ABC News – Australia ·australia ·2 hours ago

Coorong's last known Woods Well spyridium faces critical endangerment challenges

Only one known Woods Well spyridium plant remains in the wild, located along a 300-meter stretch of roadside in the Coorong, South Australia. First spotted in 1973, the critically endangered shrub's population has plummeted from 35 plants in 2006. Ecologists are investigating the area for more plants and studying seed germination to preserve the species.

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