Orites excelsus
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| Pricky Ash in the understorey of a tall Antarctic Beech rainforest at Willi Willi National Park, Australia | |
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| Species: | O. excelsa
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Orites fragrans F.M.Bailey | |
Orites excelsus is a rainforest tree of northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Known colloquially as the prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, it is a member of the genus Orites within the family Proteaceae.
Orites excelsus grows to 30 m (100 ft) high
The botanist Robert Brown described Orites excelsa in 1830. Common names include mountain silky oak, southern silky oak, prickly ash, and white beefwood.[1] Frederick Manson Bailey described Orites fragrans from Mounts Bellenden-Ker and Bartle Frere which turned out to be this species.[2] The species name has been revised from excelsa to excelsus.[3]
Orites excelsus is found in cool mountain rainforests from Barrington Tops north to the Queensland border in New South Wales, and from Mounts Bellenden-Ker and Bartle Frere in north Queensland. It is associated with yellow carabeen (Sloanea woollsii).[4]
References
- ^ "Orites excelsus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Orites fragrans". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Banksia audax". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ Boland, Douglas J.; Brooker, M. I. H.; Chippendale, G. M.; McDonald, Maurice William (2006). Forest trees of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 0-643-06969-0.
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