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Keywords: Xanthorrhoeaceae | Xanthorrhoea australis R. Br. | Mt. Cabre Bald, Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Thank you to Ken Beath, aka kjbeath@Flickr for today's image (original via the BPotD Flickr Group Pool). As always, I also recommend visiting Ken's Australia photo galleries.
The grass tree of southeast Australia is featured in a number of places online: the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants has a factsheet; the New South Wales Flora Online has a more scientific perspective on the plant; and the Australian Plants Society Tasmania delves into conservation issues and economic uses.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 3, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: Eric in SF at August 3, 2007 10:15 AM
Breathtaking. Phenomenal!
Posted by: Meg Bernstein at August 3, 2007 10:34 AM
Nice pic! Didn't know they ever branched, all the other photos I've seen are of unbranched plants.
Posted by: Michael F at August 3, 2007 10:46 AM
Re: branching, this is from the Australian Plants Society Tasmania site above. This site also has fascinating info on aboriginal use of this plant.
"They are very slow growing, with some elderly specimens being amongst the oldest living plants in the world, surviving for many hundreds of years.
Beautiful old examples are survivors of many wild fires and develop into architectural masterpieces. Wild fire can cause their blackened trunk (1 to 2 metres) to branch into two or even more heads. These consist of thick, rough corky bark, surrounded by a whorl of long, wiry leaves with unique flowers."
Posted by: George L. 
at August 3, 2007 12:58 PM
Fantastic view and landscape!!!
Posted by: lucia at August 8, 2007 6:59 PM
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Simply stunning plants and vista.