Wildlife & Plants

Species Identified on-site to end of 2022

Overview

Animals 231  -  Mammals 19,  Birds 95, Reptiles 28, Amphibians 14, Fishes 1, Molluscs 5, Arthropods 66, Crustaceans 1, Insects 60

Plants 322 - Bryophytes 0, Gymnosperms 2, Ferns and Allies 28, Angiosperms 291, Monocots 30, , Dicots 261, 

Fungi 20, Slime Molds 3

Ascending List  of Scientific Names followed by Ascending List of Common Names

Scientific Names of Species Identified On-site

(note: taxonomy changes constantly and will be updated perodically,

DNA-based complexes such as for frogs, monitor lizard and honeyeaters

have been listed by species based on observable field characteristics and location so that

they are present on the biodiversty maps of the Atlas of Living Australia and iNaturalist )

A

Acacia celsa, Acanthiza katherina, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, Accipiter novaehollandiae, Aceratium megalospermum, Aceratium sericoleopsis, Achias australis, Ackama australiensis, Acriopsis emarginata, Acronychia aberrans, Acronychia acidula, Acronychia vestita, Adiantum aethiopicum, Adiantum diaphanum, Adiantum hispidulum, Aerodramus terraereginae, Agathis microstachya, Agathis robusta, Aglaia australiensis, Aglaia meridionalis, Agrianome spinicollis, Ailuroedus melanotis, Alcides metaurus, Alectura lathami, Aleurites rockinghamensis, Alisterus scapularis, Alloxylon wickhamii, Alocasia brisbanensis, Alphitonia petriei, Alphitonia whitei, Alpinia arctiflora, Alpinia caerulea, Alpinia hylandii, Alpinia modesta, Alstonia scholaris, Alyxia ilicifolia, Amaurodon viridis, Amaurornis moluccana, Amenia imperialis, Amyema glabra, Amyema quaternifolia, Amyema whitei, Anas superciliosa, Angiopteris evecta, Anilios torresianus, Antechinus flavipes, Antechinus godmani, Apis mellifera, Apodytes brachystylis, Aponogeton bullosus, Aquila audax, Araucaria bidwillii, Archidendron grandiflorum, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Argiope mascordi, Argyrodendron peralatum, Argyrodendron trifoliolatum, Aristolochia acuminata, Arses kaupi, Arytera divaricata, Asplenium athertonense, Asplenium australasicum, Athertonia diversifolia, Atractocarpus fitzalanii, Atractocarpus hirtus, Atyphella olivieri, Aulacocylus fracticornis, Auricularia delicata, Australoluciola nigra, Austrobaileya scandens, Austrocarausius mercurius, Austrochaperina fryi, Austrochaperina robusta, Austromuellera trinervia, Austrosciapus connexus, Aviceda subcristata

B

Backhousia myrtifolia, Baileyoxylon lanceolatum, Balanophora fungosa, Balanops australiana, Batocera frenchi, Beilschmiedia bancroftii, Beilschmiedia collina, Beilschmiedia obtusifolia, Beilschmiedia oligandra, Beilschmiedia recurva, Beilschmiedia tooram, Beilschmiedia volckii, Benstonea monticola, Biroella queenslandica, Bleasdalea bleasdalei, Blechnum cartilagineum, Blechnum patersonii, Blechnum wurunuran, Blepharocarya involucrigera, Boiga irregularis, Bolemoreus frenatus, Bowenia spectabilis, Bracca rotundata, Brachychiton acerifolius, Brackenridgea australiana, Breynia cernua, Breynia oblongifolia, Brombya platynema, Bubulcus Ibis, Buckinghamia celsissima, Bunodophoron australe, Burhinus grallarius

