Xanthorrhoea (genus)
Grass Tree at Penrose, NSW
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| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | BettyDonWood | 18 Feb 2020 | |
| Xanthorrhoea glauca | Aussiegall | 17 Feb 2020 |
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Burnt in the fire of 26/2/2020, regrowth appearing
2 comments
19 Feb 2020
There are four species of grass tree with underground trunks in this area, and one species with a trunk above ground, Xanthorrhoea glauca, that could look like this when young.
Telling them apart is fiendishly difficult, depending on characteristics of the bracts surrounding individual flowers and between individual flowers in the spike.
Telling them apart is fiendishly difficult, depending on characteristics of the bracts surrounding individual flowers and between individual flowers in the spike.
8 Jan 2025
This is unlikely to be X. glauca angustifolia, a species found a little further inland, west of the DV,
the only potential species found in this region are:
Xanthorrhoea concava
Xanthorrhoea australis
Xanthorrhoea resinosa
the only potential species found in this region are:
Xanthorrhoea concava
Xanthorrhoea australis
Xanthorrhoea resinosa
Location information
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Aussiegall Recorded by
- Unknown as it is burnt Description
- Alive / healthy Plant health
Collections
- Aussiegall NatureMapr Southern Highlands Xanthorrhoea (genus) Grass-trees Palms and tree-like monocots Plants
Species information
- Xanthorrhoea (genus) Scientific name
- Grass Tree Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 991m Recorded at altitude
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