Conservation and sustainable productivity are vital issues for Australia. In order to manage vegetation well from an agricultural, recreational or conservation point of view, an understanding of individual plant species is important. Plants of Central Queensland provides a guide for identifying and understanding the plants of the region so that pastoralists and others can be better equipped to manage the vegetation resource of our grazing lands. Central Queensland straddles the Tropic of Capricorn, although many of the plants in the book will also be found outside this area, as shown by their distribution maps. The book provides information on the habit, distribution, foliage and fruits of 525 plant species. Informative notes highlighting declared, poisonous, weed and medicinal plants are included, and plants useful for bees and bush tucker are also noted. These are the most important plants you might see if you live in or travel through central Queensland. This book has an easy-to-read, non-botanical format, with helpful photographs and distribution maps that greatly aid anyone interested in the vegetation of central Queensland. It is based on a previous work of the same title but is greatly expanded, incorporating information on an additional 285 plant species.

The information in the Flora of Australia online website was first published in the Flora of Australia series.

The ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AUSTRALIA PLANTS is a world first. It is the result of exhaustive research through scientific and semi-scientific publications and many investigative trips throughout Australia and overseas. The encyclopaedia caters for the professional horticulturist and amateur gardening enthusiast, and is written in an easy-to-understand style. Scientific term, where used, have been explained or included in the comprehensive glossary. The text is complimented by many delicately executed line drawings be Trevor Blake and a wonderful selection of colour photographs. This the seventh of a multi-volume set in which the authors have drawn on their extensive experience of years devoted to the culture of Australian plants. In this latest volume, the authors describe the genera beginning with the letters N to Po. this amounts to over 1300 species from over 240 genera. Some of the most popular and important genera include NEPHROLEPIS, NYMPHOIDES, OLEARIA, ORTHROSANTHUS, PANDNUS, PANDOREA, PATERSONIA, PERSOONIA, PETROPHILE, PHEBALIUM, PIMELEA, PITTOSPORUM, PLATYCERIUM, PODOCARPUS, POLYSTICHUM and POMADERRIS.

Published in association with the International Herbage Seed Production Research Group, this volume and its companion provide the definitive resource for anyone involved in the breeding and commercial production of grass and legume seeds, whether for grazing systems, horticulture or recreation.