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
The plants identified below are from the Royal Botanic Garden website [4]
2014
- The Needle-leaved Geebung Persoonia acerosa
- The Glandular Pink-bell Tetratheca glandulosa
- Olearia Cordata
- Zieria Involucrata
2015
- Thick leaf Star Hair Astrotricha crassifolia
- Budawangs Cliff Heath Budawangia gnidioides
- White flowered Wax Plant Cynanchum elegan
- 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 Phaerosphera 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. furcatu
2016
- 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 Dodonea procumbens
- Suggan Buggan Mallee Eucalyptus saxatilis
- Bega Wattle Acacia georgensis
- Musty Leek Orchid Prasophyllum pallens
Notes
- https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Join-Support/Donate-Now/Save-a-Species
- http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/race-to-save-11-endangered-plants-in-nsw-20160408-go1yxf.html
- https://www.everydayhero.com.au/events/event_has_finished/19793
- https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Join-Support/Donate-Now/Save-a-Species
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