Rough Leaved Elm Form and Size: Small to medium tree, young stems covered with brown, woolly hairs Distribution: Rainforest areas of Qld and northern NSW Leaves: Alternate, egg-shaped, dark green, rough surface, toothed margins, 2.5-5cm x 2-3cm Bark: Brown, scaly Flowers: Greenish, separate male and female flowers; male in small clusters, female singly or in …
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Amyema quandang var. bancroftii Loranthaceae
Photographed at the Burra Range, this is a hemi-parasitic plant, commonly referred to as a ‘mistletoe’. The species is widespread across mainland Australia, especially in arid inland regions.
Alyxia ruscifolia Apocynaceae
Moonya, Native Holly, Chain Fruit Form and Size: Stiff shrub to 2.5m tall. Exudes a milky sap if damaged Distribution: Qld., N.T. and north-eastern N.S.W.; in open scrubs and vine thickets Leaves: Oval, dark green, stiff, sharp pointed, 3.5cm x 2cm; in whorls, usually of four leaves Bark: Mottled, pale to dark grey, smooth Flowers: …
Antidesma parvifolium Phyllanthaceae
Currant Bush Form and Size: Small, bushy shrub with dense foliage, 2-3m high; semi-deciduous and having separate male and female plants Distribution: Qld and NT: in coastal scrubs, sandstone escarpment woodlands or vine thickets Leaves: Small, oval, blunt, light green, crowded on the stem, 0.8-2.5cm x 1-2.3cm Bark: Grey, smooth Flowers: 0.5-1.5cm long; male in …
Allocasuarina torulosa Casuarinaceae
Forest Oak Form and Size: A large, spreading tree, 8-20m high Distribution: From Coen, on Cape York Peninsula to Nowra, NSW; in coastal areas and the slopes of the Great Dividing Range Leaves: There are no true leaves; leaves are reduced to 4-5 tiny leaf-teeth on the nodes of branchlets Bark: Fibrous, deeply furrowed Flowers: …
Alpinia arctiflora Zingiberaceae
Pleated Ginger, Booroogum Form and Size: Clumps of erect, thick stems to about 3m, rising from an underground rhizome Distribution: Rainforests of north-eastern Qld Leaves: Pleated upper surface, hairy underneath, wavy margins, about 50cm x 12cm Flowers: Flared, slender, white lip and large pink bract; borne on an erect, terminal panicle about 20cm long Flowering …