Plants and Animals

STANDARD PLANT AND ANIMAL NAMES

Some common species or genera of plants and animals are referred to often and throughout the text. For simplicity, where such species have recognized English names, their scientific names are not given in the accounts. The scientific names of these species are given below [note scientific names are as published but some have changed, eg.bloodwoods that are listed as part of the genus Eucalyptus below have now been separated into the Corymbia genus, which is still part of the Eucalypts (Eucalypteae) ].

[Information from Vol. 6 and 7 combined]

PLANTS ordered as published

Group	Common Name	Scientific Name
Eucalypts	Eucalypts	Eucalyptus
	Alpine Ash	Eucalyptus delegatensis
	Apple Box	Eucalyptus bridgesiana
	Bimble Box	Eucalyptus populnea
	Black Box	Eucalyptus largiflorens
	Black Sallee	Eucalyptus stellulata
	Blackbutt	Eucalyptus pilularis
	Blakely’s Red Gum	Eucalyptus blakelyi
	Blue Mallee	Eucalyptus gamophylla
	Brittle Gum	Eucalyptus mannifera
	Broad-leafed Stringybark	Eucalyptus caliginosa
	Brown Barrel	Eucalyptus fastigata
	Brown Stringybark	Eucalyptus baxteri
	Coolibah	Eucalyptus microtheca
	Darwin Box	Eucalyptus tectifica
	Darwin Stringybark	Eucalyptus tetrodonta
	Darwin Wollybutt	Eucalyptus miniata
	Desert Mallee	Eucalyptus concinna
	Flooded Gum	Eucalyptus grandis
	Forest Red Gum	Eucalyptus tereticornis
	Ghost Gum	Eucalyptus papuana
	Giant Mallee	Eucalyptus oleosa
	Gimlet	Eucalyptus salubris
	Grey Box	Eucalyptus microcarpa
	Grey Ironbark	Eucalyptus microcarpa
	Gully Peppermint	Eucalyptus smithii
	Jarrah	Eucalyptus marginata
	Karri	Eucalyptus diversicolor
	Lemon-scented Gum	Eucalyptus citrodora
	Manna Gum	Eucalyptus viminalis
	Marri	Eucalyptus calophylla
	Messmate	Eucalyptus obliqua
	Morten Bay Ash	Eucalyptus tessellaris
	Mountain Ash	Eucalyptus regnans
	Mountain Gum	Eucalyptus dalrympleana
	Mugga	Eucalyptus sideroxylon
	Narrow-leafed Ironbark	Eucalyptus crebra
	Narrow-leafed Peppermint	Eucalyptus radiata
	New England Peppermint	Eucalyptus nova-anglica
	Northern Grey Ironbark	Eucalyptus siderophloia
	Pear-fruited Mallee	Eucalyptus pyriformis
	Pink Bloodwood	Eucalyptus intermedia
	Pink Gum	Eucalyptus fasciculosa
	Red Bloodwood	Eucalyptus gummifera
	Red Ironbark	Eucalyptus tricarpa
	Red Mahogany	Eucalyptus resinifera
	Red Mallee	Eucalyptus socialis
	Red Stringybark	Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
	River Peppermint	Eucalyptus elata
	River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis
