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Native to the Mediterranean regions, more than one species of white snail is now quite common in Kadina and elsewhere in South Australia. This image shows many Theba pisana, and a number of smaller and more pointed Cochlicella acuta aestivating on a fence post. Cernuella virgata (Common white snail) [53] Cochlicella acuta (Pointed snail) [54]
Around 15% of Australia's flora is made up of introduced species. [58] The following is a non-inclusive list of some of the more significant plant species. See also: List of invasive species in Australia § Plants
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana , and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the ...
Plants portal This category is for articles about introduced species . Please do not add this category to general articles about single organisms, unless it is an article specifically about that species' introduction outside of its native range.
More successfully, the Australian Dung Beetle Project (1965–1985), led by Dr. George Bornemissza of CSIRO's Division of Entomology, introduced 23 species of dung beetle to Australia in order to biologically control the pestilent population of bush flies. These flies, along with other species of fly and parasitic worm, use the dung as a ...
The list of threatened plants of Australia Queensland includes all plant species listed as critically endangered or endangered in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Mosses of Western Australia; List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller; N. List of Australian plants termed "native"
Numerous plants have been introduced to the state of New South Wales, Australia during the past two centuries, and many of them have become invasive species or noxious weeds which by definition compete with native plants and suppress the growth of indigenous populations.