Xanthorrhoea field
Squid-friend Margaret Ruwoldt snapped the photo for today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day. It’s a field of xanthorrhoea, a slow-growing grass tree that displays tremendous bursts of growth in the aftermath of natural disasters such as bushfires. Margaret has more photos from this set on Flickr.
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There are about 15 species of Xanthorrhoea in Australia. I am supposing that this is X. australis. Does anyone recognise the plant habit or anything else that might give a clue as to species?
Margaret is a polymath. Taking award winning photographs is just part of an extra-ordinary and over-full life.