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080328034614/http://asgap.org.au/APOL19/sep00-3.html A short essay about the eucalyptus - corymbia reclassification debate]
;Revegetation and planting resources
- [http://www.bulimbacreek.org.au/ Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C)]
- [http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au Greening Australia]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060913234647/http://www.qld.greeningaustralia.org.au/GAQOTSASP/default.asp Greening Australia Nursery]
- [http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/default.asp Save our Waterways Now (SOWN)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820004846/http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/default.asp |date=20 August 2006 }}
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