About TPAG – Threatened Plant Action Group

History

TPAG was founded in 1993 by a group of South Australians who recognised the need for greater on-ground action to ensure these species continue to survive in their wild habitats.

TPAG volunteers have worked on some of the rarest and most endangered plant species in South Australia over several decades. Many plants are not commonly known by the general public, for example Leafy Greenhood, Large-flower Groundsel, Jumping-jack Wattle, and Spalding Blown-grass.

Threatened flora recovery projects have been carried out across the State including Adelaide, the Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, Mid-North, Yorke Peninsula, the Flinders Ranges and the Outback, collaborating with National Parks, local council and local landowners and other volunteer and community groups.

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What we do and why

TPAG is committed to a collaborative and science-based approach to assessment, monitoring, and recovery work.

In South Australia, there are many native plant species under some degree of threat of extinction in the foreseeable future.

TPAG gives our threatened flora a voice through its advocacy work, making submissions to conservation and park planning, proposed legislative and policy changes, and developments in or affecting threatened flora habitats.

Flora under threat include a wide variety of species in different habitats in urban, regional and remote areas.

TPAG works to arrest this decline through on-ground ‘recovery’ undertaken in a plant’s natural habitat.

The aim is to work on important populations in their wild habitats. We survey threatened flora populations and monitor them to understand if plant numbers are going up or down over time and what weed, grazing and disturbance damage is occurring.

Our on-ground action is primarily weed control but we may also work to reduce overall grazing damage by animals and minimise disturbance by human activities.

Get Involved

Our members have a shared passion and concern for South Australia’s unique native plants.

Some members have had little prior experience with the South Australian flora, while others are amateur or professional botanists with extensive experience.

Volunteers can register as TPAG members to undertake field trips to survey, monitor and manage threatened plants in various parts of South Australia.

These field trips are coordinated by the TPAG committee and our partners.

No prior experience is necessary to participate in field trips. 

A willingness to learn and share is all that’s needed.