New South Wales is home to some amazing flora, across the diverse habitats and regions. From mountain ranges, plateaus, upland areas and escarpment, to coastal habitats stretching from the Queensland border to the Victoria border, and stretching inland encompassing a great range of native vegetation, including rainforests, eucalypt forests and woodlands, alpine grasslands, wetlands, coastal heaths, alpine habitats and arid shrublands.

As well as the native flora diversity, New South Wales has also some introduced floral displays found in botanic gardens and parks.

Check out our New South Wales Flora Index (more content coming soon). Some flora is already listed under various regions and destinations in NSW including Northern Beaches Flora, Sapphire Coast Flora, South Coast Flora and Sydney Flora, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Blue Mountains Flora and Blue Mountains Botanic Garden (all being work in progress and much more to come).

Leptospermum rotundifolium (Lavender Queen), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Leptospermum rotundifolium (Lavender Queen), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Echium Pininana (Blue Steeple), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Echium Pininana (Blue Steeple), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Anigozanthos sp (Tall Kangaroo Paw), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Anigozanthos sp (Tall Kangaroo Paw), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Banksia serrata (Saw Tooth Banksia / Old Man Banksia), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why, NSW
Banksia serrata (Saw Tooth Banksia / Old Man Banksia), Stony Range RBG, Dee Why, NSW
Grass Triggerplant (Stylidium graminifolium), Mount Kosciuszko, NSW
Grass Triggerplant (Stylidium graminifolium), Mount Kosciuszko, NSW
King Protea (Protea cynaroides), (Mt Tomah) Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
King Protea (Protea cynaroides), (Mt Tomah) Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Staghorn (Platycerium superbum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Staghorn (Platycerium superbum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Potberg Sugarbush (Protea aurea ssp potbergensis), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Potberg Sugarbush (Protea aurea ssp potbergensis), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Fuchsia Heath (Epacris longiflora), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Fuchsia Heath (Epacris longiflora), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Pittosporum revolutum, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Pittosporum revolutum, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta), The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta), The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Blue Puya (Puya alpestris subsp zoellneri), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Blue Puya (Puya alpestris subsp zoellneri), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media), The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media), The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, NSW

This section is a work in progress… more information coming…

  • Scientific Classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Divisions:

    Green algae
    • Chlorophyta
    • Charophyta

    Land plants (embryophytes)
    • Marchantiophyta — liverworts
    • Anthocerotophyta — hornworts
    • Bryophyta — mosses

    Vascular plants (tracheophytes)
    • Rhyniophyta — rhyniophytes
    • Zosterophyllophyta — zosterophylls
    • Lycopodiophyta — clubmosses
    • Trimerophytophyta — trimerophytes
    • Equisetophyta — horsetails
    • Pteridophyta — ‘true’ ferns
    • Psilotophyta — whisk ferns
    • Ophioglossophyta — adderstongues

    • Seed plants (spermatophytes)
    • Pteridospermatophyta — seed ferns
    • Pinophyta — conifers
    • Cycadophyta — cycads
    • Ginkgophyta — ginkgo
    • Gnetophyta — gnetae
    • Magnoliophyta — flowering plants
Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW

Footnote & References

  1. The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, https://www.bluemountainsbotanicgarden.com.au/
  2. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/royal-botanic-garden-sydney

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