Wetland planting can bring back biodiversity, reduce the impact of drought and flood, improve water quality and conserve beauty in a mismanaged landscape. Planting Wetlands and Dams is a step-by-step, plain language guide to the creation of conditions in which wetland plants will thrive, from design and construction to collecting plants, seeds and propagation. Completely revised and expanded, this new edition includes comprehensive information for around 200 genera of wetland plants from Tasmania to the tropics, complemented by more than 60 new colour photographs. It discusses the modification and improvement of existing dams, new lining materials available, and planning for plant and animal habitat needs. It provides updated information on legal requirements as well as significant exotic weeds, and examines the pros and cons of establishing new wetlands in dry climates. This book is a complete manual for planting wetlands and dams, from design and construction to collecting plants, seeds and propagation, and with comprehensive generic information lists for all Australian aquatic and wetland plants used in re-vegetation.

Planting Wetlands and Dams [OP]: A Practical Guide to Wetland Design, Construction and Propagation

Science & Math

Romanowski, Nick

Nature & Ecology

CSIRO Publishing

Wetland Habitats is a practical manual that puts developments in the field of wetland restoration and conservation of diverse animal species into plain English, placing much of the more recent work in this field into a single, coherent and user-friendly framework. As with Planting Wetlands and Dams, the text explains the various approaches to and aspects of each problem, so that readers will be able to make informed decisions about managing wetlands on their own properties. Although the examples are drawn from a wide range of wetland animals, including some which aren't necessarily found in wetlands on private properties, the primary emphasis will be on species and aspects of management that are likely to be of most use to landholders with wetlands to be restored, or species in need of conservation. The plants and planting aspects of created wetlands and dams are dealt with in detail in the second edition of Planting Wetlands and Dams. Key features: • Reversing the effects of drainage, grazing, weirs, deteriorating water quality and associated algal problems, and allowing for global warming and sea level rises • Setting realistic targets for wetland restoration and longer-term goals for management • Understanding natural change in wetlands – seasonal, ecological and chemical

Wetland Habitats [OP]: A Practical Guide to Restoration and Management (Plant Science / Horticulture)

This comprehensive guide to wetland weeds covers both native and introduced species, ranging from minor or localized environmental problems to those that should not be tolerated in any situation. The author takes a pragmatic approach to weed control, recognizing that some weeds may not be possible to eradicate, and emphasizing the need to assess the extent and future potential of any infestation before taking action. Weed control should be planned in the context of the overall management goals for any type of wetland, the types of habitat weeds provide or overrun, and whether they can be replaced successfully with more appropriate plants. A range of strategies for controlling wetland weeds are considered. More than 130 species of established weeds are included with information on their origins, nutrient responses, environmental effects, habitat values, prospects for containment or eradication, and even culinary uses. Other sections look at native plants as weeds, including a number of species of uncertain origins, and potential weeds still being legally sold. KEY FEATURES * Contains a comprehensive compendium of over 130 weeds with full color photographs * Considers a wide range of strategies for controlling wetland weeds, including biological control and prevention * Covers introduced as well as native weed species * Takes a pragmatic approach to managing weeds depending on the threat they pose to the environment

Wetland Weeds [OP]: Causes, Cures and Compromises

Biological Sciences

"For the keen collector, there is no shortage of information here."--Roger Spencer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Native to the swamplands of the southeastern United States, the North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are among the world's most spectacular carnivorous plants, and also the easiest to grow in temperate climates. Although they have long been confused with unrelated tropical Nepenthes pitchers, gardeners are learning that many of these hardy plants will thrive in the open year-round, from parts of southern Canada to the cooler subtropics. Sarracenia grow best in the open garden and usually show their most vivid colors in full sun. 
Gardening with Carnivores is the first complete guide to these ornamental plants, from natural history to hybridization, and from creating a bog garden to using the pitchers as long-lasting cut flowers. The book combines both practical and academic information to provide new insights into the biology and evolution of this dynamically changing group. Nearly 80 photographs capture the photogenic nature of this plant group, and all species and many hybrids are showcased in their richest colors. 
In the wild, most stands of these species have disappeared, mostly through drainage of wetlands but also through poaching and cutting for the florist trade. To ease some of the many pressures on the wild populations, commercial growers--from collectors and florists to aquaculturists--are considering raising many species and hybrids for cut pitchers. The final chapter describes how to produce these exotic-looking yet readily raised pitchers for sale.
Nick Romanowski is a biologist and commercial grower of aquatic and water's-edge plants, maintaining one of the world's most diverse wetland collections at Dragonfly Aquatics, his nursery in Victoria, New South Wales.

Gardening with Carnivores: Sarracenia Pitcher Plants in Cultivation & in the Wild

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

University Press of Florida

This guide contains over 300 entries - describing both native and exotic varieties of grasses, bamboos and related plants - and gives cultivation guidelines for many others. Provides information on topics such as selecting and using grassy plants in the garden and their cultivation in all regions of Australia, bamboo life cycles, water gardening with sedges, reeds and rushes, and edible useful and weedy species. Includes a glossary, suggested further reading, a list of nurseries and seed suppliers, and an index. The author is manager and co-owner of a nursery specialising in water and wetland plants. He contributes regularly to journals such as 'Gardening Australia' and his other publications include 'Water and Wetland Plants for Southern Australia'.

Grasses, bamboos and related plants in Australia

Lothian Publishing

With text and 170 superb color photos, this book describes and identifies plants suitable for Australian water gardens, whether the water is located in a dam, a pond, a converted swimming pool or an oversized birdbath. It describes about 1100 species and varieties available in Australia, as well as looking at water garden animals.

Water Garden Plants and Animals: The Guide for All Australia

University of New South Wales Press

In Planting Wetlands and Dams, Nick Romanowski offers a guide to planning, constructing, modifying and planting wetlands and dams, with an emphasis on habitat values. It contains lists of propagation information for Australian wetland plants, covering 140 genera and many hundreds of species.

Planting Wetlands and Dams: A Practical Guide

Business & Money

Economics

The most complete, accessible and affordable guide to freshwater aquaculture in Australia, emphasizing sustainable use of all resources: whether it be on a small scale in a backyard pond, or in commercial production on broad acres. The book includes detailed information from design and construction of ponds to water quality, enhancing production through aeration, filtration and water treatment wetlands, foods and feeding, breeding and propagating aquatic animals and plants, sources of stock and polyculture (mixing fish, crustaceans, other animals, and plants for greater yields).

Sustainable Freshwater Aquacultures: The Complete Guide from Backyard to Investor

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