PLANTS TO PLANT

Ornamental small tree Small tree to 8 metres along watercourses in rainforests in Queensland and New South Wales. Leaves are alternate and irregularly toothed and 10-20 cm long. Small, greenish...

Can be mistaken for a weed Shrub to 2 metres, often soft with velvety leaves and weak stems on rocky slopes creek banks and sometimes in rainforest. Found throughout Australia...

The rainforest acacia Erect or spreading tree to 30 metres, north from Mullumbimby area in wet sclerophyll eucalypt forest and rainforest. Rare, threatened, vulnerable in the wild. Referred to as...

Flowers in summer Arching shrub or small tree to 5 metres. Erect or spreading, in dry sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath, in sandy and gravelly soil from Coffs Harbour to...

Useful honey tree Dense shrub or small tree to 8 metres on sandy or stony soils in open forest. Found in understorey over most of South-East Queensland and surrounding regions...

Food for King Parrots Dense tree to 15 metres. Mostly in coastal areas and fringes throughout Queensland and NSW. Branchlets slender with the uppermost few centimetres angled. Phyllodes somewhat curved,...

Useful pioneer for tricky sites Erect, tree-like shrub to 4 metres throughout Queensland and NSW mostly in coastal areas. Curved (falcate) phyllodes with a prominent mid vein. Flowers are cream...

Good for revegetation sites Fast growing, profusely flowering wattle native to South-East Queensland and Northern NSW. After a public vote in 2023 Acacia fimbriata Brisbane Wattle was selected as Brisbane’s...

Grows in heavier soils Small tree to 5-10 metres in the warmer, humid areas in the coastal belt from South-East Queensland to southern New South Wales. Extends inland to the...

Host plant for many butterlfies A medium tree to 15 metres on fertile, well-drained soils. Phyllodes are dark green, alternate to 18 cm. Creamy-yellowish flower spikes to 6 cm in...

Blackwood: the biggest acacia Medium to large tree recorded as capable of growing to 45 metres but more often in the 10-20 metre range at maturity in the Enoggera catchment....

Blooms all year round Erect or spreading shrub or small tree to 8 metres. From Blackdown Tableland, South-East Queensland, through eastern NSW and ACT to eastern Victoria, with a western...

Rare in the wild Small tree or shrub to about 6 metres. Branches can be angular and flattened but not hairy. In the greater Brisbane region found on gravelly and...

Invasive outside its range Tall shrub or small tree to 5 metres. Found in open forest and woodland in South-East Queensland. Popular and widely cultivated. A quick-growing plant which may...

Small and prickly A small, prickly shrub to 2 metres in sandy heaths, open forests and woodlands. Generally in open and drier areas on light soils throughout Australia’s east coast....

Appears after rain A small herb-like open shrub to 2.5 m in rainforest margins. There is a prostrate form in coastal areas. Leaves are ovate (egg shaped) to lanceolate (drawn...

Attracts fruit-eating birds Medium to tall dense tree to 30 metres. Smooth to flaky bark; young branchlets reddish. From northern NSW to Gympie on basalt and higher fertility soils. Features...

Great garden tree with edible fruit A small to medium tree to 20 metres. Grows on most soils in subtropical rainforest, often along watercourses, throughout Queensland, Victoria and NSW. Bushy...

Attractive fruit and foliage Small tree to 10 metres along watercourses. Common in subtropical and dry rainforest and rainforest margins. Image shows a group of the characteristically shaped and coloured...

Birds relish the fruit Grows to 15 metres along watercourses. Has attractive foliage and edible white fruit (tastes like lemon rind). Found from northern Victoria to southern Queensland in temperate...

Delicate looking but hardy Colony forming fern of rainforests and watercourses with erect fronds to 1 metre. Very attractive fern in most types of rainforest, delicate in appearance but tough...

Maidenhair with hairy stems Clumping fern of rainforests, watercourses and shady eucalypt areas. Fronds will grow to over 30 cm tall. Widespread fern in both rainforest and eucalypt areas in...

Fast growing and hardy Fast-growing single-stemmed pioneer tree to 30 metres in dry, littoral and subtropical rainforest north from Iluka NSW. Large compound leaves of up to 60 leaflets asymmetrical...

Useful herb A hairy, perennial herb to 30 cm. Has a basal rosette of velvety, toothed leaves and soft, erect stems. Found in a range of soils and habitats from...

Attractive foliage Shrub or small tree to 6 metres high in drier rainforest, on watercourses and on the boundary of open forest. Separate male and female plants. From the coast...

Attracts birds and butterflies Shrub or small tree to 15 metres, flattened ribbed, branchlets in subtropical and dry rainforest throughout Queensland and NSW. Leaves are compound with mostly 6 leaflets,...

Important host plant A common small tree to 15 metres in all types of rainforest. The large seeds are carried by birds, but mostly propagate in the vicinity of a...

Poisonous plant A large lily-like herb to 1.8 metres. Cunjevoi is common in most rainforests and moist areas. Grows on rainforest margins and as an understorey herb. Chiefly in coastal...

Extensively used by humans A small to medium tree to 18 metres in open forest and in the transition zone between dry rainforest remnants and eucalypt forest. A early coloniser...

Easy to grow A multi-stemmed, clumping herb with upright arching stems to 3 metres. Common in subtropical rainforests in Queensland and NSW. Long fleshy green simple, alternate, glossy green and...

Scrambling herb A scrambling, prostrate, perennial herb found in damp grasslands, paper bark forest, boulder gaps and waterway margins. It has a slender but tough taproot and many branches that...

Spiky shrub Shrub to 2.5 metres in most types of rainforest sometimes in sclerophyll forest north from Wollongong, NSW. Leaves opposite in whorls of 3-6, narrow-lanceolate to broad-ovate, smooth, leathery,...

Propagated by birds Spreading shrub parasitic on many species of rainforest trees north from the Illawarra region of NSW with external runners, older stems with corky bark. Attachment and contact...

Delicate herb Vigorous, weak-stemmed perennial herb with creeping or ascending stems to about 40 cm. Found in rainforest or in moist, shaded parts of open forest, north from the Bulli...

Twisted and gnarled branches Tree to 20 metres, often less. Dark grey, flaky, brittle bark, sometimes similar to bloodwoods or stringybarks. Leaves opposite whitish blue grey to bright green, sessile...

Smells faintly of onions Medium to large targe tree to 25 metres in subtropical rainforest, north from Woodburn on the Richmond River in NSW. Branchlets green, sometimes with brown lenticels...

Used to make axe handles Medium tree to 30 metres, often less, in dry and subtropical rainforest from Manning River, NSW to Herberton, North Queensland. Often along streams or on...

Rambling vine A twining climber found in subtropical and dry rainforest in eastern Australia from northeastern Victoria, through New South Wales to northern Queensland. A member of the Aphanopetalaceae, a...

