In winter 2018 Aus Eco Solutions started our seed collection project on Spiny Rice-flowers. This is an important project for Aus Eco Solutions, as Spiny Rice-flowers are critically endangered species, with only around 20 wild populations remaining. Since we started this project, we have removed all the bags from the Spiny Rice-flowers and collected all of … Continue reading Spiny Rice-flower Seed Collection Update
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Offset management tips – How to collect EPBC listed Spiny Rice-flower seed
Recently, the team at Aus Eco Solutions started collecting seed from critically endangered and EPBC listed (Environment Protection Biodiversity & Conservation Act 1999) Spiny Rice-flowers (Pimelea spinescens subsp. spinescens). We manage a number of sites West of Melbourne in Altona, Deer Park and Eynesbury that hold this rare and iconic EPBC listed species, and the … Continue reading Offset management tips – How to collect EPBC listed Spiny Rice-flower seed