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Formed in 1993, the Threatened Plant Action Group (TPAG) has been actively working in the  region over the past 12 years to recover, protect and conserve threatened plant species and ecological communities. TPAG primarily focuses on undertaking in-situ conservation measures to protect threatened plant populations and habitats in the wild, and works with government organisations (such as the Department for Environment & Heritage) and other community groups to implement on-ground recovery actions which include:
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TPAG article in Australasian Plant Conservation Journal
Featured in the Spring issue is this article by TPAG's Tim Jury  Threatened flora and 'the law' in South Australia: more issues than tissues? 512.57 Kb
Sustaining threatened flora in a
biodiversity ‘hot-spot’
Members of the Threatened Plant Action Group (TPAG) have been working hard to recover threatened flora in the Mount Lofty Ranges (MLR). The southern MLR form part of a National biodiversity ‘hot-spot’ as a region with high biodiversity values that are under increasing pressure from threatening processes and land-use impacts. The MLR possesses the second highest plant diversity and third highest endemism of South Australia’s botanical regions but has the unenviable record of possessing the most plant extinctions with over 100 known species lost since European settlement. The region currently contains 28 nationally threatened plant species and eight state-rated plant communities.
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Activities of the Threatened Plant Action Group |
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 Come get involved in hands-on action to recover threatened plant species and communities with the Threatened Plant Action Group. Most working bees are in the morning from 9.30 am onwards, with training and some tools provided on the day. Dress sun-smart, wear sturdy footwear and please bring gloves, a hat, water and lunch if you're planning to stay after lunch. Everyone welcome.
Contact: Tim Jury 7127 4166
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Working bees over the next few months on the following dates:
Millbrook Reservoir Every Tuesday
Come help with the management and restoration of grassy Red gum - Blue gum woodlands that are habitat for
threatened plant species, including: White spider orchid Caladenia rigida; Clover glycine Glycine latrobeana; Behr’s
cowslip orchid Diuris behrii and Pale flax-lily Dianella longifolia var. grandis.
Belair Saturday April 11, Saturday May 9 and Saturday June 13
Pitch in by joining efforts to protect and restore habitat for the Leafy greenhood orchid Pterostylis cucullata at
Belair National Park. Share in the action by doing a morning’s work amongst beautiful Manna Gum woodland in
the southern Mount Lofty Ranges.
Tarlee Friday May 22
Help recover threatened threatened Temperate grasslands and the nationally endangered Spalding blown-grass
Lachnagrostis limitanea at sites north of Adelaide. Activities include, weeding, slashing, planting and site
management.
Pine Point, YP Weekends of April 25 and 26 & June 27 and 28
Join in the planting and weeding on these weekend trips to reinstate and restore habitat for Neat wattle Acacia
rhetinocarpa.
Mount Lofty /Cleland Friday June 5
Come work in perched swamps to help manage weed threats and monitor endangered plant species and
communities.
Finniss Saturday July 18
In order to help restore the habitat of Fat-leaved wattle Acacia pinguifolia and Neat wattle A. rhetinocarpa,
revegetation and threat abatement of Asparagus weeds will be continued.
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