Ancient tree The Bunya Pine (or bonyi-bonyi) is a large tree to 40 metres, with a straight, rough-barked trunk, and a very distinctive symmetrical, dome-shaped crown. This is a contentious...

Key Enoggera species Large symmetrical pine tree to 50 metres tall from Macleay River in NSW to North Queensland and New Guinea in most types of rainforest. Usually a single...

Used to carry water Palm to 30 metres, trunk to 30 cm in diameter, usually not greatly expanded at the base – less so than close relative Alexandra Palm which...

  Good garden and container plant Large tree to 40 metres, in subtropical and dry rainforests in Queensland, NSW, New Guinea. Grows along scrubby watercourses from Port Macquarie, NSW to...

Cane-like clumps Tufted perennial with erect, cane-like clumps to 3 metres high in dry woodland and grassland, often in drainage ways. Rhizomatous. Leaves with ligule short, densely hairy. Blade rolled...

Small and slow growing Usually a shrubby tree to 5 to 8 metres, sometimes taller common in dry rainforest. Leaves are compound, alternate with 4-6 pinnate leaflets. Leaflets dark green...

Hardy fern Asplenium australasicum is a fern in wet forests and rainforests of south and central coasts of New South Wales and coastal Queensland to Cape York and Asia. It...

Grows on Mt Coot-tha Large shrub mostly around 3 metres high, sometimes taller, usually with many spreading to ascending branches, in wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest margins chiefly on the...

Golden fruit Small to medium tree up to 25 metres in subtropical and dry rainforest north from Richmond River, NSW. Tends to grow in a pyramidal shape in the open....

Popular bush tucker If there was ever a plant in the Enoggera species list which isn’t reliably known to be here, this is one. A popular bush tucker plant, Midjim...

Spectacular vine A vigorous creeper with dense foliage. The stems become very stout and woody. Dark-red sap exudes from cut stems, hence the common name. Dark-red pea-like flowers borne on...

  Aromatic leaves Very common riparian species on dry banks but rarely planted, probably because of the difficulty of obtaining seed. Can to be hard to establish, susceptible to drying...

Sap to stain furniture Medium tree to 15 metres or dense shrub widespread in all types of warmer rainforest; north from Tilba Tilba NSW including Melanesia. Bark exudes a clear...

Broad habitat Banksia integrifolia is thought of as a coastal plant, but it occurs between Victoria and Central Queensland in a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains....

Aromatic leaves Widespread perennial grass to 1 metre in woodland on better soils, native to Africa, India, Australia and the Pacific. Fairly drought tolerant. Leaves strongly aromatic when crushed, smelling...

Attractive crimson flowers Brachychiton acerifolius is widely planted in gardens and in bushcare sites. Strictly speaking it has not been considered an Enoggera species, not being recorded in D’Aguilar National...

Spectacular flowers Medium-sized tree in rainforest from central New South Wales to southern Queensland. Common in dry rainforest, especially on well-drained slopes and in association with Hoop pine Araucaria cunninghamii....

Important shrub A very important and hardy undergrowth shrub in Enoggera catchment bush regeneration. Shrub to about 3 metres common over much of Queensland in most kinds of country. Leaves...

Attractive to birds Small to large tree with bark dark brown and coarsely fissured; glabrous. Leaves ovate to oblong, to 12 cm, margins entire, undulate, upper surface dark green, lower...

Small bird habitat Bursaria spinosa is an erect, prickly shrub to about 3-4 metres tall, widespread in open forest and woodland in coastal Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia...

Flowers attract butterflies Vigorous woody climber or scrambler with stems to 12 metres, found on the margins of rainforest and along the banks of streams, especially in rocky areas, from...

Not suitable for gardens Vigorous climbing palm with hooked whips, pinnate leaves with to 50 cm with up to 12 linear to lanceolate leaflets. The compound leaves are alternate on...

Large vine with large seeds Tall, woody, robust, bushy climber with woody stems. Climbs via twining stems with additional support from large pinnate leaves. Will ascend into the rainforest canopy,...

Tiny pink flowers A tall open shrub with tiny pink flower clusters along the stems, mostly 3-4 metres high, sparsely to densely hairy, in and near subtropical rainforest; north from...

Pretty ground fern Also known as Common Ground Fern, Soft Bracken and Rainbow Fern, until recently False Bracken was known as Culcita dubia. Widespread in tall open forest, usually on...

Along watercourses A slowly spreading tussock plant with brown flowerheads in spring and summer. Grows well in boggy positions, in swamps, beside streams and in shallow ponds in full sun....

Likes boggy conditions Tufted sedge to 60 cm grows in swamps and on creek banks. Clumping grass to 1 metre with arching deep green blades. Creates a good low maintenance...

Small bird habitat A sparse shrub to 3 metres with thorny stems in dry and subtropical rainforest, eucalypt and brigalow. Milky sap in branchlets and leaves. Hardy. Attracts birds and...

Parasitic laurel Dodder Laurel Cassytha filiformis is a parasitic plant found in Enoggera Creek catchment which may be easily confused with the introduced species Golden Dodder Cuscuta campestris. Dodder Laurel...

Iconic creek bank tree Large tree to 40 metres, often occurs in stands. Black Bean grows well along the banks of rivers and creeks. It has a strong root system,...

Important tree along Enoggera Creek Tall, graceful tree to 20 m along creek and river banks and floodplains. Has fine pine-like foliage and deeply fissured bark. Important tree along Enoggera...

Common along creek Synonym of Cayratia clematidae. Weak, soft but vigorous climber to around 2 metres, sometimes longer, common along creek banks. Fast growing, can smother young plantings, but easy...

Woody vine A woody vine growing into the canopy, widely distributed in subtropical and dry rainforest. Alternate leaves with faintly toothed margins. Greenish small flower (to 5 mm) on hairy,...

Important bank stabilizer Small tree to 15 metres but more often seen as a bushy shrub or thicket to 10 m with crooked trunks, often layering, from south of Sydney...

Good ground cover in moist areas A tufting fern to 1 metre. Usually found growing along stream banks, on rainforest margins or in open forest. Very fast growing and suitable...

Vigorous climber Robust and vigorous woody, climbing vine found in the rainforests of Queensland and NSW. Alternate, simple tough grey-green or dark green leaves with serrated margins. Leaves are felty...

Weak climber Weak to medium climber with stems to about 6 metres, the roots bearing fleshy, underground tubers to about 25 cm in length. Found in dry rainforest and sclerophyll...

Caviar lime Hardy, spiny, shrub or small tree to 10 m but is usually smaller, especially when it has access to sunlight. Closely related to the domestic citrus. Common in...

Edible lime Large shrub or small tree to 12 metres  in dry rainforest north from the Beenleigh area solely found in Queensland. Branchlets often zigzag, with stiff thorns in leaf...

