Grass Trees aka Blackboys
Blackboys
are also
called grass trees.
There are
many different
species of them in Australia, but the ones that are common in Cape
York - the Northern
Forest Grass Tree
- are also
common elsewhere in Queensland,
and New
South Wales.
They are quite a common sight in Cape York and they grow in clusters
where all the plants
seem to be of the same age.
These plants are known for their slow
growth and often old
age - the blackboys that you are looking at can be
hundreds
of years old.
Their flower stalks
on the other hand can grow really quickly. Their flowering is
stimulated by bush fires.
The
flower stalks attract many native insects.
The stalks were used as fishing
spears by
Aboriginal
people.
Blackboys.
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