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
- needle-leaved geebung Persoonia acerosa
 - glandular pink-bell Tetratheca glandulosa
 - Olearia cordata
 - Zieria involucrata
 
2015
- 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
- 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
- ^ "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.