Threatened Plants Tasmania is a new Wildcare group that has been established to encourage community involvement in the conservation of Tasmania’s threatened plants. Tasmania’s threatened flora includes a diverse array of beautiful, rare and unique species, from grasses, ferns and orchids, through to large trees such as the Miena Cider Gum. Many of our threatened plants are endemic to Tasmania, meaning they are not found anywhere else in the world.

Species become threatened for a range or reasons including past land use and habitat degradation, grazing by native and introduced animals, weed invasion, loss of pollinators, altered hydrology, Phytophthera infestation, drought stress, and altered fire regimes. Once threatened, species require appropriate management to ensure they can survive in the wild. With over 400 plant species listed as threatened in Tasmania and only limited resources to look after them, volunteer contributions are vital to the successful conservation and recovery of our threatened flora.

TPT volunteers work closely with Threatened Species Section staff of the Department of Primary Industries and Water on current flora recovery programs, ensuring their efforts are relevant, timely and worthwhile.

By joining the TPT you can contribute to the conservation of Tasmania’s precious and unique threatened flora. You might just help bring a species ‘back from the brink’! 

You can visit the Wildcare webpage at http://www.wildcaretas.org.au/pages/groups_details.php?group_id=55&group_type_id=1