Hornsby Herbarium goes online

Hornsby Council (Sydney) has just launched an easy-to-use online herbarium that can be accessed here.

The online herbarium catalogues hundreds of native plants (& some weeds) found in the Hornsby Shire but also found commonly in other Sydney Vegetation, and is a database allowing users to search through it for plant identification purposes. The Online Herbarium features easy searches using thumbnail images, large downloadable scans of live pressed plant material and a great search tools that allow you to search by: where the plant was collected (eg a specific reserve); what type of plant it is (eg a shrub); specific descriptions (eg flower colour); and advanced search tools. You can also search using the botanical search through classifications, plant families, genus type or species type.

Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland, Western Sydney

The Botanic Gardens Trust (Sydney) has setup a great Cumberland Plain Woodland website, including an image library and plant species information.