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Blake's Silky Oak

Helicia blakei

Blake's Silky Oak
Photo: Centre for National Biodiversity Research, CC BY 4.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Helicia blakei, also named Blake's silky oak, is a species of plant in the macadamia family Proteaceae. It is found in a small part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

It is restricted to rainforests of the eastern Atherton Tableland in the Topaz area, including the adjacent peaks of Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere. It occurs at altitudes between 160 and 1,250 m (520 and 4,100 ft).

Other Helicia plants

Helicia acutifolia · Helicia albiflora · Helicia amplifolia · Helicia attenuata · Austral oak · Helicia calocoma · Helicia excelsa · Hairy Honeysuckle · Helicia fuscotomentosa · Brown Oak · Helicia grandifolia · Gray's Silky Oak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helicia blakei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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