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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.
Key points:
- The Gossia gonoclada was considered extinct for nearly 100 years
- A study found there were only 73 trees in the world, with 64 of them located in Logan
- The Logan City Council has bought land and planted 160 saplings to save the tree
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…
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