Trees of Australia

Author: Peter Krisch
Publisher: Reed New Holland
ISBN: 9781921517525
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This title in New Holland s award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia s trees and shrubs, celebrating the beauty, great diversity and unique evolution of the country s forests.The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the series.Fact panels cover interesting aspects of the subject.Questions answered include:what is the difference between a tree and a shrub? what age can Australian trees reach?how tall do trees grow in Australia?and how many species of trees and shrubs exist in Australia? to name just a few.Other sections look at how trees reproduce and how they evolved.Identification spreads cover all the key species and families which occur across Australia, including many species of conifers, eucalypts and wattles/acacias.There are sections on how to identify bottlebrushes, banksias, casuarinas, grevilleas, figs, laurels and many others, including many of the trees and shrubs found in Australia s species-rich rainforests.The many beautiful images are taken from the author s own collection which has been built up over many decades.

Rainforests of Australia's East Coast

Author: Peter Krisch
Publisher: Reed New Holland
ISBN: 9781925546293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Rainforests of Australia's East Coast is aimed primarily at the reader group of more than 500,000 active bushwalkers in Australia. A large percentage of bushwalkers visit all subforms of rainforests on a regular basis and identification of plant species is a common subject. The book is written in a comprehensible, engaging style and employs descriptive illustrations and photos to raise the interest into the great diversity, primeval origins and uniqueness of Australian rainforests. The many beautiful images are taken from the author's own collection which has been built up over many decades. Photos of widely distributed rainforest species including mosses, ferns, mushrooms and lichens together with informative texts enable the reader to identify species commonly encountered. Easy to use identification keys to the major plant groups and fungi are provided. The book demonstrates that rainforests are self-sustaining ecosystems that rely on a myriad of associations to reproduce and survive. It will be a valuable information source for bushwalkers, for anyone with an interest in Australia's native flora, and also for readers involved in outdoor activities such as gardening and horticulture.

Key Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Leonard Cronin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780730102526
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Colour plates and tree descriptions - Leaf shapes - Flower parts and leaf arrangements_

Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Leonard Cronin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781761470233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An authoritative and indispensable guide to Australia's fascinating trees, fully updated and revised.

Australia's Mangroves

Author: Norman C. Duke
Publisher: MER
ISBN: 0646461966
Category : Mangrove ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
"The Australian coastline is 18% occupied by a very special and beneficial habitat of extraordinary trees and larger shrubs bathed regularly by flooding tides and washing waves. This practical guide describes each of these highly adapted plants." - - Back cover.

A Field Guide to Australian Trees

Author: Ivan Holliday
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description

Growing Green Guide

Author: Victoria. Department of Environment and Primary Industries
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743267141
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
The information published in this guide is provided by the Growing Green Guide partners (City of Melbourne, City of Stonnington, City of Yarra, City of Port Phillip, the State of Victoria and The University of Melbourne) to disseminate information in regards to the design, construction and maintenance of green roofs, walls and facades.

Green Roof Plants

Author: Edmund C. Snodgrass
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
A guide for architects, landscape designers, engineers, environmentalists and eco-aware gardeners, this text contains photographs and information for more than 200 species and cultivars of plants, including data on moisture needs, heat tolerance, hardiness, bloom color, foliage characteristics, and height.

Safer Gardens

Author: Lesley Corbett
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN: 1922454605
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 541

Book Description
Destructive bushfires are increasing in frequency and intensity around the world. For people living in fire prone areas there are no reliable guides about which plants have low flammability and which are frighteningly flammable. Safer Gardens is that guide, with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world. Readers can look up a plant in the Plant Flammability Table to get an idea of its flammability then turn to the A–Z for more detailed information. The book contains advice about ways to create a more firesafe garden, including the need to carefully manage the use of mulch and hedges. This is citizen science, written by a gardener for other gardeners. Complex and potentially confusing science is made comprehensible and usable, to help you make your garden and hence your house safer.

From Seeds to Leaves

Author: Doug Stewart
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 186395225X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
If you have an interest in the power of seeds to transform the earth, or in planting Australian native trees and shrubs on a small scale or large, From Seeds to Leaves is the book for you. It describes how to collect your own fruit and nuts, extract, store and germinate seed normally difficult to grow, and lots more.