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flora
vascular plants
Flora Databases
Victorian Vascular Plant Census
Virtual Herbarium distribution maps
Victorian Flora - a private plant picture site
Flora of Australia online
ANBG Australian Flora Resources page
Australian botanical database resources
ASGAP plant images
Swinburne flora image bank
PlantNET (NSW site, but has many common species)
World Wide Wattle home page
Plantnet's Wattle Web
An introduction to the Eucalypts
Eucalink: a web guide to Eucalypts
Conifers.org
Australian Native Plant Society photo gallery
Greening Australia's Gardening with native plants
Australian National Botanical Gardens home page
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research home page
GreenNet Australia home page
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research Interactive CD Keys
NRM Navigator search engine
The Encyclopedia of Life
Florabank native seed resource site
Bibliography of Australian plant identification literature
Searching either Google Images, Bing Images, or PicSearch for flora species is an easy way of getting pictures of species for quick ID confirmation purposes
Flora Databases
Victorian Vascular Plant Census
Virtual Herbarium distribution maps
Victorian Flora - a private plant picture site
Flora of Australia online
ANBG Australian Flora Resources page
Australian botanical database resources
ASGAP plant images
Swinburne flora image bank
PlantNET (NSW site, but has many common species)
World Wide Wattle home page
Plantnet's Wattle Web
An introduction to the Eucalypts
Eucalink: a web guide to Eucalypts
Conifers.org
Australian Native Plant Society photo gallery
Greening Australia's Gardening with native plants
Australian National Botanical Gardens home page
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research home page
GreenNet Australia home page
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research Interactive CD Keys
NRM Navigator search engine
The Encyclopedia of Life
Florabank native seed resource site
Bibliography of Australian plant identification literature
Searching either Google Images, Bing Images, or PicSearch for flora species is an easy way of getting pictures of species for quick ID confirmation purposes
grasses
DPI native grasses page
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
Native grasses in the vineyards
Native grasses in pasture
Bio-diversity in the paddock - a land managers guide
Grass, cows and kangaroos
Stipa Inc. - Benefits of native grasses
The Native Grass Menagerie
Grass identification handbook for temperate Australia
24 papers on grasses from a Native Grasses Association conference
Kangaroo Grass: a keystone species for restoring weed-invaded temperate grassy woodlands
The Grassy Groundcover Research Project
Some grasses, rushes and sedges
More grasses, rushes and sedges
Weedy grasses in Victoria
Victorian seagrasses
About seagrass beds
DPI native grasses page
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
Native grasses in the vineyards
Native grasses in pasture
Bio-diversity in the paddock - a land managers guide
Grass, cows and kangaroos
Stipa Inc. - Benefits of native grasses
The Native Grass Menagerie
Grass identification handbook for temperate Australia
24 papers on grasses from a Native Grasses Association conference
Kangaroo Grass: a keystone species for restoring weed-invaded temperate grassy woodlands
The Grassy Groundcover Research Project
Some grasses, rushes and sedges
More grasses, rushes and sedges
Weedy grasses in Victoria
Victorian seagrasses
About seagrass beds
ferns
Australian National Botanical Gardens Ferns
The ANBG Fern Pages
Pteridophytes - the ferns and their allies
Australian Ferns and Fern Allies images
Fern and fern allies identification key
Australian National Botanical Gardens Ferns
The ANBG Fern Pages
Pteridophytes - the ferns and their allies
Australian Ferns and Fern Allies images
Fern and fern allies identification key
orchids
Retired Aussies - A great private site for orchids and other stuff
Orkology Australian orchids
Orchidspecies.com 10,000 orchids
Retired Aussies - A great private site for orchids and other stuff
Orkology Australian orchids
Orchidspecies.com 10,000 orchids
fungi, lichen & bryophytes
ANBG Fungi pages
Interactive catalogue of Australian fungi
ANBG Aboriginal use of fungi
