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Sighting 4656327

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Unverified 28 Mar 2025 MazzV

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A Banksia species with long pale yellow cylindrical upright flower heads from about March through to August-Sept. Great food source for (especially) Honey-eaters. A rough bark, often pale in colour, and tough green spatula-shaped leaves with a silvery underside. A very common pioneer species on NSW North Coast, and very brittle once mature. The trunk and limbs can snap easily in storms. I’ve also noticed that young trees of this species are some of the most vulnerable to severe drought, being the first to die in numbers. All photos for this sighting are of one tree. Another Banksia tree I have believed to be the same species (?intergrifolia?) but am now questioning that, is at Sighting 4656318

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Additional information

  • 8 cm diam from memory Flower dimension
  • Banksia sp Description
  • 25 cm Tree diameter (m)
  • Greater than 5 metres Plant height
  • Alive / healthy Plant health

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