Colourful shrub Shrub or tree to 10 metres, usually less, north from Taree district, NSW, on the margins of coastal rainforest. Leaves mostly smooth, though new growth sometimes hairy. Margins...

Ornamental species Shrub or small tree up to about 10 m tall in subtropical, dry, littoral and warm temperate rainforest. Ranging from Batemans Bay, NSW to Cape York, North Queensland....

Creeping herb A weak-stemmed creeping herb producing short upright branches and rooting at the joints (nodes) of the stem. Native to Australia, tropical Asia and Polynesia. Although native, often considered...

Christmas flowering A shrub or tree to 20 metres. Sometimes called Scrub Christmas tree due to the masses of white flowers which appear around late December and give the tree...

Brilliant red berries An upright plant with slender stems to 6 metres. Cordyline from the Greek cordyle, a swelling, referring to the swelling on the stems of some species. Petiolaris,...

Used for honey production Spotted gum is a large tree to 40 metres on shallow stony soils. An important forest tree, in demand for structural timber and honey production. It...

Hardwood timber Medium to large tree to 30 metres, fast growing, found on relatively infertile soils from the Brisbane area, to south of Grafton in New South Wales. Found in...

Collar of tessellated bark A characteristic tree in eucalypt forest and associated woodlands on flat, deep soils of medium to high fertility, very noticeable by its collar of tessellated bark...

Showy flowers A clumping, perennial lily, with strap-like fleshy leaves to 1 metre by 10 cm. Grows along creeks and rivers, and in swampy areas. Its range is coastal Queensland...

Old leaves turn scarlet Small tree up to 15 metres in dry rainforest and its margins, Blue Mountains, NSW to Cape York, Queensland. Fruit is a greyish, globular capsule about...

Bark smells sweet Large shrub or small tree to 6 metres in dry rainforest and along the interface between rainforest and eucalypt forest from Illawarra, NSW to Gympie, Queensland and...

Host for Blue Triangle A medium tree to 20 metres in subtropical and dry rainforest, also on margins and in regrowth, north from Bega district. Twigs mostly yellowish. Leaves simple,...

Bushy tree Small to medium tree to 15 metre in littoral, riverine rainforest, northern NSW to South-East Queensland and North Queensland. Large fruit, December to January. Attractive small bushy tree...

Slow growing A medium tree growing up to 20 metres with simple, alternate leaves, blade dark glossy green above, paler almost glaucescent below. Leaves are oblong-elliptical drawn to a narrow...

Prefers richer soils Medium to large tree to 40 metres from Gympie and Bunya Mountains in Queensland to Port Stephens, NSW, in subtropical rainforest, dry rainforest and along moist scrubby...

Creek bank tree Small to medium tree to 15 m. Common and abundant in littoral, riverine rainforest. Green, pale and slightly fragrant flowers in September to December. The fruit is...

Native street tree A quick hardy small tree to 8 metres. Good for extreme coastal conditions. Bird attracting. Good shade tree, dislikes heavy frost. Commonly planted street tree in Brisbane....

  Good shade tree A medium tree growing up to 20 metres, but usually smaller. In dry rainforest, chiefly in the coastal ranges but also at lower altitudes away from...

Common in remnants Small tree in littoral and subtropical rainforest, chiefly on the coast, north from Jervis Bay, NSW. Recorded as growing up to 25 metres tall with a 50...

Fragrant grass A clumping grass native to eastern Australia, widespread and common, prefers lighter, poorer soils. Tufted, erect perennial to 1.5 m. Stems smooth, hairless, rigid, branching at maroon nodes....

Frog habitat A clumping sedge with stems to 2 metres. Stout tussock-forming perennial, in shallow water and on banks of streams and lagoons; widespread. Useful plant for erosion control and...

Tiny sedge will form tufted lawn Cyperus gracilis grows 10–30 centimetres in height with a delicate arching form. The species name gracilis refers to the graceful form of the leaves....

Likes rocky gullies Small to medium rainforest tree, often in rocky areas near creeks. Host plant for larvae of Macleays Swallowtail Graphium macleayanus, a handsome butterfly with rich green colour...

Dark red berries Deeringia is a scrambler 2–6 metres high with long arching branches. It is found from the western Himalayas east across southern China, down through south-east Asia and...

Leaves have stinging hairs Small tree to 15 metres common in Queensland rainforests especially on the edges or in disturbed areas. The leaves are quite conspicuous, very large, broadly ovate,...

Causes skin irritation Small tree to 15 metre, in warmer rainforest, especially drier types, north from Richmond area, not common south of Seal Rocks, NSW. Trunk often flanged or buttressed,...

Understorey tree Small tree to 7 metres, branchlets striate. Grows in most types of rainforest and margins with wet sclerophyll forest. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, rarely lanceolate, mostly 4-12 cm...

Woody vine A large woody vine growing into the canopy of rainforest, north from Wingham, NSW. Compound, alternate leaves with 9-13 ovate-elliptical leaflets up to 5 cm long and 2...

Prefers sandy soils Twining perennial herb or trailing shrub up to 1 metre long or tall on sandy or stony soils in dry sclerophyll forest, north from Nowra district, NSW....

Ornamental plant This hardy perennial grows up to 50 cm in height with leaves up to 1 metre in length. Roots are fibrous and the flowers are purplish-blue. Fruit are...

Succulent purple berries Clumping plant of erect strap like leaves to about 1 metre. Can tolerate damp conditions (prefers dry), widespread native found in many parts of Australia. Very hardy...

Heart-shaped leaves Herb with annual twining stems 2-4 metres long; tuber often deep in the soil, cylindrical, widespread, chiefly in warmer rainforest and moist sclerophyll forest. Leaves ovate to broad-triangular,...

Edible plum Small tree widespread in warmer rainforest, north from Batemans Bay, NSW. Leaves oblong to elliptic, to 10 cm long, apex obtuse to bluntly pointed, thick and tough, upper...

Timber resembles ebony Tall tree to 30 metres (often smaller) with yellow, delicately perfumed flowers in September to November, also May. Edible yellow-green fruit, turning reddish black when ripe in...

Sign of good diversity Small tree in dry rainforest and sub tropical rainforest. Bark of mature trees blackish, fissured and scaly. Previously known as Diospyros ferrea var. geminata. Hairless leathery to...

Not edible A slender tendril climbing vine growing up to 4 metres tall usually on the margins and in the rainforest ecotone. This is a hardy but short-lived plant. It...

Attractive to birds Tall tree to 35 metres. Rainforest pioneer with large leaves and, once established, a good growth rate. Can become quite leggy even without canopy to strive for,...

Rare and endangered Compact rainforest canopy tree to 20 metres high. Endangered. Extremely rare in the wild. Leaves are 10-35 cm long and comprise 4-8 leaflets. The leaflets are elliptic-oblong...