Australian Lichens checklist
Checklist of Australian liverworts and hornworts
Mosses, liverworts and hornworts site
RGB Ausmoss
Freshwater algae database
RBG Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes CD’s and posters
Fungimap, a project for volunteers to record fungi distribution
Fungibank is a site about including fungi in revegetation
Dr. Tom May on wood rotting fungi
Key to the major groups of mushrooms
A visual key for mushrooms
Bill Leithhead's amazing Fungi site
ANBG Fungi pages
Interactive catalogue of Australian fungi
ANBG Aboriginal use of fungi
Australian Lichens checklist
Checklist of Australian liverworts and hornworts
Mosses, liverworts and hornworts site
RGB Ausmoss
Freshwater algae database
RBG Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes CD’s and posters
Fungimap, a project for volunteers to record fungi distribution
Fungibank is a site about including fungi in revegetation
Dr. Tom May on wood rotting fungi
Key to the major groups of mushrooms
A visual key for mushrooms
Bill Leithhead's amazing Fungi site
weeds
CSIRO report: Jumping the Garden Fence
Invasive Species Council home page
DPI Victoria’s A to Z of weeds
A to Z of Australian weed species
Weeds Australia search engine
Weed CRC weed status page
Advisory list of weeds of Victorian coastal plains and heathy forests
DPI Invasive Plants site
Become a Weed Spotter
DPI Weed Spotter Newsletters
CSIRO invasive plants page
Weedy grasses in Victoria
Blue Mountains Weeds - good info
Herbiguide, a site with weed photos, drawings and detailed descriptions
CSIRO report: Jumping the Garden Fence
Invasive Species Council home page
DPI Victoria’s A to Z of weeds
A to Z of Australian weed species
Weeds Australia search engine
Weed CRC weed status page
Advisory list of weeds of Victorian coastal plains and heathy forests
DPI Invasive Plants site
Become a Weed Spotter
DPI Weed Spotter Newsletters
CSIRO invasive plants page
Weedy grasses in Victoria
Blue Mountains Weeds - good info
Herbiguide, a site with weed photos, drawings and detailed descriptions
threatened species
DEWHA Species Profile and Threats Database
FFG Victorian threatened flora, fauna and communities, a 14 page list
DSE Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria
EPBC List of Threatened Flora
Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia
IBCN Red List of threatened species
Lots more threatened species and communities links
DEWHA Species Profile and Threats Database
FFG Victorian threatened flora, fauna and communities, a 14 page list
DSE Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria
EPBC List of Threatened Flora
Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia
IBCN Red List of threatened species
Lots more threatened species and communities links
ecological vegetation classes
Short explanation of EVCs and bio-regional conservation status
EVC Benchmarks for the Gippsland Plain Bio-region
Victorian Resources Online EVC page
Biodiversity Interactive map - find an EVC
Short explanation of EVCs and bio-regional conservation status
EVC Benchmarks for the Gippsland Plain Bio-region
Victorian Resources Online EVC page
Biodiversity Interactive map - find an EVC
land restoration
Bringing Back the Bush
ANBG ecosystem restoration page
Definitions of ecological integrity
Australian River Restoration Centre
Information & knowledge resource kit
Farm business and biodiversity
Land for Wildlife home page
Land for Wildlife DPI page
Trust For Nature conservation covenants
EcoTender & Bush Tender - get paid to manage your land well
Habitat Restoration Fund
The Bradley sisters biography page
Landcare Port Phillip & Westernport
Bringing Back the Bush
ANBG ecosystem restoration page
Definitions of ecological integrity
Australian River Restoration Centre
Information & knowledge resource kit
Farm business and biodiversity
Land for Wildlife home page
Land for Wildlife DPI page
Trust For Nature conservation covenants
EcoTender & Bush Tender - get paid to manage your land well
Habitat Restoration Fund
The Bradley sisters biography page
Landcare Port Phillip & Westernport
regional & other websites
Indigenous nurseries Melbourne region
CERES
Southern bayside foreshores
The Bega Valley community website with many native flora, weed and fungi photosSwan Bay Environment Association
Swan Bay regional flora lists with some pictures.
