Once you understand what's involved, select a subject from the list
below:
A couple of outstanding features of the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens website are:
Another rich source of information about Australian native plants is the Association of Societies for
Growing Australian Plants (aka ASGAP).If you are interested in the cultivation, propagation, conservation and appreciation of Australia's native flora, you will find volumes of information which can be used independently, alongside the material from the ANBG, or in combination with any other resources you have available.
 The Australian Plants Society is
based at Blacktown here in Sydney and is a non-profit,
independent, incorporated community organisation with members throughout
Australia and overseas. The APS is the NSW state division of the Association of Societies for
Growing Australian Plants.
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If you are interested in orchids, particularly
native orchids, you should visit the home of the Australian Native Orchid Society which is
a body dedicated to the cultivation, conservation and scientific study of
native orchids in the Australasian region.The Society publishes 'The Orchadian' - a respected orchard journal which promotes interest in the orchids of Australasia. There is also an extensive archive of information about all aspects of native Australasian orchid species. This information has been mainly sourced from the bulletins of the many ANOS groups and associated societies.
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FloraBank
aims to improve the availability and quality of native seed
for revegetation and conservation purposes in Australia.Funded by the Bushcare program of the Commonwealth's Natural Heritage Trust, FloraBank is a collaboration between Greening Australia, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products through the Australian Tree Seed Centre, and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. The Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research and the Nursery Industry Association of Australia also participate in FloraBank.
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Australian Bushfood
and Native Medicine is a site which seeks to promote the awareness and
knowledge of Australian native plants as food and the uses of
Australian plants for medicinal purposes - something that Australian
aborigines had been doing long before any Europeans came to this
land!
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For more links to other Australian and international science and natural heritage sites, click here.
If you are looking to find information about something specific to Australia
which isn't covered by anything at the ANBG or the ASGAP sites, try out the WebWombat, WildDog Search, or Google search engines.
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