BE HOPEFUL
From our soaring, emblematic pines to the smallest of our filmy ferns, Norfolk Island is awash with green. Some of our plants are cherished for their beauty or rarity - others as a resource for building, weaving and cooking. Many of our endemic species flourish, while others have needed a healthy dose of community action and conservation intervention to ensure their long-term survival.
“ Even as we stare, globally, down the barrel of a sixth mass extinction, be heartened by local conservation efforts that have not only led to the recovery of several critically endangered species, but the discovery of many new endemics. Even a brand new genus of insect, hiding in plain sight on the fruits of our luxurious palms, and a new fern thriving on the forest floor.”
Mountain Rush, Freycinetia baueriana
White Oak, Lagunaria patersonia
Niau Palm, Rhopalostylis baueri
Bolete
Smoked Oysterlings
Morning Glory, Ipomoea cairica
Kangaroo Apple, Solanum laciniatum
Norfolk Pine, Arucaria Hetrophylla
Popwood, Myoporum obscurum
Phillip Island Hibiscus, Hibiscus insularis
Fungi, Genus stereum
Anemone Stinkhoen, Aseroe rubra
Devil's Guts, Capparis nobilis
Ghost Fungi, Omphalotus nidiformis
Orange Pore Fungi
Two-frond Fern, Asplenium dimophum