Atlas of Living Australia

[Jason.S]

Ever wanted to know what native species are in your local area and where?

I was on one of my Google hunts this morning, hoping I could find an Acacia Pycnantha in my area I could collect seed from. In my hunt, I came across this website which gave me the answer to my question and much more.

I’m not sure if anyone has seen or used this site before but thought I’d share anyway for all to enjoy.

http://biocache.ala.org.au/explore/your-area

[kcpoole]

Now that is verry cool Nice find

Ken

[Andrew F]

Book marked, thank you very much. Look out local lepto's

[Jason.S]

They also have a mobile app (OzAtlas) for those serious enthusiasts/collectors.

Very cool!

[fireworks]

Thanks for sharing Reddragon. This link will come in handy.

[chipper5]

Thanks reddragon- this is awesome! I've always wanted to plant heaps of natives in my garden to attract wildlife and this helps locate natives specific to my area- fantastic!!! Local native nursery- here I come!

Chipper5

[shibui]

Good find Reddragon.
It appears to be still lacking quite a lot of species (at least in my area - only 3 Eucs listed??, one Pterostylis - I can find at least 5 within 5km- and no fish, amphibians or crustacea???) but there appears to be capacity to submit finds and observations so it will probably get more comprehensive as time goes on.
Its agood start but use it as a guide and try to remember it may not be absolutely definitive.
For NSW I've been using http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm which seems to be quite comprehensive, can search species or lust plants in a given location. Again it is only as good as the records that have been submitted.

[Jason.S]

Agreed shibui, great information to use as a guide only and I’m sure it will improve with time.

I still haven't gone through in detail to see how accurate the data is but it definitely looks like it has potential. I liked the feature where you can input your own records.

Not bad for a free site/app anyway.