what type of plants live in australia?
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Here are a few I can remember:\n\n\nAustralian Flora\n\nAcacias:\n\nAcacias are better known as Wattle, and made up of around 660 different species. They vary greatly in size although have a distinctive yellow colouring. The majority of the species flower during the end of winter or the beginning of spring. The largest Arcacias is the Blackwood Wattle (Arcacias melanoxylon), which is found within the eastern and southern parts of Australia. The most common Arcacias is the Golden Wattle (Arcacias pycnantha), which is found in the South Eastern parts of Australia, as well as the hotter and drier climates. It is also the floral emblem of Australia. Inland the most common Arcacias is the Mulga Wattle (Arcacias aneura), which has a harder wood then many of the other species. It was also used to make tools and weaponry by the Aboriginal people.\n\nBanksias (Banksia spp):\n\nThere are 76 different species of Banksia, with a total of 75 found naturally in Australia. The greatest range of Banksias are found in South Western Australia, with a number of others found within the Eastern parts of Australia. However, Banksias are generally not found within the rainforests along Australia's Eastern Coast or within the more arid regions of Australia. Banksias can survive in poor quality soils unsuitable for most other plants. The Banksias branches spread upwards, and hold spikes topped with orange, red and yellow flowers. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was the first European to collect specimens of Banksias in 1770, which is where these plants got their name. The sweet nectar from Banksias, was also used by the Aboriginal people to make a drink.\n\nBoab (Adansonia gregorii):\n\nBoabs can only be found within the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is found within rocky areas and has a very distinctive look. Its thick trunk holds root like branches sprouting from the top. It’s real roots stay underground and can spread a distance of about 23 metres across. Boabs are relatively small in comparison to other trees found around Australia, with their height reaching upto about 20 metres.\n\nBunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii):\n\nThe Bunya Pine is endemic to Queensland, Australia. The natural habitat of the Bunya Pine is within the ranges and rainforests around Brisbane and Southern Queensland. However, the Bunya Pine can grow in many places around Australia and the world.\n\nThe Bunya Pine is a large tree with a straight trunk, which can grow to around 45 metres high. It carries prickly leaves, male pine cones, and female pine cones which contain edible seeds and can weigh upto 10kg. Although the Bunya Pine only harvests cones every three years, the cones are plentiful and were traditionally used by Aborigines as a food source.\n\nCabbage Palms (Livistona mariae):\n\nCabbage Palms are unique to Central Australia, in particular the area surrounding Alice Springs. They have tall thin trunks, which can reach heights of about 30 metres, with short branches of rich green leaves sprouting from the top. These leaves were used by both the Aborigines and the European settlers. The Aborigines used them for food, while the European settlers used them to make hats.\n\nCallistemons:\n\nCallistemons are commonly found in New South Wales, although can also be seen in various other parts of Australia. The Callistemon is also known as the Bottlebrush, and its brightly coloured petals stem out from the flower like a brush. There are about 25 different species with the most commonly found including the Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus), the Prickly Bottlebrush (Callistemon brachycandrus) and the Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis). These can vary in size from about 1 metre tall to 10 metres tall.\n\nCoolabah (Eucalyptus microtheca):\n\nCoolabah belongs to the Eucalypt family and can be found in the inland regions and northern Australia. They have an unusual twisted look to them and grow to about 20 metres high.\n\nDesert Oak (Allocasuarina dec
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Your Ph.D guide will be able to help you out. I am sure you will be able to understand the botanical terminology in the following text.\nThere are hundreds of species of Eucalyptus growing world wide mostly located in xeric conditions. The gross anatomical features include the following:\n      1) Cuticularised epidermis, with some times sunken stomata. Multiple epidermis can also be found in some cases.\n      2) Well developed palisade with plenty of chloroplasts.\n      3) Well developed mechanical tissue.\n      4) Presence of oil glands.\nAll these features are ecological adaptations to the dry habitat. \nYour university will be in position to tell you about the previous work done on the subject. A good library will give you the books. Go for ‘Ecological anatomy of dicotyledonous plants‘ or ‘Anatomy of Dicotyledonous Plants‘.
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Mineral Maps of Australia\nhttp://www.ga.gov.au/map/
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There are all different types. In the south we have a lot of water plants and millions of pines on the North Shore. We have lots of swamps with cypress trees that grow in water that is several feet deep. There are marshlands with grass that grows in saltwater. If you look into the woods as you drive around the South of Louisiana, you'll see palmetto ferns. There are a lot of other ferns in Louisiana as well. On the oak trees, there is a special plant called a century fern. It looks dead until after a rain when it opens up and is lushly green. Then the oak branches look furry. We also have a bromiliad that is partial to oaks but can actually be found on many, many trees. It's called Spanish moss. That is that gray, witch's-hair stuff that hangs from trees all over the South of the US. Many people think it damages the trees, but bromiliads are not parasites. There are many vines and grasses that grow just about anywhere. We also have that awful kudzu that was imported from Japan as a ground cover for along the highways and has taken over entire forests and even buildings. \n\nIn Feliciana, the corner of the boot where the state line juts east from the Mississippi, there is flora that is typical to the Appalachians. Also in that general area someone has a bamboo grove with hundreds of different kinds of bamboo. In the south we grow rice and sugar cane, primarily, but a tiny bit farther north, soy is grown as well. Keep going north and you have other produce being grown. We can grow citrus and we even have a pretty good vineyard on the North Shore. \n\nHope this helps.