Many species common to this side of the pond
Victorianflora.com - a good private site
Blue Wedges
Port Philip Conservation Council
Victorian National Parks Association website
Australian Network for Plant Conservation links pages
Australian Native Orchid Society (ANOS)
Nepean Conservation Group website
Peninsula Speaks
Kananook Creek Association
Friends of Sherbrooke Forest
Balcolme Estuary Rehabilitation Group
SWIFFT
My Environment.NET
South Eastern Centre for Sustainability
Environment East Gippsland
The Wilderness Society
Environment Victoria
Friends of the Earth Melbourne
The Rainforest Information Centre
The Thin Green Line worldwide wildlife ranger family support
Environment Victoria's long list of affiliated organisations
Mornington Peninsula Bushland Restoration web group
Indigenous nurseries Melbourne region
CERES
Southern bayside foreshores
The Bega Valley community website with many native flora, weed and fungi photosSwan Bay Environment Association
Swan Bay regional flora lists with some pictures.
Many species common to this side of the pond
Victorianflora.com - a good private site
Blue Wedges
Port Philip Conservation Council
Victorian National Parks Association website
Australian Network for Plant Conservation links pages
Australian Native Orchid Society (ANOS)
Nepean Conservation Group website
Peninsula Speaks
Kananook Creek Association
Friends of Sherbrooke Forest
Balcolme Estuary Rehabilitation Group
SWIFFT
My Environment.NET
South Eastern Centre for Sustainability
Environment East Gippsland
The Wilderness Society
Environment Victoria
Friends of the Earth Melbourne
The Rainforest Information Centre
The Thin Green Line worldwide wildlife ranger family support
Environment Victoria's long list of affiliated organisations
Mornington Peninsula Bushland Restoration web group
law & legislation
Victoria's Native Vegetation Management:
A Framework for Action
The Vegetation Gain Approach
DSE Vegetation Quality Assessment Manual
Vegetation Quality Assessment primer using the Habitat Hectares method
Environment Defenders Office advocacy
WebLaw: environmental law information
The RAMSAR Covention on Wetlands
Many more Australian legal biodiversity framework links here
Victoria's Native Vegetation Management:
A Framework for Action
The Vegetation Gain Approach
DSE Vegetation Quality Assessment Manual
Vegetation Quality Assessment primer using the Habitat Hectares method
Environment Defenders Office advocacy
WebLaw: environmental law information
The RAMSAR Covention on Wetlands
Many more Australian legal biodiversity framework links here
grants
Online Grants Link
(Federal Government site)
CMA Grants calendar download
Victorian Volunteer Small Grants
Online Grants Link
(Federal Government site)
CMA Grants calendar download
Victorian Volunteer Small Grants
training & volunteering
Chisholm Conservation & Land Management certificate courses
Greening Australia
Habitat Conservation Management Course
Conservation Volunteers Australia
The Volunteer Coordinators Network (Natural Areas) Manual
Seeds Bushland Restoration Community Workshops
Chisholm Conservation & Land Management certificate courses
Greening Australia
Habitat Conservation Management Course
Conservation Volunteers Australia
The Volunteer Coordinators Network (Natural Areas) Manual
Seeds Bushland Restoration Community Workshops
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animalia
birds
Birds Australia
Australasian Bird Image Database
ANBG birds checklist
Birds in Backyards
ABC WILDsounds archives: birds
Top 40 bird calls Quicktime audio files
Bird calls from the Asia Pacific region
Birds Australia EagleCAM
BOCA Bird Observers Club
PENBOC Peninsula Bird Observers Club
Birdway - heaps and heaps of birds
Birds Australia
Australasian Bird Image Database
ANBG birds checklist
Birds in Backyards
ABC WILDsounds archives: birds
Top 40 bird calls Quicktime audio files
Bird calls from the Asia Pacific region
Birds Australia EagleCAM
BOCA Bird Observers Club
PENBOC Peninsula Bird Observers Club
Birdway - heaps and heaps of birds
other fauna sites
OzAnimals.com
AustralianFauna.com
Museum Victoria’s Critterbase
Skulls
Mammals
Lizards
Skinks and more skinks
Even more skinks
Amphibian Research Centre
Frogs of the Mornington Peninsula. This site has frog calls on it for various other regions too
Ed McNabb's frog call and owl call CD's Nightlife of South-Eastern Australian Forests
EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna
Faunatech Austbat wildlife research equipment
OzAnimals.com
AustralianFauna.com
