Jennifer Silcock

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Channel millet (Echinochloa turneriana). Chris Haikings

Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA

Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland; Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Rahul Chandora, The University of Queensland; Robert Henry, The University of Queensland; Sammi Blinco, Indigenous Knowledge, and Shawnee Gorringe, Indigenous Knowledge

Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.
Caley’s grevillea (Grevillea caleyi) occurs in Sydney. It needs fire to germinate but burns are hard to carry out near urban areas. Tony Auld

The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them

Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Jaana Dielenberg, Charles Darwin University; Roderick John Fensham, The University of Queensland, and Teghan Collingwood, The University of Queensland

Many threatened plant species aren’t being targeted for conservation. Identifying which are closest to being lost forever is the first step to protect them.
Rodd’s star hair (Astrotricha roddii) an Endangered NSW shrub. Gavin Phillips/NSW DPIE, Saving Our Species

Australia‑first research reveals staggering loss of threatened plants over 20 years

Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; Elisa Bayraktarov, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; Jaana Dielenberg, Charles Darwin University; Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Micha V Jackson, The University of Queensland, and Nathalie Butt, The University of Queensland

Australia’s plants help make our landscapes unique. But many are in grave danger of extinction, and in many cases, the problem is getting worse.
A ‘thinned’ landscape, which provides far from ideal habitat for many species.

Land clearing on the rise as legal ‘thinning’ proves far from clear‑cut

April Reside, The University of Queensland; Anita J Cosgrove, The University of Queensland; Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland, and Megan C Evans, The University of Queensland

Legal vegetation ‘thinning’ is contributing to high rates of land clearing, potentially causing problems for threatened species and ecosystems.

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