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Castlemaine: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests, 2021. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Castlemaine: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests, 2021. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Castlemaine: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests, 2016. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, map. Presents the most commonly found species of Eucalypt in the Mount Alexander Region of central Victoria. Generously illustrated, this guide provides clear descriptions in plain language, perfect for any enthusiast. Though firmly based on the..... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, (2013. reprint). Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Australian in focus, this guide provides information on all aspects of bushfood plants from growing whole fruits, nuts, seeds, and vegetables to preparing and cooking them. More
Darwin: Environment Centre NT, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This book is a full-colour revised and expanded edition of the previous publication 'Weeds of natural ecosystems: a field guide to environmental weeds of the NT'. The weeds book features detailed descriptions and photographs of over 80 weeds..... More
Paterson: C Arthur Pearson, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. A long-awaited publication written by Dr Douglas Somerville, Technical Specialist, Bees with the NSW Department of Primary Industries. This book focuses on the value of key plants to nectar-feeding animals in Australia with particular emphasis on honey bee nutritional..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. Gardens are an opportunity to see an ecosystem at work, yet we are often oblivious of the sheer richness of experience that our gardens can provide. In small gardens, most visiting wildlife will be in the form of birds and..... More
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2010. revised edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Create a garden that looks wonderful all year round with this photographic guide, packed with all the information you need to help you choose the best plants for every season. From shrubs and climbers to bulbs and grasses, you'll find..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs. This concise guide covers over 450 species of wild flower, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. Clear and concise information is provided, such as when the plant is in flower, the approximate petal size and..... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 129. The word 'alien' can conjure up a range of sentiments including fear, dislike and also fascination. It is used to describe strange beings from Mars, human migrants, and non-native plants and animals - the..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs and illustrations. A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings. Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. 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 parts of..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain. With over 1,000 main entries covering wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A definitive photographic reference guide for flower enthusiasts. Helpful information about habitats of wild flowers and useful..... More
Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1996. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Australia: Australian Geographic, 2023. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Artistically photographed by Georgina Steytler, this book is an enchantment of our native flora, celebrating its beauty and diversity - from the more familiar eucalypts and wattles to carnivorous sundrews and secretive orchids. More
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Featuring all flowering plants, including trees and grasses, and ferns, this field guide to the flowers of Britain and northern Europe is the most complete illustrated, single-volume guide ever published. More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings. Featuring all flowering plants, including trees, grasses and ferns, this fully revised and updated field guide to the wild flowers of Britain and northern Europe is the most complete illustrated, single-volume guide ever published. Leading botanical artists..... More
Kew: Kew Publishing, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. The first identification aid for the rattan palms of the entire continent. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Bloomsbury Green Guides are portable handbooks to the most commonly found species in Britain and Europe. A huge variety of wild flowers grow in fields, gardens, woodlands and even on roadsides, and recognising individual species can prove challenging. The..... More
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2007. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Sturt pea is one of the world's most striking and spectacular flowering plants. This richly illustrated book, full of interest for the general reader, covering: - the discovery of the Sturt pea by William Dampier and..... More
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Sturt pea is one of the world's most striking and spectacular flowering plants. This richly illustrated book, full of interest for the general reader, covering: - the discovery of the Sturt pea by William Dampier and..... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2020. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A heavily illustrated history of herbaria from one of the world's foremost experts. For nearly six centuries, scientists have been documenting the plants and fungi of the world through herbaria. The wealth of specimens available today, carefully preserved through the centuries..... More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. 'The greatest pleasure of naturalists (understated by certain utilitarians) is to discover new species, to point to new islands on the map of nature, and to populate continents that seem to be deserts' - Richard Spruce, 1851..... More
Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In this absorbing history, Peter Thompson explores how mankind has gradually learned what seeds are, where they come from and their role in the survival of the productivity of crops and wildflowers. Thompson brings to life the eccentrics, explorers, amateurs..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder, and in The secret life of trees Colin Tudge travels from his own back garden right round the world. He brings back the stories and facts behind trees: from how they..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. A summary of contemporary understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology. Current knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information available for perhaps only a few hundred of the..... More