C

Cacatua galerita, Cacophis churchilli, Calamus australis, Calamus caryotoides, Calamus moti, Calamus radicalis, Callipteris prolifera, Calloodes grayianus, Canis familiaris, Cardwellia sublimis, Carlia longipes, Carlia rubrigularis, Carnarvonia araliifolia, Carphodactylus laevis, Castanospermum australe, Castanospora alphandii, Casuarius casuarius, Catalepidia heyana, Catopsilia pomona, Centella asiatica, Centropus phasianinus, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, Cerbera inflata, Ceryx sphenodes, Cethosia cydippe, Ceyx azureus, Ceyx pusilla, Chalcophaps indica, Chauliognathus flavoinclusus, Cherax quadricarinatus, Chionanthus ramiflorus, Christella parasitica, Cinnamomum laubatii, Cinnyris jugularis, Circus assimilis, Cissus repens, Clavaria miniata, Cleistanthus apodus, Coeranoscincus frontalis, Colluricincla boweri, Colluricincla megarhyncha, Columba leucomela, Commelina diffusa, Concinnia tigrinus, Cophixalus infacetus, Cophixalus ornatus, Coracina lineata, Coracina tenuirostris, Cordyline cannifolia, Cormobates leucophaea, Cormocephalus aurantiipes, Corvus orru, Corymbia torelliana, Coscinocera hercules, Cosmozosteria gloriosa, Cosmozosteria sloanei, Creatonotos gangis, Crispiloba disperma, Cryptocarya hypospodia, Cryptocarya mackinnoniana, Cryptocarya oblata, Cryptocarya pleurosperma, Cryptocarya triplinervis, Cryptophis nigrescens, Ctenotus spaldingi, Cuculus saturatus, Cupaniopsis flagelliformis, Cupaniopsis foveolata, , Cyathea baileyana, Cyathea cooperi, Cyathea rebeccae, Cyathea woollsiana, Cycas media, Cyclochila virens, Cyclopsitta diophthalma, Cymatoderma elegans, Cymbidium madidum, Cyperus aromaticus, Cyperus gunnii, Cyperus javanicus

D

Dacelo novaeguineae, Dacryopinax spathularia, Dactylopsila trivirgata, Daphnandra repandula, Darlingia darlingiana, Darlingia ferruginea, Davidsonia pruriens, Delarbrea michieana, Delma mitella, Dendrelaphis calligastra, Dendrelaphis punctulatus, Dendrobium adae, Dendrobium agrostophyllum, Dendrobium jonesii, Dendrobium taylori, Dendrocnide cordifolia, Dendrocnide moroides, Dermolepida albohirtum, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Dicranopteris linearis, Dicrurus bracteatus, Diospyros humilis, Diphlebia euphaeoides, Diplazium dilatatum, Diplazium queenslandicum, Diploglottis bracteata, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Drosera schizandra, Drynaria rigidula, Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum, Dysoxylum parasiticum, Dysoxylum pettigrewianum, Dysoxylum rufum

E

Elaeocarpus elliffii, Elaeocarpus foveolatus, Elaeocarpus grandis, Elaeocarpus largiflorens, Elattostachys microcarpa, Emmenosperma alphitonioides, Endiandra bessaphila, Endiandra cowleyana, Endiandra insignis, Endiandra montana, Endiandra palmerstonii, Endiandra sankeyana, Endiandra wolfei, Endiandra xanthocarpa, Eressa rhysoptila, Ethmostigmus rubripes, Eudynamys orientalis, Euperipatoides rowelli, Eupomatia laurina, Euroschinus falcata, Eurostopodus mystacalis, Euschemon rafflesia, Eutrombicula hirsti

F

Faradaya splendida, Favolaschia manipularis, Felis catus, Ficus congesta, Ficus crassipes, Ficus destruens, Ficus henneana, Ficus leptoclada, Ficus pleurocarpa, Ficus septica, Ficus virens, Ficus watkinsiana, Flindersia acuminata, Flindersia bennettii, Flindersia bourjotiana, Flindersia brayleyana, Flindersia pimenteliana, Fomitiporia robusta, Fontainea picrosperma, Franciscodendron laurifolium, Freycinetia excelsa

