Habitats
Find a habitat
About thirty everyday names for the places plants and animals live, from rainforest to seagrass. Each one leads down to the official types that governments and scientists use, and to the places where they're mapped.
10 habitats
Land
Forests, woodlands, heaths and grasslands.
Alpine
Snow country above the treeline: herbfields, grasses and low shrubs.
No places on the record yet
Forest
Tall trees, mostly eucalypts, growing close enough that their crowns touch or nearly touch.
No places on the record yet
Grassland
Open country of native grasses and wildflowers with few or no trees.
On the record at 2 places
Heath
Dense low shrubs, often flowering, on sandy or poor soils near the coast or in the hills.
No places on the record yet
Rainforest
Closed, shady forest with a dense canopy, ferns and vines, usually in wet gullies or high rainfall.
No places on the record yet
Rocky outcrop and cliff
Exposed rock, scree and cliffs with plants in the cracks.
On the record at 1 place
Woodland
Trees spaced apart with grass or shrubs between them, like a red gum or box woodland.
On the record at 1 place
The everyday names and their descriptions are a PLOT draft, written with AI help and waiting for a person to review them. The official lists they lead to are imported as published.