Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia's deeply ancient Wollemi pine
- Written by Heidi Zimmer, Research associate, Southern Cross University
As bushfires blackened forests last summer, one tree species was protected by a specialist team of firefighters: the Wollemi pine.
These trees have a deeply ancient lineage dating back to when dinosaurs walked Gondwana 100 million years ago. Back then, rainforests – including Wollemi pines (or their cousins) – covered what became...