Monitoring the Button
Wrinklewort in the ACT
Button Wrinklewort, ACT
The Red Hill Regenerators
Landcare group in Canberra has been working for
more than a decade to conserve the endangered
Button Wrinklewort by restoring its habitat. They
have been removing the firethorn and blackberry
thickets which were taking over. About once a year
group members count the number of plants in the
colony to monitor any changes in the population of
the area's Button Wrinkleworts. Over the past 10
years they have found that the population has
trebled in size, from 640 to 2200
plants.
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