The wildlife habitat tables were compiled using information from many of the following sources:

• Adams, G. (1980) Birdscaping Your Garden Rigby Publishers, Australia.
• Australian Plant Study Group (1990) Grow What Where Penguin Books Australia Ltd. Victoria.
• Benson, D. and McDougall, L. (1993 - 1997) Ecology of Sydney Plant Species Parts 1, 3-6. In Cunninghamia Vol. 3(2) - Vol. 5 (2). National Herbarium of NSW.
• Bernhardt, P. (1994) The floral ecology of Dianella caerulea var. assera  (Phormiaceae). In Cunninghamia Vol. 4(1): 1-141, 1995. National Herbarium of NSW.
• Bishop, T. (1996) Field Guide to the Orchids of New South Wales and Victoria New South Wales University Press, NSW.
• Buchanan, R. (1978)  Pied Currawongs, Rainbow Lorikeets, Satin Bowerbirds and Leaves. In Australian Birds Vol 12 (4): 87.
• Cardale, J.C. (1993) Apoidea. In Zoological Catalogue of AustraliaVol. 10. Hymenoptera  AGPS, Canberra.
• Chadwick, C.E. (1999) The gall-making Jewel Beetle Ethon affine L&G and its associates. In The Society for Insect Studies Circular No. 77: 28-33.
• Churchill, S. (1998) Australian Bats Reed New Holland, NSW.
• Clyne, D. (1990) How to attract Butterflies to your Garden Reed Books Pty Ltd. NSW
• Common, F. B. and Waterhouse, D. F. (1981) Butterflies of Australia Australian Natural Science Library, Angus & Robertson Publishers Australia.
• Common, F. B. (1990) Moths of Australia Melbourne University Press.
• Coupar, P. and M. (1992) Flying Colours. Common caterpillars, butterflies and moths of south-eastern Australia New South Wales University Press, NSW.
• Dollin, A. (1997) Plants loved by native bees around Australia. In Aussie Bee Issues 2, 3 & 4. Bulletin of the Australian Native Bee Research Centre.
• Eby, P. (1995) The biology and management of flying foxes in NSW NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
• Elliot, R. (1994) Attracting wildlife to your garden Lothian Australian Garden Series, Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd. Vic.
• Eustace, R. (1996) Indigenous Gardening. Growing Local Native Plants McBenny Pty Ltd, Qld.
• Fairley, A. and Moore, P. (1989) Native Plants of the Sydney District Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd. NSW.
• Fisher, R. (1995) A Field Guide to Australian Butterflies Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd. NSW.
• Floyd, A. G. (1989) Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Inkata Press Pty Ltd. NSW.
• Ford, H. A. and Paton, D. C. (eds).(1986) The Dynamic Partnership. Birds and Plants in Southern Australia The Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee, SA.
• Grant, E. (1995) Grant’s Fishes of Australia (2nd ed.) E. M. Grant Pty Ltd.
• Gosper, C.R. (1999) Plant Food Resources of Birds in Coastal Dune Communities in New South Wales. In Corella Vol 23, no. 3, September 1999. The Australian Bird Study Association.
• Hadlington, P. and Johnston, J. (1988) Australian Trees. Their Care and Repair New South Wales University Press.
• Harden, G.J. (ed. 1990-93) Flora of New South Wales Volumes 1- 4 New South Wales University Press.
• Hawkeswood, T. (1987) Beetles of Australia  Angus & Robertson Publisher, NSW.
• Jones, D.L (1993) Cycads of the World  Reed Books.
• Jones, D.L. and Gray, B. (1988) Climbing Plants in Australia Reed Books Pty Ltd. NSW.
• Ku-ring-gai Bat Colony Committee Inc. (undated) Flying-foxes & Fruit Crop Protection pamphlet, PO Box 607, Gordon NSW 2072.
• Low, T (1991) Wild Food Plants of Australia Collins/Angus & Robertson Publishers, NSW.
• McCulloch, E. (1997) Birds and Wattles - results of a BOCA survey. In The Bird Observer No. 780, November 1997. The Bird Observers Club of Australia, Victoria.
