These are the stages in the life cycle of the plant:
Below are images of a range of seedlings from the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan Conservation research woodland. We have concentrated on dicotyledon species. Most of the monocotyledon (e.g. grasses) species are difficult to distinguish from each other. Asterisk * indicates exotic species naturalised at the Australian Botanic Garden.
Ajuga australis Lamiaceae
Atriplex semibaccata Chenopodiaceae
Brunoniella australis Acanthaceae
Bursaria spinosa Pittosporaceae
Calotis lappulacea Asteraceae
Centipeda minima Asteraceae
Chamaesyce drummondii Euphorbiaceae
Cheilanthes distans Sinopteridaceae
Chenopodium carinatum Chenopodiaceae
*Cirsium vulgare Asteraceae
Convolvulus angustissimus Convolvulaceae
*Coronopus didymus Brassicaceae
Cotula australis Asteraceae
Crassula sieberiana Crassulaceae
*Cyclospermum leptophyllum Apiaceae
Cyperus gracilis Cyperaceae
*Datura stramonium Solanaceae
Daucus glochidiatus Apiaceae
Desmodium brachypodum Fabaceae
Desmodium varians Fabaceae
Dianella longifolia Phormiaceae
Dianella revoluta Phormiaceae
Dichrondra repens Convolvulaceae
Dodonaea viscosa Sapindaceae
*Echium plantagineum Boraginaceae
Einadia hastata Chenopodiaceae
Einadia nutans subsp. linifolia Chenopodiaceae
Einadia nutans subsp. nutans Chenopodiaceae
Einadia polygonoides Chenopodiaceae
Eremophila debilis Myoporaceae
Erodium crinitum Geraniaceae
Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae
Geranium homeanum Geraniaceae
Glossogyne tannensis Asteraceae
Glycine tabacina Fabaceae
*Gomphocarpus fruticosus Asclepiadaceae
Hardenbergia violacea Fabaceae
Heliotropium amplexicaule Boraginaceae
Hibiscus trionum Malvaceae
Linum marginale Linaceae
Lotus australis Fabaceae
Mentha satureoides Lamiaceae
*Modiola caroliniana Malvaceae
*Olea europaea subsp cuspidata Oleaceae
Oxalis perennans Oxalidaceae
*Paspalum dilatatum Poaceae
Pimelea spicata Thymelaeaceae
*Plantago lanceolata Plantaginaceae
Plectranthus parviflorus Lamiaceae
Portulaca oleracea Portulacaceae
Ranunculus lappaceus Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sessiliflorus Ranunculaceae
Rhodanthe anthemoides Asteraceae
Scleria mackaviensis Cyperaceae
Scutellaria humilis Lamiaceae
Sida corrugata Malvaceae
*Sida rhombifolia Malvaceae
Solanum cinereum Solanaceae
Solanum prinophyllum Solanaceae
*Stellaria media Caryophyllaceae
*Trifolium sp. Fabaceae
*Verbena bonariensis Verbenaceae
Zornia dyctiocarpa Fabaceae
Dry conditions are a feature of the Cumberland Plain Woodland environment. Many plants have strongly developed root systems to allow them to persist during drought. Rootstocks include tubers, thickened or fleshy roots and deep taproots. These rootstocks may also allow the plant to resprout after fire. Asterisk * indicates species naturalised in the woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden.
Ajuga australis
Arthropodium sp. B
*Asparagus asparagoides
Brunoniella australis
Bursaria spinosa
Caesia parviflora
Clerodendrum tomentosum
Cymbonotus lawsonianus
Cyperus gracilis
Dianella longifolia
Dodonaea viscosa
Eucalyptus moluccana
*Gomphocarpus fruticosus
*Heliotropium amplexicaule
Hypericum gramineum
*Hypericum perforatum
*Hypochaeris microcephala
Linum marginale
Lomandra filiformis
Mentha satureoides
*Modiola caroliniana
*Olea europea subsp. cuspidata
Oxalis perennans
Plantago gaudichaudii
*Plantago lanceolata
*Romulea rosea
*Senecio madagascariensis
* Sida rhombifolia
*Sonchus oleraceus
Tricoryne elatior
*Verbena bonariensis