Botanical Name: Eucalyptus risdonii
Common Name: Risdon peppermint
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: Small to medium tree, sometimes of mallee form, usually crooked trunk, 3-8m H
Flowering Time: Spring/summer
Habitat/distribution: Rare, restricted to gentle to moderately steep slopes on mudstone in the Meehan Range near Hobart, from sea level to 200m.
Where to See: Government Hills Reserve Risdon Cove

Botanical Name: Eucalyptus subcrenulata
Common Name: Alpine yellow gum
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: Small to medium subalpine tree, 10-20m, or taller in lower sites to 50m H
Flowering Time: Summer/autumn
Habitat/distribution: Locally common on the Central Plateau and mountains of the south and west between 750-1,200m.
Where to See: Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NP, Mount Field NP

Botanical Name: Eucalyptus tenuiramis
Common Name: Silver peppermint
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: Small to medium tree 8-25m H, all parts glaucous and often with pendulous branches
Flowering Time: Summer
Habitat/distribution: Restricted to the lowlands and hills of the south and east, usually on mudstone soils.
Where to See: Risdon Brook Reserve; Meehan Range Reserve; east of Wellington Park, Tasman NP

Botanical Name: Eucalyptus urnigera
Common Name: Urn gum
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: Small to medium tree, 6-15m H
Flowering Time: Summer
Habitat/distribution: Open mountain or subalpine woodlands of the south-east.
Where to See: Wellington Park, Mount Field NP

Botanical Name: Eucryphia lucida
Common Name: Leatherwood
Family: Eucryphiaceae
Size: 6-12m H x 2-3m W
Flowering Time: Summer/early autumn
Habitat/distribution: Moist rainforests, with low fire frequency, mainly in the western half of the state.
Where to See: Hartz, Mt Field and Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NPs

Botanical Name: Hakea epiglottis
Common Name: Beaked needlebush
Family: Proteaceae
Size: 1-3m H x 0.5-2m W
Flowering Time: Spring
Habitat/distribution: Widespread from low to high altitudes. Generally in wet heaths, or damp shrubbery, but may be found on drained sites.
Where to See: Wellington Park, Hartz Mt, Mt Field, Franklin and Gordon Wild Rivers, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NPs

Botanical Name: Hovea tasmanica
Common Name: Rockfield purplepea
Family: Fabaceae
Size: 1-3m H x 1-2m W
Flowering Time: Late winter/spring
Habitat/distribution: Widespread on dry rocky hills to 1,000m..
Where to See: Skullbone Plains, Central Plateau; Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NP; Barren Rock Falls, Bagdad; Molesworth Road near Kundes Creek, Molesworth;

Botanical Name: Isophysis tasmanica
Common Name: Tasmanian purplestar
Family: Iridaceae
Size: 10-30cm H x 10-30cm W
Flowering Time: Summer
Habitat/distribution: From sea level on peaty swamps of the south-west to exposed rock outcrops of the west and Central Highlands, to 1,300m.

Botanical Name: Lagarostrobos franklinii
Common Name: Huon pine
Family: Podocarpaceae
Size: 20-30m H x 2-5m W
Flowering Time: Immature cones terminal, inconspicuous in spring/summer
Habitat/distribution: Moist to wet river banks and lakes in rainforest of the west and south-west to 1,000m. Also on the Huon River.
Where to See: Heritage Railway, Queenstown to Strahan; Gordon Franklin Wild Rivers NP; Franklin River Reserve, Lyell Highway

Botanical Name: Lasiopetalum micranthum
Common Name: Tasmanian velvetbush
Family: Sterculiaceae
Size: 20-50cm H x 100-150cm W
Flowering Time: Spring
Habitat/distribution: Dry rocky areas of the east coast. Limited distribution, threatened by clearance of habitat.
Where to see: Lake Leake Rd, east of Wye River State Reserve ~0.5km w of L/O; Big Bedding Hill, Eastern Tiers; Dip River Reserve Lake Leake Rd

Botanical Name: Leptecophylla parvifolia
Common Name: Mountain pinkberry
Family: Epacridaceae
Size: 30-100cm H x 40-90cm W
Flowering Time: Summer
Fruit: Globular bright pinkish/red berries
Habitat/distribution: Occurs high on dolerite mountains of central, eastern and northern parts, including Mt Wellington.
Where to See: Most tracks in Wellington Park; Lake Dobson area Mt Field; Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NPs

Botanical Name: Leptospermum grandiflorum
Common Name: Autumn teatree
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: 2-5m h x 1-4m w
Flowering Time: Prolific in autumn
Habitat/distribution: East coast on granite soils in dense colonies in exposed positions, or in rocky ground as an understorey in association with eucalypts
Where to See: Freycinet Peninsular, Apsley Gorge, O Road, Lake Leake Road

Botanical Name: Leptospermum nitidum
Common Name: Shiny teatree
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: 2-4m H x 2-3m W
Flowering Time: Mainly late spring/early summer, sporadic through the year
Habitat/distribution: Wet heaths from sea level in the west and south-west to subalpine heaths of the Central Highlands.
Where to See: Gordon Franklin Wild Rivers, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NPs

Botanical Name: Leptospermum rupestre
Common Name: Mountain teatree
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: 0.1-2m H x 1-2.5m W
Flowering Time: Late summer and sporadically throughout the year
Habitat/distribution: Prostrate amongst rocks in alpine areas above 1,000m, or small shrub in more sheltered positions of central, western and southern mountains.
Where to See: Wellington Park, Hartz Mt, Mt Field, Franklin and Gordon Wild Rivers, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NPs

Botanical Name: Lomatia polymorpha
Common Name: Mountain guitarplant
Family: Proteaceae
Size: 1-4m H x 0.5-1m W
Flowering Time: Summer
Habitat/distribution: Common in wet areas from sea level to 1,200m, mainly in the west and south.
Where to See: Wellington Park; Hartz, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair and Gordon Franklin Wild Rivers NPs

Botanical Name: Melaleuca virens
Common Name: Prickly bottlebrush
Family: Myrtaceae
Size: 0.5-2m H x 0.5-1m W
Flowering Time: Spring
Habitat/distribution: Locally common in wet places in mountain areas.
Where to See: Thumbs Creek, Prosser Valley near Orford; Snug Tiers near Margate; Bellettes Creek Tasman Peninsular; Maria Island; Freycinet Peninsular; Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair NP; Tooms Lake

Botanical Name: Milligania densiflora
Common Name: Silky milligania
Family: Liliaceae
Size: 15-75cm H
Flowering Time: Late spring/summer
Habitat/distribution: Widespread on moist alpine slopes and rocky banks predominantly in the central and western areas.
Where to See: Lake Osborne or Esperance Tracks Hartz NP, Cradle Mountain east of the mountain, Lyell Highway near Frenchmans Cap Lookout