This native shrub
is commonly known as
forest grass tree.
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Xanthorrhoeaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
In Fraser Coast region recorded at Tandora and K'gari (Fraser Island). Developing flower spikes pulled down and eaten by grey kangaroos and red necked wallabies (Lindsay Titmarsh) resulting in damage to the spike (photo above).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 50 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Dundathu, Urangan, Sunshine Acres, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Walligan, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Susan River, Takura, Wondunna, Duckinwilla, Cherwell, Howard, Burgowan, Toogoom, Walliebum, Prawle, Dundowran, Tandora, Torbanlea, Kanigan, Glenwood, Dunmora, Mount Urah, Beelbi Creek, Beaver Rock, Bidwill, Teddington, Antigua, Yengarie, Tinana, Talegalla Weir, Tuan Forest, Bauple Forest, Magnolia, Boompa, Yerra, K'gari, Poona, Walkers Point, Doongul, Boonooroo Plains, Granville, River Heads, Tin Can Bay, St Mary, Brooweena, Tinnanbar.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
