Guides and handbooks

Graceful Sun-moth Information Kit & Survey Methods (PDF 972 KB)
This document is an information kit on the endangered graceful sun-moth Synemon gratiosa. It documents the currently-known distribution of the species, how to identify it, and how to conduct surveys of bushland to determine if it is present. Version 1, Nov 2009
Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Field Book (PDF 8.82 MB)
A field book with photographs of fungi found in the Perth area
Estimating tree age in jarrah and marri - Briefing Note (PDF 73 KB)
Bush Books
Bush Books are a series of practical field guides about Western Australia's unique plants, animals and regions.
Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia
DEC Field Guides and Reference Books
List of DEC Field Guides and Reference Books that can be purchased online.
Scientific Plant Names Dictionary
This electronic dictionary file is generated from the information systems at the Western Australian Herbarium. It aims to provide an authoritative listing to aid with the correct spelling of these scientific names within common word processing software.
How to Collect Herbarium Specimens (PDF 1.14 MB)
How to Collect and Document Marine Plants (PDF 1.0 MB)
Aquatic invertebrates and waterbirds of wetlands in the Avon region (2.79 MB)
Photographic guide and keys to the larvae of Chironomidea (Diptera) of south-west WA (9.26 MB)

Declared rare flora in the southern Wheatbelt and eastern jarrah forest (Available from DEC Katanning)
Threatened flora of the Western Central Wheatbelt (4.29 MB)
Threatened and poorly known flora of the Yilgarn Region (Available from the Mukinbudin Telecentre)
Rare and poorly known flora of the Ravensthorpe Range and Bandalup Hill
Threatened, poorly known and other flora of Wongan-Ballidu

Seed Notes for Western Australia
Seed Notes for Western Australia provide information on seed identification, collection, biology and germination for a wide range of seed types for Western Australian native species.

Department of Environment and Conservation