About the plant
This gum tree is endemic to south-eastern Tasmania. There are just two known natural populations, by Calverts Hill and Risdon, with about 2,000 plants in total.
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Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Cultural usePlant has cultural uses, these might be every day or ceremonial
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MaterialPlant provides materials for manufacturing either fibre or timber
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MedicinePlant or components of this plant are used in medicine
Facts
- Endemic to south-eastern Tasmania
- High in volatile oils
- A natural insecticide
- Threatened by agricultural expansion
© Anthony Mann
© Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania
By Shaun Brooks via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Seed collecting
We grew our specimen in the Temperate House from seeds collected from the wild by the Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre. By 2027 our specimens should be ready for us to harvest more seed to add to the Millennium Seed Bank in Wakehurst.
While protecting the populations at Calverts Hill, we’re also collecting seeds from new locations. Several old forgotten orchards have been rediscovered and these populations offer the chance of recovering as much genetic diversity as possible.
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Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Cultural usePlant has cultural uses, these might be every day or ceremonial
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MaterialPlant provides materials for manufacturing either fibre or timber
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MedicinePlant or components of this plant are used in medicine