Norfolk Island Plants Handbook
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Researcher, Leah Dann pulling up seed bags for viability testing.
Photo: Lydia Guja
The Friends of the ANBG is one of the supporters of a PhD research project into Norfolk Island's native plants, including many that are rare or threatened.
We provided a 3-year top-up scholarship for researcher Leah Dunn from the University of Queensland, and Friends volunteers have also travelled to Norfolk Island to assist with plant propagation.
A major output of the research project is a new guide to propagating plants from seed for Norfolk Island’s native plants. Published in December 2021, the handbook A guide to propagating Norfolk Island’s native plants and seeds details techniques for collecting, storing, and propagating some of Norfolk Island’s threatened or endemic plant species to improve seed-based conservation and restoration efforts on the island.
Forty-six Norfolk Island plant species are listed as threatened or endangered, 15 of them critically endangered. Until this project, few were subject to conservation actions such as seed banking or restoration/translocation planting.
Some native species were also included in the handbook because they are popular for gardens, good for revegetating property, and/or easy to grow.
A digital copy of the handbook is available for download from https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/publications-and-tools/a-guide-to-propagating-norfolk-island-s-native-plants-and-seeds. As well, several printed copies have been given to the Friends, including one to be kept in the Friends Lounge.
For more information about the Norfolk Island threatened species conservation project, see https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/projects/norfolk-island-threatened-species-conservation.
Publication details:
A guide to propagating Norfolk Island’s native plants and seeds
Date: 21 December 2021
Authors: Leah Dann, Mark Scott, Lydia Guja, Melinda Wilson, Nigel Greenup, Salit Kark
Researchers at work at the nursery on Norfolk Island. Photo: Salit Kark
