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Queensland Herbarium publications

The Queensland Herbarium produces a number of saleable publications including the Queensland Herbarium journal Austrobaileya and the recently published book The Flora of North Stradbroke Island. There are also a number of free publications available including the Census of the Queensland Flora, manuals, reports, information sheets, brochures and newsletters. A number of related publications not authored by the Queensland Herbarium are also be available. Some publications are currently out of print but may be available through your local library.

For saleable publications, please note that the listed postage and handling charges apply only to Australian orders. International postal charges will vary.

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  1. What's new
  2. Austrobaileya: a journal of plant systematics
  3. The Flora of North Stradbroke Island
  4. Coringa-Herald National Nature Rerserve
  5. Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas
  6. Vegetation Survey of Queensland: South-central Queensland
  7. Manuals and methodology
  8. Reports and papers
  9. Brochures, newsletters and information sheets
  10. Related publications available through the Queensland Herbarium
  11. Queensland Herbarium supplies

1. What's new

Weedspotter Newsletter Autumn 2012

Technical weed identification sheets

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

2. Austrobaileya: a journal of plant systematics

Austrobaileya 8(3)

Austrobaileya 8(3)

Austrobaileya is the journal of the Queensland Herbarium. It publishes original research papers in systematic botany and related fields, with special emphasis on the flora of Queensland, tropical Australia and nearby countries. One issue is produced annually. Categories include papers describing new species of plants, algae and fungi and keys to their identification, new classifications, descriptions, illustrations and notes clarifying nomenclature. Back issues available, contact us.

Volume 8(3) was published on 1 December 2011.

ISSN 0155 4131 illus., maps, soft cover

Australian subscriptions (Including GST)

Individual subscription = $38.50

Institutional subscription = $66.00

Agencies’ subscription = $62.70

(Postage & handling included)

Overseas subscriptions are GST exclusive

Individual subscription A$ price on application

Institutional subscription A$90.00

Agencies’ subscription $90.00

(Postage & handling included for sea mail only)

3. The Flora of North Stradbroke Island

The Flora of North Stradbroke Island

The Flora of North Stradbroke Island

Stephens, K.M. & Sharp, D. (2009). The Flora of North Stradbroke Island. Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane.

The Flora of North Stradbroke Island is the first comprehensive book documenting the Island’s unique flora. It provides authoritative descriptions and a detailed identification guide to all the known native plants that occur on North Stradbroke Island. Some species are unique to North Stradbroke Island, while others have regional, state wide or worldwide distributions.

The book is divided into sections on identification, vegetation communities, traditional use, flowering times and introduced species. The majority of the species have colour photographs.

This important flora publication is designed for a wide readership – students, teachers and researchers. It provides a quick and easy approach to identification of the Island’s beautiful and fascinating plants supplemented by detailed information on each of them.

ISBN 978-1-920928-15-5

439 pp., illus., soft cover, 941 g

$29.09 + GST $2.91 = $32.00 Postage & handling in Australia $9.60 includes GST.

4. Coringa-Herald National Nature Rerserve

Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve. Assessment of vegetation conditions, ecology and resilience to environmental stressors, including climate change and pests

Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve. Assessment of vegetation conditions, ecology and resilience to environmental stressors, including climate change and pests

Batianoff, G.N., Naylor, G.C., Dillewaard, H.A. (2009). Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve. Assessment of vegetation conditions, ecology and resilience to environmental stressors, including climate change and pests. Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane.

This publication reports on the vascular plant survey results (2006–07) for Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve (CHNNR). An illustrated plant identification field guide for the northern Coral Sea Islands flora (30 species) is provided. Eighteen indigenous species are described and illustrated, including Colubrina asiatica, a new record for CHNNR. Seventeen vegetation communities have been described. Dieback in Pisonia grandis and Cordia subcordata rainforests is attributed to prolonged dry seasonal conditions, and insect damage. Management of keystone plant species and exotic pests, including some revegetation, are likely to be necessary for the long-term survival of wildlife facing climate change.

