Sydney: Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in laminated boards.

Describes each class of native vegetation in NSW and the ACT and explains where it occurs and why. Interesting aspects of ecology, evolution, history and development, current conservation and management issues are also included. The book is divided into chapters according to vegetation formations - rainforests; wet sclerophyll forests; grassy woodlands; grasslands; dry sclerophyll forests; heathlands; alpine; freshwater wetlands; forested wetlands; saline wetlands; semi-arid woodlands; and arid shrublands. The book includes more than 100 maps and over 400 colour photographs, and a species list for each vegetation class.