G

Gahnia aspera, Galbulimima baccata, Ganoderma australe, Garcinia gibbsiae, Gasteracantha fornicata, Geopelia humeralis, Geopelia striata, Gerygone magnirostris, Gerygone mouki, Gillbeea adenopetala, Glochidion harveyanum, Glochidion hylandii, Glycosmis trifoliata, Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae, Goniothalamus australis, Gossia bidwillii, Gossia floribunda, Grallina cyanoleuca, Graphium agamemnon, Graphium macleayanum, Guioa acutifolia, Guioa lasioneura, Gymnorhina tibicen, Gymnostachys anceps

H

Hadra webbi, Harpullia arborea, Harpullia rhyticarpa, Helicia blakei, Helicia lamingtoniana, Helicia nortoniana, Hemiaspis signata, Hemibelideus lemuroides, Hemigraphis alternata, Hemimycena lactea, Heteromyias cinereifrons, Heteropoda venatoria, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Hierodula majuscula, Homalanthus novo-guineensis, Homalanthus populifolius, Humata repens, Hygrocybe boothii, Hypolytrum nemorum, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

I-J

Intellagama lesueurii, Irvingbaileya australis, Ischnura heterosticta

K

Kaiyabdella dawbini, Karrabina biagiana

L

Lactura aglaodora, Lalage leucomela, Lampromicra senator, Lampropholis coggeri, Lampropholis robertsi, Lantana camara, Lethedon setosa, Leucocoprinus fragilissimus, Levieria acuminata, Licuala ramsayi, Limesta sheridani, Lindsaea brachypoda, Linospadix microcaryus, Linospadix minor, Litoria caerulea, Litoria infrafrenata, Litoria jungguy, Litoria latopalmata, Litoria nannotis, Litoria nasuta, Litoria rheocola, Litoria rubella, Litoria serrata, Litoria wilcoxii, Litoria xanthomera, Litsea leefeana, Lomandra hystrix, Lomandra longifolia, Lomatia fraxinifolia, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Lophosaurus boydii, Lychas variatus, Lycopodiella cernua, Lygisaurus aeratus

M

Machaerirhynchus flaviventer, Mackinlaya macrosciadea, Mackinyla macrosciadia, Macrogyrus oblongus, Macrolepiota eucharis, Macropygia phasianella, Macrotristria intersecta, Macrotristria sylvara, Maesa dependens, Mammea touriga, Marasmius crinisequi, Megacrania batesii, Megadolomedes australianus, Megadolomedes trux, Megapodius reinwardt, Melanitis leda, Melastoma affine, Melicope elleryana, Melicope rubra, Melicope vitiflora, Meliphaga lewinii, Melloria quoyi, Melodinus australis, Melomys cervinipes, Methana curvigera, Microporus affinis, Microporus xanthopus, Mischocarpus lachnocarpus, Mischocarpus macrocarpus, Mixophyes coggeri, Mixophyes schevilli, Mjobergella warra, Molineria capitulata, Monarcha melanopsis, Morelia spilota, Morinda citrifolia, Mycena chlorophos, Mycena roseilignicola, Myrmecia nigrocincta, Myzomela obscura

N

Nectarinia jugularis, Neisosperma poweri, Nemania chrysoconia, Neolitsea dealbata, Nephila pilipes, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Nephrotoma australasiae, Niemeyera prunifera, Ninox connivens, Ninox novaeseelandiae, Ninox rufa, Normanbya normanbyi

O

Olea paniculata, Omphalotus nidiformis, Ophioglossum pendulum, Opisthiolepis heterophylla, Oraniopsis appendiculata, Ornithoptera euphorion, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Orthodera ministralis, Orthonyx spaldingii

