Xanthorrhoea australis
Austral Grass Tree, Kangaroo Tails at Upper Nepean State Conservation Area
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| Xanthorrhoea australis | Tapirlord | 1 Mar 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea australis | marcycad | 12 Feb 2025 | |
| Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia | BettyDonWood | 5 Mar 2020 | |
| Xanthorrhoea glauca | Cazwell1987 | 4 Mar 2020 | |
| Xanthorrhoea arborea | Cazwell1987 | 4 Mar 2020 | |
| Xanthorrhoea media | Margot | 2 Mar 2020 |
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Regenerating 2 months after intense fire in Balmoral
3 comments
5 Mar 2020
have a feeling its more of a 'glauca' due to the blue green tinge of the leaves, but not 100% sure
5 Mar 2020
Xanthorrhoea arborea has not been recorded from this area before. It occurs on the coast and ranges.
12 Feb 2025
The area associated with this sighting is incongruous with the distribution of X. glauca angustifolia, which occurs much further inland, west over the Dividing Range. This geographic region is however consistent with the almost indistinguishable species, X. australis. The glaucous leaf colour does not correspond with X. media and if this were X. arborea, you would expect to see considerably wider, almost strap-like, leaves than what is seen in this specimen, and this is too far south for this sp.
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Margot Recorded by
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Species information
- Xanthorrhoea australis Scientific name
- Austral Grass Tree, Kangaroo Tails Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1006.71m Recorded at altitude
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