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Wetland indicator plants of Brisbane River drainage sub-basin

Total number of species: 264

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Charophyceae Characeae Chara fibrosa C QA I
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella cristata C QA I
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella furcata C Q I
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella hyalina C QI I
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella penicillata C QAI I
Charophyceae Characeae Nitella pseudoflabellata C QA I
land plants Acanthaceae Avicennia marina C QAI I
land plants Acanthaceae Avicennia marina subsp. australasica C QAI I
land plants Acanthaceae Hygrophila angustifolia C QAI I
land plants Acanthaceae Hygrophila costata IU I
land plants Acanthaceae Hygrophila polysperma IU I
land plants Alismataceae Damasonium minus starfruit SL QA I
land plants Alismataceae Sagittaria platyphylla sagittaria IU I
land plants Amaranthaceae Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed IU I
land plants Amaryllidaceae Crinum flaccidum Murray lily SL QA I
land plants Amaryllidaceae Crinum pedunculatum river lily SL QAI I
land plants Apiaceae Berula erecta water parsnip IU I
land plants Apiaceae Lilaeopsis brisbanica E Q I
land plants Aponogetonaceae Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus NT QA I
land plants Araceae Lemna aequinoctialis common duckweed C QAI I
land plants Araceae Pistia stratiotes water lettuce IU I
land plants Araliaceae Hydrocotyle verticillata shield pennywort C QA I
land plants Asteraceae Cotula coronopifolia water buttons IU I
land plants Asteraceae Eclipta prostrata white eclipta IU I
land plants Asteraceae Enydra fluctuans IU I
land plants Brassicaceae Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum watercress IU I
land plants Cabombaceae Brasenia schreberi C QAI I
land plants Cabombaceae Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana cabomba IU I
land plants Casuarinaceae Casuarina cunninghamiana C QA I
land plants Casuarinaceae Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana C QAI I
land plants Casuarinaceae Casuarina glauca swamp she-oak C QAI I
land plants Ceratophyllaceae Ceratophyllum demersum hornwort C QAI I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Suaeda arbusculoides C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Suaeda australis C QA I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia indica C QAI I
land plants Chenopodiaceae Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. queenslandica C Q I
land plants Colchicaceae Burchardia umbellata C QA I
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea aquatica C QAI I
land plants Cymodoceaceae Halodule uninervis SL QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Bolboschoenus caldwellii C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Bolboschoenus fluviatilis C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Carex fascicularis tassel sedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Carex gaudichaudiana C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Chorizandra cymbaria C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Chorizandra sphaerocephala C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Cladium procerum leafy twigrush C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus aquatilis C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus difformis rice sedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus digitatus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus distans C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus enervis C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus eragrostis IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus esculentus yellow nutgrass IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus exaltatus tall flatsedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus flaccidus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus gymnocaulos spiny flatsedge C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus haspan C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus haspan subsp. haspan C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus involucratus IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus laevigatus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus lucidus C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides flatsedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus odoratus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus papyrus papyrus IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus pilosus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus platystylis C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus polystachyos C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus polystachyos var. polystachyos C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus procerus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus prolifer dwarf papyrus IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus sanguinolentus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus scariosus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus squarrosus bearded flatsedge C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus unioloides C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus vaginatus C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis atricha tuber spikerush C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis cylindrostachys C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis dietrichiana C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis dulcis C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis equisetina C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis minuta IU I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis philippinensis C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis plana ribbed spikerush C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis sphacelata tall spikerush C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis tetraquetra C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis ferruginea C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis microcarya C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis nuda C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis nutans C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis polytrichoides C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Fuirena incrassata C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Gahnia clarkei tall sawsedge C QA I