	Salmon Gum	Eucalyptus salmonophloia
	Scribbly Gum	Eucalyptus signata
	Shining Gum	Eucalyptus nitens
	Silvertop Ash	Eucalyptus sieberi
	Snappy Gum	Eucalyptus racemosa
	Snow Gum	Eucalyptus pauciflora
	Southern Mahogany	Eucalyptus botryoides
	Spotted Gum	Eucalyptus maculata
	Sydney Peppermint	Eucalyptus piperita
	Tallow-wood	Eucalyptus microcorys
	Tuart	Eucalyptus gomphocephala
	Variable-barked Bloodwood	Eucalyptus dichromophloia
	Wandoo	Eucalyptus wandoo
	White Box	Eucalyptus albens
	White Stringybark	Eucalyptus globoidea
	Woolybutt	Eucalyptus longifolia
	Yellow Bloodwood	Eucalyptus eximia
	Yellow Box	Eucalyptus melliodora
	Yellow Gum	Eucalyptus leucoxylon
	York Gum	Eucalyptus loxophleba
	Yorrell	Eucalyptus gracilis
Mimosaceae	Black Wattle	Acacia auriculiformis
	Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon
	Brigalow	Acacia harpophylla
	Brown Salwood	Acacia aulacocarpa
	Coastal Wattle	Acacia sophorae
	Cootamundra Wattle	Acacia baileyana
	Dead Finish	Acacia tetragonophylla
	Gidgee	Acacia cambagei
	Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha
	Jam	Acacia acuminata
	Lancewood	Acacia sherleyi
	Mulga	Acacia aneura
	Myall (Boree)	Acacia pendula
	Pindan Wattle	Acacia tumida
	Sallow Wattle	Acacia longilfolia
	Silver Wattle	Acacia dealbata
	Weeping Myall	Acacia pendula
	Western Myall	Acacia papyrocarpa
Casuarinaceae	Belah	Casuarina cristata
	Black Oak	Casuarina pauper
	Black Sheoak	Allocasuarina littoralis
	Buloke (Bull oak)	Allocasuarina luehmannii
	Coast Sheoak	Casuarina equisetifolia
	Compass Bush	Allocasuarina pinaster
	Desert Oak	Allocasuarina decaisneana
	Drooping Sheoak	Allocasuarina verticillata
	Dwarf Sheoak	Allocasuarina pusilla
	Forest Oak	Allocasuarina torulosa
	River Sheoak	Casuarina cunninghamiana
	Slaty Sheoak	Allocasuarina muelleriana
	Swamp Oak	Casuarina glauca
	Western Sheoak	Allocasuarina fraseriana
Proteaceae	Bull Banksia	Banksia grandis
	Coast Banksia	Banksia integrifolia
	Heath Banksia	Banksia ericifolia
	Old Man Banksia	Banksia serrata
	Silver Banksia	Banksia marginata
Melaleuca, tea-tree	Cajuput	Melaleuca cajuputi
	Coastal Tea-tree	Leptospermum laevigatum
	Liniment Tree	Melaleuca symphyocarpa
	Prickly Tea-tree	Leptospermum juniperinum
	Swamp Paperbark	Melaleuca ericifolia
	Weeping Paperbark	Melaleuca leucadendra
Other plants	African Boxthorn	Lycium ferocissimum
	Alexandra Palm	Archontophoenix alexandrae
	Bangalow Palm	Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
