How many different species of plants are there in Australia?
Approximately 18 500 species of flowering plants, ferns, cycads and conifers. This number includes only higher plants, and doesn’t include lower plants such as mosses, liverworts and algae. Which plants live the longest? There is a bristlecone pine tree Pinus aristata in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in western North America which is believed to be 4900 years old. How long does a Moreton Bay fig live for? Moreton Bay figs essentially grow in subtropical climates and have a very pithy wood – so they don’t lay down good growth rings like trees in colder climates. They probably do not live much beyond 150-200 years. The oldest known avenue of fig trees in Australia was planted in the Domain in Sydney in 1847. What is the biggest tree in the world? The tallest tree in the world is the Redwood tree of California in the USA. The tallest flowering plant (tree) in the world is the Mountain Ash of Victoria, Australia. The largest tree in the world in area is probably the banyan tree (a type
