Save a Species Walk
Save a Species Walk is an event in New South Wales in Australia focused on preservation of rare and endangered plants.
Each event includes nominating specific plants.[1]
It involves a walk to raise money for seeds to be prepared and stored at the Australian PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan.[2][3]
Plants by year
[edit]The plants identified below are from the Royal Botanic Garden website [4]
2014
[edit]- needle-leaved geebung Persoonia acerosa
- glandular pink-bell Tetratheca glandulosa
- Olearia cordata
- Zieria involucrata
2015
[edit]- thick leaf star hair Astrotricha crassifolia
- Budawangs cliff heath Epacris gnidioides (syn. Budawangia gnidioides)
- white flowered wax plant Cynanchum elegans
- buttercup doubletail orchid Diuris aequalis
- sparse heath Epacris sparsa
- Fletchers drumsticks Isopogon fletcheri
- Evans sedge Lepidosperma evansianum
- Woronora beard heath Leucopogon exolasius
- dwarf mountain pine Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii
- velvet zieria Zieria murphyi
- black hooded sun orchid Thelymitra atronitida
- villous mint bush Prostanthera densa
- Euphrasia bowdeniae
- Grevillea parviflora subsp. supplicans
- Hibbertia stricta subsp. furcatula
2016
[edit]- narrow-leaved bertya Bertya ingramii
- four-tailed grevillea Grevillea quadricauda
- bordered guinea flower Hibbertia marginata
- Dorrigo waratah Alloxylon pinnatum
- tall knotweed Persicaria elatior
- Moonee Quassia Quassia sp. Mooney Creek
- trailing monotoca Monotoca rotundifolia
- creeping hop-bush Dodonaea procumbens
- Suggan Buggan mallee Eucalyptus saxatilis
- Bega wattle Acacia georgensis
- musty leek orchid Prasophyllum pallens
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Royal Botanic Garden - Save a Species". www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Scientists race to save 11 endangered plants in NSW". 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Everyday Hero Australia: Save a Species 2016". www.everydayhero.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Royal Botanic Garden - Save a Species". www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.