The Plants Directory.
Volume 1, North-east NSW.

This is the main menu for The Plants Directory: Volume 1, North-east NSW, a series of informative text and imagery pages on vascular plant species both indigenous and naturalised north of the Hunter River in New South Wales. The information contained here has been drawn from a number of sources, including the Flora of NSW and the author's own wide experience. The information is broad-based, and it is recommended that it be used as a guide, not treated as a final point of reference for particularly technical data. Most species will have a further reference for information, even if it is only the Flora of New South Wales.

To access the information, use one of the letter links given in the top of the Species Window. Each species is accessed by clicking on its name, or for a particular genus by selecting that name. Genus information is shown in the genus window, which may be selected using either the button on the start bar (for Windows 95© users) or using the alt-tab key combination (Windows 3.1©). This page can be accessed using the buttons or key combination in the same manner. References and a glossary are given in this 'Main' screen. Regrettably, I was unable to make selecting a link bring that page to the front, and you will need to shuffle to the right page when a link is chosen. However, they are named in a manner to make it obvious which to choose.

Scale of the imagery is provided in the form of a 5 cent coin (about 20mm across), generally on at least one of the images. The coin was chosen as it is of very good size, and very familiar. In some images where it is used it may not be immediately obvious - look for a silvery arc.

Some of the images - especially those of the dark-green foliage on some species - will not be true-colour as your eye will interpret it and tend to appear brown or tan in colour. This is an artifact of the 'direct-scanning' method used, and is difficult to correct satisfactorily.

I recommend viewing the Species Information Window and this Main Window as maximised screens, while leaving the Genus Information window at its current size. I would also suggest that your screen be operating at 800 x 600 pixels true colour (32-bit). All of the imagery is captured in millions of colours.

Distribution limits are not given for exotic species, as these are likely to change, and in many cases are influenced by commerce and horticultural interest. Likewise, the distribution limits of some species are estimated, and even broad comments such as 'Northern Tablelands' are sometimes employed where a species is known from that region, but no limits are given for the actual distribution.

Where growth rates are given, these values are estimated from the authors experience, and the form of the plant. It is a measure of the speed with which a plant will grow to the final size as a measure of its total life span.


If there are any queries, please direct them to Greg Steenbeeke (orkology@key.net.au). This address is automatically chosen if you click on one of the logos at the bottom of the pages.


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