A Photographic Guide to the Flora of Barrm Birrm in the Macedon Range, Victoria Australia

by Russell Best and David Francis

Barrm Birrm is the name given to the slopes of the Macedon Range that provide the backdrop to the township of Riddells Creek, 50km NW of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The book details all of the 208 native plant species known to exist on the  bushland of Barrm Birrm. This amounts to about 40% of the flora found in the Macedon Range and 1/25th of flora of Victoria.

It is the most comprehensive book of the Macedon Range flora currently available featuring:

•  208 plant species covered (including 27 orchids, 14 lilies and 14 wattles).
• 56 pages packed with informationA4 size (with spine).A 'Quick Plant Identification Guide'493 photographs (most taken by Riddells Creek Landcare members).
• Foreword by Neville Walsh (co-author of Flora of Victoria and Senior Conservation Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens).
• Many plants not previously known to exist in the Macedon Range.
• Maps detailing the location of Barrm Birrm and the extensive walking trails.  
• One new plant, discovered on Barrm Birrm as part of this project - described for the first time in this book (a new Stylidium-Trigger-plant).
• Labels on photos to highlight key features of the plant or to help explain complex terms.
• A novel and comprehensive section on Eucalypts to help identify these difficult plants.
• All variations of each plant species are presented (eg. male, female & bisexual flowers of Early Nancy; blue & white Wahlenbergia stricta and the 4, 5, 6 and 7 petalled forms).