Barlow, B.A. (ed.) Flora & fauna of alpine Australia. CSIRO, 1986. (543 pp.) [Papers and essays on the alpine environment, vegetation history, and animal and plant case studies.]
Beadle, N.C.W. Vegetation of Australia. Cambridge Uni Press, 1981. (690 pp.) [Describes the various Australian plant communities and ecotypes in technical detail; illustrated.]
Beard, J.S. Plant life of Western Australia. Kangaroo Press, 1990. (319 pp.). [Excellent guide to WA plant communities, based on Beard's floristic regions, and centering on plant associations, climate and soils, rather than on individual plant species. Many colour photos.]
Barker, W.R. & P.J.M. Greenslade (eds) Evolution of the flora and fauna of arid Australia. Peacock, 1982. (392 pp.) [Many chapter-essays on the habitats, plants, and animals of the arid zone.]
Floyd, A.G. Australian rainforests in New South Wales (2 vols). Surry Beatty & Sons, 1990. (136 and 180 pp., large format). [Not an identification guide, but an overview of the rainforest communities with many useful references. Vol. 1 covers the physical structure of the forest, the classification of rainforest types, their distribution, conservation, and modes of natural and artificial regeneration. Vol. 2 looks in detail at the rainforest types, the vegetational alliances that occur in them, and gets down to specific discussion of sites of these around the state.]
Gill, A.M. et al. (eds) Fire and the Australian biota. Austr. Academy of Sciences, 1981 (582 pp.) [Describes the physical processes of bushfires, and the responses to it of plants, animals, and communities.]
Keast, A. (ed.) Ecological biogeography of Australia (Vol. 1of 3) Dr W. Junk, 1981 (805 pp.) [Essay-chapters on Australian physiography, geology, soils, climate, floristics (plant associations), plant evolution, and higher-level taxonomy of some major groups. Many useful maps and tables.]
Morrison R. (& M. Morrison) Voyage of the great southern ark. Kevin Weldon & Assocs, Lansdowne/Rigby, 1988. [ISBN 0 7018 2005 5; OUT OF PRINT]. (334 pp.). [Superbly accessible yet technically sound exposition of Australia's geological history, including many fascinating sidelights on the rock-types and landforms that help determine modern plant distributions. Ancient floras are mentioned, with most detail on the earlier, pre-angiospermous component.]
Smith, J.M.B. A history of Australasian vegetation. McGraw-Hill, 1982. (168 pp). [An excellent, not-too-technical overview of plant and habitat evolution on this continent.]
White, M.E. The greening of Gondwana. Reed, 1986. (256 pp.) [Lavishly illustrated history of the evolution of plant life in the context of the Australian continent.]
