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Dinosaur-era plants flourish in Tasmania’s internationally recognised Jurassic garden
You can’t hang out with dinosaurs, but at a unique garden in Tasmania you can wander among the plant species they ate, flew over and trampled underfoot during the Jurassic era.
Key points:
- Tasmania is home to many plants dating from the Jurassic era more than 150 million years ago
- A Tasmanian garden is among 14 across the world selected for Global Genome Initiative funding
- The garden preserves ancient plants from around the world to save them from extinction
“They’re the plant equivalent of dinosaurs, and they are very far from being extinct,” Dr Tonia Cochran, managing director of the Inala Jurassic Garden told ABC Radio Hobart.
Dr Cochran planted the garden on Bruny Island near Hobart in 2013 with species that have existed for more than 150…
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