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Plants

Tasmania is home to more than 2,000 species of native Australian flowering plants, and more than 200 of them are found only in Tasmania.
Many - such as the Huon pine, fagus (deciduous beech) and Kings lomatia - are Gondwanan relicts that date back to the super-continent formed by Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand and India.

Today you can see evidence of Tasmania's Gondwanan heritage in the dolerite Organ Pipes on Mount Wellington, the Walls of Jerusalem National Park and Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park.

There are also plants that arrived more recently - cottage gardens, giant oaks and elms planted by European settlers. You can visit dozens of gardens around the Island.