Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan for the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)) Instrument 2025
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Mount Tomah stand
In 2012, 191 Wollemi Pine cuttings of varying size, age and origin were planted in different microsites, from deep in rainforest to woodland ecotones in an area of natural forest near BMBGMT (Zimmer et al. 2016). This semi-wild, off-park stand was maintained as an experimental translocation with the dual aims of learning what is required for successful Wollemi Pine translocation and testing the effect of available light on Wollemi Pine growth and survival. Prior to the 2019–20 bushfire season, survival of translocated individuals was high (80%); however, the entire stand was impacted by the fires and had declined to just 28 resprouting individuals (18% of the pre-fire population) as of May 2024 (Allan & Allan, unpubl. data) (Figure 5). With the focus of the translocation program now on two remote-area stands in Wollemi National Park, the role of the Mount Tomah stand in the conservation program is being re-evaluated and it is likely to be maintained as a research and/or educational site.