Other plants included species of Bambusa, Blechnum, Calamus, Durvillaea, Dianella, Dioscorea, Oryza, Pteridium, Phragmites, Scirpus, Triodia, Typha and
Xanthorrhoea.
goniocalyx) and the Austral Grass Tree (
Xanthorrhoea australis) is found across the hills and ranges.
Dominant species include Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua, Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri, Austral Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea australis, Silver Banksia Banksia marginata, Prickly Tea-tree Leptospermum continentale, Heath Tea-tree Leptospermum myrsinoides, Common Flat-pea Platylobium obtusangulum, Scrub She-oak Allocasuarina paludosa, Thatch Saw-sedge Gahnia radula, Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum and Common Rapier-sedge Lepidosperma filiforme.
The native plants for which Considen documented medicinal actions include myrtle (possibly Eugenia australis) and yellow gum (possibly
Xanthorrhoea hastilis) for dysentery, and native sarsaparilla (Smilax glycyphylla) as an antiscorbutic.
Nutrient dynamics of the grasstree
Xanthorrhoea preissii.
The Small Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea minor--in common with other grass trees--is a slow-growing plant that has a subterranean stem.
cons.--Type:
Xanthorrhoea Sm., 1798.--Validated by a diagnosis in French in a key.
sieberi and Saw Banksia Banksia serrata) on ridges, and Wet Heathland (dominated by Grass-tree
Xanthorrhoea resinosa, Scented Paperbark Melaleuca squarrosa and Scrub Sheoak Allocasuarina paludosa) typically restricted to swales between coastal dunes.
30 Dec 1999.--Type:
Xanthorrhoea Sm.; Xanthorrhoeaceae Dumort., 1829.
(2011) observed that some insects and other invertebrates survived in experimentally burnt grass trees
Xanthorrhoea preissii (Xanthorrhoeaceae) in Western Australia.
Acaroid or grass-tree
Xanthorrhoea hastilis, Liliaceae
