Carpentaria Palms (grove)
Carpentaria acuminata
-27.4794, 152.971
Field Notes
Description:
Carpentaria acuminata, commonly known as the Carpentaria Palm, belongs to the palm family Arecaceae, and is an Australian native. It is the sole species in the genus Carpentaria, and originates from the tropical coastal regions in the north of Northern Territory, Australia. It's a slender palm, growing to 20 m tall, with a trunk 12-15 cm diameter. The leaves are pinnate, 3-4 m long.
Habitat:
Grows in canopy or sub-canopy of rainforest, Allosyncarpia forest, vine forest and swamp forest on sandy to heavy clay lom soils. These specimens were spotted in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, Mt. Coot-Tha, in a large and well-established sub-tropical rainforest section of the gardens.
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