Johnson's Grass Tree

About

Wikipedia's D'Aguilar National Park article notes that the park's ridges are 'dominated by grass trees.' Xanthorrhoea johnsonii is the grass tree species most widely recorded across southeast Queensland's ranges and is the region's common 'steel grass' — the most likely species on the park's exposed ridge country (the source names the genus but not an exact species).

How to spot it

A blackened, fire-scarred trunk to about 5m topped with a dense skirt of tough, wiry leaves — old-timers called the durable older foliage 'steel grass' because it holds its shape in floral work. Sends up a tall flower spike, especially in the seasons after fire. Look for it on drier, exposed ridgelines rather than the moist gully rainforest.

Found in

• D'Aguilar National Park