	Black Booyong	Argyrodendron actinophyllum
	Black Cypress-pine	Callitris endlicheri
	Boab	Adanasonia gregorii
	Bracken	Pteridium esculentum
	Broad-leafed Palm-lily	Cordyline petiolaris
	Carabeen	Sloanea langii
	Celerywood	Polyscias elegans
	Cherry Ballart	Exocarpus cupressiformis
	Cooktown Ironwood	Erythrophleum chlorostachys
	Cunjevoi	Alocasia macrorrhizos
	Deep Yellow-wood	Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
	Fern-leaved Grevillea	Grevillea pteridifolia
	Flame Heath	Astroloma conostephioides
	Geebung	Persoonia linearis
	Gorse	Ulex europaeus
	Grey Bolleywood	Neolitsea dealbata
	Grey Myrtle	Backhousia myrtifolia
	Hoop Pine	Araucaria cunninghamii
	Lacebark	Brachychiton discolor
	Lantana	Lantana camara
	Leichhardt Tree	Nauclea orientalis
	Lilly Pilly	Acmena smithii
	Monterey Pine	Pinus radiata
	Morten Bay Fig	Ficus macrophylla
	Myrtle Beech	Nothofagus cumminghamii
	Norfolk Island Pine	Araucaria heterophylla
	Peppercorn	Schinus molle
	Port Jackson Fig	Ficus rubiginosa
	Purple Cherry	Syzygium crebrinerve
	Red Ash	Alphitonia excelsa
	Rough-barked Apple	Angophora floribunda
	Slender Cypress-pine	Callitris preissii
	Smooth-barked Apple	Angophora costata
	Southern Sassafras	Atherosperma moschatum
	Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa
	Sweet Pittosporum	Pittosporum undulatum
	Turpentine	Syncarpia glomulifera
	Water Gum	Tristaniopsis laurina
	White Cedar	Melia azedarach
	White Cypres-pine	Callitris columellaris
	Wilga	Geijera parviflora
	Yellow Carabeen	Sloanea woollsii
	Yellow Sassafras	Doryphora sassafras
Fruits	Apple	Malus sylvestris
	Apricot	Prunus annemaca
	Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus
	Grapes	Vitis vinifera
	Peach	Prunus persica
	Pear	Pyrus communis
	Pineapple	Ananas sativa
	Quince	Cydonia vulgaris
	Sweetbriar	Rubus rubiginosa
Nuts	Chestnut	Castanea sativa
	Peanut	Arachis hypogeae
	Pistachio	Pistacia vera
	Walnut	Juglans nigra
	walnut	Juglans
Vegetables	Potato	Solanum tuberosum
Cereals	Canola	Brassica napus
	Corn or Maize	Zea mays
	Oats	Avena sativa
	Safflower	Carthamus tinctorius
	Sunflower	Helianthus annua
	Wheat	Triticum aestivum
Common genera	acacias or wattles	Acacia
	banksias	Banksia
	casuarinas	Casuarina and Allocasuarina
	cypress-pine	Callitris
	eucalypts	Eucalyptus
	grass-tree	Xanthorrhoea
	grevilleas	Grevillea
	lignum	Muehlenbeckia; this would be, in most cases, M. cunninghamii but species Often not given in avian literature
	paperbarks	Melaleuca
	tea-tree	Leptospermum
	willow	Salix

