Species Information, Resources & Factsheets

Native Plants

• Territory Native Plants Species Information

• City of Darwin Native Planting Guide

• City of Darwin Recommended Shade Trees

• City of Darwin - Gardens for Wildlife

• DLPE - Species Guide for Landscaping in the Top End

• Recommended Native Landscaping Species

• Top End Native Plant Society (Native Wildflowers)

• National Botanic Gardens Plant Image Search

• Australian Tropical Rainforest Key

• NT Herbarium

• Flora of the NT – NTG Herbarium

• Flora of the NT – Wiki

• Grow Me Instead

• Waterwise Gardening

• Cyclone Resistance (Preferred Trees for Darwin)

• Top End Vegetation Types

• CSIRO Darwin Living Lab

• Native Tree Shading & Cooling ratings

• NT Flora & Fauna Books & Posters

• Rapid Creek Mangrove Species

Top End Revegetation & Irrigation Guidelines

• Revegetation Guide for Northern Savannas

• Ecological Gardening for Wildlife in Darwin

• The Ultimate Irrigation User Guide (PWC)

Education & Australian Curriculum Resources

• NT Flora - School Science Incursions & Capability Statement

• NT Flora - Teacher & Curriculum Resources

CSIRO Darwin Living Lab (Water Security, Canopy Cover, Cooling & Greening)

• CSIRO Darwin Living Lab

• Biodiversity values of Darwin

• Cooler & Thriving Darwin city

• Darwin’s Urban Tree Cover

• Native Tree Shading & Cooling ratings

• Territory Water Plan (DEPWS)

• Living Water Smart & LWS (PAWA)

Edible Plants

• TNP Edibles

• TENPS Edibles

• Gulp NT

• Bushtucker in the Top End

Indigenous Knowledge

• Indigenous Seasonal Calendars

• Indigenous Weather Knowledge

• Tiwi Plants & Animals

• Aboriginal Knowledge: Plants & Animals

• Kakadu/Arnhem Indigenous Plant Knowledge

• Kakadu Plants 

Native Wildflowers

• Top End Native Plant Society (Wildflowers)

• Darwin Sandsheet Plants - Wildflowers, Herbs, Sedges, Grasses, Trees & Shrubs

Field Apps

• Eucalypts of Australia (EUCLID) Web

• Eucalypts of Australia (EUCLID) iOS App

• PlantNet Web

• PlantNet iOS App

Fauna Info

• Bee Info & Australian Native Bee Association (NT Branch)

• Native Plants for Top End Stingless Bees (See here for NT Native Bee Posters & Books)

• City of Darwin Native Plants for Native Bees

• Encouraging insect pollinators in rural and urban landscapes - Nth East Arnhem Land

• Sugarbag Bees

• Top End Invertebrates (See here for NT Native Invertebrates Posters)

• Top End Butterfly species & food plants

• Top End Butterfly food plants

• Attracting butterflies to Darwin gardens

• Top End Moths

• Top End Goannas (see here for Reptile books)

• Cane Toads

Other Native Flora & Fauna Groups

• Land for Wildlife Top End

• Top End Native Plant Society

• NT Field Naturalists Club

Weeds (Including Gamba)

• Territory Natural Resource Management (Gamba Army)

• Common Crop & Pasture Weeds

• NTG Weeds Branch

Image Credits

Thank you to all those who generously contributed images to create this NT Native Plant resource:

ALL IMAGES SUBJECT TO STRICT COPYRIGHT. Permissions granted for image use on the TNP Website does not constitute transfer of rights or permit reproduction, reuse or download to any third parties. Image copyright is retained by the owner.

• Top End Native Plant Society

• Donald Simpson - Some Magnetic Island Plants

• NT Government - FloraNT, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

• ANBG - Australian National Botanic Gardens. Photos downloaded from the Australian Plant Image Index (APII)  

• CANBR - Australian Tropical Rainforest Key, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research

• ALA - Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) under Creative Commons Attribution Licence. ALA Citizen Science initiative

• NWP - North West Plants

• Ian Morris - Riyala

• EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia, Fourth Edition, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research

• Karen Johnson - The Landscape Studio, Darwin.

• Gary Fox - The Food We Eat

• Nicholas Smith - Nelumbo Botaniks

• Eliza Dobson – TNP Photos

TNP references ‘Preferred trees for Darwin’ (Medium/High) in establishing cyclone resistance

• Cyclone Resistance & Preferred Plant List

• Establishing a Resilient Urban Forest for Darwin

• An assessment of tree damage and resilience in Darwin parks following Tropical Cyclone Marcus March 17th 2018.

• M.J., McGregor, J. & Parsons, B. (2018), An assessment of tree damage and resilience in Darwin parks following Tropical Cyclone Marcus March 17th 2018. City of Darwin, Darwin

• An assessment of tree susceptibility and resistance to cyclones, Greening Australia Greg Calvert, Senior Environmental Scientist, 2011

• James Cook University. “Responses of some species commonly grown in Northern Queensland” G. Calvert, B. Jackes, J. Roach, G. Stocker et al., N. Tucker, and report to Cairns City Council on Cyclone “Winifred”, covering cyclones in Queensland and the Northern Territory since Althea in 1971

• Native Plants for Northern Australian Gardens, Nicholas Smith, Top end conservation Management, 2023.