ITEM book - Australian Succulents - The Unfriendly Ones

By Attila Kapitany & Jen Silcock

Full colour, A4, soft bound, 104 pages

Limited printing. We printed first 100 copies which sold out in two weeks! We've just printed another 100 copies! 

• A unique and interesting book showcasing a large range of Australian native plants with information that is not readily available elsewhere, or not in the same cohesive format. Pictures show a sample of interesting and diverse species covered in the book!

 

• A field guide to the numerous Australian native succulent plants that are spiny or spinescent to varying degrees and found widespread across inland Australia. These are plants from arid or semi-arid regions and can be commonly encountered along or near roadsides. Road travellers through inland Australia who encounter these plants routinely struggle to find helpful or correct information about them. What are they called? Are they native? Are they poisonous?

 

• These are extremely important plants within their ecosystems providing a range of benefits to other flora and fauna that live there. Benefits include shelter, food, water to some of the rarest marsupials and birds, notably Bilbies, Numbats, Rare Wallabies, the legendary Night Parrot and Splendid Parrot.

 

• Colourful and clear images (numerous for each species), distribution maps and further detailed information about each species to help with their identification.

 

• While these plants have been historically maligned for their spines, close examination of these plants in habitat can reveal subtle beauty.

 

• Appreciation and understanding are key components of conservation, of not just these plants but also the animals that rely on them in their often harsh habitats.

 

• A book for travellers, scholars, amateur botanists, farmers and those who like all things botanical!