P-Q

Pachycephala pectoralis, Pachycephala rufiventris, Panellus luxfilamentus, Panesthia sloanei, Papilio aegeus, Papilio ulysses, Paracaedicia serrata, Pararchidendron pruinosum, Parotis marginata, Parthenium hysterophorus, Pavetta australiensis, Penalva flavocalceatus, Peniophora incarnata, Peperomia enervis, Perameles nasuta, Perichaena chrysosperma, Peripentadenia mearsii, Periplaneta australasiae, Petalura ingentissima, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, Phalacrognathus muelleri, Phaleria clerodendron, Phaleria octandra, Philemon buceroides, Phricta spinosa, Pilidiostigma tropicum, Pingasa chlora, Piper caninum, Pipturus argenteus, Pitta versicolor, Pittosporum rubiginosum, Placospermum coriaceum, Planchonella chartacea, Planchonella myrsinifolia, Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium hillii, Platycerium superbum, Pleurotus djamor, Pluteus cervinus, Podargus strigoides, Podocarpus dispermus, Pollia crispata, Pollia macrophylla, Polyscias elegans, Polyscias murrayi, Poropterus magnus, Porphyrio porphyrio, Pothos longipes, Praxelis clematidea, Prumnopitys amara, Prunus turneriana, Pseudechis porphyriacus, Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Pseudochirops archeri, Pseudochirulus herbertensis, Psophodes olivaceus, Psychonotis caelius, Pteridium esculentum, Pteris pacifica, Pteropus conspicillatus, Ptilinopus magnificus, Ptilinopus regina, Ptilinopus superbus, Ptiloris victoriae, Ptychosperma elegans, Pullea stutzeri

R

Rallina tricolor, Rattus fuscipes, Resupinatus applicatus, Rhaphidophora hayi, Rhipicera mystacina, Rhipidura albiscapa, Rhipidura rufifrons, Rhodomyrtus pervagata, Rhus taitensis, Rhysotoechia robertsonii, Ripogonum album, Rubus alceifolius, Rubus queenslandicus

S

Saltuarius cornutus, Sarcotoechia serrata, Scenopoeetes dentirostris, Schefflera actinophylla, Scythrops novaehollandiae, Scytinotus longinquus, Selaginella longipinna, Sericornis beccarii, Sericornis citreogularis, Sericornis frontalis, Sericornis keri, Sericornis magnirostra, Simalia kinghorni, Sipalinus gigas, Siphonodon australis, Siphonodon membranaceus, Sloanea macbrydei, Smilax calophylla, Sminthopsis leucopus, Solanum capsicoides, Solanum mauritianum, Solanum torvum, Speiredonia spectans, Sphecotheres vieilloti, Steganthera laxiflora, Stegonotus cucullatus, Stemonitis splendens, Stephania japonica, Stereum versicolor, Sticherus flabellatus, Stockwellia quadrifida, Strepera graculina, Strychnos minor, Sus scrofa, Symplocos gittinsii, Symposiarchus trivirgatus, Synima macrophylla, Syntherata leonae, Syzygium alatoramulum, Syzygium alliiligneum, Syzygium angophoroides, Syzygium aqueum, Syzygium australe, Syzygium boonjee, Syzygium branderhorstii, Syzygium canicortex, Syzygium cormiflorum, Syzygium cryptophlebium, Syzygium erythrocalyx, Syzygium gustavioides, Syzygium johnsonii, Syzygium kuranda, Syzygium papyraceum, Syzygium smithii, Syzygium suborbiculare, Syzygium tierneyanum, Syzygium trachyphloium, Syzygium unipunctatum, Syzygium wilsonii

T

Tachyglossus aculeatus, Tasmannia insipida, Tasmannia membranea, Tectaria confluens, Terminalia arenicola, Terminalia catappa, Terrisswalkerius terraereginae, Theretra oldenlandiae, Thopha saccata, Thylogale stigmatica, Timonius singularis, Todiramphus macleayii, Toechima erythrocarpum, Toona ciliata, Tregellasia capito, Tristemma mauritianum, Tropidonophis mairii, Turnix maculosus, Tyto tenebricosa