Pretty orchid Terrestrial saprophyte orchid (reduced leaves, derives nourishment from decaying material) in open eucalypt forest throughout Brisbane, sometimes in the hundreds in a good flowering season. Found in littoral...

Used for Aboriginal spears Medium tree to about 30 metres in dry rainforest. It is uncommon with a number of disjunct populations. Found in South-East Queensland. The entire genus is...

Hop-like flowers and fruit Shrub to 3 metres high in dry sclerophyll forest. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, to 3.5 cm long and 30 cm wide, apex acute and usually three-toothed,...

Attracts native fauna Erect shrub to 3 metres high in dry or wet sclerophyll forest usually on sand, or similarly well drained soil. Leaves hairless, simple, elliptic, sometimes lanceolate or...

Rainforest margins A common, spreading ground fern growing to about 40 cm tall. Found in rainforest margins and wet eucalypt forests in all eastern states. Named for Samuel Doody, an...

Eaten by doves Medium-sized tree to 20 metres common in dry rainforest. Also in littoral and riverine rainforests. Yellow male and female flowers on separate trees from September to October....

Fasting growing when young Medium tree growing to 20 metres. Branchlets, petioles and terminal buds hairy. Found in subtropical and dry rainforest, endemic to Australia, ranging from Port Macquarie, NSW...

Look for the distinctive maroon bristles An erect to spreading annual grass with stout branches up to 2 metres high recognisable by the conspicous maroon (purple-red) bristles on the seed...

Rarer Stephania Rarer of the two Stephanias (former name) found locally – a significant plant. It can be confused with Stephania japonica, but has softer foliage and small, soft, recurved hooks...

Widespread herb An annual herb that can be found creeping on wet ground in disturbed areas. Native to Australia but not recorded in Peter Young’s 1984 list of Enoggera species...

Edible fruit Tree to 30 m in margins of rainforest and disturbed rainforest. Leaves simple, alternate, toothed, elliptic-ovate leaves with 3-4 cm petioles. Small white perfumed flowers in panicles in...

Straggly herb A low, shrubby plant which grows into untidy clumps or as a straggler through scrub in heavy soils. Fairly widespread. Leaves opposite, sub-opposite or alternate. The leaves sometimes...

Grand, grows fast Large tree to 35 metres with buttressed trunk, branches layered. Occurs in subtropical rainforest and along moist, scrubby watercourses. An endemic Australian species, occurring along the east...

Harder wood A medium to large tree suitable for larger gardens and windbreaks, common pioneer and remnant. Attractive in both flower and fruit. Hard propably refers to the wood, which...

Small with blue olives Blueberry Ash is a small tree to 8 metres found along water courses, often on sandy soils. Endemic Australian species, occurring all along the east coast...

Attractive foliage Tree to 30 metres. Generally found in drier types of rainforest but often along scrubby watercourses. From Paterson NSW to Gympie. Flowers in yellow-brown racemes, from March to...

Rusty new growth Tree to 10 metres high, young leaves often reddish; new growth rusty-pubescent. Leaves 6-15 cm long, rachis extended beyond last leaflet; leaflets 2-6, elliptic to obovate, 3-8...

Rainforest plant Woody climber with twining stems. Simple alternate elliptical to obovate leathery leaves 8 cm long by 4 cm wide with acute tips; glabrous shoots. Leaves with translucent or...

Straggly grass Wiry Panic Entolasia stricta is a straggling or shrubby wiry rhizomatous perennial grass to 1.5 metres high on poor soils – usually in sandy or sandstone-based areas. Leaves with...

Reliable groundcover A low, trailing plant with weak, fleshy stems capable of spreading to 2 metres in diameter. Some forms may be partially upright to about half a metre. Common...

Koala tree Medium to large tree to 30 metres, mostly 10-25 metres. Prefers clay soils in an open, sunny position. Grey-brown fibrous bark (stringybark). Thick-textured dark green-blue leaves, frequently tatty,...

Habitat tree Large tree to 30 metres high occasionally 40 metres with persistent stringy red-brown or brown-black bark. Common in dry rainforest and moist to dry eucalypt forest. Recognized by...

Say orange, think grey, say pink Tall tree to 40 metres with a straight trunk and smooth grey bark which sheds to reveal beautiful orange new bark. See ORANGE, think...

Long lived Tree to 45 metres. Locally frequent in wet forest on soils of moderate fertility north from Sydney. Bark persistent throughout, ironbark, grey black. Leaves lanceolate or broad lanceolate,...

Common in Enoggera catchment Evergreen tree 18–46 metres high with straight stout trunk 1–1.8 metres in diameter, large and open or fairly dense crown. Bark smooth, whitish, peeling in irregular...

Ancient lineage Shrub or small tree, branchlets often black widespread in or near warmer rainforest and moist eucalypt forest on the coast and lower ranges. Often multi-trunked, with glossy, dark...

Smells like mangoes A pioneer species, tall tree, buttressed, growing to 40 metres. Branchlets aromatic when broken, exuding a clear mango scented sap. Like the mango, it is in the...

Vigorous twiner Attractive climber capable of dense growth if in the open. Grows in sclerophyll forest, woodland, heath and on margins of rainforest; widespread, from coastal districts inland, Queensland, Victoria,...

Creek bank stabiliser Straggly tree to 12 metres, fast growing, along creeks, in rainforest and open country, widespread on coast and tablelands. Normally a small tree, some specimens can grow...

Food for grey-headed flying fox Rarer of the two local sandpaper figs, the other being Ficus coronata. Small to medium tree with a sparse, spreading crown of rough leaves. Bird...

Large spreading crown Moreton Bay Fig is a strangler fig with huge trunk, widely buttressed, growing to 50 metres in subtropical, littoral and dry rainforests and riverine scrub. Endemic Australian...

Likes rocky areas A small to large spreading tree tom15 metres, often buttressed; young stems rusty-pubescent commonly scattered in rocky sites on dry hills in open forest or in dry,...

Prized timber used for dance floors Tall tree to 40 m in dry rainforest (complex microphyll closed forest) extending into eucalypt forest valued as a timber, especially for flooring. Smaller...

Rough and tufty Clumping sedge to 1 metre with long and narrow leaves, rough to the touch. Common in eastern Australia along the Great Dividing Range from the south coast...

Prefers damp areas Gahnia sieberiana is one of the most commonly seen members of the genus usually found in damp areas or in areas subject to periodic innundation. Gahnia, after...

Small climber Slender twining hairy or almost hairless perennial mostly along coast or in sclerophyll forest. There are quite a few of these small climbers on dry hillsides including the...

Small pretty vine An evergreen perennial climber (vine) growing to 4 m with striated green stems, leaves to 8 cm long, dull green, stiff, with a raised central vein. Has...