Museum Victoria’s Critterbase
Skulls
Mammals
Lizards
Skinks and more skinks
Even more skinks
Amphibian Research Centre
Frogs of the Mornington Peninsula. This site has frog calls on it for various other regions too
Ed McNabb's frog call and owl call CD's Nightlife of South-Eastern Australian Forests
EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna
Faunatech Austbat wildlife research equipment
underwater
Native fish
Native fish links
Find a saltwater fish
Reef Watch citizen science surveying
Museum Victoria Nudibranch page
Blue-ringed octopuses
The Sea Slug Forum
ArgoSearch - "Paper Nautilus" citizen science
Native fish
Native fish links
Find a saltwater fish
Reef Watch citizen science surveying
Museum Victoria Nudibranch page
Blue-ringed octopuses
The Sea Slug Forum
ArgoSearch - "Paper Nautilus" citizen science
ferals
Feral.org.au
RabbitScan citizen science - dob in a bunny
FoxScan - you can dob in a fox too
Invasive Species Council
Invasive species
Invasive Animals CRC Fox page
The Fox DNA project
Indian Mynahs
Birds in Backyards - Introduced Birds
Feral.org.au
RabbitScan citizen science - dob in a bunny
FoxScan - you can dob in a fox too
Invasive Species Council
Invasive species
Invasive Animals CRC Fox page
The Fox DNA project
Indian Mynahs
Birds in Backyards - Introduced Birds
fauna rescue & first aid
fauna first aid
short-term care for fauna
AWARE local wildlife rescue and carers
fauna first aid
short-term care for fauna
AWARE local wildlife rescue and carers
insects
CSIRO Insect ID pages
The Entomological Society of Victoria
Invertebrates Key, a step-by-step ID
What bug is that?
The Insectarium
Brisbane Insects - very good private site
Aussie Bee - there are over 1500 native bees..
About native bees
Butterflies
Butterfly House, lots of Oz butterflies
Australian Butterflies Photographed
Insect and other wildlife images
Australian insects by common name
Ozanimals.com Australian insects
Medical Entomology - things that bite
Anatomical Atlas of Flies - amazing!
Spiders
Victorian spiders
Yet more spiders
Web2Spider- keying out spiders by their spider webs
More webs
CSIRO Insect ID pages
The Entomological Society of Victoria
Invertebrates Key, a step-by-step ID
What bug is that?
The Insectarium
Brisbane Insects - very good private site
Aussie Bee - there are over 1500 native bees..
About native bees
Butterflies
Butterfly House, lots of Oz butterflies
Australian Butterflies Photographed
Insect and other wildlife images
Australian insects by common name
Ozanimals.com Australian insects
Medical Entomology - things that bite
Anatomical Atlas of Flies - amazing!
Spiders
Victorian spiders
Yet more spiders
Web2Spider- keying out spiders by their spider webs
More webs
more flora and fauna sites
Museum Victoria's free Ask An Expert page
Victorian Field Naturalists website
Peninsula Field Naturalists
The Victorian Naturalist journal
Museum Victoria's Forest Secrets page
Melbourne University Forest and Ecosystem Science
Atlas of Living Australia - under development
Melbourne area environmental report bibliography
Landscape Logic
A free Australian botanical name spell-checker dictionary add-in for Microsoft Word
Phythoptera die back
Download IFFA Indigenotes
IFFA also have a good links page
Museum Victoria's free Ask An Expert page
Victorian Field Naturalists website
Peninsula Field Naturalists
The Victorian Naturalist journal
Museum Victoria's Forest Secrets page
Melbourne University Forest and Ecosystem Science
Atlas of Living Australia - under development
Melbourne area environmental report bibliography
Landscape Logic
A free Australian botanical name spell-checker dictionary add-in for Microsoft Word
Phythoptera die back
Download IFFA Indigenotes
IFFA also have a good links page
soils/geology
Soils/landforms on the Mornington Peninsula
Peninsula soils map
Sites of geological and geomorphological significance in the region
PP&WP geomorphological units
Soil carbon fact sheet
Soil carbon sequestration website
Soils/landforms on the Mornington Peninsula
Peninsula soils map
Sites of geological and geomorphological significance in the region
PP&WP geomorphological units
Soil carbon fact sheet
Soil carbon sequestration website
planning and mapping
Nearmap.com Hi-resolution sequential aerials
How to create shared collaborative Google maps
Biodiversity interactive map
Victoria's planning schemes
Mornington Peninsula planning scheme page
DPI Earth Resources Store (much of it for $0.00)
Planning scheme website
Planning maps online
Land and Survey Spatial Information (LASSIE)
