Many in the wider community still see sugar gums as risky trees that drop dangerous branches. But there is much to appreciate and admire about Eucalyptus cladocalyx.
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Our plant species are pickier about their preferred temperature range than you would expect. That means many will have to move south, seeking cooler climes.
Researchers have sequenced the genome of the waratah, using a plant that was burned in the Black Summer fires but has since resprouted, offering an emblem of hope for future conservation.
When a plant is stressed, it mobilises its resources and often converts its starch reserves back to sugar. As soon as this happens, the stressed plant becomes sweeter than its healthier neighbours.
Johann August Ludwig Preiss was the first professional botanist to systematically collect flora in the Colony of Western Australia. Yet he is little remembered today.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Professor, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University
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Research Scientist, Botanic Gardens of Sydney
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Postdoctoral fellow, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Genomics and Bioinformatics, UNSW Sydney