U-V-W

Uromys caudimaculatus, Van-royena castanosperma, Varanus scalaris, Vararus varius, Wodyetia bifurcata, Wollumbinia latisternum

X-Y-Z

Xanthophyllum octandrum, Xanthostemon whitei, Xanthotis macleayanus, Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum, Zoothera lunulata, Zosterops lateralis


Common Names of Species Identified On-site

(note: common names are regionally highly variable, often with several names for the same species,

terms like “walnut, maple, almond” have no relationship to similar names in the Northern Hemisphere)

A

Acidberry, Alexandra Palm, Alligatorbark, Almond, Aluminium Plant, Apricot Myrtle, AthertonAntechinus, Atherton Delma, Atherton Fig, Atherton Kauri, Atherton Oak, Atherton Pencil Cedar, Atherton Scrubwren, Atherton Tableland Bicoloured Snail, Australasian Figbird, Australian Boobook, Australian Brushturkey, Australian Cerambycid, Australian Cockroach, Australian Ebony, Australian Green Mantis, Australian King Parrot, Australian Magpie, Australian Sago, Australian Scrub Python, Australian Swiftlet, Austrobaileya, Azure Kingfisher

B

Baileyoxylon, Bamaga Satinash, Baphomet Moth, Bar-Shouldered Dove, Bark Cricket, Barking Owl, Barred Cuckoo-Shrike, Basket Fern, Bassian Thrush, Bee Fly, Bell Fruit, Bellbird Vine, Bellenden Ker Rainforest Snail, Bennett's Ash, Birds Nest Fern, Bitter Oyster, Black Bean, Black Butcherbird, Black Myrtle, Black Palm, Black Pencil Cedar, Black Pine, Black Walnut, Black-Bellied Swamp Snake, Black-eared Catbird, Black-Faced Monarch, Blake’s Silky Oak, Bleeding Heart Tree, Blind Snake, Blue Garden Flatworm, Blue Quandong, Blue Tongue, Blue Triangle, Blue Umbrella, Blue-lined Moth, Blush Cudgerie, Blush Silky Oak, Blush Walnut, Bolly Silkwood, Bonnet, Boonjee Blush Walnut, Boonjee Fig, Boonjee Satinash, Bower's Shrike-Thrush, Boyds Forest Dragon, Bridled Honeyeater, Broad-Palmed Rocket Frog, Brombya, Brown Beech, Brown Bollygum, Brown Booyong, Brown Crust, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Brown Damson, Brown Gerygone, Brown Laurel, Brown Ochna, Brown Pine, Brown Ripples, Brown Salwood, Brown Silky Oak, Brown Tamarind, Brown Tree Snake, Brown Tuckeroo, Brown Walnut, Buff Alder, Buff Beech, Bumpy Satinash, Bunya Pine, Bush Maidenhair Fern, Bush Rat, Bush Stone-Curlew, Buttercup Orchid, Buttonwood

C

Cadaga, Cairns Birdwing, Caledonian Oak, Canary Ash, Candlenut, Carpenter Bee, Carpet Python, Cassowary Plum, Cat, Cattle Egret, Celerywood, Chameleon Gecko, Channel-Billed Cuckoo, Cheesefruit, Cherry Satinash, China Pine, Chocolate Tube Slime Mold, Chowchilla, Cicada-parasite Beetle, Cicadabird, Cissus, Closed-Litter Rainbow-Skink, Clublike Tuning Fork, Cluster Fig, Cobalt Fungus, Coffee Bush, Comb Bracken, Common Bluetail, Common Bracken, Common Evening Brown, Common Lantana, Common Pepper, Common Ringtail Possum, Common Tree Snake, Cooktown Tulipwood, Cooper Tree Fern, Copper Laurel, Coral Fern, Corroboree Cicada, Creaking Nursery Frog, Creek Aceratium, Creek Cherry, Creek Frog, Crispiloba, Cryptohynch Weevil, Cunjevoi, Cup Fungus

