grass tree , auch: blackboy , auch: yacca , auch: yacka

The common English name of dracophyllum is the grass tree.

It is difficult to convey in words a description of grass trees (blackboys) to someone who has never seen them.

Xanthorrhoea grass trees and some species of orchids only flower after fire.

Fire-raising is a bit tricky in a city park, so the grass tree Greg showed us hasn't been burned for 20 years.

Its height may be 15 m. The common English name of this plant is the giant grass tree.

Native hyacinth orchids and small grass trees are present in these remnant forests.

Taplan is an aboriginal word meaning grass tree.

Xanthorrhoea semiplana is a species of grass tree found in south-eastern Australia.

The trunk of this Grass Tree is underground.

Grass trees on Mount Kiangarow grow nearly 5 m tall and some are least several hundred years old.

There are also small areas of heath and ridges dominated by grass trees (Xanthorrhoea spp).

The park has four types of vegetation, including grass trees, mallee, kangaroo grass and open forest.

It has many species of wildflowers and grass trees (see image below) which when in flower have a long central flowering stem that attracts bees.

The origin of the suburb name is from the Yugarabul Aboriginal language meaning grass tree or grass root.

The right panel depicts the stems of grass trees which gives a linked connection to the family name of Peter Moyes.

Also for the 12 hectare Grass Tree forest, the tall eucalyptus forest and rainforest in fire free areas.

Ngambri people also ate grass trees, bulrushes, native raspberries, apple berries and native cherries.

Giant grass trees and open forest with stands of snow gums shelter gliders, wallabies, eagles and owls.

The location was remote, on a flat bend on an uphill stretch of the road, surrounded by "grass trees and a forest of tall gums."

The trees were Coast Banksia, Honey suckle, and grass trees "with crowns for thatching".

Collections include many eucalyptus species, as well as Australian grass trees (Xanthorrhoea) and an arborescent Cussonia.

They feed on eucalyptus flowers, as well as nectar from other flowering plants such as grevilleas, and seeds from grass trees.

Here and there was a thick clump of "grass trees," tall bushes ten feet high, like the dwarf palm, quite lost in their crown of long narrow leaves.

Jon Ambrose turned and routed the decoration in this vase in grass tree root (Xanthorrhaea spp.)