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The greater Brisbane area of Queensland Australia, has many species of indigenous flora. This article links the flora to its geography with:

  • a list of indigenous genera and species with common names and reference links
  • a list of places you might see the plants around Brisbane, in parks and in the wild
  • reference resources

Plants

The list is organised in alphabetic order by genera; then species scientific name and common names; then external links documenting that species.

A

B

C

  • Callistemon, bottlebrush
  • Capparis
  • Carissa
    • Carissa ovata, current bush
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822095802/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Cari_ovata.htm
  • Cassine
    • Cassine australis, red olive plum
  • Castanospermum
  • Casuarina, she-oaks
  • Cissus
  • Citriobatus
    • Citriobatus pauciflorus, orange thorn
    • Citriobatus linearis, bird's nest bush
  • Citrus
    • Citrus australasica previously Microcitrus australasica, finger lime
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20070720000320/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=565
    • Citrus australis previously Microcitrus australis, native lime
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819084722/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=72
  • Clerodendrum
  • Commersonia
    • Commersonia bartramia, brown kurrajong
  • Corchorus
    • Corchorus cunninghamii, native jute
  • Cordyline
    • Cordyline petiolaris, broad-leaved palm lily
    • Cordyline rubra, red-fruited palm lily
  • Crinum
  • Cryptocarya
  • Corymbia, bloodwoods, ghost gums, spotted gums
    • Corymbia citriodora, lemon scented gum, spotted gum (Eucalyptus citriodora)
      • See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=135
      • See http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/euctax.pl?/PlantNet/Euc=&name=Corymbia+citriodora
    • Corymbia henryi, spotted gum, large-leaved spotted gum (Eucalyptus henryi)
      • See http://saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=137
    • Corymbia maculata, spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata)
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20080508223327/http://asgap.org.au/c-mac.html
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060517044451/http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/KioloaEcyclopaedia/viridiplantae/Spotted%20Gum.htm
    • Corymbia tessellaris, Moreton Bay ash, carbeen (syn. Eucalyptus tessellaris)
      • See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=138
  • Cupaniopsis

D

  • Davallia
    • Davallia pyxidata, haresfoot fern
  • Dendrobium, orchids
  • Dendrocnide
    • Dendrocnide photiniphylla shiny-leaved stinging tree
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822090445/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Dendro_photinophylla.htm
  • Denhamia
    • Denhamia pittosporoides, veiny denhamia
  • Dianella
    • Dianella caerulea, blue flax lily, paroo lily
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822075804/http://www.lhccrems.nsw.gov.au/CPR/CPR/plant_profiles/d.caerulea.htm
    • Dianella congesta, dwarf flax-lily
  • Diploglottis
    • Diploglottis australis, native tamarind
      • https://web.archive.org/web/20060822092008/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Diplo_australis.htm
  • Doodia
    • Doodia aspera, prickly rasp fern
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822104654/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Doodia_aspera.htm
      • See http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=154
  • Drynaria
    • Drynaria rigidula, basket fern
  • Dysoxylum

E

  • Ehretia
    • Ehretia acuminata, koda
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822095556/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Ehretia_acuminata.htm
  • Elaeocarpus, quandong
    • Elaeocarpus obovatus, hard quandong
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822080433/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_obovatus.htm
    • Elaeocarpus reticulatus, blueberry ash
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822084117/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Elaeo_reticulatus.htm
  • Elattostachys
    • Elattostachys xylocarpa, white tamarind
  • Erythina

F

G

H

J

  • Jagera
    • Jagera pseudorhus, foambark
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819081635/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=247
  • Jasminum
    • Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819090235/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=245

L

  • Leptospermum, tea trees
  • Lophostemon, boxes
    • Lophostemon confertus, brush box, Queensland box, Brisbane box
      • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060819082113/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=59

M

N

O

  • Omalanthus
    • Omalanthus populifolius, bleeding heart
  • Oplismenus
    • Oplismenus aemulus, creeping beard grass
  • Ottochloa
    • Ottochloa gracillima, graceful grass
  • Owenia
    • Owenia venosa, crow's apple

P

R

S

T

  • Tabernaemontana
  • Toechima
    • Toechima tenax, pitted-leaf steelwood
  • Toona
  • Trema
    • Trema aspera, poison peach
  • Tristaniopsis
    • Tristaniopsis laurina, watergum
  • Turraea
    • Turraea pubescens

W

  • Waterhousea
  • Wilkiea
    • Wilkiea macrophylla, large-leaved wilkiea

Places

Parklands, forests and reserves with native vegetation around Brisbane.

Metropolitan area

  • Anstead Bushland Reserve
  • Banks Street Reserve
  • Bayside Parklands
  • Belmont Hills Bushland
  • Boondall Wetlands
  • Bunyaville State Forest Park
    • See https://web.archive.org/web/20070917020029/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=33
  • Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
  • Brisbane Forest Park, Queensland
  • Brisbane Koala Bushlands
  • Bulimba Creek
  • City Botanic Gardens
  • Chermside Hills Reserves
  • Deagon Wetlands
  • Hemmant Quarry Reserve
  • Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park
  • Karawatha Forest
  • Mt Coot-tha Forest
  • Rafting Ground Reserve
    • See https://web.archive.org/web/20060822111124/http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/newsletters/issue5/projects-rrr.html
  • Raven Street Reserve
  • Roma Street Parkland
  • Samford State Forest Park
  • Seven Hills Bushland Reserve
  • Tinchi Tamba Wetlands
  • Toohey Mountain / Toohey Forest
  • Whites Hill Reserve
  • Venman Bushland National Park

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