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Tasmania is Australia's stronghold for cool temperate rainforest. Discover its beauty.
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Tasmania has a rich and unique alpine flora, with over 60% of all species being found here and nowhere else on Earth.
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With half of all Tasmanian eucalypts being found only in Tasmania, eucalypt forests contain the highest diversity of plants and animals of any Tasmanian plant community.
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A distinctive feature of western Tasmania, buttongrass moorlands habour a rich diversity of plants.
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Our dwindling native grasslands are home to a myriad of native plants and animals.
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Tasmania has a rich diversity of wetlands, including 10 internationally recognised Ramsar sites.
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Tasmania's coastline is home to a plant community adapted to survive the harshest of conditions.
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Most of Tasmania's ancient native conifers are found nowhere else and include species that are among the longest-lived organisms on Earth.
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Tasmania is home to Australia's only native winter deciduous plant, the spectacular deciduous beech.
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This endangered species is the oldest known plant clone on Earth, with genetically identical individuals estimated to be at least 43 000 years old.
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The delicate and attractive Sphagnum moss is found in only a tiny fraction of Tasmania, but forms a distinctive and unique habitat.
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Phytophthora is an introduced fungus that can pose a significant threat to susceptible plant communities.