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Tree of Trees:


Ed Dunkel

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http://www.csiro.au/events/Tree-of-trees-display.html

Come and explore the fascinating evolutionary history of our National floral emblem, the golden wattle.

Tree of trees: a living display of the family tree of wattles

Start: 28 August 2009

End: 15 September 2009

Location

Australian National Botanical Gardens - ACT

Clunies Ross St

Canberra ACT 2601

Australia

The exhibit will be arranged on the Rock Garden Lawn.

General Information

In a first of its kind, a Tree of trees will be on display for two weeks showing the family tree of Acacias.

To celebrate Wattle Day (1 September 2009), anyone visiting the Australian National Botanic Gardens between Friday 28 August and Tuesday 15 September 2009 will have the opportunity to see a live, interactive plant display showing the family tree of wattles.

The exhibit will show more then 50 species of wattles arranged on the lawn of the Garden's rock garden.

Research into wattles is being undertaken at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research – a joint venture between CSIRO Plant Industry and the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Please note: An evolutionary tree of trees public talk by Dr Joe Miller will be held at 2.30 pm, Thursday 10 September 2009 at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Read more about CSIRO is studying the ecological and evolutionary interactions of Acacia.

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Checked this out the other day paying particular attention to the Juliflorae branches

A great idea but executed in a bit of a half-assed way. Ceramic pots and paving stones would have been a vast improvement on plastic pots and white rope. But I guess funding is tight and I'm a hypercritical bastard.

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