Vegetation Photos in the ANBG Collection

The Australian National Botanic Gardens has built up a collection of photos depicting a wide range of habitats and vegetation types. While the classification of vegetation is quite subjective, this page is provided as a guide to help people find photos.

Use a separate search to find photos of plant species.

The broad categories published by the National Land and Water Resources Audit in 2001 are used below, based on the book: Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001. These were used since that time in a 'vegetation' field linked to photos in the Australian Plant Image Index. Some categories were added to account for other photos in the collection, like 'Stoney Downs or Gibber'.

The 'Profiles' with each vegetation category are derived from those recognised by the Department of Environment. They are extracted from the 2007 web publication: Australia's Native Vegetation - A summary of Australia's Major Vegetation Groups, 2007 with diagrams from the Atlas of Australian Resources - Vol. 6, Vegetation, AUSLIG, Canberra, 1990, with supplimentary material credited in each profile.
Some of the above categories have been split onto two in the list below (ie 'Rainforests and Vine Thickets').

Photos from the Australian Plant Image Index

Vegetation Profile

Rainforest Profile

Vine thickets Profile

Eucalypt tall open forests Profile

Eucalypt open forests Profile

Eucalypt low open forests Profile

Eucalypt woodlands Profile

Acacia forests and woodlands Profile

Callitris forests and woodlands Profile

Casuarina forests and woodlands Profile

Melaleuca forests and woodlands Profile

Other forests and woodlands Profile

Eucalypt open woodlands Profile

Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands Profile

Acacia open woodlands Profile

Mallee woodlands and shrublands Profile

Low closed forests and closed shrublands Profile

Acacia shrublands Profile

Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrublands Profile

Alpine shrublands and herbfields Profile

Other shrublands Profile

Heathlands Profile

Tussock grasslands Profile

Hummock grasslands Profile

Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands Profile

Herbfields Profile

Mangroves Profile

Claypans, salt lakes, bare areas Profile

Stony downs, gibber plains Profile

Sand dunes Profile

Rivers, creeks

Lagoons, freshwater lakes and reservoirs

Cleared/modified native vegetation

Agricultural land

Marine, rockpools, shoreline

Micro-habitats (habitats for cryptogams)

Useful keywords

Here are some keywords related to vegetation that might be useful when searching the 'Non-plant' photos (kwikpik) in the ANBG Photograph Collection.

Open Kwikpik, and go to the 'Keywords' field:

Use + followed by key words separated by commas,
ie. + vine, buttress returns photos of vine plus buttress
replace + with comma to get either vines or buttress

agricultural	escarpment	marine	salt lake
alpine	fire	mountains	sand
arid	flood	overgrazing	samphire
buttress	gibber	plantation	sandstone
cliff	gypsum	pool	sea
coast	lake	red sand	snow
creek	limestone	remnant	swamp
creek-dry	mallee	river	vine
dune	mangrove	salinity	waterfall
			wildflowers