South Australia (SA)
These biodiversity resources for SA are alphabetically sorted by title.

A Guide to Plants of Inland Australia
Covers the major plants of three-quarters of the continent of Australia. This book features 800 species that are well-known, and can be easily seen throughout inland Australia ...
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Adnyamathanha and Beyond
Adnyamathanha and Beyond: useful plants of an ancient land is about plants in the Flinders Ranges that are significant to the Adnyamathanha Aboriginal people in South Australia. These are the plants that have provided the Adnyamathanha people with plentiful food, medicine, craft and hardware supplies for thousands of years ...
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Edible Wattle Seeds of Southern Australia
Edible Wattle Seeds of Southern Australia identifies 47 Acacia species that have potential for cultivation in the southern semi-arid region of Australia as a source of seed for human consumption ...
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eFloraSA — Electronic Flora of South Australia
The Electronic Flora of South Australia aims to provide a comprehensive online account of the plants of South Australia. The website includes several components: the Plant Distribution Mapper, the Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi, plant fact sheets (based on the 1986 edition of the Flora of South Australia), and plant identification tools ...
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Field Guide to South Australian Fauna app
The Field Guide to South Australian Fauna app describes and illustrates over 200 mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates in South Australia. It is free ...
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Field Guide to the Plants of Outback South Australia
A field guide to the more common plants of outback South Australia with maps and colour photographs ...
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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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You can also use the following Australia-wide resources.

A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia provides a descriptions, distribution map and colour image(s) for all Australian reptiles ...
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A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter ...
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A Guide to the Beetles of Australia
A Guide to the Beetles of Australia emphasises the environmental role of beetles, their relationships with other plants and animals and their importance to humans ...
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Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a collaborative, national project that aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources ...
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AusGrass website
The AusGrass website is a free interactive information system and identification key for 1323 native and naturalised species of grass in Australia ...
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Australian Bugs
The Australian Bugs website has links to many resources about Australian bugs: insects, spiders, ants, bees, wasps, beetles, and more ...
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Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths website
The Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths website has images and links to information on Australian caterpillars, butterflies and moths ...
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Australian Marine Life The plants and animals of temperate waters
Australian Marine Life describes 1450 of the most commonly seen plants and animals of the temperate marine waters of Australia ...
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Australian Native Plants — Cultivation, use in landscaping and propagation
This sixth edition of Australian Native Plants describes more than 1500 Australian native plants for the garden and is suitable for gardeners around Australia ...
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Australian Native Plants: Cultivation and Uses in the Health and Food Industries
Australian Native Plants: Cultivation and Uses in the Health and Food Industries gives an overview of native food crops commercially grown in Australia. These include: Anise Myrtle, Bush Tomato, Desert Raisin, Davidson s Plum, Desert Limes, Australian Finger Lime, Kakadu Plum, Lemon Aspen, Lemon Myrtle, Muntries, Native Pepper, Quandong, Riberry, and Wattle Seed ...
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Birds in Backyards website
The Birds in Backyards website is a research, education and conservation program of BirdLife Australia. It focuses on the birds that live where people live and has a great Bird Finder identification tool on its site ...
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Birds of Australia
The Birds of Australia app makes identifying Australian birds in the bush so much easier. It's also a great way to learn more about birds ...
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Birds of Australia — App review
I love the 'Birds of Australia' app. It makes identifying Australian birds in the bush so much easier. It's also a great way to learn more about birds ...
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Birdscaping Australian Gardens
Birdscaping Australian Gardens helps you identify the most common Australian garden birds and choose native plants that will attract these birds to your backyard ...
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Eremophila and Allied Genera
Eremophila and Allied Genera presents a treatment of species in the Myoporaceae plant family. It provides detailed plant descriptions, as well as analytical drawings, notes on distribution, ecology, conservation status and relationships ...
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Find a bird — Birdlife Australia
The 'Find a bird' page on the Birdlife Australia website has pictures and lots of information on bird identification, location and behaviour ...
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Flora of Australia online
The Flora of Australia online, based on the published Flora of Australia, lists the names, characteristics, distribution and habitat of Australian plants ...
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FrogID project and identification app
The FrogID app is a way to both participate in the Australian Museum's FrogID project and to identify the frogs you may find in Australia. It is free ...
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How to create a wildlife-friendly garden
If you want to help native animals survive and thrive, convert to a wildlife-friendly garden with local plants. With these 10 easy changes, you can convince local wildlife to stay in your garden ...
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How to grow grass trees from seed
In this article, I show you how easy it is to grow grass trees from seed, how to identify grass tree species, and where to see them in nature in Australia ...
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How to grow wattle trees from seed Wattle propagation
It's easy to grow wattle trees from seed. Wattles are great garden plants and most put on a spectacular display when they flower. As there are so many species of wattles in Australia, it is not hard to find a suitable one for your garden, no matter where you are in Australia ...
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Insects of South-eastern Australia
Insects of South-eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for identifying insects ...
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Name That Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants
Name That Flower is a comprehensive guide to identifying flowering plants and focuses on plant families that occur in Australia ...
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The Caterpillar Key website
The Caterpillar Key is a scientific identification key for Australian caterpillar families. It focuses on families of biosecurity concern to N Australia ...
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The cicadas of Australia website
The cicadas of Australia website is an amazing resource on Australian cicadas. It provides cicada images, scientific and common names ...
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The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia
The second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia’s mainland and remote islands ...
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WATTLE Acacias of Australia 3
WATTLE Acacias of Australia 2.2 is an online database to identify wattles (Acacia) species in Australia. It contains all known species that have been described to date (2018). This is a great tool, but requires botanical knowledge and knowledge of the database, Lucid key, functionality. It is available free online ...
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