Ephemeral orchid A terrestrial orchid to 40 centimetres. Flowers in December and January, dormant (not visible above the ground) during winter, found in open eucalypt forests throughout Brisbane. Three to...

Baby cheeses A small to medium densely growing tree to 15 metres with simple, alternate, pseudo-pinnate leaves. Common, hardy and usually found on margins of rainforest and along scrubby watercourses....

Trifoliate leaves Small twiner in amongst grasses and shrubs with stoloniferous stems (capable of taking root, producing new plants). Leaves are trifolilate, sometimes long and skinny, sometimes rounder. Similar to...

Rounded leaf Perennial herb to half a metre with rounded, sharply lobed leaves throughout the coastal and tableland regions of southern Queensland and NSW. Grows in sclerophyll woodland and forest....

Furniture timber Tree to 40 metres tall, often less, common in subtropical to dry rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, on the coast and inland ranges north of Coffs Harbour district, NSW....

Disorganised shrub Deciduous shrub with many disorganised stems and star hairs, mostly in drier parts. Not considered a rainforest plant. Drought tolerant and hardy. Survives in very harsh conditions. Leaves...

Widespread and hardy Tree to 6 metres, bark smooth, grey to dark grey, often more or less blotchy with lichens. Found in warmer rainforest from the coast to the ranges,...

Sign of remnant scrub Upright, slender, grass-like plant to 2 m in moister forest, dry rainforest, riparian areas. Forms erect grass-like tussocks. Perennial herb, not or hardly clumped; rhizome creeping....

Violet clusters Twiner with wiry braches in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. It occurs in a variety of habitats from coast to mountains, usually in open...

Brisbane street tree A hardy, fast growing, small to medium evergreen tree with attractive dense green foliage. Leaves are alternate, pinnate, with 4-8 leaflets. Greenish yellow flowers in sprays September...

Understorey in woodlands Perennial tussock grass to 1.5 metres tall, variable in habit. Leaves and stems are green to blue-green and usually hairless or with only a few scattered hairs....

Bright yellow flowers Spreading or erect shrub to 1.5 m in heath or woodlands on sandy or poor soils. Showy Guinea Flower has narrow leaves which can vary from linear...

Good groundcover Scrambling and climbing vine with shining, green leaves to 8 cm long. Good ground cover for rocks and logs but will only climb to several metres. Found in...

Diverse leaf shapes Medium-sized, prickly shrub to 2 metres in poorly drained areas. Leaves are alternate, serrate and rough and about 8 cm long. Flowers are yellow with a maroon...

Attracts harlequin bugs Fast-growing shrub, capable of growing to 6 metres. Attracts fauna particularly insects (notably Scutelleridae), and therefore insect predators. Host plant for caterpillars of the moths Xanthodes transversa,...

Striking leaves Fast-growing shrub or small tree growing to 6 metres from southern NSW to north-east Queensland and Melanesia in margins of subtropical rainforest, dry rainforest and in regrowth areas....

Rainforest margins Shrub to 2 metres high in eucalypt forest, rarely in rainforest, mostly on rocky sites, mainly in coastal areas. A promising Lantana substitute. Leaves more or less ovate,...

Stunning in flower Open shrub to 4 metres with glossy dark green leaves covered in fine rusty brown coloured hairs. Found on rainforest margins or other damp or sheltered sites....

Solitary flower Spade Flower is a herb to 30 cm in dry eucalypt forest and wallum woodlands, flowering mostly in spring and summer but also throughout the year. Common on...

Scented flowers Medium tree to 20 metres in all types of rainforest. A popular garden plant whose scent is not as strong but just as pleasant as the exotic Frangipanis...

Planted to prevent erosion Imperata cylindrica is a species of perennial rhizomatous grass found throughout Australia mostly in coastal and subcoastal areas. It particularly common along the east coast of...

Hardy pea Spreading shrub up to 2.5 metres tall widespread in woodland and eucalypt forest. Leaves compound, to 10 cm long, leaflets usually 11-25, sometimes but rarely as few as...

Twiggy shrub Pea-flowered shrub 2-5 metres with flat, angular or winged branchlets which are entirely leafless except in young growth. Found in dry eucalypt forest. The common name of dogwood...

Important for rainforest regeneration A small to medium, very hardy tree to 15 metres. Among the first species to regenerate in disturbed Enoggera catchment subtropical rainforest. Its bark was used...

Creek bank stabiliser Perennial, densely tufted rush, very common on stream banks and other moist places. Occurs naturally throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Juncus means basket binder, usitatus...

Prostrate twiner Vigorous, scrambling vine capable of forming dense mats. Rusty stems to 4 metres with silky hairs. Common on sandy and stony soils throughout Brisbane. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate (in...

Sign of natural habitat Vigorous, woody twining vine which can grow into the rainforest canopy in most types of rainforest. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate-rounded up to 20 cm long and...

Strappy with reddish base  An upright, slender plant with strap like leaves and flower stalks to 1 metre on a range of habitats, especially woodland and forest, mostly on sandy...

Strong lemon scent Shrub to 5 metres found near wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest, on sandy soils or on rocky escarpments, north from Port Macquarie, NSW. Fast-growing screen plant. Slightly...

Massed white flowers A dense shrub to 4 metres. Common in coastal areas of eastern Australia. Grows along creek banks and in open forest. Was formerly known as Leptospermum flavescens....

Troublesome in gardens A perennial ground-covering herb widespread in open eucalypt forest and moist shady areas. It is also a weed of lawns, footpaths and cultivation. Thin, hairless stems are...

No. 1 creekbank stabiliser A robust matrush found near or in creeks on sandy soils and river stones, north of Taree NSW. Can form clumps up to 1 metre high...

Small and uncommon Perennial tussock, sparse in marginal rainforest habitats, also in sandy soils over sandstone and in deep sands. Leaves flat, rather thin, 2-4 mm wide, bluish grey when...

Plant away from creekbank A hardy matrush, similar to Lomandra hystrix but with a W-shaped leaf tip and a slightly more bluish grey colour. Common on drier hillsides where it...

Hard to see when not in flower A small grass-like plant with stiff grey-green leaves from 250 – 850 mm high found in Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria...

The rainforest lomandra A lomandra of subtropical and moister dry rainforest. A tufted, grass-like plant growing to 80 cm tall related to the grass tree. Was in Xanthorrhoeaceae, now in...

Oldest tree in The Gap Tall tree growing to 35 metres in forest, much shorter and many-branched in littoral rainforest. Found in all types of rainforest, along margins and in...

Good habitat tree Large tree with red-brown, fibrous-papery, persistent bark. Grows in sclerophyll forest, widespread and common in coastal districts, often on swampy ground or alluvial flats. Leaves ovate (egg-shaped)...

Lives on creek edge Native Willow Primrose Ludwigia octovalvis is an upright woody herb or small shrub with rounded stems and leaves that are usually covered in hairs. Its leaves...