D

Dapperling, Dark-footed Tinypore, Davidsonian Plum, Deadman’s Fingers, Deer Mushroom, Delarbrea, Destructive Katydid, Devil's Apple, Devil's Fig, Dingo, Dogwood, Double Drummer Cicada, Double-Eyed Fig Parrot, Dusky Honeyeater, Dwarf Hare's Foot Fern, Dwarf Pandan Sedge, Dwarf Phaleria, Dwarf's Apple

E

Eastern Koel, Eastern Small-eyed Snake, Eastern Spinebill, Eastern Stoney Creek Frog, Eastern Water Dragon, Eastern Whipbird, Elkhorn Fern, Emerald Dove, Emperor Moth, European Honey Bee

F

Fairy Parachutes, False Fig, False Turkey Tail, Fan Palm, Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus, Fawn-footed Melomys, Fern Leaved Tamarind, Fiber Vase, Fish-tail Wait-a-while, Fishbone Fern, Flame Fungus, Flame Tree, Flax-lily, Fleck Flat Sedge, Flesh Fly, Fontain's Blushwood, Forest Kingfisher, Foxtail Palm, Fragile Dapperling, Fringed Cockroach, Fry's Frog, Fungus Root

G

Ghost Fungus, Giant Bluetop, Giant Boat-lip Orchid, Giant Petaltail, Giant Rainforest Mantis, Giant Water Spider, Giant Wood-Spider, Golden Bordered Beetle, Golden Whistler, Granny’s Cloak Moth, Green Jewel Bug, Green Long Legged Fly, Green Pepe, Green Ringtail Possum, Green Tree Frog, Green-Eyed Tree Frog, Green-spotted Triangle, Grey Bollywood, Grey Carabeen, Grey Fantail, Grey Goshawk, Grey Quandong, Grey-bellied Sunskink, Grey-headed Robin, Greyback Cane Beetle, Gristle Fern, Gympie

H

Hairy Red Pittosporum, Hairy Walnut, Hairy White Hazelwood, Hard Alder, Helmeted Friarbird, Herbert River Ringtail Possum, Hercules Moth, Hey's Nut Oak, Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold, Honeycomb Fungi, Household Cockroach, Huntsman Spiders(3), Hyland's Buttonwood, Icewood, Indian Almond, Ironwood, Ivory Curl, Ivory Mahogany, Ivory Walnut, Ivorywood

J

Javanese Flat Sedge, Johnstone River Penda, Jumper Ant, Jungguy Tree Frog

K

Karoko, Kauri, King Fern, Koonjoongaroo

L

Lamington Silky Oak, Large Fruited Mischocarp, Large-Billed Gerygone, Large-billed Scrubwren, Large-disced Litter Skink, Laughing Kookaburra, Lawyer Cane, Leather Jacket, Leathery Goblet, Leech, Lemon Aspen, Lemon Migrant, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Lesser Sooty Owl, Lewin's Honeyeater, Lignum, Limbless Snake-tooth Skink, Little Black Cormorant, Little Kingfisher, Little Red Tree Frog, Little Shrike-Thrush, Living Twig, Long-leaved Matt-rush, Long-legged Sac Spider, Long-nosed Bandicoot, Long-nosed Weevil, Luminous Porecap

M

Macleay's Honeyeater, Macleay's Swallowtail, Magpie-lark, Mair’s Keelback, Malabar Melastome, Mangosteen, Marbled Scorpion, Marblewood, March Fly, Mascord's Saint Andrew's Cross Spider, Milkwood, Milky Bonnet, Milky Plum, Minor Walking Stick Palm, Mistletoebird, Mottled Barred Frog, Mountain Ash, Mountain Blush Walnut, Mountain Gardenia, Mountain Quandong, Mountain Thornbill, Mueller's Evodia, Mueller's Silky Oak, Musky Rat-Kangaroo

