Hard work, keen observation skills and long hours of searching by members of Wombat Forestcare has paid off, with the discovery of an extremely rare native shrub that grows only in the Wombat State Forest.

Wombat Forestcare members, working with DSE staff, found three new stands of Wombat Leafless Bossiaea (Bossiaea vombata), a member of the pea family.
Prior to the discovery, only one infertile plant of Wombat Leafless Bossiaea, located in 1995, was known to exist.

One of the new stands may have the potential to develop seed and Wombat Forestcare is closely monitoring the seed development. If seed could be collected and grown, the likelihood of long-term survival of the species would be greatly increased.

Wombat Leafless Bossiaea (Bossiaea vombata)