Xanthorrhoea (genus)

Grass Tree at Penrose, NSW

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Identification history

	Xanthorrhoea (genus)	18 Feb 2020	BettyDonWood
	Xanthorrhoea glauca	17 Feb 2020	Aussiegall

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User's notes

Burnt in the fire of 26/2/2020, regrowth appearing

2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

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.

marcycad wrote:

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

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Location information

Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Penrose, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
Aussiegall Recorded by
Collections
Aussiegall NatureMapr Southern Highlands Grass-trees Palms and tree-like monocots Plants

Additional information

Unknown as it is burnt Description
Alive / healthy Plant health

Species information

Xanthorrhoea (genus) Scientific name
Grass Tree Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning

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