Illustrated identification guide
Key to Tasmanian Vascular Plants
Identify native and introduced plants found in Tasmania using the University of Tasmania's interactive keys, descriptions, photographs and distribution maps. The resource includes dicots, monocots, conifers, ferns, mosses and liverworts.
Version 8k, updated 26 May 2026. Previously known as the Key to Tasmanian Dicots.
Find a Tasmanian plant
Work through the illustrated identification key, or go directly to an alphabetical list when you already know part of the name.
Interactive identification key
Answer visible-character questions to narrow an unknown plant to its family, genus and species.
Browse plant families
Open illustrated family descriptions and keys to Tasmanian genera.
Browse plant genera
Search an alphabetical list of vascular plant genera recorded in Tasmania.
Search common names
Use familiar Tasmanian plant names as a shortcut to likely species and genera.
Compare major plant groups
Learn how to distinguish dicots, monocots, conifers, ferns, mosses and liverworts.
How to use the key
Read practical guidance for navigating questions, images and information pages.
About the Tasmanian plant key
This free educational resource supports plant identification in Tasmania. It combines diagnostic keys with concise descriptions, scientific and common names, detailed photographs and distribution maps.
The key is a continuing work in progress. If a choice is ambiguous, try both paths. You can also browse families, genera or common names instead of beginning with the interactive key.