The Western Australian Seed Centre (Kensington)

Co-located with the Western Australian Herbarium, the WA Seed Centre, Kensington is the principal seed banking facility for Western Australia’s rare, threatened and poorly known plant species. The centre aims to store sufficient genetic resources from each species collected under conditions which aim to maintain the highest possible seed viability. The collections are stored to enable seed-based recovery actions such as translocation to be undertaken when and if required. The centre also maintains an integrated database containing seed provenance and seed biology data for each plant species collected. The centre currently houses over 4,000 collections of conservation significant plant species.