Blooming, new flora is showing up in outback Queensland and scientists say some discoveries are not 'little, tiny things'.
abc.net.au/news/new-plants-discovered-in-arid-outback-queensland/102141214Arid parts of outback Queensland are abloom with unique flora "surprises" that an expert says could lead to a wealth of new knowledge about plant and animal life.
And while Western Australia's Kimberley still holds the title as Australia's last great botanical frontier, Dr Silcock — who has been studying plants in south-west Queensland for more than 20 years — said researchers were excited by the region's potential for unique flora."We are still finding surprises and it's not just new species … though that's pretty exciting," Dr Silcock said.
"It's almost like a missing link between the population to the east in Queensland and the Northern Territory populations."With flower specimens collected, she said its fruit was still needed for it to be officially identified.All the new species have one common denominator: the Grey Range and the ranges that radiate off it, which Dr Silcock described as a "real oasis for plant and animal life".
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