Andrew Benwell has a PhD in plant ecology from the University of New England and a Diploma of Horticulture from Burnley Horticultural College. He has 40 years of experience as a botanist working in New South Wales and Queensland for federal, state and local government agencies and the private sector. Andrew currently manages Ecos Environmental Pty Ltd, a consultancy specialising in native flora and ecosystem management. Andrew co-authored the third edition of the ANPC Guidelines for the Translocation of Threatened Plants in Australia.
The photographs, especially of typical habitats and the form of plants as you would see them in the 'bush' and the tabulated identification data also add considerably to the usefulness of this book in bringing a fascinating area of the Australian flora to the attention of many more people. Highly recommended. -- Tony Cavanagh * Growing Australian #255 * I can recommend Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia as it will greatly add to the armamentarium for botanists, both amateur, professional and those in between, in the eternal quest to identify all the different flora that populate this prolific bioregion. -- Colleen Watts * Australian Association of Bush Regenerators News No. 147 *