land plants Cyperaceae Gahnia sieberiana sword grass C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Isolepis inundata swamp club rush C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Lepironia articulata C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Rhynchospora brownii beak rush C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Rhynchospora corymbosa C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Rhynchospora rubra C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus subulatus C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani C QAI I
land plants Cyperaceae Schoenus brevifolius C QAI I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera binata forked sundew SL QAI I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera burmanni SL QAI I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera lunata SL QAI I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera spatulata SL QA I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera spatulata var. spatulata SL QAI I
land plants Elatinaceae Elatine gratioloides waterwort C QAI I
land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon nanum C QA I
land plants Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon scariosum C QAI I
land plants Euphorbiaceae Excoecaria agallocha milky mangrove C QAI I
land plants Gleicheniaceae Dicranopteris linearis var. linearis C QAI I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum aquaticum Brazilian water milfoil IU I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum crispatum C QA I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum gracile C QA I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum gracile var. gracile C QA I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum jacobsii C Q I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum striatum C Q I
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum verrucosum water milfoil C QA I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Egeria densa dense waterweed IU I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila decipiens SL Q I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila ovalis SL QAI I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Halophila spinulosa SL QAI I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Hydrilla verticillata hydrilla SL QAI I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Hydrocharis dubia frogbit IU I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Limnobium laevigatum IU I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Ottelia alismoides SL QAI I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Ottelia ovalifolia swamp lily SL Q I
land plants Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria nana SL QAI I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus aridicola tussock rush C QA I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus bufonius toad rush IU I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus continuus C QA I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus holoschoenus C QA I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus kraussii sea rush C QA I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis C QAI I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus planifolius C QAI I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus prismatocarpus branching rush C QAI I
land plants Juncaceae Juncus usitatus C QAI I
land plants Juncaginaceae Cycnogeton microtuberosus SL QA I
land plants Juncaginaceae Cycnogeton multifructus SL QA I
land plants Juncaginaceae Cycnogeton procerus SL QAI I
land plants Juncaginaceae Triglochin striata streaked arrowgrass SL QAI I
land plants Lamiaceae Lycopus australis water horehound C QA I
land plants Laxmanniaceae Lomandra hystrix C QA I
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia aurea golden bladderwort SL QAI I
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia caerulea blue bladderwort SL QAI I
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia dichotoma fairy aprons SL QAI I
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia gibba floating bladderwort SL QAI I
land plants Lentibulariaceae Utricularia uliginosa asian bladderwort SL QAI I
land plants Limnocharitaceae Hydrocleys nymphoides IU I
land plants Lygodiaceae Lygodium microphyllum snake fern C QAI I
land plants Lythraceae Lythrum salicaria purple loosestrife C QAI I
land plants Lythraceae Rotala mexicana C QAI I
land plants Lythraceae Rotala rotundifolia IU I
land plants Lythraceae Rotala tripartita C QA I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea costulifera narrow-leaved nardoo C QA I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea drummondii common nardoo C QAI I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea hirsuta hairy nardoo C QAI I
land plants Marsileaceae Marsilea mutica shiny nardoo C QA I
land plants Maundiaceae Maundia triglochinoides V QA I
land plants Melastomataceae Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum C QAI I
land plants Menyanthaceae Liparophyllum exaltatum SL QA I
land plants Menyanthaceae Nymphoides geminata SL QA I
land plants Menyanthaceae Nymphoides indica water snowflake SL QAI I
land plants Myrsinaceae Aegiceras corniculatum river mangrove C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Baeckea frutescens C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus robusta swamp mahogany C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Leptospermum liversidgei C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Lophostemon suaveolens swamp box C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca bracteata C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca leucadendra broad-leaved tea-tree C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca linariifolia snow-in summer C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca pachyphylla C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca quinquenervia swamp paperbark C QAI I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca thymifolia thyme honeymyrtle C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Melaleuca viminalis C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Tristaniopsis laurina C QA I
