Xanthorrhoea australis

Austral Grass Tree, Kangaroo Tails at Corrowong, NSW

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Identification history

Xanthorrhoea australis	10 Jan 2025	Tapirlord
Xanthorrhoea australis	8 Jan 2025	marcycad
Xanthorrhoea (genus)	19 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Xanthorrhoea (genus)	13 Sep 2019	BettyDonWood
Xanthorrhoea concava	12 Sep 2019	BlackFlat

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4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

13 Sep 2019

The trunk of Xanthorrhoea concava is underground. In the ACT, the only species of Xanthorrhoea is glauca. This far south it could be either australis or glauca. Apart from the leaf colour, green or bluish green, which is not very reliable, the way to distinguisg these two species apart is to look at the bracts around and between the flowers.

BlackFlat wrote:

14 Sep 2019

I will try to remember to take a look and a macro photo this season. Thanks Betty.

Toni

marcycad wrote:

8 Jan 2025

This region is too far south for X. glauca and the presence of an aerial caudex rules out X. concava.

BlackFlat wrote:

8 Jan 2025

Thank you

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Location information

Maps Black Flat at Corrowong
Places Corrowong, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
BlackFlat Recorded by
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BlackFlat NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Grass-trees Palms and tree-like monocots Plants

Additional information

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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