Richea pandanifolia

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Richea pandanifolia - gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

tree heath, grass tree

Australian heath - any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

genus Richea, Richea - evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania

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In many of these scrubs, such as the one in this photo of the Cradle Mountain-Lake Saint Clair National Park, there is an interesting endemic member of the alkali heath family (Epacridaceae), the giant grass tree (Richea pandanifolia).

4 The protected areas and biosphere reserves in the temperate rainforests

137 For this screw pine (Richea pandanifolia, Pan-danaceae) from the mountains of Australia and Tasmania, this snow represents a return to well-known conditions.