Tumut Grevillea (๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ช)
Some plants are a little odd.
And Grevillea wilkinsonii (aka the Tumut Grevillea) fits that description for a few reasons;
1. The flower smells like mouse urine
2. Three separate but equally serendipitous events have ensured it can be conserved
3. It has been surprisingly easy to translocate and establish a (nearly) self sustaining population (What?!)
4. Most of the population occur on private land, meaning the conservation of the species rests mostly in the hands of the public
Meet some of the team working with this peculiar species, that gets a gold star for translocation success, and learn that sometimes conservation is EASIER than expected!
Thanks to John Briggs, David and Deborah Sheldon, Nicki Taws and Bob Makinson.
This story is produced with the support of New South Wales Saving Our Species Program, Greening Australia and the wonderful private landholders working to conserve this species, especially David and Deborah Sheldon at Elm Cottage, Tumut
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Supported by: Australian Network for Plant Conservation
Interviewees: David Sheldon, John Briggs, Nicki Taws and Bob Makinson.
Supported by Saving Our Species (NSW DPIE), Greening Australia, UNSW & UniMelb.
This story has been produced in collaboration with the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
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