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Kristin Gillies
· July 25, 2024 3:33 PM
25 July 2024 | Did you know that of the 718 species listed as threatened in Tasmania, 68% are plants?
Tasmania's unique landscapes are home to a multitude of rare and fragile plant species. Nearly a third of our threatened plants are endemic to our island state - found nowhere else on earth.
Do you know if you have any threatened plants on your land?
Plants are more likely to go unnoticed than animals, and we don't know the true extent of many of our threatened plants, or have current management plans for many of them, or even know how to propagate many of them for conservation. For land owners and managers - you could be the lucky stewards of a rare plant population without even realising it.
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