Ep. 390 - Pinosaur Revisited

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Plants, Nature, Natural Sciences, Science, Ecology, Botany

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🗓️ 9 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Wollemi pine is one of the world's rarest trees. These mysterious gymnosperms was unknown to science until 1994. Their discovery made headlines around the globe. My guest today, Dr. Heidi Zimmer, has the distinct honor of working with this wonderful species. Join us for a conversation all about Wollemia nobilis. This episode was produced in part by Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the indefensea plants podcast, the official podcast of indefenseaplants.com.
0:05.8	What's up, this is your host Matt, welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week?
0:10.4	In this episode, we're going to revisit a conversation because I recently had the opportunity
0:15.9	to see a couple very healthy trees in person. I'm talking about the wolemmy pine,
0:21.2	or as some might call it a pinesoar. It was thought to be an extinct species known only from
0:25.8	the fossil record until a grove was discovered in 1994. However, it's bittersweet because there
0:33.0	are a lot of challenges facing this tiny grove, and there's a lot of efforts being done to ensure
0:38.8	that this species has a future. This conversation was head back in 2018 with Dr. Heidi Zimmer,
0:44.8	who has the distinct honor of working with this species, and I just want to say since that time,
0:49.5	the only known grove of naturally growing trees was spared from those awful bushfires that afflicted
0:55.5	Australia a few years back. And of course, work is always ongoing, but I wanted to bring this
1:00.5	conversation back out of the coffers because it's a species that's on my mind, and it's species that
1:05.6	could always use more attention and celebration. So let's just jump right into it. Without further
1:10.5	ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Heidi Zimmer. I hope you enjoy.
1:30.0	All right, Dr. Heidi Zimmer, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. How about you tell
1:34.2	everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do? Thanks for having me, Matt. Yeah, well,
1:39.5	I am a research scientist with New South Wales Government, Office of Environment and Heritage,
1:45.4	and that is actually down under in Australia. I guess I'm not sure how often you have people
1:50.7	in your podcast from Australia. So yeah, I am a research scientist and my speciality is rare
1:57.6	in threatened species, and I'm lucky enough to get to work on rare threatened plants a lot of the
2:02.4	time in our state of New South Wales, which is the one on the eastern side about these where.
2:08.0	Yeah, so that's what I do. Awesome. There's a lot to talk about with that. I mean, has it always
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