Melbourne: Hyland House, (2014. fourth edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. WAS $90. This long-awaited and greatly expanded fourth edition is a comprehensive guide to the indigenous plants of the Greater Melbourne area. It contains 1367 plant descriptions with colour photographs and line drawings. This guide gives instant, colour-coded..... More
Sydney: 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $50. This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orchids in Australia and includes over 500 species of seasonal ground orchids and 62 species of..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $50. This long-awaited guide to rainforest seed propagation unlocks the secrets to growing 300 rainforest species. Providing specific information on how to sustainably collect, process and germinate seeds, this user-friendly book aims to support a growing movement of rainforest restoration. With..... More
Oakland: University of California, 2003. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, colour maps, text illustrations. WAS $120. Seagrasses, a group of about sixty species of underwater marine flowering plants, grow in the shallow marine and estuary environments of all the world's continents except Antarctica. This is the first authoritative and comprehensive global..... More
Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $40. This beautifully written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which is the world's tallest hardwood. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling for settlers, as well as..... More
Sydney: Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, publisher's boards. WAS $80. This handsome book provides a comprehensive account of the flora of the Furneaux Islands. Emeritus Professor Henry Nix formerly of ANU said "Would that all our regional floras receive the same comprehensive..... More
London: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $75. The world is facing a biodiversity crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless there are radical changes in human behaviour, we can expect significant and alarming species loss in the near future. DNA and tissue banks have great potential as tools..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $60. Provides keys to all 7 genera and 42 species of Western Australian mistletoes, including some Northern Territory species, with descriptions, images and distribution maps for all taxa Mistletoes are fascinating, diverse, colourful and ecologically important plants, found in most..... More
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing, 2012. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $90. The third of four volumes. There are obvious defences such as stinging nettle-like strategies, and burning or blistering latex resins. Others use different methods to incapacitate. They include gastrointestinal distress (vomiting or purgation), blindness, neurological disability, or even..... More