Federal Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring Links
DSE interactive map page
Melbourne Water index of river condition
Groundwater online
Strategic Overview for the Gippsland Plain Bioregion
National Vegetation Information Systems vegetation mapping and monitoring links
Australian online coastal information site
Maps of Australia - from the earliest to the present
Old maps on the web
Nearmap.com Hi-resolution sequential aerials
How to create shared collaborative Google maps
Biodiversity interactive map
Victoria's planning schemes
Mornington Peninsula planning scheme page
DPI Earth Resources Store (much of it for $0.00)
Planning scheme website
Planning maps online
Land and Survey Spatial Information (LASSIE)
Federal Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring Links
DSE interactive map page
Melbourne Water index of river condition
Groundwater online
Strategic Overview for the Gippsland Plain Bioregion
National Vegetation Information Systems vegetation mapping and monitoring links
Australian online coastal information site
Maps of Australia - from the earliest to the present
Old maps on the web
fire
Fireplan prescribed burn plan map
Planned burns this season (July to July)
Fire as a management tool
Download DSE fire operations plans and maps
Have your say on planned burns
The above link is depressingly and rather predictably, out of order
DPI Victorian Resources Online
Australian Natural Resources Atlas
Protected Matters search tool
DSE Forest Explorer
Drought in Australia
The Great Australian Drought
Bushfires in Victoria 1851 Black Thursday
Summary of Major Bush Fires in Australia Since 1851
CSIRO report on the 2003 alpine fires, exposing the "Alpine grazing reduces blazing" mythology
Fireplan prescribed burn plan map
Planned burns this season (July to July)
Fire as a management tool
Download DSE fire operations plans and maps
Have your say on planned burns
The above link is depressingly and rather predictably, out of order
DPI Victorian Resources Online
Australian Natural Resources Atlas
Protected Matters search tool
DSE Forest Explorer
Drought in Australia
The Great Australian Drought
Bushfires in Victoria 1851 Black Thursday
Summary of Major Bush Fires in Australia Since 1851
CSIRO report on the 2003 alpine fires, exposing the "Alpine grazing reduces blazing" mythology
kooris
ABC Indigenous language map
Wikipedia's Kulin Nation page
Wikipedia's Bunerong page
Koorie History. A collection of State Library references
Gary Foley's Koori History Website
Beth Gott on bush tucker in the ANBG
Aboriginal languages of Australia
ABC Indigenous language map
Wikipedia's Kulin Nation page
Wikipedia's Bunerong page
Koorie History. A collection of State Library references
Gary Foley's Koori History Website
Beth Gott on bush tucker in the ANBG
Aboriginal languages of Australia
miscellany
Trove: the National Library search hub
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
The National Archive Photo Search
The National Library Picture Australia online archive
The Public Record Office of Victoria
MorningtonPeninsulaLocalHistory blog
Australiana titles at the Free Read ebook site
A list of Australian plant collectors and illustrators 1780’s to 1980’s
The Flower Chain: the early discovery of Australian plants
How to collect & press herbarium specimens
Edible plants in Australia
Cam Walker's Mountain Journal blog
eco-shout independent Melbourne online eco press
Sustainable Gardening Australia home page
eco-shout's green directory
Hancock Watch - Victoria's forest destruction documented...
Black Rainbow Printing - What is environmentally sound paper?
Green printing software
Trove: the National Library search hub
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
The National Archive Photo Search
The National Library Picture Australia online archive
The Public Record Office of Victoria
MorningtonPeninsulaLocalHistory blog
Australiana titles at the Free Read ebook site
A list of Australian plant collectors and illustrators 1780’s to 1980’s
The Flower Chain: the early discovery of Australian plants
How to collect & press herbarium specimens
Edible plants in Australia
Cam Walker's Mountain Journal blog
eco-shout independent Melbourne online eco press
Sustainable Gardening Australia home page
eco-shout's green directory
Hancock Watch - Victoria's forest destruction documented...
Black Rainbow Printing - What is environmentally sound paper?
Green printing software
Many more links here on the ANPC links page
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