ISBN 978-1-920928-16-2

165 pp., illus., soft cover 453 g

Free, postage and handling in Australia $6.50 includes GST

5. Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas

Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas

Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas

Fox, I.D., Neldner, V.J., Wilson, G.W., Bannink, P.J. (2002). Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas. Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane. (Maps and CD)

The Queensland Herbarium (EHP) and the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Tropical Savannas Management published in 2001 the first 1:2 million scale maps of the Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas. A comprehensive technical report to accompany the map has been released on CD-ROM. The package contains the CD-ROM and a copy of the maps (2 map sheets and a legend). The report describes each vegetation map unit including a distribution map and images for most units and details the methods used to produce the maps. It presents a history of vegetation survey and mapping of the region and presents an analysis of land cover change in northern Australia.

In addition, a 1:1 million scale digital version of the map is available in ArcInfo export format and/or shapefile. Contact us.

ISBN: 0 7345 2700 4

328 pp., illus., maps 314 g.

Postage and handling only, $6.50 in Australia, includes GST.

6. Vegetation Survey of Queensland: South-central Queensland

Vegetation Survey of Queensland: South-central Queensland

Vegetation Survey of Queensland: South-central Queensland

Neldner, V.J. (1984). Vegetation Survey of Queensland: South-central Queensland. Queensland Botany Bulletin No. 3. Department of Primary Industries: Queensland. BOT8403

This book documents and maps the natural vegetation of the south-central Queensland region which covers 220,000 km2,  from Roma and west of Quilpie, south to the New South Wales border, and north to the Carnarvon Range. Seventy-three different vegetation types are mapped on the 1:1 000,000 scale map, and 167 plant communities are described in the book. The habitat preferences, and scientific and common names of the 1700 native plant species found in the region are documented. An accompanying colour map portrays the area’s major vegetation types.

ISBN 0 7242 2352 5

285 pp., illus., map, soft cover, 817 g

$13.95 + GST $1.40 = $15.35 Postage & handling in Australia $9.60 includes GST.

7. Manuals and methodology

Bean, A.R. (ed.) (2010). Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens, A Manual (PDF, file unavailable)*. Version 5. Department of Environmental and Resource Management: Brisbane. updated

Eyre TJ, Ferguson DJ, Hourigan CL, Smith GC, Mathieson MT, Kelly, AL, Venz MF & Hogan, LD. 2012. Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna Survey Assessment Guidelines for Queensland. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Queensland Government, Brisbane.

Eyre, T.J., Kelly, A.L, Neldner, V.J., Wilson, B.A., Ferguson, D.J., Laidlaw, M.J. and Franks, A.J. (2011). BioCondition: A Condition Assessment Framework for Terrestrial Biodiversity in Queensland. Assessment Manual (PDF, file unavailable)*. Version 2.1. Department of nvironment and Resource Management (EHP), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sciences, Brisbane.

Eyre, T.J., Kelly, A.L., and Neldner, V.J. (2011). Method for the Establishment and Survey of Reference Sites for BioCondition (PDF, 1.5M)*. Version 2.0. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP), Biodiversity and Ecological Sciences Unit, Brisbane.

Leonard, P.L. (ed.) (2010). A Guide to Collecting and Preserving Fungal Specimens for the Queensland Herbarium (PDF, file unavailable)*. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection: Brisbane.

Neldner, V.J., Wilson, B.A., Thompson, E.J. and Dillewaard, H.A. (2012) Methodology for Survey and Mapping of Regional Ecosystems and Vegetation Communities in Queensland (PDF, 3.1M)*. Version 3.2. Updated August 2012. Queensland Herbarium, Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Brisbane.

Wilson, P.R. and Taylor, P.M. (2012) Land Zones of Queensland. Queensland Herbarium, Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Brisbane.

8. Reports and papers

Accad, A; Neldner, V.J; Wilson, B. A; and Niehus, R.E. (2012) Remnant Vegetation in Queensland. Analysis of remnant vegetation 1997-2009, including regional ecosystem information. (Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts: Brisbane).

Borsboom, A.C. (2005) Xanthorrhoea: A review of current knowledge with a focus on X. johnsonii and X. latifolia, two Queensland protected plants-in-trade (PDF, file unavailable)*. Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane.

