Logan City Council fights to save endangered Gossia gonoclada tree, named after former premier

Along the banks of the Albert River amateur botanist and retired school teacher Glenn Leiper inspects a rich stretch of forest at Alexander Watt Park on the outskirts of Logan, south of Brisbane.

Mr Leiper narrows in on a small, green tree, about 4 metres high with shiny leaves.

“It’s growing extremely well,” Mr Leiper tells Lee-Anne Veage, an environmental planning expert for Logan City Council.

Mr Leiper is referring to the Gossia gonoclada — an endangered plant, named after Queensland’s 34th…