Food crop Small to medium-sized tree to about 15 metres with a bushy habit. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three to six, lanceolate to obovate or elliptical in...

Shady pioneer A pioneer species, fast growing, from Richmond River, NSW to Cooktown, North Queensland and into South-East Asia. Leaves are broadly ovate large, with pointed tip. Useful for establishing...

Large woody spikes A woody climber or straggling shrub. Can be rampant, throwing out long-arched stems of new growth. Cut stems release a somewhat milky latex. Common in dry rainforest,...

Tantalising smell A small tree or shrub to 8 metres in dry rainforest from the Richmond River in NSW to the Iron Range in North Queensland and westward into the...

Bright yellow dye Small tree to 15 metres found in subtropical, dry and littoral rainforests from the Clarence River, NSW to Townsville, north Queensland. Simple leaves, alternate, blade green above,...

Used to make red dye Tree to 20 metres high on margins and within warmer rainforest; chiefly north from the Hunter River, NSW. Very useful as an edge plant. A...

Yellow-green flowers Uncommon slender climber growing mostly in eucalypt-dominated open forest but also seen in association with dry rainforest margins. Possibly endemic to South-East Queensland, but may extend into north-east...

Inner bark and roots can be bright orange Large shrub or small tree up to 12 metres tall from the Macleay River, NSW to Cape York, North Queensland in dry...

Small tree Grows mostly in dry and subtropical rainforest, north from Lismore, NSW. From Greek di two and sperma seed, referring to the two seeds in each cell. Also called...

Spreading shrub Shrub to 4.5 metres high, in rainforest and moist eucalypt forest, north from Camden and the Illawarra region, NSW. Leaves rather thick and tough narrow, mostly 1-8 cm...

Brisbane street tree Shrub or small tree to 15 metres with hard, fissured bark, fine narrow leaves and white or cream flowers in cylindrical spikes in summer. Widespread, along watercourses...

    Conspicuous tree in swampy areas Small tree with white papery bark can reach 18 metres. Stiff bluish leaves with small point at tip, usually 5 main longitudinal veins....

Widespread in dry rainforest This small-medium tree has attractive narrow foliage and white papery bark. It is drought-resistant and quite hardy, although it can be affected by frost. An excellent...

Important tree for creek health An important plant in the wild, where it reaches its natural form – a large spreading tree. It reaches a height of about 10 metres...

Leaves have three veins Rounded rainforest shrub 2 to 3 metres, attractively veined foliage, long flowering mauve-purple flowers in summer and sweet edible fruit (which will stain your tongue blue,...

Native across Asia Small to medium tree in subtropical and dry rainforest, mostly on margins and in regrowth. Deciduous. Almost a pantropical weed, and weedy outside its range. Found throughout...

Looks like rice A tufted perennial grass to 0.7 metres that produces year round green growth. It has slender weeping seed heads, giving rise to its common name Weeping Grass....

Attracts butterflies Shrub to small tree to 9 metres high mainly in drier lowland rainforest. Masses of multicoloured fruit and large clusters of sweetly perfumed white flowers can occur at...

Loves the shade Attractive glossy foliage and bright orange fruit. Good shade species, sometimes slow growing. Timber was used for axe handles. Small, slightly perfumed, cream flowers in large terminal...

Lustrous foliage A slender bushy climber in or near most types of rainforest from Victoria to north-east Queensland and inland to the Bunya Mountains. Creamy orange flower in summer. Orange...

Edible roots Erect, slender perennial herb with thick, tuberous roots widely distributed in open forest, often in moist soil. Found in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern...

Lives on creek banks Myoporum acuminatum is found in eastern Australia in rainforest or wet eucalyptus forest near the coast, often associated with mangroves, occasionally in drier rainforests, north from...

Rainforest regenerator Small tree to 12 metres, important dry rainforest regenerator in rainforest and open forest on the coast and adjacent ranges north from Milton, NSW. Often in exposed positions...

Food for birds and bats Small tree to 10 metres, smaller in cultivation, a common understorey species in all types of rainforest, as well as tall open forest. From Illawarra,...

Blue-black fruit resembles the olive Small tree to 10 metres, branchlets grey or brown, usually with conspicuous white lenticels. Several forms exist, including subspecies longifolia and glabra. Range is north...

Australian olive Tree to 30 metres high, trunk to 90 cm wide, branches with conspicuous lenticels. Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptic, usually 5-10 cm long, margins entire, upper surface glossy...

Daisies on a bush Shrub to 2 metres high in sclerophyll forest or open woodland; widespread in coastal districts. Leaves alternate, apex acute, margins toothed or prickly. Upper surface subglabrous,...

Crinkly matting grass Creeping and matting grass to 0.3 metre that roots at the nodes. Can form a thick ground cover in shaded areas. Widespread in forests in moist and...

Hardy as well as graceful Slender spreading perennial grass to 30 cm high. Leaves are 3-8 cm long. Grows in shady areas often near water. Coastal districts north from Gosford....

Long-lasting flower A small, erect and open shrub to about 1.5 metres but sometimes larger. Leaves linear, 10-15 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, apex reflexed, margins tightly revolute; lamina discolorous,...

Pretty climber Vigorous twining plant with pinnate leaves having between five and seven lance-shaped leaflets up to 50 mm long, in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests of north-eastern New South...

Found in fern gullies Vigorous woody climber that will ascend into the rainforest canopy. Compound pinnate entire leaves with 3 to 13 linear to ovate-lanceolate leaflets that have distinctive abrupt...

Perennial grass Pygmy Panic Panicum pygmaeum is a small perennial grass on the floor and margins of rainforest or dense eucalyptus forest. PlantNET says “Leaves with sheath sprinkled with tubercle-based hairs; ligule...

Endangered butterfly host plant Large and vigorous woody climber with a dense covering of brown hairs on petioles, young shoots and inflorescences. Leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, to 25 cm...

Variable leaf shape Climber with twining stems to 4 metres high, sap watery, in woodland, vine thicket and dry rainforest, north from the Hunter Valley, NSW. Leaves variable in shape,...

Riotous vine Parsonsia straminea is a climber with opposite leaves, watery-milky sap. Climbs by means of roots which form sporadically along the stem of the plant which grip the trunk....

Collected by Joseph Banks in 1770 Passiflora aurantia is a species of native passionfruit. It occurs in eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Also found in New Guinea and...

Adult butterflies feed on nectar Small rounded shrub to 4 metres with soft, green leaves. Triangular stipules prominent on branchlets, persisting on stems. Terminal buds shiny. Leaves opposite, dark green,...

Small hardy fern Medium-creeping, wiry rhizome, in rock crevices, often in rainforest but extending to drier sites. Large-leaved Sickle Fern is found in northern New South Wales, Queensland and Lord...

