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Woman in foreground, two people in background, crouched down collecting seeds from plants in field, red dirt landscape

image of four photographs top left white daisy, top right purple bell-like flower, bottom right white flower on green leaf, bot

"Now some of them, that were only one, now we've got 20 or 30 and we hope they'll keep spreading."
Man with hat standing in from of large rock and bush, and next to sign about Mallee Refuge Red Trail with pictures of plants

"There have been a few species lost, about a quarter of our [SA's] plants are listed as threatened, so that's about 400 plant species, or taxa … there are many that are in decline."

Flower of a spider orchid, background blurred

"Seed banks are like having house insurance — without them we could very quickly lose species in the wild."

A wattle sprig with chalky green leaves and three yellow flower balls

"Where we've collected it previously, it's a no longer there."

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