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Not counting the related bandicoots, there are four species of officially endangered wallabies in Australia. They are the Banded Hare-Wallaby, the Bridled Nailtail Wallaby, the Prosperine Rock-wallaby, and the Rufous Hare-wallaby (its cousin, the Eastern Hare-wallaby, is extinct).\n\nBanded Hare-wallaby: A tiny gray kangaroo less than three feet high. Its population is restricted to Bernier and Dorre islands in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Exact numbers are unknown; it failed to reestablish itself on Dirk Hartog Island in the 1970s. \n\nBridled Nailtail-wallaby: Gets its name from a horny spur on the end of its tail. Only known populations is near the town of Dingo in Queensland, Australia. In the early 1980s, it was numbered at 800 individuals.\n\nProsperine Rock-wallaby: Small but quite agile; jumps 13 feet. Remains near Prosperine, northeast coastal Queensland. No estimates of its population.\n\nWhere Do Kangaroos Live?\nKangaroos live throughout inland Australia and occupy mixed habitats of grasslands, mallee scrubs, open shrub lands, mulga country, and desert.\n\nWhat Do Kangaroos Feed On?\nThe red kangaroo eats during the night on a wide variety of grasses and low plants, though sometimes this grazing period starts in the late evening and ends early in the morning When water is available the kangaroo will drink. But if it obtains enough green food, it does not need to do so.\n\nCan You Tell Me How Kangaroos Communicate?\nKangaroos thump the ground with their feet to warn other members of its group that there is danger, for example a dingo attack.\nHow's the Breeding Done?\n\nKangaroo females are mature after around eighteen months. Males are mature after about two years. There is one young kangaroo, or a joey, although a mother can care for more than a single joey at a time. Kangaroo joeys remain in the pouch for 5-6 months. When they emerge, they look just like their parents, only they are smaller.\nAfter 2-3 months, they gradually spend more time away from the pouch, returning to its safety when they feel threatened. Joeys are usually weaned at around 1 year of age, but they will generally stay close to their mother for another 6 months.\n\nKangaroo Boxing!\nWhen male kangaroos fight, they look kind of like they are boxing. Standing on their hind legs, they try to knock the other kangaroo off balance. If that doesn't work, the kangaroos stay up on their tails and kick with their hind legs. Male kangaroos usually fought over female kangaroos. The largest male in a group will fight against other males to show and prove that he is the strongest and largest.
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There are a whole lot of apples and oranges mixing up here.\n\nThe Great Barrier Reef off Queensland is an ecosystem made up of many thousands of species of organisms. As an ecosystem, it's been accreting more or less continuously for a long time (since probably the Cretaceous Period). But during that long time the species of reef builders (corals and algae) have changed.\n\nThe modern stromatolite example is from Shark Bay, Western Australia. These stromatolites look very much like Precambrian ones. They are made of/by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). So while the stromatolites could be considered an example of a type of ecosystem that hasn't changed for 600+ million years, the individual algal organisms themselves only live for a few days or weeks.\n\nSo the Bristlecone Pine is the oldest living single organism.
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i'm not sure about the plant, but the state flower is Forget-me-not\n(genus Myosotis)
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they grow in the desert states, high or low. I've seen them in Oregon, southern Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota,
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Harpagophytum procumbens ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpagophytum_procumbens )
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%2C_Australia
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Austrailia is very dry and warm so plants adapt by not needing much water or shade
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Are you needing the Giant Earthworm that also lives in Australia.  Here's the taxonomy for that one:\nKingdom: Animalia\nPhylum: Annelida\nClass: Clitellata\nSubclass: Oligochaeta\nFamily: Megascolecidae\nGenus: Megascolides\nSpecies: M. australis
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What exactly do you need bee/flower pollen for? I live in Oz, and wasn't even aware that we had pollen suppliers here.
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I live in Australia too, are they silverfish?
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Geographic features can affect how and where the population live. Most of Australia live near the coast as the inner land is more inhospitable. (I generalise there)\n\nIt can affect the produce and industry. Is the land suitable for farming, is there water nearby, does it flood easily?\n\nThink of it this way - where would you like to live/work/play? What is it about that place that makes you choose it? Where would be the complete opposite?\n\nHope this helps.
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Q: What is the oldest plant living right now? — Ana, Flagstaff, Arizona\n\nThe 26-foot high King holly in Tasmania — the world’s oldest living plant. [Tasmania Parks & Wildlife ©, used with permission]\n\nA: The oldest living plant individual — King’s holly (Lomatia tasmanica) — is 43,600 years old.\n\nDetermining that King’s holly is indeed the oldest living plant reads like a detective story. In 1937, an odd-ball hermit, bushman, miner, scientific collector, and generally neat guy, named Deny King discovered the plant while mining tin by hand in the remote southwest of Tasmania. The plant was named in King’s honor.\n\nI'd look for sequoias in the sequoia national forest in california (not in wyoming where yellowstone is located) though...Don't be lead astray...
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Australia is closer. So, wallaby.