land plants Myrtaceae Waterhousea floribunda weeping lilly pilly C QA I
land plants Najadaceae Najas tenuifolia water nymph SL QAI I
land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea caerulea IU I
land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea gigantea SL QA I
land plants Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea mexicana IU I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia longifolia IU I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia octovalvis willow primrose C QAI I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis C QAI I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia perennis C QAI I
land plants Onagraceae Ludwigia repens IU I
land plants Orchidaceae Phaius australis E E QAI I
land plants Philydraceae Philydrum lanuginosum frogsmouth C QAI I
land plants Plantaginaceae Bacopa lanigera IU I
land plants Plantaginaceae Bacopa monnieri C QAI I
land plants Plantaginaceae Callitriche muelleri C QA I
land plants Plantaginaceae Callitriche sonderi C QA I
land plants Poaceae Arundo donax IU I
land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca var. fusca C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Diplachne fusca var. uninervia IU I
land plants Poaceae Echinochloa colona awnless barnyard grass IU I
land plants Poaceae Echinochloa crus-galli barnyard grass IU I
land plants Poaceae Echinochloa telmatophila swamp barnyard grass C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Hemarthria uncinata C Q I
land plants Poaceae Hemarthria uncinata var. spathacea C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Hemarthria uncinata var. uncinata C QA I
land plants Poaceae Hymenachne amplexicaulis 'Olive' IU I
land plants Poaceae Isachne globosa swamp millet C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Ischaemum australe var. australe C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Leersia hexandra swamp rice grass C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Panicum larcomianum C Q I
land plants Poaceae Panicum obseptum white water panic C QA I
land plants Poaceae Panicum paludosum swamp panic C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Paspalum distichum water couch IU I
land plants Poaceae Paspalum vaginatum saltwater couch IU I
land plants Poaceae Phragmites australis common reed C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Polypogon monspeliensis annual beardgrass IU I
land plants Poaceae Pseudoraphis spinescens spiny mudgrass C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Sacciolepis indica Indian cupscale grass C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Sporobolus virginicus sand couch C QAI I
land plants Poaceae Stenotaphrum secundatum buffalo grass IU I
land plants Poaceae Urochloa mutica IU I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria attenuata C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria capitata IU I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria decipiens slender knotweed C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria dichotoma C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria elatior V V QA I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria hydropiper water pepper C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria lapathifolia pale knotweed C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria orientalis princes feathers C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria praetermissa C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria prostrata creeping knotweed C QA I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria strigosa C QAI I
land plants Polygonaceae Persicaria subsessilis hairy knotweed C QAI I
land plants Pontederiaceae Eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth IU I
land plants Pontederiaceae Heteranthera reniformis IU I
land plants Pontederiaceae Monochoria cyanea C QA I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton crispus curly pondweed SL QAI I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton ochreatus blunt pondweed SL QAI I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton octandrus SL QAI I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton perfoliatus perfoliate pondweed SL QAI I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton sulcatus SL QA I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton tepperi SL QA I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton tricarinatus floating pondweed SL QA I
land plants Potamogetonaceae Stuckenia pectinata SL QAI I
land plants Proteaceae Banksia robur broad-leaved banksia C QA I
land plants Pteridaceae Acrostichum speciosum mangrove fern SL QAI I
land plants Ranunculaceae Ranunculus inundatus river buttercup C QA I
land plants Restionaceae Baloskion pallens C QA I
land plants Restionaceae Baloskion tenuiculme C QA I
land plants Restionaceae Eurychorda complanata C QA I
land plants Restionaceae Lepyrodia imitans C Q I
land plants Restionaceae Lepyrodia scariosa C QA I
land plants Rhizophoraceae Bruguiera gymnorhiza large-fruited orange mangrove C QAI I
land plants Rhizophoraceae Rhizophora stylosa spotted mangrove C QAI I
land plants Ricciaceae Ricciocarpos natans C Q I
land plants Ruppiaceae Ruppia maritima sea tassel C QAI I
land plants Salicaceae Salix babylonica weeping willow IU I
land plants Salviniaceae Azolla pinnata ferny azolla C QAI I
land plants Salviniaceae Salvinia molesta salvinia IU I
land plants Samolaceae Samolus valerandi brookweed C QAI I
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium debile frail trigger plant SL QA I
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium tenerum SL QAI I
land plants Thelypteridaceae Cyclosorus interruptus SL QAI I
land plants Typhaceae Sparganium subglobosum floating bur-reed C QA I
land plants Typhaceae Typha domingensis C QAI I
land plants Typhaceae Typha orientalis broad-leaved cumbungi C QAI I
land plants Xyridaceae Xyris complanata yellow-eye C QAI I
land plants Zosteraceae Zostera capricorni eelgrass SL QA I

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wetland indicator plants of Brisbane River drainage sub-basin, WetlandInfo website, accessed 26 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-brisbane-river&Kingdom=plants&SpeciesFilter=WetlandIndicator

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