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Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, also known as RFK, is an identification key giving details—including images, taxonomy, descriptions, range, habitat, and other information—of almost all species of flowering plants (i.e. trees, shrubs, vines, forbs, grasses and sedges, epiphytes, palms and pandans) found in tropical rainforests of Australia, with the exception of most orchids which ...
Brachychiton acerifolius is a large tree of the family Malvaceae endemic to tropical and subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia.It is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers that often cover the whole tree when it is leafless.
There are about 75 native mistletoes that parasitise Australian tree species, including two terrestrial parasitic trees, one of which is the spectacular Western Australian Christmas tree. Australia's salt marshes and wetlands are covered by a large variety of salt and drought tolerant species from the Amaranthaceae which include the saltbushes ...
Pages in category "Trees of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,181 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In Australia, potted native Wollemi pines have been promoted as a Christmas tree. [24] It is also proving to be more adaptable and cold-hardy than its restricted temperate - subtropical , humid distribution would suggest, tolerating temperatures between −5 and 45 °C (23 and 113 °F), with reports, from Japan and the USA, that it can survive ...
Xanthorrhoea australis, the grass tree or austral grasstree, [1] is an Australian plant. It is the most commonly seen species of the genus Xanthorrhoea . Its trunk can grow up to several metres tall and is often branched.
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Mulberry Family native to eastern Australia, from the Wide Bay–Burnett region in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, as well as Lord Howe Island where the subspecies F. m. columnaris is a banyan form covering 2.5 acres (a hectare) or more of ground.
Eucalyptus gomphocephala, known as tuart, [4] is a species of tree and is one of the six forest giants of Southwest Australia.. Flower buds Flowers Fruit. The trees usually grow to a height of 10 to 40 m (33 to 131 ft) and mostly have a single stem, but can have multiple stems under some conditions.