N

Narrow Leaved Lilly Pilly, Narrow-leaf Ginger, Narrow-leaved Tuckeroo, Native Dutchman's Pipe, Native Ginger, Native Hibiscus, Native Holly, Native Mulberry, Native Olive, Native Peach, Native Poplar, Navua Sedge, Noisy Pitta, North Queensland Bollygum, North Queensland Lace Plant, North Queensland Purple Laurel, North-eastern Blind Snake, Northern Barred Frog, Northern Brush Mahogany, Northern Cherrynose, Northern Dwarf Crowned Snake, Northern Greengrocer, Northern Guioa, Northern Jewelled Spider, Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko, Northern Ornate Nursery Frog, Northern Quandong, Northern Silky Oak, Northern Tamarind, Northern Tree Snake, Nortons Silky Oak, Notched Sundew, Nutwood

O

Oak Orchid, Olive-backed Sunbird, Orange Bush-Brown, Orange-footed Centipede, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Orange-thighed Tree Frog, Oraniopsis, Orchard Butterfly, Oriental Cuckoo

P

Pacific Baza, Pacific Black Duck, Pale Chandelier Orchid, Pale-vented Bush-hen, Pale-yellow Robin, Palm-lily, Pandanus Vine, Pantropical Huntsman Spider, Paperbark Satinash, Parasitic Tri-vein Fern, Parthenium Weed, Passalid Beetle, Pavetta, Peaceful Dove, Pearl Moth, Pennywort, Pepper Tree, Peppermint Stick-insect, Pheasant Coucal, Pied Currawong, Pied Monarch,  Pig, Pigeonberry Ash, Pimplebark, Pink Alder, Pink Mushroom, Pink Oyster Mushroom, Pink Silky Oak, Pink Tamarind, Pink-flowered Doughwood, Pink-fruited Glycosmis, Platypus, Pleated Ginger,Poison Walnut, Pollia, Poroid Fungi, Potato Vine, Pothos, Powderpuff Lilly-pilly, Prickly Forest Skink, Prickly Katydid, Prinoid Longhorn, Purple Swamphen

Q

Queensland Giant Blue Worm, Queensland Maple

R

Rainbow Stag Beetle, Rainforest Horsehair, Rainforest Sunskink, Raspberry, Rebecca Tree Fern, Red Almond, Red and Black Firefly, Red Bean, Red Boat Tree, Red Cedar, Red Lacewing Butterfly, Red Penda, Red-backed Button-quail, Red-bellied Black Snake, Red-legged Pademelon, Red-necked Crake, Red-throated Rainbow-skink, Redclaw, Regent Skipper Butterfly, Ribbed Fig, Ribbon Fern, Robertson's Tuckeroo, Robust Bracket, Robust Frog, Rocket Frog, Rolypoly Satinash, Rose Satinash, Rose Silkwood, Rose Silky Oak, Rose Tamarind, Rose Walnut, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Rose-leaf Bramble, Rosy Crust, Rough Barked Satinash, Rough Maidenhair Fern, Rough Saw-sedge, Round Leaf Banana Fig, Rufous Fantail, Rufous Owl, Rufous Whistler, Rusty Almond

