Xanthorrhoea (genus)
Grass Tree at Frazer Park, NSW
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| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | 5 Mar 2025 | marcycad | ||
| Xanthorrhoea australis | 3 Mar 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | 1 Mar 2025 | marcycad | ||
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | 1 Mar 2025 | Tapirlord |
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latifolia?
4 comments
marcycad
wrote:
1 Mar 2025
The flower spikes are over twice the length of the scapes, which is consistent in the population, therefore likely X. australis or X. glauca. If X. resinosa, I would expect to see the scape and spike length roughly even. The leaves/crowns are grey-green/glaucous coloured not green as would be expected in X. latifolia. The leaves also do not appear broad and have little flexion, which is always evident in X. latifolia on account of the very shallow and broad leaf cross-section shape.
If the area of this sighting were included, this would aid with a more accurate ID.
If the area of this sighting were included, this would aid with a more accurate ID.
Tapirlord
wrote:
3 Mar 2025
This will be X.australis then I think, plants are from lake Munmorah in the Sydney region
marcycad
wrote:
4 Mar 2025
There are no records of X. australis north of Sydney. Looking at the habitat, it is not typical of X. glauca, this could then be a hybrid between X. glauca and X. fulva, which are known to occur from Newcastle to Byron Bay, the progeny can resemble X. resinosa, the crown shape and very straight leaves are highly suggestive of this.
Location information
- Places Frazer Park, NSW
Sighting information
- 1000 Abundance
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
Collections
- Tapirlord NatureMapr Greater Sydney 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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