Plants of Western New South WalesPlants of Western New South Waleswas originally published in 1992 and grew from the expertise acquired by the authors during their employment in the arid and semi-arid pastoral areas of the State. Each author became aware of the need for a comprehensive record illustrating and describing the great array of plants in the area. The need was identified both for people involved in research and advisory services, and particularly for the landholders who need to manage the plants for their livelihood. The book is a landmark, drawing together all of the existing knowledge of plants from the area, adds to it the extensive collections and research of the authors and presents the whole as a comprehensive collation and description of the plants of the dry pastoral portion of the State. This edition will be reprinted and published by CSIRO Publishing with a one page appendix giving website addresses of various herbaria in Australia where the reader can readily access up-to-date information on botanical name changes. Key Features: * Describes 2027 plants recorded from western NSW * Contains color photographs of approx. 1500 species * Individual descriptions provide not only a description of each species in layman's terms but details of pastoral value, poisonous properties, distribution and flowering/seeding data |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
PTERIDOPHYTES Ferns | 27 |
GYMNOSPERMS Pines | 35 |
ANGIOSPERMS Monocots | 37 |
ANGIOSPERMS Dicots | 207 |
APPENDIX | 729 |
ADDENDUM | 730 |
| 731 | |
GLOSSARY | 735 |
| 739 | |
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abundant annual forb areas basal base Benth bimble box bladder saltbush borne singly box communities bracts branches Brassicaceae broad Broken Hill calyx capsule central-eastern Chenopodiaceae clay soils clusters cm high cm long Cobar Condobolin cylindrical cypress pine dense diameter DISTRIBUTION downy erect Everist Fabaceae flat flattened floret Flowerhead Flowering late Flowering mainly Flowering spring forage Fruiting body fruitlets globular grazed by stock green grey HABITAT hairless hairs hairy lanceolate leaf axils leaflets Leaves alternate linear loam lobes mallee mallee communities margins Mimosaceae mm long Muell mulga nodes NOTES oblong occurs outer husks ovate palatable panicle pastures perennial forb perennial grass petals Poaceae racemes rarely recorded rhizomes river red gum roughened saltbush sandplains sandy soils seeds sepals sheep short stalks shrub slender slightly smooth species Spikelets spikes spreading stalkless stems subshrub summer tapering throughout the region toothed tree tufted upper usually wattle weed white cypress pine winter-spring