S

Saffron Boxwood, Sankeys Walnut, Sarsaparilla, Sassafras, Saw-shelled Turtle, Scarlet Satinash, Scented Phaleria, Screw Palm, Scrub Ironwood, Scrub Itch Mite, Scrub Tamarind, Scurvy Weed, Selaginella, Septic Fig, Serrated Bush Katydid, Settler's Flax, Shaggy Parasol, Shingle Plant, Short-beaked Echidna, Short-footed Screw Fern, Silky Aceratium, Silky Oak, Silky Tamarind, Silver Aspen, Silver Maple, Silvereye, Slaty-grey snake, Slender Cane Orchid, Slender Ginger, Slender Harpullia, Small Green-banded Blue Butterfly, Smoked Oysterling, Smooth Burr Orchid, Snake Vine, Snakewood, Soft Water Fern, Soldier Beetle, Solitaire Palm, Southern Bracket, Southern Cassowary, Southern Velvetworms, Spangled Drongo, Spectacled Flying Fox, Spectacled Monarch, Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Spleenworts, Spotted Harrier, Spotted Tree Monitor, Spurwood, Staghorn Clubmoss, Staghorn Fern, Staghorn Fungus, Stalk-eyed Signal Fly, Stinging Tree, Stinkwood, Stockwellia, Straight-browed Ctenotus, Strap Water Fern, Straw Beech, Striped Firefly, Striped Possum, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Sumac, Superb Fig, Superb Fruit-dove, Supplejack

T

Tamarind, Tawny Frogmouth, Tectaria, Tetra Beech, Thin Leaved Coondoo, Thorny Yellow-wood, Threefrond Maidenhair Fern, Tick Fern, Tiger Centipede, Tiger Crane, Tiger Moth, Tinkling Satinash, Tooram Walnut, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Topaz Tamarind, Topknot Pigeon, Torresian Crow, Tristemma, Tropical Burnet Moth, Tropical Quandong, Tropical Rockmaster, Tropical Scrubwren, True Slime Molds, True Weevils, Tulip Oak, Turkey tail

U

U-marked Methana Cockroach, Ulysses Swallowtail, Umbrella Fern, Umbrella Tree

V

Varied Triller, Velvet Worm, Vicious Hairy Mary, Victoria's Riflebird

W

Wait-A-While, Walking-stick Palm, Walsh River Blechnum, Wandering Jew, Waterfall Frog, Watergum, Watery Rose Apple, Watkin's Fig, Waxcap Mushroom, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Weeping Cleistanthus, Weevil Lily, Wet Tropics Carniverous Snail, Whirligig Beetle, White Ash, White Crowsfoot, White Fig, White Looper Moth, White Supplejack, White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth, White-browed Scrubwren, White-footed Dunnart, White-headed Pigeon, White-kneed King Cricket, White-lipped Tree Frog, White-Tailed Uromys, White-throated Nightjar, White-throated Treecreeper, Widened Twin-sorus Fern, Wig Tree Fern, Wild Tobacco Bush, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Woolly Brush

X-Y-Z

Yarrabah Satinash, Yellow Boxwood, Yellow Mahogany, Yellow Plumwood, Yellow Satinash, Yellow-bloched forest skink, Yellow-breasted Boatbill, Yellow-footed Antechinus, Yellow-footed Polypore, Yellow-headed Snail Parasitic Blowfly, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Zamia Fern, Zodiac Moth

confirmed by Atlas of Living Australia https://ala.org.au/ and/or iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=190830

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What is a tree?

Is a tree just a lump of wood crowned by leaves?

A tree is truth with a nail in its side, beauty built out of air and stones –

mellow in death, lively in spite of human foolishness.

Trees adore wind and birds, sunlight and sweet air, kookaburras and crows, raindrops in quiet evenings.

Nobody but a plant can dine so noiselessly, and on such strange foods as the invisible carbon of the air and the harsh minerals of the ground. 

Nobody but a tree can grow so huge – not even whales and dinosaurs. 

Nobody but a plant has green blood to capture the energy of the sun.

Trees have no blood banks to succour them after fire and mutilation, yet without the green stuff of their sap, there would be no redness in animal blood, no sun’s energy and no life for us who cannot dine on dust.

A tree is a magic creature, whose ancestors are lost in the mists of time…

Len Webb (1963), ‘Trees are your friends’, Wildlife Australia 1:3 p10