Caretakers of a Hobart war memorial are looking beyond aesthetics in their management practices to preserve species that may have otherwise died out.
The creation of a soldiers' memorial in the early 20th century has given native plant species a chance to thrive in a pocket of Hobart city untouched by development.
Hobart City Council fire and biodiversity program officer Melanie Gent said trees had provided a "sacred area" for the vulnerable and threatened species.Tasmanians who took to the Domain to remember fallen war personnel on Anzac Day may have noticed an unmown patch along the more than century-old memorial avenue to soldiers.Ms Gent said the council looked beyond "mowing for amenity's sake" aesthetics to habitat health.
"It might be difficult if you don't know what you're looking for," Ms Gent told ABC Hobart Evenings presenter Helen Shield.There have been 22 species of threatened plants recorded within or close to the avenue.She said plants were best viewed in summer or spring when delicate flowering species became more visible., known as the spreading knawel, was another vulnerable plant species.
ABC Hobart listener Dale shared this image of family gathered on the avenue to visit the plaque of family member Robert Wiggins, taken on Anzac Day in 1936."We hear lots of stories of during the long hot summers when mothers would carry buckets of water from maybe North Hobart or West Hobart to water trees," Mr Wadsley said.Mr Wadsley and his team of volunteers cleaned the plaques in preparation for Anzac Day.
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