From Lofty: Another fire survivor is the local Grass tree (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata) that resprouts and flowers after fire. Click for full size!
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From Lofty: Another fire survivor is the local Grass tree (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata) that resprouts and flowers after fire. Click for full size!
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What a strange plant. Looks like something from a sci-fi novel.
This is why I love nature so much -- reality is so much stranger than any fiction we can come up with! Well, almost, I guess?
They look a bit like giant plantains, except grassier. So much green life out of the destruction.
Dried grass tree flower spikes made great pretend spears for us as little kids. Just the right level of spikiness to whack your playmates around the legs and then get clobbered for your pains.
http://saseedbank.com.au/species_information.php?rid=50
Awesome to see plants like these.