PLANTS sorted by common name

Common Name	Scientific Name
acacias or wattles	Acacia
African Boxthorn	Lycium ferocissimum
Alexandra Palm	Archontophoenix alexandrae
Alpine Ash	Eucalyptus delegatensis
Apple	Malus sylvestris
Apple Box	Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Apricot	Prunus annemaca
Bangalow Palm	Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
banksias	Banksia
Belah	Casuarina cristata
Bimble Box	Eucalyptus populnea
Black Booyong	Argyrodendron actinophyllum
Black Box	Eucalyptus largiflorens
Black Cypress-pine	Callitris endlicheri
Black Oak	Casuarina pauper
Black Sallee	Eucalyptus stellulata
Black Sheoak	Allocasuarina littoralis
Black Wattle	Acacia auriculiformis
Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus
Blackbutt	Eucalyptus pilularis
Blackwood	Acacia melanoxylon
Blakely’s Red Gum	Eucalyptus blakelyi
Blue Mallee	Eucalyptus gamophylla
Boab	Adanasonia gregorii
Bracken	Pteridium esculentum
Brigalow	Acacia harpophylla
Brittle Gum	Eucalyptus mannifera
Broad-leafed Palm-lily	Cordyline petiolaris
Broad-leafed Stringybark	Eucalyptus caliginosa
Brown Barrel	Eucalyptus fastigata
Brown Salwood	Acacia aulacocarpa
Brown Stringybark	Eucalyptus baxteri
Bull Banksia	Banksia grandis
Buloke (Bull oak)	Allocasuarina luehmannii
Cajuput	Melaleuca cajuputi
Canola	Brassica napus
Carabeen	Sloanea langii
casuarinas	Casuarina and Allocasuarina
Celerywood	Polyscias elegans
Cherry Ballart	Exocarpus cupressiformis
Chestnut	Castanea sativa
Coast Banksia	Banksia integrifolia
Coast Sheoak	Casuarina equisetifolia
Coastal Tea-tree	Leptospermum laevigatum
Coastal Wattle	Acacia sophorae
Compass Bush	Allocasuarina pinaster
Cooktown Ironwood	Erythrophleum chlorostachys
Coolibah	Eucalyptus microtheca
Cootamundra Wattle	Acacia baileyana
Corn or Maize	Zea mays
Cunjevoi	Alocasia macrorrhizos
cypress-pine	Callitris
Darwin Box	Eucalyptus tectifica
Darwin Stringybark	Eucalyptus tetrodonta
Darwin Wollybutt	Eucalyptus miniata
Dead Finish	Acacia tetragonophylla
Deep Yellow-wood	Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Desert Mallee	Eucalyptus concinna
Desert Oak	Allocasuarina decaisneana
Drooping Sheoak	Allocasuarina verticillata
Dwarf Sheoak	Allocasuarina pusilla
Eucalypts	Eucalyptus
eucalypts	Eucalyptus
Fern-leaved Grevillea	Grevillea pteridifolia
Flame Heath	Astroloma conostephioides
Flooded Gum	Eucalyptus grandis
Forest Oak	Allocasuarina torulosa
Forest Red Gum	Eucalyptus tereticornis
Geebung	Persoonia linearis
Ghost Gum	Eucalyptus papuana
Giant Mallee	Eucalyptus oleosa
Gidgee	Acacia cambagei
Gimlet	Eucalyptus salubris
Golden Wattle	Acacia pycnantha
Gorse	Ulex europaeus
Grapes	Vitis vinifera
grass-tree	Xanthorrhoea
grevilleas	Grevillea
Grey Bolleywood	Neolitsea dealbata
Grey Box	Eucalyptus microcarpa
Grey Ironbark	Eucalyptus microcarpa
Grey Myrtle	Backhousia myrtifolia
Gully Peppermint	Eucalyptus smithii
Heath Banksia	Banksia ericifolia
Hoop Pine	Araucaria cunninghamii
Jam	Acacia acuminata
Jarrah	Eucalyptus marginata
Karri	Eucalyptus diversicolor
Lacebark	Brachychiton discolor
Lancewood	Acacia sherleyi
Lantana	Lantana camara
Leichhardt Tree	Nauclea orientalis
Lemon-scented Gum	Eucalyptus citrodora
lignum	Muehlenbeckia; this would be, in most cases, M. cunninghamii but species Often not given in avian literature
Lilly Pilly	Acmena smithii
Liniment Tree	Melaleuca symphyocarpa
Manna Gum	Eucalyptus viminalis
Marri	Eucalyptus calophylla
Messmate	Eucalyptus obliqua
Monterey Pine	Pinus radiata
Morten Bay Ash	Eucalyptus tessellaris
Morten Bay Fig	Ficus macrophylla
Mountain Ash	Eucalyptus regnans
