Austral Grass Tree, Kangaroo Tails at Burrinjuck, NSW
Identification history
| Xanthorrhoea australis | 21 Nov 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Xanthorrhoea sp. | 28 Sep 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Xanthorrhoea sp. | 27 Sep 2019 | MatthewFrawley |
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Not sure if I have enough detail to identify the species, or if the location is enough? Any tips on what I should be looking for or photographing with these plants would be appreciated.
2 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
28 Sep 2019
There are only two possibilities - Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia and Xanthorrhoea australis (unlikely) presuming this is a tree type Xanthorrhoea. The easiest seen difference between these two species is the length of the flower stalk below the flower spike - up to 0.5 m long in australis, and 0.5-1.4 m long in glauca subsp. angustifolia. Glauca subsp. angustifolia leaves are always glaucous (bluey green with a whitish bloom) while those of australis are usually green, occasionally glaucous.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
21 Nov 2019
I have now looked at ALA and NSW Bionet Atlas. Both say that Xanthorrhoea australis is the common species at Burrinjuck. There are only a few records of glauca, dating from the 1950s.
Location information
- Places Burrinjuck, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 21 Sep 2019 03:15 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Plants Other Trees
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Xanthorrhoea australis Scientific name
- Austral Grass Tree, Kangaroo Tails Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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In flower
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