
Silky Oak (White Beefwood)
Orites excelsus
Family Proteaceae
Cool Mountain Rainforest Native
About
A tall rainforest tree of cool mountain rainforest above 750m elevation, with Main Range National Park marking the southeastern Queensland extent of its range down from Barrington Tops, NSW.
How to spot it
Grows to 30m, elliptic to lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves 40-185mm often lobed with regular marginal teeth, fragrant white/creamy flower spikes.
Found in
- Main Range National Park
Source: Wikipedia - Orites excelsus
Photo: Geoff Derrin (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons