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Local plants for gardens in Canberra and the ACT

Local plants for gardens in Canberra and the ACT

Creating a wildlife-friendly garden? Or perhaps you are trying to establish a drought-proof garden? Finding local plants for gardens is not always easy.

Finding local plants for gardens in Canberra and the ACT

This plant selection site is a great resource for gardeners:

  • Canberra Plant Selector by the ACT Government

 

Other plant resources for this region

Below I have compiled list of website links and books I can strongly recommend.

If you have other local plant resources that would be useful for this region, please let me know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this page.

Links to resources for local plants for gardens in Canberra and the ACT:

Australian plants for Canberra region gardens

Australian Plants for Canberra Region Gardens

Australian Plants for Canberra Region Gardens is a gardening book that overflows with colour! It describes and illustrates 934 plants suitable for Canberra ...
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Black Mountain: a natural history of a Canberra icon

Black Mountain: a natural history of a Canberra icon

This great book on Black Mountain discusses the mountain's geology, soils, vegetation, plants and animals, fire history and walks ...
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Actsmart Canberra Plant Selector Tool

Canberra Plant Selector Tool

Canberra Plant Selector is an interactive tool designed by the ACT Government to select suitable plants for gardens in a Canberra climate ...
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Census of the Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

Census of the Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

Census of the flora of the ACT lists the scientific names of native and naturalised plants, fungi, lichens, hornworts, liverworts, mosses and slime moulds ...
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Field Guide to Plants of the Molonglo Valley (ACT)

Field Guide to Plants of the Molonglo Valley (ACT)

Field Guide to Plants of the Molonglo Valley describes 394 native and exotic species from the Molonglo Valley of the Australian Capital Territory ...
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Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia

Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia

The Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia has detailed descriptions of over 150 useful plants from Australia's temperate region. More than 600 colour photographs and drawings illustrate the plant descriptions. It contains information on a wide range of uses, such as food, fibre and medicines (including notes on preparation) ...
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Flora and fauna of the Pinnacle Nature Reserve

Flora and fauna of the the Pinnacle Nature Reserve (ACT)

This webpage lists flora and fauna identified in The Pinnacle Nature Reserve in Canberra. It also has photographs ...
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Flora of New South Wales

Flora of New South Wales

Flora of New South Wales is a major four-part work describing the naturally occurring and naturalised plants in New South Wales (including the ACT) ...
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Flowers of the Australian Capital Territory and Region

Flowers of the Australian Capital Territory and Region

Flowers of the Australian Capital Territory and Region is a field guide to native and introduced plants of this region. Each plant is illustrated with a colour photograph ...
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Grassland Flora: A Field Guide for the Southern Tablelands (NSW and ACT)

Grassland Flora: a field guide for the Southern Tablelands (NSW & ACT)

This Grassland Flora is a great field guide to the plants of the endangered grasslands in the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT ...
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Native trees and shrubs of south-eastern Australia Covering areas of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia

Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia is one of the best illustrated tools for field identification of trees and shrubs. It covers areas of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia ...
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NatureMapr website

NatureMapr website and app

The NatureMapr website is a citizen science platform that helps organisations collect, manage and analyse information from the natural world ...
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New South Wales Flora online

New South Wales Flora online

Data on the NSW Flora online website are derived from the printed Flora of New South Wales, augmented with data from electronic sources maintained by the National Herbarium of New South Wales. The website contains plant descriptions, an index, and identification keys to families, genera and species ...
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Ngunnawal Plant Use

Ngunnawal Plant Use

Ngunnawal Plant Use is a traditional aboriginal plant use guide for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) region. It describes and illustrates 69 plant species, including their Ngunnawal use, distribution, and method of propagation ...
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Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes

Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes

Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes describes 99 vegetation types in NSW and the ACT. Each includes an indicative species list, a location map and photographs ...
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Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

The Plants of South Eastern New South Wales app describes 3900 plants in South Eastern NSW and includes a tool to identify plants: a great way to learn! ...
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Trees and Shrubs of Black Mtn, Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura based on Vegetative Characters

Trees and shrubs of Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura

This is a plant identification key for trees and shrubs in the ACT reserves of Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura. The key is based on vegetative characteristics (non flowering or fruiting characteristics) ...
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Plant resources for other areas

  • Sydney and New South Wales (NSW)
  • Melbourne and Victoria (Vic)
  • Brisbane and Queensland (Qld)
  • Hobart and Tasmania (Tas)
  • Perth and Western Australia (WA)
  • Adelaide and South Australia (SA)
  • Darwin and the Northern Territory (NT)

 

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