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Plant group
Algae
Dicotyledon
Fern or fern-ally
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Family
Acrochaetiaceae
Bangiaceae
Bonnemaisoniaceae
Callithamniaceae
Ceramiaceae
Chaetophoraceae
Champiaceae
Characeae
Cladophoraceae
Codiaceae
Corallinaceae
Delesseriaceae
Dictyotaceae
Durvillaeaceae
Erythrotrichiaceae
Hormosiraceae
Lessoniaceae
Liagoraceae
Nostocaceae
Notheiaceae
Plocamiaceae
Rhodomelaceae
Sargassaceae
Scytonemataceae
Scytosiphonaceae
Seirococcaceae
Stigonemataceae
Tribonemataceae
Ulvaceae
Acanthaceae
Aizoaceae
Amaranthaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Araliaceae
Asteraceae
Atherospermataceae
Bignoniaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Casuarinaceae
Celastraceae
Convolvulaceae
Crassulaceae
Cunoniaceae
Dilleniaceae
Droseraceae
Elaeocarpaceae
Ericaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Goodeniaceae
Haloragaceae
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
Lentibulariaceae
Loganiaceae
Loranthaceae
Malvaceae
Menyanthaceae
Mimosaceae
Monimiaceae
Montiaceae
Myrtaceae
Onagraceae
Orobanchaceae
Oxalidaceae
Phrymaceae
Phyllanthaceae
Pittosporaceae
Plantaginaceae
Polygalaceae
Polygonaceae
Primulaceae
Proteaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rhamnaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Rutaceae
Santalaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Solanaceae
Stylidiaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Urticaceae
Violaceae
Aspleniaceae
Blechnaceae
Cyatheaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae
Dicksoniaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Gleicheniaceae
Hymenophyllaceae
Lindsaeaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Osmundaceae
Polypodiaceae
Psilotaceae
Pteridaceae
Selaginellaceae
Araceae
Asparagaceae
Centrolepidaceae
Colchicaceae
Cymodoceaceae
Cyperaceae
Iridaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
Orchidaceae
Poaceae
Posidoniaceae
Restionaceae
Typhaceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xyridaceae
Zosteraceae
Flower
Blue
Brown
Cream
Green
N/A
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
Small and inconspicuous, highly reduced or absent
White
Yellow
Habit
Algae
Aquatic to semi-aquatic
Brown algae
Climber
Epiphytic
Fern or fern-ally
Grass
Grass-tree
Green algae
Herb
Orchid
Red algae
Rush/Rush-like
Sedge/Sedge-like
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Ecological preference
Banksia woodland
Brackish/Saline water (non-marine)
Cliffs
Coastal and dune scrub
Coastal forest
Coastal heath
Coastal woodland
Disturbed areas
Dry forest
Dry heath
Forest
Grassland
Gully
Heath
Marine
Rock pools
Rocky areas
Saltmarsh/Mangrove
Sand dune
Swamp
Watercourses (freshwater, non-marine)
Wet areas
Wet forest
Wet heath
Woodland