Banksia serrata

Botanical Description

Banksia serrata is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 15 metres tall with a sparse, open crown, though it is often seen as a gnarled and stunted small tree with blackened rough bark as a result of surviving many bushfires. Sometimes, especially in exposed areas, it is no more than a shrub 1 - 3 metres tall[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its wood. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens, parks, roadsides etc, especially within its native range. There are some named forms.