Conservation Dependent Flora of Australia - Wodyetia, Lagarostrobos, Agathis Microstachya, Livistona Mariae, Prumnopitys Ladei (Paperback)

Chapters: Wodyetia, Lagarostrobos, Agathis Microstachya, Livistona Mariae, Prumnopitys Ladei, Livistona Alfredii, Podocarpus Smithii. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Foxtail Palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia (PACSOA) describes this Palm as follows: "Very attractive palm with long (2-3m.) plumose leaves (hence the name 'Foxtail'), and up to 10m tall with a grey trunk. It produces large (about the size of a duck egg) orange fruit" Most of the world was unaware of the existence of this 'spectacular' palm until 1978, when an Aboriginal man brought it to botanists and the world's attention The Aboriginal name of that Aboriginal man has been recorded as being "Wodyeti," thus the genus name for this Australian endemic species Wodyetia. The Foxtail Palm is endemic to a very small part of Australia, originally decorating the boulder strewn, exposed gravel hills of the Cape Melville range, wholly within the Cape Melville National Park. The area has been recognised for its rich biocultural diversity, having long and intense Aboriginal associations and a rich biodiversity. In addition to being a habitat for Foxtail Palms, the Melville Range is a habitat for animals such as the Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani), the tropical ring-tailed gecko (Cyrtodactylus louisiadensi) plus endemic frogs and lizards such as the Cape Melville boulder skink (Cryptoblepharus fuhni), the Melville Range treefrog (Litoria andiirrmalin) and the Cape Melville boulderfrog (Cophixalus zweifeli). Looking up at a cluster of Foxtail Palm SeedsFlowering: White flowers stalk that comes from the base of the crownshaft. Foliage: Variance of greenish colors; deep green to light green co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1235570