TroMPS project

Tropical Mountain Plant Science Project (TroMPS)

We have been invited to submit an expression of interest to join a collaborative project to establish ex situ collections of Far North Queensland cloud/montane forest plants including Gondwanan species of flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses and other non-flowering taxa.

This is a joint project established by the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra (ANBG), Australian Rhododendron Society (Victorian branch), Cairns Botanic Gardens, Mossman Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney (RBGS), Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV) and the Wet Tropics Management Authority, Qld to collect plants from the peaks of mountains in far north Queensland, particularly Mount Bartle Frere, Mount Bellenden Kerr and Mount Lewis.

Eucryphia wilkiei

grown in the Inala Jurassic Garden

The locality of our garden at higher latitude provides a suitable alternative to the altitudinal habitats of many of these montane species, and we are already successfully growing some of these species in the garden.

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INALA JURASSIC GARDEN

GONDWANA ON BRUNY ISLAND, TASMANIA

Eucryphia wilkiei

grown in the Inala Jurassic Garden

Agathis robusta

grown in the Inala Jurassic Garden

Agathis robusta

grown in the Inala Jurassic Garden