tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post6509772890604838146..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Grass Trees flower well after fire.Denis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-2220087287834522932011-10-15T16:29:58.256+11:002011-10-15T16:29:58.256+11:00Thanks Le Loup
I am not really surprised (and very...Thanks Le Loup<br />I am not really surprised (and very pleased) that you know how this wonderful plant can be utilised.<br />Thanks for your contribution.<br />I shall include your notes in the text, so more people see it.<br /><br />Thanks<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-79725600317401415942011-10-15T12:25:22.389+11:002011-10-15T12:25:22.389+11:00The inner core of the flower stem can be used as t...The inner core of the flower stem can be used as tinder for making fire with flint, steel & tinderbox. The natives used/use it to carry fire from one place to another. The lower foliage can often be found to be dry under the outer layers & it makes good kindling. This plant grows in every state of Australia.<br />The flower stem can also be used for making a hand fire drill & for making the bit & fireboard of a fire-bow.<br />Regards.<br />http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-6868992271425041732011-10-15T10:17:26.040+11:002011-10-15T10:17:26.040+11:00Hi Mick.
The swampy areas do have shorter Grass T...Hi Mick. <br />The swampy areas do have shorter Grass Trees. The <a href="http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Xanthorrhoea~fulva" rel="nofollow">PlantNET site</a> has some notes on that species you mentioned.<br />I always love these plants - strange, but full of interest.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-14194602924848128972011-10-15T06:48:00.493+11:002011-10-15T06:48:00.493+11:00Nice photos of the xanthorrhoea in flower. I noti...Nice photos of the xanthorrhoea in flower. I noticed the other day that the ones down on the flats around here were coming into flower. I was going to wait until they were right out before photographing them. The ones on the flats around here are called swamp grass tree and have no aerial trunk at all. I have been told they are xanthorrhoe<br />fulva.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.com