• Molyneux, B. & Forrester, S. (1988) The Austraflora Book of Australian Plants Penguin Books Aust. Ltd.
• Morris, A. (1998-99) Regular comments in the column Nature Watch - NSW . In Wildlife Australia.
• Moulds, M. (1990) Australian Cicadas University of New South Wales Press.
• Ondinea, D. (unpublished) Sydney Wildlife Habitat Plants - a working list
• Pizzey, G. (1988) A Garden of Birds Penguin Books, Australia.
• Pyke, G. H. and Balzar, L. (1985) The Effects of the Introduced Honeybee Apis mellifera on Australian Native Bees - Occasional Paper Number 7 NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
• Romanowski, N. (1992) Water and Wetland Plants for Southern Australia  Lothian Publishing Co. Vic.
• Romanowski, N. (1998) Aquatic and Wetland Plants. A guide for non-tropical Australia University of New South Wales Press.
• Reid, J. (1996) Using Indigenous Plants to Conserve Indigenous Fauna. In Australian Plants in the Rural and Urban Environment, the proceedings of the Karwarra Australian Plant Garden Biennial Seminar, Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria.
• Reid, N (1995) Mistletoe - impacts and management. In Redressing Rural Tree Decline in NSW, the proceedings of the “After Dieback” Conference, Greening Australia, NSW.
• Sainty, G.R. and Jacobs, S.W.L. (1994) Waterplants in Australia - A Field Guide (Third edition) Sainty & Associates, NSW.
• Saunders, D. (1995) Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) habitat in urban reserves. Submitted as part of an Honours degree in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of NSW.
• Smith, B. (1995) Caring for Possums Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd. NSW.
• Society for Growing Australian Plants - Tablelands Branch, Nth Qld (1982) Attracting Butterflies to your Garden booklet.
• Spessa, A. (1995) Biodiversity of Australian Native Bees: Status, Value and Threats. In Biolinks Issue No. 9, July 1995. Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, ACT.
• Sugden, E. (1988) Inside the (Secret) Societies of Native Bees. In Australian Natural History Vol. 22, No. 8. Autumn 1988. The Australian Museum Trust, NSW.
• Triggs, B. (1988) The Wombat. Common Wombats in Australia New South Wales University Press.
• Various authors in the March 1999 Butterfly and other Invertebrate Club Inc. Newsletter Issues no. 12 and 15, 1999.
• Waterhouse, R.D. (1995) Observations on the diet of the Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii in the Illawarra Rainforest, New South Wales. In Corella, 19(3): 102-105.
• Waterhouse, R.D. (1999) Observations on the diet of the Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus  in the Illawarra Rainforest, New South Wales. In Corella, 25(2): 32-38.
• Weston, P. (1995) Persoonias - Difficult but delightful (talk recorded by Paul Davies). In Blandfordia December 1995, Society for Growing Australian Plants - North Shore Group, NSW.
• Wilson, Z. (1998) Planting for fruit-eating birds. In The Bird Observer No. 787, July 1998. The Bird Observers Club of Australia, Victoria.
• Wrigley, J. W. and Fagg, M. (1990) Bird Attracting Plants Australian Native Plant Library, Collins/Angus & Robertson Publishers, NSW.

• Dr Peter Bernhardt in a talk on the ‘Origin of Flowers’ given to Society for Growing Australian Plants - Harbourside Group, 27 March 1992.
• Fabian Douglas - personal communication, 1992.
• Dr Brian Faulkner in a talk on butterfly gardening to the ‘Birds, Butterflies and Bats-Wildlife and the Garden’ Seminar run by the Australian Plants Society (Blue Mountains Group), 2 August 1998.
• Dr Geoff Williams in a talk on Pollination Ecology of Australian Sub-tropical Rainforests to the ‘Rainforest Remnants - a decade of growth’ Conference, 21-23 November 1998.
• Dr Arthur White - personal communication, 1999.
• Melissa Medo - personal communication, 1999.
• Danie Ondinea - personal observation.