Ephemeral creekbank plant Stout decumbent herb 60-100 cm high; stems not hairy or with very scattered long hairs; found on margins of open swamps; occasional. Leaves narrow-ovate to 20 cm,...

Regenerates along the creek after flooding Persicaria decipiens is an annual or perennial herb found all throughout the Australian mainland and New Zealand. Sparingly branched, slender stems to 60 cm...

Edible water plant Upright summer annual to about 1 m, branching occasionally. It has a tendency to sprawl and lean on adjacent plants for support. The hairless stems are green...

Native throughout most of the world Pale smartweed Persicaria lapathifolia is considered to be native throughout most of the world, from arctic to tropical realms, except South America and Southern Africa....

Frog friendly Herb with stems creeping, prostrate to decumbent, slender, common in open swamps and still sections of creeks. Leaves to 6.5 cm long (hasteate), 15-32 mm wide, petiole 8-25...

Geographically variable Erect to spreading shrub, young branchlets moderately to densely hairy, in woodland to dry sclerophyll forest, north from Grenfell, NSW. Grows in well-drained soils derived from a variety...

Highly effective antibacterial Shrub or small tree to 10 metres high, in dry rainforest or in open forest, north from Ramornie on the Clarence River, NSW. Leaves ovate to more...

Rare plant Prostrate to erect herb 15 cm high, numerous erect to decumbent slender branches. Taproot 3 mm diameter, 6 cm long, with side roots. Phyllanthus sp. are listed as...

Pretty herb Pimelea is a genus of about 108 species, in Australia, New Zealand. In Australia there are 90 species (endemic), all States. Herbs, shrubs or small trees, often with...

Bark used for fishing nets A straggly shrub or small tree to 6 m in subtropical, dry and riverine rainforest north from Lismore to North Queensland, mostly in coastal areas....

Small bird habitat A common understorey shrub to 2 metres tall in or near rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest. White, tiny flowers appearing in summer. Edible orange globular berry ripe...

Rainforest pioneer Large shrub about 3 metres with more or less rusty brown undersides of leaves. Pale to strong yellow flowers precede orange fruit with red seed. A rainforest pioneer...

Trunk often crooked Sweet Pittosporum or Victorian Box is a medium-size rainforest tree growing to 10 m. It has a dense shrubby habit and occurs naturally from Biggenden in Queensland...

Popular garden plant A cluster of many individuals, shield fronds are deeply lobed, fertile fronds stand semi-erect or nodding, becoming pendulous with age. The base of the fertile frond is...

Impressive fern Platycerium is a genus of about 18 species of ferns, four of which occur in eastern Australia. Two, the Elkhorn P. bifurcatum and the Staghorn P. superbum are...

Strongly aromatic A spreading, loosely branched, soft-wooded shrub to 1 metre. Leaves to 10 cm are heart shaped, opposite, serrate, hairy and slightly sticky. Leaves are very aromatic when crushed....

Slender scrambler Twiner (vine) with stems and leaves fawn-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent (not hairy) with age, dioecious (separate male and female plants). Leaves with lamina ovate to lanceolate, usually 4-10 cm...

Female trees bear edible fruit A medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 30-40 m tall (less in cultivation) with a trunk up to 1.5 metres diameter. The bark of...

Food for rainforest birds Sparingly branched tree to 30 metres high, glabrescent (smooth, shiny). Leaves usually bipinnate (except for some on flowering shoots only pinnate and with 5-9 leaflets), up...

Rusty stems Shrub 1–4 metres high, stems rusty, pubescent with spreading simple hairs, often along streams, widespread in sclerophyll forest. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, to 10 cm long, upper surface...

Bush tucker Slender climber (vine) with wiry stems uses its roots to climb trees and rocks in moist rainforest from north-east NSW to north-east Queensland. Simple dark green leaves up...

Edible fruit Pouteria australis, also known as Planchonella australis, is a rainforest tree with milky sap to 30 metres in Queensland and New South Wales. It was first described as...

Stunning local lily Proiphys cunninghamii is a herb in one of the Lily families (it was previously in Liliaceae) found in lightly shaded conditions in rainforest and rainforest margins. It...

White, pink, blue or lilac flower A small, soft herb and groundcover plant to 30 cm in complex microphyll closed forest. Found from Bateman’s Bay, south-east NSW to Cape York,...

Good garden shrub Attractive, open shrub with narrow glossy leaves and small white flowers in spring and summer and edible translucent white fruit, though there is not much sustenance to...

Attractive to birds Shrub to about 3 metres in warmer rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest; widespread, north from Bega district, NSW. Leaves are simple, opposite, hairy and soft, pale green...

Jumping spider habitat Small tree or shrub to 5 metres high, mostly smaller, branches stiff, in dry rainforest in coastal districts north from the Hunter Valley and on rocky slopes...

Creates moist microclimate Rhizomatous, perennial, herb (fern), to half a metre high in moist sandy soils, along creeks in eucalypt forest. Bob Mesibov, Research Associate, Queen Victoria Museum and Art...

Uncertain origin This is one of the ferns (others include Nephrolepis spp. and even possibly Christella dentata) that are of uncertain origin in Australia. It is likely that P. vittata...

Drought tolerant shrub Erect shrub with hairless stems in dry sclerophyll forest, on sandy to clayey soils, north from Lake Macquarie. Leaves alternate, narrow, obovate, apex rounded and often notched,...

Grasps onto rocks or tree trunks A fern on trees and rocks found from New Guinea down the eastern seaboard of Australia and into Victoria. The fronds have a succulent...

Silver-grey timber Shrub or small tree to 6 metres found in all types of rainforest. Attractive silver-backed bushy foliage. Useful screening tree. Has a pronounced intramarginal vein, so much so...

Red brown fissured bark Widespread small tree growing to 10 metres. Branchlets brown, becoming downy at the ends. Occurs from southern NSW coast to Gympie, Queensland in subtropical rainforest, dry...

Critically endangered A shrubby tree to 12 m in wet sclerophyl and dry rainforest. This is one of the less well-known of our Enoggera species and one well worth cultivating....

Yellow bronze timber A medium-sized tree to 20 metres along watercourses. Trunk is usually cylindrical or slightly buttressed. Heartwood bright yellow or yellowish brown when first cut. Coppice and young...

Blue seeds Uncommon, hairy climber Rhynchosia acuminatissima is usually near rainforest. Trifoliolate leaves (three leaflets) tips drawn out to an acute point. 10 mm flowers spring to autumn. Distinctive blue seeds...

Toxic to cattle Climbing or trailing herb; stems somewhat hairy and sparsely glandular, in a variety of habitats, mostly on heavy soils in grassland. A very variable species. Leaves 3-foliolate....

Vine with prickly stems Vigorous climber with stems up to 10 m long, opposite or alternate leaves up to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, 4 mm to 8...

