Olearia archeri flower, Lanceleaf daisybush
Hello viewers, welcome to this new website. Feel free to comment on any thing you see, like or dislike, in a polite manner.
If you have any high quality, high resolution (>1200 x 900 pixels) clear focus photographs of Tasmanian endemic or indigenous plant species which you would like to submit for addition to this website, please reply so that we can correspond and possibly use your photo(s). They should be identified with species name and location of where the photo was taken, plus you first name or initial and surname so that you can be credited for use of your photo if it is used on this website. Your photos will not be shared with any other person or website without your permission.
Thank you for your interest, tasmanianflora Administration
What an awesome site!
I love the way it is organised – with “filters” for seasons, endemic, etc. The presentation is beautiful, the information is easy to read and the photos are stunning.
A great resource for Tasmanian enthusiasts and visitors to our wonderful state.
Hello Andrew,
Thank you for your kind comments. We really appreciate your feedback.
It is a work in progress as you may have noted and we hope to have many more species added over the next year.
Best regards, Bruce
I have only just been told about this website…it is FANTASTIC! So easy to use and the range of photos for each plant is very useful.
I will be a very regular visitor…. many thanks for putting it together and maintaining it!
Hi Annie,
Thank you for your kind words. We try to add a new species every 2 to 4 weeks and we put the new species on the home page slider when they are more common species. Currently we’re adding the last couple of endemic Acacias to the A-C page.
So pleased you found us,
best regards,
Administrator
Hiya, thanks for setting this website up.
I also am a fan of the seasons arrangement, that’s definitely going to be useful and convenient!
There’s obviously so much about this island to expand on from a nature perspective, and to do it educationally in an accessible way, this is a great addition.
Thanks for your welcome comments Aldi, much appreciated. It is a continual work in progress there are so many beautiful Tasmanian plants. Cheers, Administrator
Telopea truncata. I have just been to Cradle mountain. Hundreds in flower. Many plants 7-8 metres tall, twice what you state. Some up to 4m wide.
The website needs regional filters, alpine, coastal, dry schlerophyll forest etc.
Hi Steve, thank you for your comments. Re Telopea truncata, the original source material for the endemic species descriptions said Height: 3-4m Width 1-2m. However the Student’s Flora says “A shrub 1-3m high with stout spreading branches, or a small tree up to c. 8m high”. The Tasmanian Herbarium’s Flora on Line for the family PROTEACEAE “Says shrubs 1-4m high or small multibranched trees to c. 6m tall”. So, as with many of the Endemic species on tasmanianflora.com, a general revision of the species description and more photos are required.
Re the regional filters, at present the priority is to add more seasons species to the website. However, it was surprising how quickly the species index was compiled, so maybe a quick look at a suitable format for a filters page can be set up and loaded can be done after Telopea truncata is revised.
Best wishes and thank you again for your constructive comments, Administrator
Hi, I second Steve’s comment,
It would be really cool if there was a way to find what is (or might be) flowering when, based on a location or a map.
(Just getting into beekeeping..)
Which, of cause, is a monumental undertaking.
Thankyou for this website which for sure will be a good resource.
Hi Luke, The Seasons pages are based on when the indigenous species (species originating in Tasmania and other states) are in flower. Furthermore, the Seasons’ indices (index pages) list the indigenous species in flower for that season and the endemic species (E) (species originating in Tasmania) in flower that season. Species distribution maps are now being added as the last photo in the photo gallery for each species. These maps are based on Australasian Virtual Herbarium data. See:
https://avh.ala.org.au/#tab_simpleSearch . Enter the species name and the locations where species have been collected and lodged in a herbarium are marked on a map of Tasmania and the mainland. The search can be narrowed to Tasmania and offshore islands. Clicking on a spot gives a short record of the collection. Clicking on this brief data info accesses the full record of the collection and on about page 3 the actual location where the species was collected. This is how many of the “Where found” places for a species on this website have been determined. Thanks for you comments, I hope you find species for your bees, Administrator