Mountain Gum	Eucalyptus dalrympleana
Mugga	Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Mulga	Acacia aneura
Myall (Boree)	Acacia pendula
Myrtle Beech	Nothofagus cumminghamii
Narrow-leafed Ironbark	Eucalyptus crebra
Narrow-leafed Peppermint	Eucalyptus radiata
New England Peppermint	Eucalyptus nova-anglica
Norfolk Island Pine	Araucaria heterophylla
Northern Grey Ironbark	Eucalyptus siderophloia
Oats	Avena sativa
Old Man Banksia	Banksia serrata
paperbarks	Melaleuca
Peach	Prunus persica
Peanut	Arachis hypogeae
Pear	Pyrus communis
Pear-fruited Mallee	Eucalyptus pyriformis
Peppercorn	Schinus molle
Pindan Wattle	Acacia tumida
Pineapple	Ananas sativa
Pink Bloodwood	Eucalyptus intermedia
Pink Gum	Eucalyptus fasciculosa
Pistachio	Pistacia vera
Port Jackson Fig	Ficus rubiginosa
Potato	Solanum tuberosum
Prickly Tea-tree	Leptospermum juniperinum
Purple Cherry	Syzygium crebrinerve
Quince	Cydonia vulgaris
Red Ash	Alphitonia excelsa
Red Bloodwood	Eucalyptus gummifera
Red Ironbark	Eucalyptus tricarpa
Red Mahogany	Eucalyptus resinifera
Red Mallee	Eucalyptus socialis
Red Stringybark	Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
River Peppermint	Eucalyptus elata
River Red Gum	Eucalyptus camaldulensis
River Sheoak	Casuarina cunninghamiana
Rough-barked Apple	Angophora floribunda
Safflower	Carthamus tinctorius
Sallow Wattle	Acacia longilfolia
Salmon Gum	Eucalyptus salmonophloia
Scribbly Gum	Eucalyptus signata
Shining Gum	Eucalyptus nitens
Silver Banksia	Banksia marginata
Silver Wattle	Acacia dealbata
Silvertop Ash	Eucalyptus sieberi
Slaty Sheoak	Allocasuarina muelleriana
Slender Cypress-pine	Callitris preissii
Smooth-barked Apple	Angophora costata
Snappy Gum	Eucalyptus racemosa
Snow Gum	Eucalyptus pauciflora
Southern Mahogany	Eucalyptus botryoides
Southern Sassafras	Atherosperma moschatum
Spotted Gum	Eucalyptus maculata
Sunflower	Helianthus annua
Swamp Oak	Casuarina glauca
Swamp Paperbark	Melaleuca ericifolia
Sweet Bursaria	Bursaria spinosa
Sweet Pittosporum	Pittosporum undulatum
Sweetbriar	Rubus rubiginosa
Sydney Peppermint	Eucalyptus piperita
Tallow-wood	Eucalyptus microcorys
tea-tree	Leptospermum
Tuart	Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Turpentine	Syncarpia glomulifera
Variable-barked Bloodwood	Eucalyptus dichromophloia
Walnut	Juglans nigra
walnut	Juglans
Wandoo	Eucalyptus wandoo
Water Gum	Tristaniopsis laurina
Weeping Myall	Acacia pendula
Weeping Paperbark	Melaleuca leucadendra
Western Myall	Acacia papyrocarpa
Western Sheoak	Allocasuarina fraseriana
Wheat	Triticum aestivum
White Box	Eucalyptus albens
White Cedar	Melia azedarach
White Cypres-pine	Callitris columellaris
White Stringybark	Eucalyptus globoidea
Wilga	Geijera parviflora
willow	Salix
Woolybutt	Eucalyptus longifolia
Yellow Bloodwood	Eucalyptus eximia
Yellow Box	Eucalyptus melliodora
Yellow Carabeen	Sloanea woollsii
Yellow Gum	Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Yellow Sassafras	Doryphora sassafras
York Gum	Eucalyptus loxophleba
Yorrell	Eucalyptus gracilis

ANIMALS sorted by common name

Common Name	Scientific Name
Black Rat	Rattus rattus
Brown Hare	Lepus capensis
Brown Rat	Rattus norvegicus
Cat	Felis catus
Cattle	Bos taunts
Common Brush-tailed Possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Ringtailed Possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Dingo	Canis familiaris dingo
Dog	Canis familiaris
Donkey	Equus asinus
Fox	Vulpes vulpes
Goat	Capra hircus
Horse	Equus caballus
House Mouse	Mus musculus
Pig	Sus scrofa
Rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus
Sheep	Ovis aries
Water Buffalo	Bubalus bubalis