AU: Rare outback Waddi tree gets new life in Longreach greenhouse
The Waddi tree (Acacia peuce) is found in only three locations in Australia - two in south-west Queensland and another in a conservation reserve in the Northern Territory.
The populations are restricted to the edges of the Simpson Desert.
Natural resource management group Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) has been working with Lake Eyre Basin Indigenous rangers to collect hundreds of seeds from the Boulia population, west of Longreach.
The seeds have germinated and are now growing in a greenhouse at Longreach.
Helen Cross from the DCQ has been coordinating the project and says the aim will be to give the seedlings back to the Boulia community so they can be planted around the town.
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