Species Guide — Plant Life

Plant
Life

The plants and fungi species that can be found growing in and around Tasmania

Plant Life

75 species documented

Filter All Weeds Shrubs & Trees Ground Covers Ferns Climbers Herbs Irises & Grasses Fungi, Lichen & Mosses Orchids

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Austral Bracken

Pteridium esculentum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Austral Grass-Tree

Xanthorrhoea australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Australian blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Australian Bluebell

Wahlenbergia stricta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Australian Pig Face

Carpobrotus rossii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Australian salt-grass

Distichlis distichophylla

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spinifex sericeus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaded Samphire

Salicornia quinqueflora

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaded Samphire

Sarcocornia quinqueflora

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Acaena novae-zelandiae

Three flower stems with a cluster of purple flowers on each

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Blue Spike Milkwort

Comesperma calymega

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bluebell Creeper

Billardiera heterophylla

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Osteospermum moniliferum moniliferum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bottle-Brush Tea-Tree

Melaleuca squarrosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tetragonia implexicoma

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Climbing Lignum

Muehlenbeckia adpressa

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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