Widespread raspberry A simple-leaved species which forms a scrambling shrub to 3 metres high. It is a native species, but its natural range extends far beyond Australia into south-east Asia...

Small scrambling raspberry with shocking pink buds A small raspberry which is often prostrate but can form a shrub to 90 cm high. Found north from the Central Highlands of...

Edible native raspberry Native raspberry with splendid bush tucker fruit is the equal of the exotic raspberry, but more fragile. The fruits are aggregates of succulent drupelets. Rubus probus can...

Considered a weed in gardens Rumex brownii is a perennial to 1 metre tall, with oblong leaves and flowers in whorls on an open branched inflorescence. The valves have three...

Resembles Dutchman’s Pipe Pearl Vine is a sprawling twiner to tall climber. It is dioecious having separate male and female plants. The genus name means fleshy petals. Sometimes found with...

Small sedge A sedge, shortly rhizomatous, perennial, grass-like. Can be mistaken for a number of weedy sedges. Grows in a variety of habitats from vine forest, to woodland to heathland....

Compact form Small to medium tree, smaller in the open but larger in natural habitats such as warm temperate, gallery, riverine, subtropical and dry rainforest from Illawarra region to Cape...

Small daisy Perennial herb or shrub, mostly 80-150 mm high, in wet sclerophyll forest, often near rainforest or in rainforest regrowth. Leaves narrow-ovate to narrow-elliptic, mostly 50-120 mm long, 10-30...

Good senna Shrub to 3 metres tall with compound leaves to 15 cm long, each with up to 6 pairs of oval-shaped leaflets at about 15 mm intervals along the...

Spreading shrub Tall shrub to 8 metres high with young branches rusty-hairy, in moist eucalypt forest, widespread but not common. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, to 15 cm long, hairless or...

Bank stabiliser Indian Weed Sigesbeckia orientalis is a small, upright, sparsely branched shrub with yellow flowers. It’s widespread in Asia, Africa and Australia. An annual about 1.5 metres high, multi-branched...

Leathery vine Wiry climber with prickles. Also called Barbwire Vine and Native Sarsparilla. This climber has prickly stems, ovate green leaves to 100 mm long with 3 prominent veins, and...

Edges of subtropical rainforest Common in moist regions of eastern and southern Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand in margins of subtropical rainforest and as a regrowth plant in...

Spectacular in flower Tree to 40 metres but more commonly to 15 metres in cultivation. Found in subtropical, littoral, riverine and warm temperate rainforests from northern NSW to Atherton Tableland....

Heart-shaped leaves A scrambling or climbing vine found in sheltered gullies. Heart-shaped peltate leaves to 12 cm that are firm, but not stiff, hairless. Small greenish flowers in spreading axillary...

Fantastic fruit Medium tree to 6 – 18 metres with simple, alternate leaves in pseudo-whorls, 5-12 cm, shiny bright green with long petioles. Deciduous in cooler areas. Requires good drainage...

Aboriginal people used wood for boomerangs Whalebone Tree is a shrub or small tree to 15 metres with downwardly arching branches. It grows in all types of rainforest, particularly along...

Beautiful red fruit Small tree to 7 metres high, with brown scaly bark, new growth pubescent, widespread in warmer rainforest, north from Milton, NSW. Handsome foliage plant for rainforest garden....

Attracts birds This commonly planted native is known as Scrub Cherry, Brush Cherry, Creek Cherry, Creek Lilly Pilly, and Creek Satinash or just Lilly Pilly. It is very similar to...

New bark is purplish colour Medium to tall tree, occasionally reaching 45 metres and a metre in trunk diameter often buttressed. The tree’s crown appears dark and full, though new...

Majestic rainforest canopy tree Large tree to 30 metres found in subtropical and dry rainforest, along scrubby watercourses from northern NSW to Gladstone. Flowers are white in panicles November to...

Fruits taste like cloves Medium tree, buttressed growing to 30 metres in forest or 5-10 metre shrub in cultivation, new growth in bright pink. Found in subtropical rainforest and along...

Pretty and tasty Large shrub or small tree with rough, rusty brown bark in east coast rainforests from north Queensland to southern New South Wales. Syzygium from Greek syzygos, joined,...

Don’t eat this, it’s not a banana A shrub to 2 metres found in Queensland, NSW, Pacific Islands, Melanesia, New Guinea rainforest and fringing forest along watercourses. Milky sap. This...

Wild indigo Open shrub to 6 metres with hairy stems and yellowish new growth, greyish green foliage and small purple flowers for most of the year followed by slightly curved...

Rainforest canopy vine Vigorous woody climber with smooth, shiny leaves, palmately compound; leaflets mostly three. Leaf margins coarsely and regularly toothed. Teeth sometimes reduced to hard points. Brown flowers in...

Useful grass One of the most recognizable members of the grass family Poaceae in Australia. A tufted perennial to 1.5 metres tall and 0.5 metres across. Leaves 10-50 cm long...

Lily-like flowers A perennial herb to 30 cm with a tuberous root system and lily-like flowers characterised by distinctive fringed margins. Widespread in grasslands and woodlands in South Australia, Victoria,...

Beautiful and durable timber Medium to large deciduous tree to 55 metres (though this height now unlikely due to tip moth) in subtropical rainforest and scrubby areas, often bordering rivers...

Natural regenerator Woody shrub or small tree to 5 m, evergreen, young branches pubescent, useful in revegetation. Produces canopy quickly which can be lifted by trimming the lower branches. Leaves...

Tree Heath Compact shrub to crooked tree to 13 metres. Bark grey to brownish black, corky, finely fissured to platy. Leaves alternate or in pseudowhorls at end of branches, new...

Good for rockeries Tufted, herbaceous plant growing from 5-40 cm high depending on local conditions. Arrow-shaped leaves to 10 cm long from the base. In exposed situations, plants may die...

Trunk often fluted Medium tree to 30 metres found in dry or subtropical rainforest from Richmond River, NSW to Cape York, North Queensland, and as far west as Bunya Mountains;...

Dominant tree in Enoggera catchment One of this catchment’s iconic species, Waterhousea is a dominant tree along many Enoggera Creek banks. Common names include Waterhousea, Weeping Lilly Pilly, Satin Ash...

Bark used to make bootlaces Small tree or shrub, mostly to 1.5 meres high widespread common on rocky, dry hillsides and edges of rainforest. Stems hairless (smooth) or sparsely hairy...

Doesn’t grow in shade Erect robust shrub to 2 metres, branches slightly ridged when young, warted, more or less hairless to stellate-tomentose (star hairs) older branches hairless. Widespread on the...

Tiny herb Prostrate or decumbent perennial to about 30 cm high widespread in grassland and open forest. Leaves with 2 leaflets; lower leaflets more ovate, upper ones lanceolate to linear....