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Orites excelsus
Also called Prickly Ash, White Beefwood
Orites excelsus, commonly known as prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a medium-sized to tall rainforest tree with oblong to lance-shaped leaves, variously lobed and with teeth on the edges. The flowers are white and arranged in leaf axils in spikes that are shorter than the leaves.
Orites excelsus is found in cool mountain rainforests from Barrington Tops in New South Wales to Main Range National Park, south-west of Brisbane, Queensland, at altitudes above 750 m (2,460 ft). It also occurs on a number of mountains in Far North Queensland, including Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere, from 1,000 to 1,500 m (3,300 to 4,900 ft). It is associated with yellow carabeen (Sloanea woollsii).
The timber of prickly ash has been used for shingles, casks, furniture and joinery.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orites excelsus 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.