Borsboom A C, Couper P J, Amey A, Hobson R & Wilson S K (2010) Rediscovery of the endangered Retro Slider (Lerista allanae) in the Clermont region of central Queensland (PDF, file unavailable)*. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sciences, Brisbane and the Queensland Museum, Herpetology, Brisbane.

Dowling, R. (2008). Investigation of Mangrove Dieback Fitzroy River, Rockhampton (PDF, file unavailable)*. Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane.

Dowling, R.M. (2012). Report on the effects of the January 2011 flood on the Mangrove Communities along the Brisbane River (PDF, file unavailable)*. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland Government.

Fairfax, R.J., Thompson, E.J. and Neldner, V.J. (2012). Rapid Investigation into the Effects of the 2011 Floods on Floodplain Vegetation. Case studies from the Burnett and Condamine Rivers (PDF, 6.5M)*. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Queensland Government.

Kirkwood, A. & Dowling, R. (2002). Investigation of Mangrove Dieback, Pioneer River Estuary, Mackay (PDF, file unavailable)*. Environmental Protection Agency: Brisbane.

9. Brochures, newsletters and information sheets

Toxic Fungi of Queensland

Toxic Fungi of Queensland

How to send botanical specimens for identification or for incorporation into the state collection (updated 2010). (PDF, file unavailable)*

Botanical Specimens for Identification A Cover Sheet (updated 2010) (PDF, file unavailable)*

Eucalypts of Greater Brisbane version 3 (2006) (PDF, file unavailable)*

Wattles of Greater Brisbane version 3 (2006) (PDF, file unavailable)*

Have I got Mexican feather grass? (PDF, file unavailable)*

Which Asparagus have I got? (PDF, file unavailable)*

Which Thunbergia have I got? (PDF, file unavailable)*

Have I got fireweed? (PDF, file unavailable)* (updated 2011)

Weed Spotter brochure (PDF, file unavailable)* (updated 2011)

Weed Spotter Newsletter Autumn 2012 (PDF, file unavailable)* new

Weed Spotter Newsletter Autumn 2011 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Weed Spotter Newsletter Summer 10-11 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Weed Spotter Newsletter Winter 2010 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Weed Spotter Newsletter Summer 09-10 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Weed Spotter Newsletter Autumn 2009 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Weed Spotter Newsletter Summer 08-09 (PDF, file unavailable)*

Toxic Fungi of Queensland (2005) Full colour poster (2 sides). Queensland has a great diversity of larger fungi (mushrooms and toadstools) and the toxicity or edibility of the majority of species is also unknown. It is for this reason that no wild fungi should be tasted or eaten. The poster illustrates some of the common known toxic species but not all toxic species are included. If toxic fungi are accidentally ingested, seek medical advice immediately or contact the Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26. Postage and handling only, price on application. Contact us.

Harden, G., McDonald, W.F., Williams, J. (2007). Rainforest Climbing Plants: A field guide to their identification. Ligare Book Printer: Riverwood NSW.

Harden, G., McDonald, W.F., Williams, J. (2007). Rainforest Trees & Shrubs – A field guide to their identification. Ligare Book Printer: Riverwood NSW.

Playford, J.& Murray, R. (2000). Threatened Plants – Active Bushcare (2000). The Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Smith, N.M. (2002). Weeds of the Wet/Dry Tropics of Australia: A field Guide. Environment Centre Northern Territory Inc: Darwin N.T.

Watsford, P. (2008). Plants of the Forest Floor. Dynamic Digital Print: Tweed Heads. (Includes CD-ROM)

Watsford, P. (2008). Grasses of subtropical eastern Australia: An introductory field guide to common grasses – native and introduced. Dynamic Digital Print: Tweed Heads. (Includes CD-ROM)

Willmott, W. (2007). Rocks and Landscapes of the Sunshine Coast  2nd edition. Kingswood Press: Underwood Qld.

Willmott, W. (2006). Rocks and Landscapes of the National Parks of Central Queensland. Kingswood Press: Underwood Qld.

Willmott, W. (2004). Rocks and Landscapes of the National Parks of Southern Queensland. Kingswood Press: Underwood Qld.

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11. Queensland Herbarium supplies

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day press

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field press

Day presses, field presses and herbarium materials are available, contact us.

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Last updated
18 October 2012