Xanthorrhoea (genus)
Grass Tree at Lower Boro, NSW
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| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | Tapirlord | 12 Feb 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | marcycad | 10 Feb 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia | Tapirlord | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia | marcycad | 8 Jan 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Aug 2020 | |
| Xanthorrhoea concava | AndyRussell | 21 Aug 2020 |
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2 comments
10 Feb 2025
Reviewing this specimen again, I think I was too hasty in my initial ID, but looking again closer, the upper surface of the leaves do appear flat, and without a cross-section profile, and these may, or may not, be slightly concave. X. concava profile is triangular to concave by comparison, X. glauca angustifolia is typically square to diamond-shape, and whilst triangular-shaped leaves may also occur in this species, the width of the leaves also looks somewhat broad for the species. Having said this, if it is X. glauca, it is a young specimen, and a plant of this age will not necessarily produce leaf characteristics expected of an adult plant, therefore in my opinion, and without the presence of a distinguishing flower spike, this sighting could be either species, and so remains inconclusive.
Location information
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Lower Boro, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- AndyRussell Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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- AndyRussell NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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