Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 9-29

Flora -- New South Wales -- Northern Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia (Proteaceae) tree in regrowth Whian Whian State Forest east of Lismore, New South Wales 1960s Larger image (121K)

This primitive rainforest genus has a disjunct and relict distribution pattern from Northern New South Wales to Queensland's wet tropics. This species is fairly common in the rainforest understorey at Terania Creek - a special place in Australian conservation history.
Complex notophyll vine forest on basaltic krasnozem.

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