Bush food: Aboriginal food and herbal medicine.
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. An exploration of traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. An exploration of traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. More
Kent Town: Wakefield Press, (2018. second edition), Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white text illustrations. South Australia's grasses have been carefully drawn, including more than 450 line drawings and 20 coloured paintings illustrating typical members of each tribe. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book introduces the finest examples of every kind of tree growing in the British Isles, from ancient yews and towering sequoias to the rarest of recent introductions. Containing over 200 colour photographs this is the definitive guide to over 5,000..... More
New Holland Publishers, 2023. Duodecimo, paperback, colour photographs. This is the latest exciting addition to our growing series of concise field guides. The ultimate keep-in-your -pocket guide to Australian trees, it may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its weight in terms of usefulness, being packed with..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2014. third edition), Octavo, paperback, graphs, tables. This third edition has been completely revised and updated to take into account key developments in this field. This detailed yet accessible text introduces the key physical and biochemical processes involved in plant interactions with the aerial environment. Aims..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Biological control of weeds has been practised for over 100 years and Australia has been a leader in this weed management technique. This book reviews biological control of weeds in Australia to 2011, covering over 90 weed species..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, (2022. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Australia's complex, beautiful and diverse flora is showcased in stunning botanic gardens across the continent. Through exquisite colour photographs taken at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) in Canberra, Fanny Karouta- Manasse celebrates the minute and intriguing details of..... More
Perth: University of Western Australia Press, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Covers over 250 different species of plant, and includes multiples images of each plant. Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This guide is a wonderful introduction to trees for readers of all ages. Identification spreads cover all key species and families which occur across Australia, including many species of conifers, eucalypts and wattles/acacias. There are sections on how to identify..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, black and white photographs. Natural history has always been the foundation of conservation biology. For centuries, botanists collected specimens in the field to understand plant diversity; now that many habitats are threatened, botanists have turned their focus to conservation, and..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. A comprehensive guide to 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and..... More
Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Presents the story of internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Celia Rosser, who dedicated her life to painting the entire genus of Banksia, the only artist to have done such a task. Her dedication to the task put her at the centre..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, graphs. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst effects of climate change, but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. In this book, authors Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring present an..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. A comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland, covering the 51 species recorded, including all the varieties and sub-species, as well as 9 species of uncertain or doubtful provenance. More
London: Earthscan Publications, 2006. Octavo, paperback, photographs, black and white illustrations. An important prerequisite for successful conservation is a good understanding of what we seek to conserve. Nowhere is this more the case than in the fight to protect plant biodiversity, which is threatened by human activity in many regions..... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, (2015. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback with plastic cover, colour photographs. Namaqualand (Afrikaans: Namakwaland) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa. Namaqualand is justifiably famous for the floral wonderland it becomes in spring, comprising some 3,800 species, of which 28% are endemic. This book introduces..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. This book illustrates the key role played by taxonomy in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of plant biodiversity. It is a tribute to the work of Professor Vernon Heywood who has done so much to highlight the importance of..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. Beginning with reminders of how deeply interwoven plant colours are with human life and culture, this title takes you through details of pigments, the evolution of colour perception, the nature of light, and dozens of other topics. Also..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2006. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic essay on Victoria's Central Highlands and the animals and plants that live there. More
Birralee: Tympanocryptis Press, (. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Slime moulds are not slimy, nor do they look like mould; in fact, most are exquisite. Fuligo septica is an exception. This common cosmopolitan species forms amorphous yellowish blobs known variously throughout the world as ‘dog’s vomit slime’, ‘moon shit’..... More
Paterson: New South Wales Government, 2006. Quarto, spirally bound, colour photographs. Pick the difference between native plants and weeds. Full-colour adjacent photographs of weed and native 'look alikes' with explanatory notes. An essential field guide for land carers, farmers and bush regenerators in coastal and high-rainfall areas. More
Paterson: New South Wales Government, 2008. Quarto, spirally bound, colour photographs. This book starts where volume one finishes, full-colour adjacent photographs of more weeds and native plants that look similar. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2006. third edition, revised). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A unique and comprehensive reference book on trees of the world. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Standing in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth forests..... More
London: Poyser, (2005. reprint). Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This is a new paperback edition of an acclaimed and beautiful Poyser title on the rare flowers of Britain. The book looks at the evolution of individual species and of plant communities, the threats (natural and anthropogenic) that have caused declines..... More